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  • #1
    John Scalzi
    “Now, you may think that this is some sort of generalized hatred that I will carry for the lot of you. Let me assure you that this is not the case. Each of you will fail, but you will fail in your own unique way, and therefore I will dislike each of you on an individual basis.”
    John Scalzi, Old Man's War

  • #2
    Mira Grant
    “My mother once told me that no woman is naked when she comes equipped with a bad mood and a steady glare.”
    Mira Grant, Feed

  • #3
    A.S. King
    “I want my life to be easier than this. I mean, I know I'm not some starving kid who has to wash clothes in the Ganges for a nickel, but today just sucks.”
    A.S. King, Ask the Passengers

  • #4
    Karen Traviss
    “...I tell you this: think what you like, hate who you like, because that's between you and God, but you will act as the community requires, or the community will no longer require you.”
    Karen Traviss, City of Pearl

  • #5
    Mira Grant
    “I suggest it’s time we head off to see the Wizard. The wonderful Wizard of Jesus We Are All So Fucked.”
    Mira Grant, Deadline
    tags: humor

  • #6
    Jasper Fforde
    “Take no heed of her.... She reads a lot of books.”
    Jasper Fforde, The Eyre Affair

  • #7
    Mira Grant
    “This is Shaun Mason activating security protocol Campbell. The bridge is out, the trees are coming, and I’m pretty sure my hand is evil. Now gimme some sugar, baby.”
    mira grant, Deadline

  • #8
    John Connolly
    “You mean they killed her?" asked David.
    They ate her," said Brother Number One. "With porridge. That's what 'ran away and was never seen again' means in these parts. It means 'eaten.'"
    Um and what about 'happily ever after'?" asked David, a little uncertainly. "What does that mean?"
    Eaten quickly," said Brother Number One.”
    John Connolly, The Book of Lost Things

  • #9
    “There’s no such thing as ready,” she says. “There’s only willing.”
    Rachel Cohn, Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist

  • #10
    Instead of heading for a big mental breakdown, I decided to have a small breakdown
    “Instead of heading for a big mental breakdown, I decided to have a small breakdown every Tuesday evening.”
    Graham Parke, No Hope for Gomez!

  • #11
    Catherynne M. Valente
    “God is a random event, a nexus of pain and pleasure and making and breaking.”
    Catherynne M. Valente, The Folded World

  • #12
    Graham Parke
    “Just before I look under my bed, I always get a little cold feeling, as if part of me expects to find something staring back at me.

    I've probably seen too many Hollywood movies to have any hopes of ever cultivating a healthy relationship with the underside of my bed.”
    Graham Parke

  • #13
    Patrick Rothfuss
    “Call a jack a jack. Call a spade a spade. But always call a whore a lady. Their lives are hard enough, and it never hurts to be polite.”
    Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

  • #14
    Patrick Rothfuss
    “It gets tiresome being spoken to as if you are a child, even if you happen to be one.”
    Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

  • #15
    Cassandra Clare
    “What are all these?" Clary asked.
    "Vials of holy water, blessed knives, steel and silver blades," Jace said, piling the weapons on the floor beside him, "electrum wire - not much use at the moment but it's always good to have spares - silver bullets, charms of protetion, crucifixes, stars of David-"
    "Jesus," said Clary
    "I doubt he'd fit."
    "Jace." Clary was appalled.”
    Cassandra Clare, City of Bones

  • #16
    Melina Marchetta
    “The depression belongs to all of us. I think of the family down the road whose mother was having a baby and they went around the neighborhood saying, "We're pregnant." I want to go around the neighborhood saying, "We're depressed." If my mum can't get out of bed in the morning, all of us feel the same. Her silence has become ours, and it's eating us alive.”
    Melina Marchetta, Saving Francesca

  • #17
    Rachel Hartman
    “Sometimes the truth has difficulty breaching the city walls of our beliefs. A lie, dressed in the correct livery, passes through more easily.”
    Rachel Hartman

  • #18
    Rachel Hartman
    “I’m attracting small children,” Orma muttered, twisting his hat in his hands. “Shoo it away, will you?”
    Rachel Hartman, Seraphina

  • #19
    Scott Lynch
    “What kind of knife is this?” Locke held a rounded buttering utensil up for Chains’ inspection. “It’s all wrong. You couldn’t kill anyone with this.”
    Scott Lynch, The Lies of Locke Lamora

  • #20
    Confucius
    “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”
    Confucius

  • #21
    Nelson Mandela
    “It always seems impossible until it's done.”
    Nelson Mandela

  • #22
    Neal Shusterman
    “Roland glares at Connor and Connor glares back. Then he says what he always says at moments like this.
    "Nice socks."
    Although Roland doesn't look down right away, it derails him just enough for him to back off. He doesn't check to see if his socks match until he thinks Connor isn't looking. And the moment he does, Connor snickers. Small victories are bet­ter than none.”
    Neal Shusterman, Unwind

  • #23
    Bill Watterson
    “That's one of the remarkable things about life. It's never so bad that it can't get worse.”
    Bill Watterson

  • #24
    Mira Grant
    “Some people say I have issues. I say those people need to expand their horizons because I don't have issues, I have the Library of Congress”
    Mira Grant, Blackout

  • #25
    Seneca
    “Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.”
    Lucius Annaeus Seneca

  • #26
    Nina LaCour
    “There is an indescribable feeling that comes from being desperately in love with a song.”
    Nina LaCour, Hold Still

  • #27
    Frances Hardinge
    “Revenge is a dish best served unexpectedly and from a distance - like a thrown trifle.”
    Frances Hardinge

  • #28
    Graham Parke
    “I make sure to always have some spinach between my teeth so people are disinclined to bother me.

    Survival strategies for the 21st century.”
    Graham Parke

  • #29
    Graham Parke
    “I'm looking into my past lives. I'm convinced some of them still owe me money.”
    Graham Parke, Unspent Time

  • #30
    Kelley Armstrong
    “Yes you're getting your tattoo."
    I threw my arms around Dad's neck. "Thank you!"
    "Hey," Mom said. "I'm the one who had to persuade him it wasn't turning his little girl into a streetwalker."
    "I never said that," Dad said.
    "No?" I said. "Cool. Cause I've decided to skip the paw print. I'm thinking of a tramp stamp with flames that says 'Hot in Here.' No wait. Arrows. For directionally challenged guys”
    Kelley Armstrong, The Gathering



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