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“I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

“...but you don't need to understand everything about a world to live in it.”
― Brandon Mull, Sky Raiders

“Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness.”
― R.J. Palacio, Wonder

“Life, too, is senseless unless you know who you are, what you want, and which way the wind blows.”
― Ellen Raskin, The Westing Game

“Kinder than is necessary. Because it's not enough to be kind. One should be kinder than needed.”
― R.J. Palacio, Wonder

“Children, they're the same everywhere. Greedy little creatures but the best listeners in the world -any world. The very best of all.”
― Cornelia Funke

“Stories never really end...even if the books like to pretend they do. Stories always go on. They don't end on the last page, any more than they begin on the first page.”
― Cornelia Funke, Inkspell

“Gods of all the world, say something," she cried, and Talat startled beneath her.
"I love you," said Luthe. "I will love you till the stars crumble, which is a less idle threat than is usual to lovers on parting. Go quickly, for I cannot bear this."
She closed her legs violently around the nervous Talat, and he leaped into a gallop. Long after Aerin was out of sight, Luthe lay full length upon the ground, and pressed his ear to it, and listened to Talat's hoofbeats carrying Aerin farther and farther away.”
― Robin McKinley, The Hero and the Crown

“Books have to be heavy because the whole world's inside them.”
― Cornelia Funke, Inkheart

“Secrets... nothing eats away at love faster.”
― Cornelia Funke, Inkdeath

“.......only the powerful were hated, and that was what he was meant to be in this world.
Powerful.”
― Cornelia Funke, Inkdeath

“Women were different, no doubt about it. Men broke so much more quickly. Grief didn't break women. Instead it wore them down, it hollowed them out very slowly.”
― Cornelia Funke, Inkdeath

“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

“It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

“Dumbledore watched her fly away, and as her silvery glow faded he turned back to Snape, and his eyes were full of tears.
"After all this time?"
"Always," said Snape.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“The truth." Dumbledore sighed. "It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

“Wit beyond measure is man’s greatest treasure.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

“Death's got an Invisibility Cloak?" Harry interrupted again.
"So he can sneak up on people," said Ron. "Sometimes he gets bored of running at them, flapping his arms and shrieking...”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“I open at the close.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“He accused me of being Dumbledore's man through and through."
"How very rude of him."
"I told him I was."
Dumbledore opened his mouth to speak and then closed it again. Fawkes the phoenix let out a low, soft, musical cry. To Harry's intense embarrassment, he suddenly realized that Dumbledore's bright blue eyes looked rather watery, and stared hastily at his own knee. When Dumbledore spoke, however, his voice was quite steady.
"I am very touched, Harry.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

“Heroes only need to be brave when there's a good reason. It would be stupid to risk your life without a purpose.”
― Brandon Mull, Sky Raiders

“The man unwilling to brave the test has already shown himself to be much more craven than the man who fails.”
― Brandon Mull

“The good stupid is the brave kind. When there's a real reason behind. Bad stupid is everything else.”
― Brandon Mull, Sky Raiders

“A CD. How quaint. We have these in museums.”
― Eoin Colfer, The Eternity Code

“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

“I have a choice.”
― Margaret Peterson Haddix, Among the Free

“Jen, we did it. Everyone's free now.”
― Margaret Peterson Haddix, Among the Free

“I want to Live! Not Die, Not Hide, LIVE!”
― Margaret Peterson Haddix, Among the Hidden

“We can hope.”
― Margaret Peterson Haddix

“I think there should be a rule that everyone in the world should get a standing ovation at least once in their lives.”
― R.J. Palacio, Wonder