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#1

“Sometimes a man doesn’t know what to do about things and sometimes it’s best to lie very still and try not to think at all about anything.”
― Charles Bukowski, Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame

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#2

“Those who preach god, need god
Those who preach peace do not have peace
Those who preach love do not have love”
― Charles Bukowski, The Roominghouse Madrigals: Early Selected Poems, 1946-1966

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#3

“I can learn to live with guilt. I don't care about being good.”
― Holly Black, Red Glove

tags: bad, choices, good, guilt, life

128 likes

#4

“The easiest lies to tell are the ones you want to be true.”
― Holly Black, White Cat

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#5

“Clever as the Devil and twice as pretty.”
― Holly Black, White Cat

tags: clever, con, devil, lie, sexy, wit

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#6

“He's the kind of liar who totally forgets what he told you the last time, but he believes every single lie with such conviction that sometimes he can convince you of it.”
― Holly Black, White Cat

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#7

“Things don't have to be sane when they're normal.”
― Carol Plum-Ucci, The Body of Christopher Creed

tags: carol-plum-ucci, the-body-of-christopher-creed

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#8

“It was as if the story had been added to, so as not to disgust people too much.”
― Carol Plum-Ucci, The Body of Christopher Creed

tags: the-body-of-christopher-creed

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#9

“I only wish to be gone. Therefore, I AM.”
― Carol Plum-Ucci, The Body of Christopher Creed

tags: christopher-creed, the-body-of-christopher-creed

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#10

“You're making it sound like it's more dangerous to have a slightly weird family, than a totally weird family.”
― Carol Plum-Ucci, The Body of Christopher Creed

tags: the-body-of-christopher-creed, torey-adams

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#11

“People only see as far as they are able and the rest of the truth is lost on them.”
― Carol Plum-Ucci, The Body of Christopher Creed

tags: the-body-of-christopher-creed, torey-adams

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#12

“But not hurting people and knowing how to get along with people, ... they're different.”
― Carol Plum-Ucci, The Body of Christopher Creed

tags: torey-adams

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#13

“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

#14

“I know it's not easy for you, living this life, but try to remember, always try to remember, you're not the only one with troubles.”
― Laini Taylor, Daughter of Smoke & Bone

tags: life, troubles

517 likes

#15

“It is a condition of monsters that they do not perceive themselves as such. The dragon, you know, hunkered in the village devouring maidens, heard the townsfolk cry 'Monster!' and looked behind him.”
― Laini Taylor, Daughter of Smoke & Bone

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#16

“She moved like a poem and smiled like a sphinx.”
― Laini Taylor, Daughter of Smoke & Bone

tags: fantasy, young-adult

1362 likes

#17

“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

#18

“Where have you come from boy?'
He looked at her again.
'From hell, to take you away in the night and eat you.”
― Paul Hoffman, The Left Hand of God

tags: hell

49 likes

#19

“Playing with fire doesn't necessarily get you burned.”
― Simone Elkeles, Perfect Chemistry

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#20

“If no words come, you can always give him the finger.”
― Simone Elkeles, Rules of Attraction

tags: tuck, tucker-reese

343 likes

#23

“Eye contact made people think you were being truthful even if you weren't.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, All These Things I've Done

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#24

“Violence should not always beget more violence.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, All These Things I've Done

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#25

“The truth is messy. It's raw and uncomfortable. You can't blame people for preferring lies.”
― Holly Black, Red Glove

tags: choice, lies, truth

492 likes

#26

“Changing is what people do when they have no options left.”
― Holly Black, Red Glove

tags: change, choices, inevitable, life

443 likes

#27

“Let me look out for you. Let your enemies become mine.”
― Holly Black, Red Glove

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#28

“You're a pretty cool customer, huh?" says Agent Hunt.

"I hide my inner pain under my stoic visage."

Agent Hunt looks like he would like to put his fist through my stoic visage.”
― Holly Black, Red Glove

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#29

“You are the best kind of killer, Cassel Sharpe, the kind that never has blood on his hands. The kind that never has to sicken at the sight of what he's done, or come to like it too much.”
― Holly Black, Red Glove

tags: chilling

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