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  • #1
    Frank Zappa
    “So many books, so little time.”
    Frank Zappa

  • #2
    Rick Riordan
    “If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.”
    Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

  • #3
    Rick Riordan
    “Deadlines just aren't real to me until I'm staring one in the face.”
    Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

  • #4
    Rick Riordan
    “People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can't be fixed.”
    Rick Riordan, The Battle of the Labyrinth

  • #5
    Rick Riordan
    “What if it lines up like it did in the Trojan War ... Athena versus Poseidon?"
    "I don't know. But I just know that I'll be fighting next to you."
    "Why?"
    "Because you're my friend, Seaweed Brain. Any more stupid questions?”
    Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

  • #6
    Rick Riordan
    “In a way, it's nice to know that there are Greek gods out there, because you have somebody to blame when things go wrong. For instance, when you're walking away from a bus that's just been attacked by monster hags and blown up by lightning, and it's raining on top of everything else, most people might think that's just really bad luck; when you're a half-blood, you understand that some devine force is really trying to mess up your day.”
    Rick Riordan, The Titan's Curse

  • #7
    Rick Riordan
    “Even strength must bow to wisdom sometimes.”
    Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

  • #8
    Rick Riordan
    “We're staying together," he promised. "You're not getting away from me. Never again.”
    Rick Riordan, The Mark of Athena

  • #9
    Rick Riordan
    “It's hard to enjoy practical jokes when your whole life feels like one.”
    Rick Riordan, The Last Olympian

  • #10
    Rick Riordan
    “The world was collapsing, and the only thing that really mattered to me was that she was alive.”
    Rick Riordan, The Last Olympian

  • #11
    Rick Riordan
    “Percy: Don't I get a kiss for luck? It's kind of a tradition, right?
    Annabeth: Come back alive, Seaweed Brain. Then we'll see.”
    Rick Riordan

  • #12
    Rick Riordan
    “She raised an eyebrow. "You got something to say to me, Seaweed Brain?"

    You'd probably kick my butt."

    You know I'd kick your butt."

    I brushed the cake off my hands. "When I was at the River Styx, turning invulnerable . . . Nico said I had to concentrate on one thing that kept me anchored to the world, that made me want to stay mortal."

    Annabeth kept her eyes on the horizon. "Yeah?"

    Then up on Olympus," I said, "when they wanted to make me a god and stuff, I kept thinking-"

    Oh, you so wanted to."

    Well, maybe a little. But I didn't, because I thought-I didn't want things to stay the same for eternity, because things could always get better. And I was thinking . . ." My throat felt really dry.

    Anyone in particular?" Annabeth asked, her voice soft.

    I looked over and saw that she was trying not to smile.

    You're laughing at me," I complained.

    I am not!"

    You are so not making this easy."

    Then she laughed for real, and she put her hands
    around my neck. "I am never, ever going to make things easy for you, Seaweed Brain. Get used to it.”
    Rick Riordan, The Last Olympian

  • #13
    Suzanne Collins
    “I wish I could freeze this moment, right here, right now and live in it forever.”
    Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire

  • #14
    Suzanne Collins
    “Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor.”
    Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

  • #15
    Suzanne Collins
    “Destroying things is much easier than making them.”
    Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

  • #16
    Suzanne Collins
    “You know, you could live a thousand lifetimes and not deserve him.”
    Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire

  • #17
    Suzanne Collins
    “Fire is catching! And if we burn, you burn with us!”
    Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay

  • #18
    Suzanne Collins
    “I always channel my emotions into my work. That way, I don't hurt anyone but myself.”
    Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire

  • #19
    Suzanne Collins
    “There are much worse games to play.”
    Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay

  • #20
    Brandon Sanderson
    “Elend: I kind of lost track of time…
    Breeze: For two hours?
    Elend: There were books involved.”
    Brandon Sanderson, The Well of Ascension

  • #21
    Brandon Sanderson
    “It's easy to believe in something when you win all the time...The losses are what define a man's faith.”
    Brandon Sanderson, The Well of Ascension

  • #22
    Brandon Sanderson
    “Belief isn't simply a thing for fair times and bright days...What is belief - what is faith - if you don't continue in it after failure?...Anyone can believe in someone, or something that always succeeds...But failure...ah, now, that is hard to believe in, certainly and truly. Difficult enough to have value. Sometimes we just have to wait long enough...then we find out why exactly it was that we kept believing...There's always another secret.”
    Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn: The Final Empire

  • #23
    Brandon Sanderson
    “There's always another secret.' -Kelsier”
    Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn: The Final Empire

  • #24
    Brandon Sanderson
    “Somehow, we'll find it. The balance between whom we wish to be and whom we need to be. But for now, we simply have to be satisfied with who we are.”
    Brandon Sanderson, The Hero of Ages

  • #25
    Brandon Sanderson
    “...A man can only stumble for so long before he either falls or stands up straight.”
    Brandon Sanderson, The Well of Ascension

  • #26
    Brandon Sanderson
    “A man can only lead when others accept him as their leader, and he has only as much authority as his subjects give to him. All of the brilliant ideas in the world cannot save your kingdom if no one will listen to them.”
    Brandon Sanderson, The Well of Ascension

  • #27
    Brandon Sanderson
    “The mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the vital ones.”
    Brandon Sanderson, The Alloy of Law

  • #28
    Brandon Sanderson
    “A man was defined not by his flaws, but by how he overcame them.”
    Brandon Sanderson, The Well of Ascension

  • #29
    Brandon Sanderson
    “Lately, I feel like my life is a book written in a language I don't know how to read.”
    Brandon Sanderson, The Hero of Ages

  • #30
    Brandon Sanderson
    “That’s the funny thing about arriving somewhere, Vin,” he said with a wink. “Once you’re there, the only thing you can really do is leave again.”
    Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn: The Final Empire



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