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#1

“I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am, also, much more than that. So are we all.”
― James Baldwin, Notes of a Native Son

tags: circumstances, history, humans, life, personality, soul, time

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#2

“A dream, all a dream, that ends in nothing, and leaves the sleeper where he lay down, but I wish you to know that you inspired it.”
― Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

tags: dreams

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#3

“I do not understand “damned.” You are. And because you are, you can walk where you will, into peace, oblivion, or pits of fire, but you will always choose.”
― Katherine Arden, The Bear and the Nightingale

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#4

“You don't, Kestrel, even though the god of lies loves you.”
― Marie Rutkoski, The Winner's Curse

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#5

“If we must drown, let us do so entwined.”
― Rebecca Ross, A River Enchanted

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#6

“I am ashamed of anyone who has eyes and still can't see.”
― Kathryn Lasky, The Journey

tags: shame

167 likes

#7

“It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.”
― Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

tags: closing-line, last-words, self-sacrifice

3064 likes

#8

“He is slow, and the sea sings to us both, but he returns to me.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Scorpio Races

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#9

“You have been the last dream of my soul.”
― Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

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#10

“‎And yet I have had the weakness, and have still the weakness, to wish you to know with what a sudden mastery you kindled me, heap of ashes that I am, into fire.”
― Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

tags: love, passion

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#11

“There is a man who would give his life to keep a life you love beside you.”
― Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

tags: self-sacrifice

151 likes

#12

“Bring what fury you have and I will answer it with ours.”
― Rosaria Munda, Fireborne

tags: dragons, ya-fantasy

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#13

“I'd battled ghosts and touched the stars. I'd climbed a mountain to the moon and conquered the fury of the sun.”
― Elizabeth Lim, Spin the Dawn

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#14

“In the meantime, I hope you will find your place, wherever you are. Even in the silence, I hope you will find the words you need to share.”
― Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals

tags: feelings-and-emotions, life, love, rd16

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#15

“For anyone who sought a different realm through a wardrobe door, Who wrote a letter and is still waiting for a reply, Or who dreams of stories and bleeds words.”
― Rebecca Ross, Ruthless Vows

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#16

“This version of him isn't perfect. None of them are. New isn't the same as perfect. Growing up isn't inherently loss, it's just change.”
― Kiersten White, Mister Magic

tags: change, flaws, growing-up, perfection

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#17

“I am but a verse inspired by your chorus, and I will follow you until the end, when the isle takes my bones and my name is nothing more than a remembrance on a headstone, next to yours.”
― Rebecca Ross, A River Enchanted

tags: jack-and-adaira, love, romantic

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#18

“Which is more intricate?” he mused. “The designs of men, trying to reach gods, or that of gods, trying to reach men?” My hammer collided with a chunk of granite. “What is either to the intricacies of women, who reach both?”
― Rachel Gillig, The Knight and the Moth

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#19

“I have always been envious of the Abosom and their faith in a God they cannot see. Today I am envious of you, child, of the faith you have in others. To be that open is to be free.”
― Saara El-Arifi, The Final Strife

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