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  • #1
    Jennifer A. Nielsen
    “I never denied being a fool. That's the difference between us.”
    Jennifer A. Nielsen

  • #2
    Philip K. Dick
    “There will come a time when it isn't 'They're spying on me through my phone' anymore. Eventually, it will be 'My phone is spying on me'.”
    Philip K. Dick

  • #3
    Jennifer A. Nielsen
    “You eat with your left hand. That's unacceptable. Can you do it with your right?"
    "Can you do it with your left?”
    Jennifer A. Nielsen

  • #4
    Suzanne Collins
    “Stupid people are dangerous.”
    Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

  • #5
    Meg Cabot
    “And now Rocky is begging me to watch Dora the Explorer with him. I understand that millions of kids love Dora and have learned to read or whatever from her show. But I wouldn't mind if Dora fell off a cliff and took her little pals with her”
    Meg Cabot, Forever Princess

  • #6
    Jennifer A. Nielsen
    “Above all else, I think that you are a compulsive liar."
    My laughter was tense, but sincere. "Hardly. In fact, I consider myself a compulsive truth teller. It's only that everyone else seems compelled to misunderstand me.”
    Jennifer A. Nielsen, The Runaway King
    tags: sage

  • #7
    Meg Cabot
    “A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle."
    I really hate this expression. I bet fish would totally want bicycles.”
    Meg Cabot, Princess on the Brink

  • #8
    Jonathan Auxier
    “There is something wonderful that happens between true friends.When they find themselves no longer wasting time with meaningless chatter.Instead, they become content just to share each other's company. It is the opinion of some that this sort of friendship is the only kind worth having. While jokes and anecdotes are nice, they do not compare with the beauty of shared solitude.”
    Jonathan Auxier, Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes

  • #9
    Jennifer A. Nielsen
    “Her eyes scanned the dark skies. "Did it rain? Why are you all wet?"
    "A nighttime bath."
    "Fully dressed?"
    "I'm modest.”
    Jennifer A. Nielsen, The Runaway King

  • #10
    Jennifer A. Nielsen
    “You're such a young king. I barely remember being your age."
    "Then clearly we're talking about how old you are, not how young I am.”
    Jennifer A. Nielsen, The Runaway King

  • #11
    Mark Twain
    “Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.”
    Mark Twain

  • #12
    Mark Twain
    “Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.”
    Mark Twain, Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World

  • #13
    Albert Einstein
    “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
    Albert Einstein

  • #14
    John Green
    “Saying 'I notice you're a nerd' is like saying, 'Hey, I notice that you'd rather be intelligent than be stupid, that you'd rather be thoughtful than be vapid, that you believe that there are things that matter more than the arrest record of Lindsay Lohan. Why is that?' In fact, it seems to me that most contemporary insults are pretty lame. Even 'lame' is kind of lame. Saying 'You're lame' is like saying 'You walk with a limp.' Yeah, whatever, so does 50 Cent, and he's done all right for himself.”
    John Green

  • #15
    W.C. Fields
    “I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally. ”
    W.C. Fields

  • #16
    Sarah Dessen
    “So you're always honest," I said.
    "Aren't you?"
    "No," I told him. "I'm not."
    "Well, that's good to know, I guess."
    "I'm not saying I'm a liar," I told him. He raised his eyebrows. "That's not how I meant it, anyways."
    "How'd you mean it, then?"
    "I just...I don't always say what I feel."
    "Why not?"
    "Because the truth sometimes hurts," I said.
    "Yeah," he said. "So do lies, though.”
    Sarah Dessen, Just Listen

  • #17
    Daniel Pennac
    “Reader's Bill of Rights

    1. The right to not read

    2. The right to skip pages

    3. The right to not finish

    4. The right to reread

    5. The right to read anything

    6. The right to escapism

    7. The right to read anywhere

    8. The right to browse

    9. The right to read out loud

    10. The right to not defend your tastes”
    Daniel Pennac

  • #18
    Jennifer Lynn Barnes
    “You have no right to tell me-"

    "You do not want to finish that sentence, missy. You want to sit down, close your mouth, and eat."

    "How am I supposed to eat with my mouth closed?”
    Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Raised by Wolves

  • #19
    Marie Lu
    “Be true to yourself. But that's something everyone says and no one means. No one wants you to be yourself. They want you to be the version of yourself that they like.”
    Marie Lu, The Young Elites

  • #20
    Marie Lu
    “Sorry, always sorry. What in the world can you buy with an apology?”
    Marie Lu, The Young Elites

  • #21
    Marie Lu
    “I pledge myself to the Rose Society until the end of my days, to use my eyes to see all that happens, my tongue to woo others to our side, my ears to hear every secret, my hands to crush my enemies. I will do everything in my power to destroy all who stand in my way.”
    Marie Lu, The Young Elites

  • #22
    George Orwell
    “Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
    George Orwell, 1984

  • #23
    George Orwell
    “War is peace.
    Freedom is slavery.
    Ignorance is strength.”
    George Orwell, 1984

  • #24
    George Orwell
    “If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—for ever.”
    George Orwell, 1984

  • #25
    George Orwell
    “We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.”
    George Orwell, 1984

  • #26
    George Orwell
    “Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing.”
    George Orwell, 1984

  • #27
    Jennifer Lynn Barnes
    “I could see, already, how this was going to end. "You'll have checkmate in three moves... Luckily for me," I told him, my fingers closing around my own queen, "I'll have checkmate in two.”
    Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Long Game

  • #28
    Jennifer Lynn Barnes
    “Some people weren’t worth the breath it took to shoot them down.”
    Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Long Game

  • #29
    J.K. Rowling
    “If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
    J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

  • #30
    C.S. Lewis
    “A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.”
    C.S. Lewis



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