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There were a million heavenly things to see and a million spectacular ways to die.
“Life isn't all fricasseed frogs and eel pie.”
― The Silver Chair
― The Silver Chair
“It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.”
― Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
― Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
“Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.”
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“Books can ignite fires in your mind, because they carry ideas for kindling, and art for matches.”
― Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy
― Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy
“There was another reason [she] took her books whenever they went away. They were her home when she was somewhere strange. They were familiar voices, friends that never quarreled with her, clever, powerful friends -- daring and knowledgeable, tried and tested adventurers who had traveled far and wide. Her books cheered her up when she was sad and kept her from being bored.”
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― Inkheart
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