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“I had just come to accept that my life would be ordinary when extraordinary things began to happen.”
― Ransom Riggs, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

“One must always be careful of books," said Tessa, "and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

“Whatever I am, let it be enough”
― V.E. Schwab, A Gathering of Shadows

“Knowledge is dangerous. Once you know something, you can't get rid of it. You have to carry it. Always.”
― Samantha Shannon, The Bone Season

“Nothing’s worse than a story without an end.”
― Samantha Shannon, The Bone Season

“We cling to our fairy tales until the price for believing in them becomes too high.”
― Ransom Riggs, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

“A dream dirty and bruised is better than no dream at all.”
― Laini Taylor, Days of Blood & Starlight

“It was impossible, of course. But when did that ever stop any dreamer from dreaming.”
― Laini Taylor, Strange the Dreamer

“Without his books, his room felt like a body with its hearts cut out.”
― Laini Taylor, Strange the Dreamer

“Life won't just happen to you boy, he said. You have to happen to it.”
― Laini Taylor, Strange the Dreamer

“You can't judge the many by the actions of the few.”
― Michael Buckley, The Fairy-Tale Detectives

“Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“I was beginning to learn that your life is a story told about you, not one that you tell.”
― John Green, Turtles All the Way Down

“Even in the Future the Story Begins with Once Upon a Time.”
― Marissa Meyer, Cinder

“You may be born into a family, but you walk into friendships. Some you’ll discover you should put behind you. Others are worth every risk.”
― Adam Silvera, They Both Die at the End

“...stories can make someone immortal as long as someone else is willing to listen.”
― Adam Silvera, They Both Die at the End

“Maybe it's better to have gotten it right and been happy for one day instead of living a lifetime of wrongs.”
― Adam Silvera, They Both Die at the End

“Entire lives aren't lessons, but there are lessons in lives.”
― Adam Silvera, They Both Die at the End

“There has to be more to life than just imagining a future for yourself. I can't just wish for the future; I have to take risks to create it.”
― Adam Silvera, They Both Die at the End

“I'd rather die on an adventure than live standing still.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“Anoshe was a word for strangers in the street, and lovers between meetings, for parents and children, friends and family. It softened the blow of leaving. Eased the strain of parting. A careful nod to the certainty of today, the mystery of tomorrow. When a friend left, with little chance of seeing home, they said anoshe. When a loved one was dying, they said anoshe. When corpses were burned, bodies given back to the earth and souls to the stream, those left grieving said anoshe.

Anoshe brought solace. And hope. And the strength to let go.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Conjuring of Light

“Scars are not shameful, not unless you let them be. If you do not wear them, they will wear you.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Conjuring of Light

“For the ones who dream of stranger worlds.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“The prince shrugged. “Who needs magic when you look this good?”
― Victoria Schwab, A Gathering of Shadows

“Death comes for us all," said Holland evenly. "I would simply have mine mean something.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Conjuring of Light

“Don't get yourself killed."
"I'll do my best," said Kell, and then he was going.
"And come back," added Rhy.
Kell paused. "Don't worry," he said. "I will. Once I've seen it."
"Seen what?" asked Rhy.
Kell smiled. "Everything.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Conjuring of Light

“If you are not trying to hold on to time, you are not so afraid of losing it.”
― Suzanne Collins, Gregor the Overlander

“We live and breathe words. .... It was books that made me feel that perhaps I was not completely alone. They could be honest with me, and I with them. Reading your words, what you wrote, how you were lonely sometimes and afraid, but always brave; the way you saw the world, its colors and textures and sounds, I felt--I felt the way you thought, hoped, felt, dreamt. I felt I was dreaming and thinking and feeling with you. I dreamed what you dreamed, wanted what you wanted--and then I realized that truly I just wanted you.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Prince

“Life is a book and there are a thousand pages I have not yet read.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Princess

“There's plenty of sense in nonsense sometimes, if you wish to look for it.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel