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“A promise you can’t keep is just another lie”
― V.E. Schwab, Vengeful

“You're beautiful, but you're empty. No one could die for you.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

“Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is but the passing shadow of a cloud...”
― Yann Martel, Life of Pi

“Friends are the fruitcake of life - some nutty, some soaked in alcohol, some sweet.”
― Jon Ronson

“I've been busy. I might have some surprises in store for the Darkling yet."

"Please tell me you plan to dress up as a volcra and jump out of a cake."

"Well, now you've ruined the surprise.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ruin and Rising

“And you," she spat in Nikolai's direction. "Go somewhere you're wanted."

"That's hardly limiting," he said.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ruin and Rising

“He dipped his hand in, then yelped and drew back. "They bite."

"Serves you right," I said. "'Oh, look, a dark lake full of something shiny. Let me put my hand in it.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ruin and Rising

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

“Because you are a girl” is never a reason for anything. Ever.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions

“Show her that she does not need to be liked by everyone. Tell her that if someone does not like her, there will be someone else who will. Teach her that she not merely an object to be liked or disliked, she is also a subject who can like and dislike.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions

“We tell people to follow their dreams, but you can only dream of what you can imagine, and, depending on where you come from, your imagination can be quite limited.”
― Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

“People love to say, “Give a man a fish, and he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he’ll eat for a lifetime.” What they don’t say is, “And it would be nice if you gave him a fishing rod.” That’s the part of the analogy that’s missing.”
― Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

“Language, even more than color, defines who you are to people.”
― Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

“If you're Native American and you pray to the wolves, you're a savage. If you're African and you pray to your ancestors, you're a primitive. But when white people pray to a guy who turns water into wine, well, that's just common sense.”
― Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

“We spend so much time being afraid of failure, afraid of rejection. But regret is the thing we should fear most. Failure is an answer. Rejection is an answer. Regret is an eternal question you will never have the answer to.”
― Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

“Language brings with it an identity and a culture, or at least the perception of it. A shared language says "We're the same." A language barrier says "We're different.”
― Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

“A dog is a great thing for a kid to have. It's like a bicycle but with emotions.”
― Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

“Comfort can be dangerous. Comfort provides a floor but also a ceiling.”
― Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

“Don't fight the system, mock the system”
― Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

“Whilst my mother couldn't give me access to the world, she at least made sure to let me know it existed.

A kid cannot dream of being an astronaut if he does not know about space.”
― Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

“He's like an exotic bird collector... he only wants a woman who is free because his dream is to put her in a cage.”
― Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

“It didn't matter that there was a war on our doorstep. She had things to do, places to be.”
― Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

“It's not natural for women to fight."
"It's not natural for someone to be as stupid as he is tall, and yet there you stand.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“We are all someone's monster.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“The universe was here before you, and it will go on after you. The only way it will remember you is if you do something worthy of remembrance.”
― Amie Kaufman, Illuminae

“Never give up... No one knows what's going to happen next.”
― L. Frank Baum

“Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable.
- Wizard”
― Noel Langley, The Wizard of Oz Screenplay

“True courage is in facing danger when you are afraid...”
― L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

“I heard a story about her once,' said James. 'She was interviewing a psychopath. She showed him a picture of a frightened face and asked him to identify the emotion. He said he didn't know what the emotion was but it was the face people pulled just before he killed them.”
― Jon Ronson, The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry

“It is an awful lot harder, Tony told me, to convince people you’re sane than it is to convince them you’re crazy. “I”
― Jon Ronson, The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry