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    Mark Twain
    “All right, then, I'll go to hell.”
    ― Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
    tags: hell, resignation
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    Henrik Ibsen
    “It’s a release to know that in spite of everything a premeditated act of courage is still possible.”
    ― Henrik Ibsen, Hedda Gabler
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    Casey McQuiston
    “Thinking about history makes me wonder how I’ll fit into it one day, I guess. And you too. I kinda wish people still wrote like that. History, huh? Bet we could make some.”
    ― Casey McQuiston, Red, White & Royal Blue
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    Mark Twain
    “Human beings can be awful cruel to one another.”
    ― Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
    tags: huck-finn, mark-twain, twain
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    Gustave Flaubert
    “Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars.”
    ― Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
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    Gustave Flaubert
    “She wanted to die, but she also wanted to live in Paris.”
    ― Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
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    J.K. Rowling
    “Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
    tags: dumbledore
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    It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our
    “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
    tags: abilities
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    J.K. Rowling
    “The world isn’t split into good people and Death Eaters.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
    tags: black, choices, harry-potter, inside-us, light, sirius, sirius-black
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    J.K. Rowling
    “Like the fact that the person Sirius cared for the most about in the world was you," said Dumbledore quietly.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
    tags: dumbledore, harry-potter, love, oreder-of-the-phoenix, sirius-black
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    J.K. Rowling
    “When all this is over, we'll be a proper family.
    You'll see." -Sirius Black”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
    tags: sirius-black
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    Alice Oseman
    “But books–they’re different. When you watch a film, you’re sort of an outsider looking in. With a book–you’re right there. You are inside. You are the main character.”
    ― Alice Oseman, Solitaire
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    Sarah J. Maas
    “To the people who look at the stars and wish, Rhys."
    Rhys clinked his glass against mine. “To the stars who listen— and the dreams that are answered.”
    ― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury
    tags: a-court-of-mist-and-fury, acomaf, feyre, rhysand
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    Leigh Bardugo
    “I would have come for you. And if I couldn't walk, I'd crawl to you, and no matter how broken we were, we'd fight our way out together-knives drawn, pistols blazing. Because that's what we do. We never stop fighting.”
    ― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom
    tags: crooked-kingdom, inej-ghafa, kaz-brekker, six-of-crows
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    Maggie Stiefvater
    “You're asking me to define an abstract concept that no one has managed to explain since time began. You sort of sprang it on me," Gansey said. "Why do we breathe air? Because we love air? Because we don't want to suffocate. Why do we eat? Because we don't want to starve. How do I know I love her? Because I can sleep after I talk to her. Why?”
    ― Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven King
    tags: adam-parrish, love, richard-gansey, the-raven-king
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    Taylor Jenkins Reid
    “I had absolutely no interest in being somebody else's muse.
    I am not a muse.
    I am the somebody.
    End of fucking story.”
    ― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Daisy Jones & The Six
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    Taylor Jenkins Reid
    “Men often think they deserve a sticker for treating women like people.”
    ― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Daisy Jones & The Six
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    Natasha Ngan
    “I don't want an easy life. I want a meaningful one.”
    ― Natasha Ngan, Girls of Paper and Fire
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    Libba Bray
    “Before the Devil breaks you, first he will make you love him. Beware, little sister. Beware the King of Crows!”
    ― Libba Bray, Before the Devil Breaks You
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    Angie Thomas
    “What's the point of having a voice if you're gonna be silent in those moments you shouldn't be?”
    ― Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give
    tags: black-lives-matter, racism
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    Angie Thomas
    “Once you've seen how broken someone is it's like seeing them naked—you can't look at them the same anymore.”
    ― Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give
    tags: brokenness, honesty, openness, pain, perceptions, transparency
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    Angie Thomas
    “You can destroy wood and brick, but you can't destroy a movement.”
    ― Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give
    tags: racism-prejudice
    368 likes

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    J.M. Barrie
    “To die will be an awfully big adventure.”
    ― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
    tags: adventure, love
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    J.M. Barrie
    “Stars are beautiful, but they may not take part in anything, they must just look on forever.”
    ― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
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    J.M. Barrie
    “Fairies have to be one thing or the other, because being so small they unfortunately have room for one feeling only at a time.”
    ― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
    tags: children-s-literature, fairies, fantasy, peter-pan
    979 likes

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    Madeline Miller
    “He smiled, and his face was like the sun.”
    ― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles
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    Roxane Gay
    “I would rather be a bad feminist than no feminist at all.”
    ― Roxane Gay, Bad Feminist
    tags: feminism, feminist, woman, women
    289 likes

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    Lewis Carroll
    “But I don’t want to go among mad people," Alice remarked.
    "Oh, you can’t help that," said the Cat: "we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad."
    "How do you know I’m mad?" said Alice.
    "You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn’t have come here.”
    ― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
    tags: alice-s-adventures-in-wonderland
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    Michelle Obama
    “You can't make decisions based on fear and the possibility of what might happen.”
    ― Michelle Obama
    tags: decision-making, decisions, fear
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  • #30
    Michelle Obama
    “If you don’t get out there and define yourself, you’ll be quickly and inaccurately defined by others.”
    ― Michelle Obama, Becoming
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