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“You can't help what you are. You can't help being charming. But look into too many hearts, and you may lose your way back to your own.”
― Holly Black, The Prisoner’s Throne

“The sun is bursting through my chest, breaking past my lips. It's my life, I think with amazement, and it's beautiful, and I can paint it any color I want to. Right now it's drenched in the brighest shade of gold. I have the brush in my hands, and the canvas is mine. It's all mine.”
― Ann Liang, I Am Not Jessica Chen

“Not everyone needs to love you.”
― Holly Black, The Prisoner’s Throne

“Sometimes I forget that in the bigger scheme of things, it's okay to not be the best at everything. To be surrounded by people who can solve problems you can't, who are talented in different ways, who will go on to change the world.”
― Ann Liang, I Am Not Jessica Chen