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“Luck was a mechanism to be devised, and luck and destiny were merely two sides of the same coin.”
― Amanda Foody, King of Fools

“They're afraid of our ability to hear the stars. [...] And to them it makes us alien.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Skyward

“Whatever you've heard about Caraval, it doesn't compare to the reality. It's more than just a game or performance. It's the closest you'll ever find yourself magic in this world.”
― stephanie garber, Caraval

“Every good story needs a villain.
But the best villains are the ones you secretly like.”
― Stephanie Garber, Legendary

“The air tasted like wonder. Like candied butterfly wings caught in sugared spiderwebs, and drunken peaches coated in luck.”
― Stephanie Garber, Legendary

“I address you all tonight for who you truly are: wizards, mermaids, travelers, adventurers, and magicians. You are the true dreamers.”
― Brian Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret

“It looks like the whole city is made out of stars.”
― Brian Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret

“Embellish your flaws. They will turn into your assets.”
― Marie Lu, The Young Elites

“Every locked door has a key. Every problem has a solution.”
― Marie Lu, Warcross

“Everything's science fiction until someone makes it science fact.”
― Marie Lu, Warcross

“Everyone has a different way of escaping the dark stillness of their mind.”
― Marie Lu, Warcross

“They believe that objects have souls. The more love you put into one, the more beautiful it becomes.”
― Marie Lu, Warcross

“Ben wished the world was organized by the Dewey decimal system. That way you'd be able to find whatever you were looking for.”
― Brian Selznick, Wonderstruck

“I suppose I'll have to add the force of gravity to my list of enemies.”
― Lemony Snicket, The Penultimate Peril

“All the secrets of the world are contained in books. Read at your own risk.”
― Lemony Snicket

“It is likely I will die next to a pile of things I was meaning to read.”
― Lemony Snicket

“The world is quiet here.”
― Lemony Snicket

“The sea is nothing but a library of all the tears in history.”
― Lemony Snicket

“Maybe the world isn't really different, but I am different, and I am in the world.”
― Rachel Hartman, Tess of the Road

“If we walk far enough," says Dorothy, "we shall sometime come to someplace.”
― L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

“Oakland Carl was the only Carl in the San Francisco Bay Area, and San Franciscans were, frankly, offended.”
― Hank Green, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing

“The sky had never seemed so sky; the world had never seemed so world.”
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline

“It is a small world. You do not have to live in it particularly long to learn that for yourself. There is a theory that, in the whole world, there are only five hundred real people (the cast, as it were; all the rest of the people in the world, the theory suggests, are extras) and what is more, they all know each other. And it's true, or true as far as it goes. In reality the world is made of thousands upon thousands of groups of about five hundred people, all of whom will spend their lives bumping into each other, trying to avoid each other, and discovering each other in the same unlikely teashop in Vancouver. There is an unavoidability to this process. It's not even coincidence. It's just the way the world works, with no regard for individuals or for propriety.”
― Neil Gaiman, Anansi Boys

“Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.”
― Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky

“If you've ever wondered where your dreams come from when you go to sleep at night, just look around. This is where they are made. ”
― Brian Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret

“See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories. Ask for no guarantees, ask for no security.”
― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

“he went down the stairs, “no choice, no choice,”
― Kate DiCamillo, The Tale of Despereaux

“It is always sad when someone leaves home, unless they are simply going around the corner and will return in a few minutes with ice-cream sandwiches.”
― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

“There are times to stay put, and what you want will come to you, and there are times to go out into the world and find such a thing for yourself.”
― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?"
"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to."
"I don't much care where –"
"Then it doesn't matter which way you go.”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland