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“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

“Many people lose the small joys in the hope for the big happiness.”
― Pearl S. Buck

“I was just telling Claire about a guy I met in bread class. I hate him, but he could be my soul mate.”
― Sarah Addison Allen, First Frost

“If you want things to change, you have to stop waiting for someone else to make the first move.”
― Karen White, Flight Patterns

“There are no limits to starting over. That’s why the sun rises every day. Unless you’re running in circles and then the outcome never changes.”
― Karen White, Flight Patterns

“When you put someone down all the time, eventually they stop listening to the sensible stuff.”
― Jojo Moyes, One Plus One

“I don't understand it any more than you do, but one thing I've learned is that you don't have to understand things for them to be.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time

“There was a universe inside every human being every bit as big as the universe outside them. Books were the best way Nina knew - apart from, sometimes, music - to breach the barrier, to connect the internal universe with the external, the words acting merely as a conduit between the two worlds.”
― Jenny Colgan, The Bookshop on the Corner

“Sleep is good, he said, and books are better.”
― George R. R. Martin

“Because she knew that something happened to you when your mother didn't hold you close, or tell you all the time that you were the best thing ever, or even notice when you were home: a little part of you sealed over. You didn't need her. You didn't need anyone. And without even knowing you were doing it, you waited. You waited for anyone who got close to you to see something they didn't like in you, something they hadn't initially seen, and to grow cold and disappear, too, like so much sea mist. Because there had to be something wrong, didn't there, if even your own mother didn't really love you?”
― Jojo Moyes, One Plus One

“Everyone I've ever met who was worth knowing was a bit different at school. You just need to find your people'
'Find my people?'
'Your tribe”
― Jojo Moyes, One Plus One

“Practice love, compassion and forgiveness. Anger is nothing but an anchor that keeps you from moving forward.”
― Abby Fabiaschi, I Liked My Life

“Never underestimate the power of a girl with a book.”
― Ruth Bader Ginsberg