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“Each person has a literature inside them.”
― Anna Deavere Smith

“Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand.”
― Kurt Vonnegut

“this is a book about something”
― C.S. Lewis, The Magician’s Nephew

“Wouldn't he know without being asked?' said Polly.

'I've no doubt he would,' said the Horse (still with his mouth full). 'But I've a sort of an idea he likes to be asked.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Magician’s Nephew

“All get what they want; they do not always like it.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Magician's Nephew

“As he rose to his feet he noticed that he was neither dripping nor panting for breath as anyone would expect after being under water. His clothes were perfectly dry. He was standing by the edge of a small pool—not more than ten feet from side to side in a wood. The trees grew close together and were so leafy that he could get no glimpse of the sky. All the light was green light that came through the leaves: but there must have been a very strong sun overhead, for this green daylight was bright and warm. It was the quietest wood you could possibly imagine. There were no birds, no insects, no animals, and no wind. You could almost feel the trees growing. The pool he had just got out of was not the only pool. There were dozens of others—a pool every few yards as far as his eyes could reach. You could almost feel the trees drinking the water up with their roots. This wood was very much alive.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Magician’s Nephew

“Things always work according to their nature.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Magician's Nephew

“If you work really hard, and you're kind, amazing things will happen.”
― Conan O'Brien

“Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.”
― Benjamin Spock

“Go and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here.”
― Neil Gaiman, Make Good Art

“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline

“Never say 'no' to adventures. Always say 'yes,' otherwise you'll lead a very dull life.”
― Ian Fleming

“Great minds are always feared by lesser minds.”
― Dan Brown, The Lost Symbol

“We are surrounded by story.”
― Alice McDermott

“Dare to be naïve.”
― Richard Buckminster Fuller

“In my dream, it was the tongue of what is, and anything spoken in it becomes real, because nothing said in that language can be a lie. It is the most basic building brick of everything.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane

“I have dreamed of that song, of the strange words to that simple rhyme-song, and on several occasions I have understood what she was saying, in my dreams. In those dreams I spoke that language too, the first language, and I had dominion over the nature of all that was real. In my dream, it was the tongue of what is, and anything spoken in it becomes real, because nothing said in that language can be a lie. It is the most basic building brick og everything. In my dreams I have used that language to heal the sick and to fly; once I dreamed I kept a perfect little bed-and-breakfast by the seaside, and to everyone who came to stay with me I would say, in that tongue, 'Be whole.' and they would become whole, not be broken people , not any longer, because I had spoken the language of shaping.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane

“Whatever's happening," she said, eventually, "it can all be sorted out." She saw the expression on my face then, worried. Scared even. And she said, "After pancakes.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane

“I thought I was looking at a building at first: that it was some kind of tent, as high as a country church, made of grey and pink canvas that flapped in the gusts of storm wind, in that orange sky: a lopsided canvas structure aged by weather and ripped by time. And then it turned and I saw its face...”
― Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane

“Sometimes we are outright rude when we interact with people. We meet a gay guy or a couple living together, and we think we have the obligation and right to warn them what God thinks about their sexuality on our first meeting. As if their sex life is the first thing on God’s agenda.
It’s not.

Love is. Grace is. Mercy is. Jesus is.”
― Judah Smith, Jesus Is: Find a New Way to Be Human

“Grace is a person. And his name is Jesus.”
― Judah Smith, Jesus Is: Find a New Way to Be Human

“The Bible is meant to be down-to-earth. It was written for real people facing real issues.”
― Judah Smith, Jesus Is: Find a New Way to Be Human

“Prince Kai! Check my fan, I think I'm overheating.”
― Marissa Meyer, Cinder

“...because a life without meaning, without drive or focus, without dreams or goals, isn't a life worth living.”
― Chris Colfer, Struck By Lightning: The Carson Phillips Journal

“You've got to show the world who you are before it tells you.”
― Chris Colfer, Struck By Lightning: The Carson Phillips Journal

“A few of the girls and I jumped into my jetta and took off. "Lets go stand outside someone from Glee's house now," one of them said”
― Chris Colfer, Struck By Lightning: The Carson Phillips Journal

“Dumbledore watched her fly away, and as her silvery glow faded he turned back to Snape, and his eyes were full of tears.
"After all this time?"
"Always," said Snape.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“I held you in my hands, Wanderer, and you were beautiful.”
― Stephenie Meyer, The Host

“You said go to her, and I let pride stand in my way. You said she needed me, and I didn't believe. You said love her, and I thought it would be easy.”
― Francine Rivers, Redeeming Love