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#1

“We ran for many reasons. We ran to protect ourselves. We ran so we would not die, so that our daughters could live.”
― Tracy Deonn, Bloodmarked

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#2

“Life is made of so many moments that mean nothing. Then one day, a single moment comes along to define every second that comes after. Such moments are tests of courage, of strength.”
― Sabaa Tahir, An Ember in the Ashes

tags: courage, inspirational, strength

1816 likes

#3

“She reminded herself bitterly that this was what curiosity had bought her: fifty keystones for a singer who refused to sing, a friend who wasn't her friend, some one who was hers and yet would never be hers.”
― Marie Rutkoski, The Winner's Curse

119 likes

#4

“Everything has two histories. Especially in the South.”
― Tracy Deonn, Legendborn

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#5

“You know,” she’d said, “they say people are like snowflakes, each one unique, but I think they’re more like skies. Some are cloudy, some are stormy, some are clear, but no two are ever quite the same.”
― V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

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#6

“Even if. by some miracle, I could be better than them, I will never be one of them.”
― Holly Black

tags: fantasy, fantasy-young-adult

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#7

“Isn't that what stories do, make real things fake, and fake things real?”
― Marie Rutkoski, The Winner's Curse

833 likes

#8

“The truth can deceive as well as a lie.”
― Marie Rutkoski, The Winner's Curse

308 likes

#9

“Because it was all you were willing to give me. And I’d rather have you hating me than not have you at all.”
― Elena Armas, The Spanish Love Deception

550 likes

#10

“When white people say something's 'not about race,' it's usually because it is and they don't wanna talk about it.”
― Tracy Deonn, Bloodmarked

tags: racism

48 likes

#11

“And what was freedom worth if I still felt imprisoned?”
― Emily Varga, For She Is Wrath

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#12

“Be cold, be hard, and don’t give them an inch, you understand? No matter what they say of you.”
― M.L. Wang, Blood Over Bright Haven

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#13

“So many parents will try to kill everything brilliant about a girl in the name of giving her a good life, a safe life, a chance at happiness.”
― M.L. Wang, Blood Over Bright Haven

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#14

“Truth over delusion. Growth over comfort.”
― M.L. Wang, Blood Over Bright Haven

73 likes

#15

“Men want power because it makes them feel good. Women want power because it lets us do things.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Daughter of No Worlds

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#16

“My name is Tisaanah. I am a free woman and yet still a slave. I am fragments of many things but a whole of only myself. I am a daughter of no worlds, and all worlds.

And I am not done yet.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Daughter of No Worlds

tags: daughter-of-all-worlds, daughter-of-no-worlds, tisaanah

49 likes

#17

“Because if I allow myself to be angry, I will never stop.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Daughter of No Worlds

33 likes

#18

“Give your friendships the magic you would give a romance. Because they're just as important. Actually, for us, they're way more important.”
― Alice Oseman, Loveless

tags: aromantic, asexual, friendship, lgbt

750 likes

#19

“I don't think I need to try everything to know I don't like it.”
― Alice Oseman, Loveless

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#20

“I just. Loved. Love.”
― Alice Oseman, Loveless

58 likes

#21

“People shouldn’t fear their prime ministers. Prime ministers should fear their people.”
― S.F. Williamson, A Language of Dragons

tags: inspirational, political

19 likes

#22

“People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.”
― Alan Moore, V for Vendetta

tags: democracy, equality, government, misattributed

3482 likes

#23

“After all, power makes everyone monstrous. At least a little.”
― Tasha Suri, The Jasmine Throne

23 likes

#24

“I was a woman when it was convenient to blame me, and a girl when they wanted to use me.”
― Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning

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#25

“I will love you to ruination.”
― Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning

118 likes

#26

“It was strangely comforting— and strangely beautiful, to be known without having to speak a word.”
― Allison Saft, Wings of Starlight

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#27

“I needed to prove that I, as a woman, could be better than the rest of them. That I too could belong. That I too could be free.”
― K.X. Song, The Night Ends with Fire

tags: fantasy, feminism, meilin, mulan, retelling, woman

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#28

“Hope can be a powerful force. Maybe there's no actual magic in it, but when you know what you hope for most and hold it like a light within you, you can make things happen, almost like magic.”
― Laini Taylor, Daughter of Smoke & Bone

tags: hope, hopelessness, magic

3109 likes

#29

“Have you ever asked yourself, do monsters make war, or does war make monsters?”
― Laini Taylor, Daughter of Smoke & Bone

2706 likes

#30

“Love is a luxury."
"No. Love is an element."
An element. Like air to breathe, earth to stand on.”
― Laini Taylor, Daughter of Smoke & Bone

tags: akiva, karou, love, romance

1299 likes

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