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    Leigh Bardugo
    “She'd laughed, and if he could have bottled the sound and gotten drunk on it every night, he would have. It terrified him.”
    ― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows
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    R.F. Kuang
    “Fire and water looked so lovely together. It was a pity they destroyed each other by nature.”
    ― R.F. Kuang, The Dragon Republic
    tags: destroy, fire, nature, pity, togetherness, water
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    Leigh Bardugo
    “Many boys will bring you flowers. But someday you'll meet a boy who will learn your favorite flower, your favorite song, your favorite sweet. And even if he is too poor to give you any of them, it won't matter because he will have taken the time to know you as no one else does. Only that boy earns your heart.”
    ― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows
    tags: leigh-bardugo, six-of-crows
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    Thomas Hardy
    “I shall do one thing in this life - one thing certain - that is, love you, and long for you, and keep wanting you till I die.”
    ― Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd
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    Samantha Shannon
    “Knowledge is dangerous. Once you know something, you can't get rid of it. You have to carry it. Always.”
    ― Samantha Shannon, The Bone Season
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    George R.R. Martin
    “Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: identity
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    Anthony Doerr
    “Open your eyes and see what you can with them before they close forever.”
    ― Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See
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    Libba Bray
    “There is nothing more terrifying than the absoluteness of one who believes he's right.”
    ― Libba Bray, The Diviners
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    Taylor Jenkins Reid
    “Don't ignore half of me so you can fit me into a box. Don't do that.”
    ― Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
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    Samantha Shannon
    “Words are everything. Words give wings even to those who have been stamped upon, broken beyond all hope of repair.”
    ― Samantha Shannon, The Mime Order
    tags: jaxon-hall, the-white-binder, words
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    George R.R. Martin
    “When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: friendship, loneliness
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    Oscar Wilde
    “Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: attributed-no-source, enemies, forgiveness, strategy
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    Anthony Doerr
    “You know the greatest lesson of history? It’s that history is whatever the victors say it is. That’s the lesson. Whoever wins, that’s who decides the history. We act in our own self-interest. Of course we do. Name me a person or a nation who does not. The trick is figuring out where your interests are.”
    ― Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See
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    Libba Bray
    “But what was the point of living so quietly you made no noise at all?”
    ― Libba Bray, The Diviners
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    Samantha Shannon
    “Nothing’s worse than a story without an end.”
    ― Samantha Shannon, The Bone Season
    tags: end, story
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    Samantha Shannon
    “Madness is a matter of perspective, little dreamer.”
    ― Samantha Shannon, The Mime Order
    tags: arcturus-mesarthim, madness, warden
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    Samantha Shannon
    “No woman should be made to fear that she was not enough.”
    ― Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree
    tags: feminism, inspirational
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    Samantha Shannon
    “Hope is the lifeblood of revolution. Without it, we are nothing but ash, waiting for the wind to take us.”
    ― Samantha Shannon, The Mime Order
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    Samantha Shannon
    “You cannot kill death. What fire can scald the sun? Who can drown the ocean?”
    ― Samantha Shannon, The Bone Season
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    George R.R. Martin
    “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
    tags: read, readers, reading, reading-books
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    George R.R. Martin
    “... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: books, mind
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    George R.R. Martin
    “Bran thought about it. 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?'
    'That is the only time a man can be brave,' his father told him.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: bravery, courage, fear
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    George R.R. Martin
    “Fear cuts deeper than swords.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: bravery, fear
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  • #24
    George R.R. Martin
    “Winter is coming.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: forcasting, mottos, winter
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    George R.R. Martin
    “Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire, 5-Book Boxed Set: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, A Dance with Dragons
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    George R.R. Martin
    “When you play a game of thrones you win or you die.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
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    George R.R. Martin
    “The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. If you would take a man's life, you owe it to him to look into his eyes and hear his final words. And if you cannot bear to do that, then perhaps the man does not deserve to die.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
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    George R.R. Martin
    “Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: denial, honesty, truth
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    George R.R. Martin
    “Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: death, life
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    George R.R. Martin
    “People often claim to hunger for truth, but seldom like the taste when it's served up.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings
    tags: human-nature, people, truth
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