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#1

“Love and loss,” he said, “are like a ship and the sea. They rise together. The more we love, the more we have to lose. But the only way to avoid loss is to avoid love. And what a sad world that would be.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Conjuring of Light

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#2

“Even glass can be strong," said Rhy, "if it is thick enough.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Conjuring of Light

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#4

“It doesn't matter what someone is. Only what they think they are.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Conjuring of Light

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#6

“Life is chaos. Time is order.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Conjuring of Light

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#7

“We don't choose what we are, but we choose what we do.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Conjuring of Light

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#7

“I apologize for anything I might have done. I was not myself.”
“I apologize for shooting you in the leg.” said Lila. “I was myself entirely.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

tags: lila-bard, rhy

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#8

“And strategy is just a fancy word for a special kind of common sense, the ability to see options, to make them where there were none. It’s not about knowing the rules. It’s about knowing how to break them.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Conjuring of Light

tags: lila

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#8

“Life isn't made of choices, it's made of trades. Some are good, some are bad, but they all have a cost.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Conjuring of Light

tags: holland

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#9

“Like most misery, it started with apparent happiness.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

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#10

“Even death has a heart.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

tags: death, life

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#11

“She was saying goodbye and she didn't even know it.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

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#12

“***HERE IS A SMALL FACT***
You are going to die.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

tags: death, fact

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#13

“Hell is the absence of the people you long for.”
― Emily St. John Mandel, Station Eleven

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#14

“What I mean to say is, the more you remember, the more you’ve lost.”
― Emily St. John Mandel, Station Eleven

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#15

“First we only want to be seen, but once we’re seen, that’s not enough anymore. After that, we want to be remembered.”
― Emily St. John Mandel, Station Eleven

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#16

“I lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me.”
― S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

tags: lies, lying, self-deception, truth

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#17

“I´d rather have anybody´s hate than their pity”
― S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

tags: hate, pity

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#18

“You asked me if I ever wanted to believe in something. I do. I want to believe in this. I want to believe that there’s more.”
― V.E. Schwab, Vicious

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#19

“What I am telling you, before you begin my story, is this -- two things: I crave truth. And I lie. ”
― Tana French, In the Woods

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#20

“Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.”
― Tana French, In the Woods

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#21

“There were two kinds of monsters, the kind that hunted the streets and the kind that lived in your head. She could fight the first, but the second was more dangerous. It was always, always, always a step ahead.”
― Victoria Schwab, Our Dark Duet

tags: kate-harker, monsters

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#22

“Are you afraid of your own shadow?”
― Victoria Schwab, Our Dark Duet

tags: alice, kate-harker

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#23

“She wasn’t a rebel, because to call her one would imply that she was breaking the rules”
― Kevin Kwan, Crazy Rich Asians

tags: rebel

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#24

“Nothing makes you feel more naked than someone identifying a desire you never knew you possessed.”
― Jeff Zentner, The Serpent King

tags: alone, desire, identify, naked, need, solo, want

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#25

“That wouldn't be a bad way to die...giving off light for millions of years after you're gone.”
― Jeff Zentner, The Serpent King

tags: bad, die, gone, good, inspirational, star, stars, year

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#26

“Wanting to believe something is powerful”
― Jeff Zentner, The Serpent King

tags: believe

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#27

“Only fools are certain.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Conjuring of Light

tags: lila

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#28

“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
― Albert Camus

tags: attributed-no-source, friends, friendship, misattributed-albert-camus

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