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John Green
“For the record, he who does fear death also dies only once, but whatever.”
John Green, Turtles All the Way Down

“Just because it's not hard science, just because it doesn't lead to a high-paying job at a hedge fund after college, doesn't mean it's not worth pursuing.”
Kat Rosenfield, Amelia Anne Is Dead and Gone

“But I will
never
believe
That I belong to the side
with the guillotine.
(You should eat the rich
Even if that includes me.)”
Halsey, I Would Leave Me If I Could: A Collection of Poetry

W.E.B. Du Bois
“Only that saner selfishness, which Education teaches men, can find the rights of all in the whirl of work.”
W. E.B. Du Bois

Scott Westerfeld
“You can tell a million different stories about love. Especially when it’s love with someone who’s different.”
You mean a monster?” Coleman said.
“Well, that’s what you think at first. But it’s like, um, Beauty and the Beast. When you find out that the monster is actually . . . nice.”
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“But doesn’t real love work the other way round?” Kiralee asked. “You start by thinking someone’s fabulous, and by the end of the piece you realize he’s a monster!”
“Or that you’re the monster yourself,” Oscar said.”
Scott Westerfeld, Afterworlds

Agatha Christie
“Her eyes, those melancholy, unchildlike eyes, stared straight into mine, without blinking. It was a long mournful gaze.”
Agatha Christie, The Moving Finger

Agatha Christie
“Miss Waynflete stopped. Her intelligent goat’s eyes looked at him, and he was aware that some particular significance lay behind them. He had the feeling that she was leaving some part of the story untold—and a stronger feeling that, for some reason, she wanted him to be aware of the fact.”
Agatha Christie, Murder Is Easy

Mary Westmacott
“Mrs Grant was, Celia thought, the loveliest thing she had ever seen. She had silver-grey hair, exquisitely arranged, and wonderful dark-blue eyes, clear-cut features, and a very clear incisive voice.”
Mary Westmacott, Unfinished Portrait