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"One Must Always Be Careful Of Books And What Is Inside Them, For Words Have The Power To Change Us." ~ Tessa Gray
“You guessed? You must have been pretty sure, considering you could have killed me."
"I was ninety percent sure."
"I see," Clary said. There must have been something in her voice, because he turned to look at her. Her hand cracked across his face, a slap that rocked him back on his heels. He put his hands on his cheek, more in surprise than pain.
"What the hell was that for?"
"The other ten percent.”
-Cassandra Clare The City of Bones (TMI)
"I was ninety percent sure."
"I see," Clary said. There must have been something in her voice, because he turned to look at her. Her hand cracked across his face, a slap that rocked him back on his heels. He put his hands on his cheek, more in surprise than pain.
"What the hell was that for?"
"The other ten percent.”
-Cassandra Clare The City of Bones (TMI)
I have read this book and rolled on the floor laughing. It reminded me how awesome this series is!
"There is more to living than not dying." ~ Jem Carstairs
Sometimes People Don't Understand The Promises They're Making When They Make Them.
Joan wrote: "I have read this book and rolled on the floor laughing. It reminded me how awesome this series is!"
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'Classic. ' a book which people praise and don't read.
"Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes." - Oscar Wilde, The picture of Dorian Gray
"Catherine Earnshaw, may you not rest as long as I am living. You said I killed you, haunt me then. The murdered do haunt their murderers. I believe - I know that gosts have wandered the earth. Be with me always - take any form - drive me mad! Only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you! Oh, God! It is inutterable! I cannot live without my life! I cannot live without my soul!"-Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights
“I don’t understand why the world insists on stuffing kids into boxes we never asked for, and then gets mad when we won’t stay there.”
“But you can’t change the past, you know? All you can do is try harder next time. So don’t give up on yourself just yet.”
“Holding on to resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.”
“How do you make that choice?" I ask almost to myself. "Between what you need and what you want?" I feel like my sister's going through her own version of that. Kris's eyes are on Cooper, too. "You hope they become the same thing, I guess.”
“Who do you want to be? The guy who goes along or the guy who stands up? This is the time to decide.”
“Good thing life is long and high school is short”
“People who never get told no are so bad at hearing it.”
“Addy gives me hope, because even though her life fell apart when Simon’s blog revealed her worst mistake, she put things back together–better than before. She’s stronger, happier, and much closer to her sister. Addy is the queen of second chances, and right now I really need the reminder that those exist.”
“Sometimes, you don't know what you want until you see it.”
“No matter how much you care about someone, things change when they used to be around all the time an then suddenly, they're not.”
“love and hope and beauty still exist, even when things seem impossibly dark.”
“People like to think they're open-minded, but if you toss a tired gender stereotype on their path they'll run with it every time.”
“I can’t stop thinking about how rare it is to have someone you can be completely real with, even when things get raw and uncomfortable and a little scary. Especially then.”
“If you could be anyhwere in five years, doing anything at all, what would you pick?”
“The justice system works very differently when you’re white, male, rich, and good-looking.”
“I hate department stores. They're too bright, too loud, and too crammed full of junk that nobody needs. Whenever I'm forced to spend time in one I start thinking about how consumer culture is just one long, expensive, planet-killing distraction from the fact that we're all going to die eventually.”
“But you can’t change the past, you know? All you can do is try harder next time. So don’t give up on yourself just yet.”
“Holding on to resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.”
“How do you make that choice?" I ask almost to myself. "Between what you need and what you want?" I feel like my sister's going through her own version of that. Kris's eyes are on Cooper, too. "You hope they become the same thing, I guess.”
“Who do you want to be? The guy who goes along or the guy who stands up? This is the time to decide.”
“Good thing life is long and high school is short”
“People who never get told no are so bad at hearing it.”
“Addy gives me hope, because even though her life fell apart when Simon’s blog revealed her worst mistake, she put things back together–better than before. She’s stronger, happier, and much closer to her sister. Addy is the queen of second chances, and right now I really need the reminder that those exist.”
“Sometimes, you don't know what you want until you see it.”
“No matter how much you care about someone, things change when they used to be around all the time an then suddenly, they're not.”
“love and hope and beauty still exist, even when things seem impossibly dark.”
“People like to think they're open-minded, but if you toss a tired gender stereotype on their path they'll run with it every time.”
“I can’t stop thinking about how rare it is to have someone you can be completely real with, even when things get raw and uncomfortable and a little scary. Especially then.”
“If you could be anyhwere in five years, doing anything at all, what would you pick?”
“The justice system works very differently when you’re white, male, rich, and good-looking.”
“I hate department stores. They're too bright, too loud, and too crammed full of junk that nobody needs. Whenever I'm forced to spend time in one I start thinking about how consumer culture is just one long, expensive, planet-killing distraction from the fact that we're all going to die eventually.”
“With great power... comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later.”
“The thing is, Alex, you’re never really in control, whatever you may think. Just keep paddling and never fight the current because the current will always win.”
“It was strange how very bad men felt a need to live somewhere not just spectacular but slightly insane.”
“…my life has been a remarkable one. Maybe one day someone will write a book about me . . .”
"I’ve never much cared for horror stories.”
"I’ve never much cared for horror stories.”
"Love is or it ain't. Thin love ain't love at all."
"I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship."
"It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting."
"What's the point of having a voice if you're gonna be silent in those moments you shouldn't be?"
"There is always something left to love."
"They say nothing lasts forever but they're just scared it will last longer than they can love it."
"Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for."
"Time moves slowly, but passes quickly."
"Now that I knew fear, I also knew it was not permanent. As powerful as it was, its grip on me would loosen. It would pass."
"When I discover who I am, I'll be free."
"That's the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet."
"We accept the love we think we deserve."
“...nothing ever happens quickly (except when it does). Nothing is ever, ever easy (except when it is). And, most of all, nothing ever goes perfectly according to plan (except in the movies).”~ Ally Carter
"Dreams live for as long as dreamers do"
"Equality is treating everyone the same. But equity is taking the differences into account, so everyone has a chance to succeed. The first one sounds fair. The second is fair. It's equal to give a printed test to two kids. But if one's blind and one's sighted, that's not true. You ought to give one a braille test and one a printed test, which both cover the same material."
