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Ishmael (Ishmael, #1)

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Amanda’s Quotes

“I lived in books more than I lived anywhere else.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane

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“I’ve always been too much and yet not enough.”
― Deirdre Riordan Hall, Sugar

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“Just be happy, and if you can't be happy, do things that make you happy. Or do nothing with the people that make you happy.”
― Esther Earl, This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl

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“I'd rather die on an adventure than live standing still.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

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“Books were safer than other people anyway.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane

tags: book-lovers, book-quotes, books, bookworms, love-for-books

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