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“There is no better distraction in this world than losing oneself in books for awhile.”
― Cassandra Clare, Chain of Gold

“I think of my father - not him swinging at me, but of all the times he's told me how pathetic I am. How useless and hopeless and embarrassing I am, good for nothing and will amount to nothing and nothing, nothing, nothing - reason after reason until I had begun to believe it wasn't worth putting up my hands.
And here's Scipio, telling me I'm worth defending.”
― Mackenzi Lee, The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue

“There is no banquet too abundant for a starving man.”
― Holly Black, The Queen of Nothing

“Occasionally, Fate pulls itself together again and Time is always waiting.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea