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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

“Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and they’ll wait for you forever; pay attention to them and they always love you back.”
― John Green, An Abundance of Katherines

“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“You must remember, family is often born of blood, but it doesn't depend on blood. Nor is it exclusive of friendship. Family members can be your best friends, you know. And best friends, whether or not they are related to you, can be your family.”
― Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society

“It's a journal, Reynard. Every great thinker keeps a journal, you know.”
― Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society

“Would you ever have thought I might choose a lie for the sake of my own happiness? The Whisperer's version of happiness is an illusion -- it doesn't take away your fears, it only lies about them, makes you temporarily believe you don't have them. And I know it's a lie, but what a powerful one! Maybe I'm not who I always thought myself to be. Maybe I'm the sort of person who will do anything to hear what I want to believe...”
― Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society

“Remember the White Knight.”
― Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society

“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent”
― Victor Hugo

“All grown-ups were once children... but only few of them remember it.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

“You see, one loves the sunset when one is so sad.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

“Once upon a time there was a little prince who lived on a planet scarcely bigger than himself and who had need for a friend.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

“If I am attempting to describe him, it is in order not to forget him. It is sad to forget a friend. Not every one has had a friend.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

“I certainly have not the talent which some people possess," said Darcy, "of conversing easily with those I have never seen before. I cannot catch their tone of conversation, or appear interested in their concerns, as I often see done.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

“MR. BROWNE'S SEPTEMBER PRECEPT:

WHEN GIVEN THE CHOICE BETWEEN BEING
RIGHT OR BEING KIND, CHOOSE KIND.”
― R. J. Palacio, Wonder

“You must understand that when you are writing a novel you are not making anything up.”
― Thomas Harris, Red Dragon

“You know how cats do. They hide to die. Dogs come home.”
― Thomas Harris, Red Dragon

“Once the world has made a decision, there is little anyone can do to change its mind.”
― Chris Colfer, The Wishing Spell

“Right now, we're living in an ugly chapter of our lives, but books always get better!”
― Chris Colfer, The Wishing Spell

“Sometimes we forget about our own advantages because we focus on what we don't have. Just because you have to work a little harder at something that seems easier to others doesn't mean you're without your own talents.”
― Chris Colfer, The Wishing Spell

“This is what Grandma was worried about, you know.'

'Me eating a whole chocolate cake practically all by myself in a single sitting?'

'You falling in love with a computer geek. Sure, they have good stock options and smokin' hot bods, but what about that dark side of genius that reanimates the dead?”
― Laurie Frankel, Goodbye for Now

“..., I don't think you would just be treated like a member ofan agency. You'd be treated like an asset. And assets don't get to have lives.”
― Maureen Johnson, The Madness Underneath

“I think prime numbers are like life. They are very logical but you could never work out the rules, even if you spent all your time thinking about them”
― Mark Haddon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

“Human behavior is incredibly pliable, plastic.”
― Philip Zimbardo

“Being hurt personally triggered a curiosity about how such beliefs are formed.”
― Philip Zimbardo