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“You are trying to run away, as you have always run. You have run from your mother, your friends, your lovers, and the law, and now you want to run from Catherine. But my dear—where are you going? You dream of beautiful adventures, of traveling across continents and overseas, as if you might find joy on some distant island. But you won’t. Because you are miserable. You are a miserable girl, Ines.”
― Elisabeth Thomas, Catherine House

“Many boys will bring you flowers. But someday you'll meet a boy who will learn your favorite flower, your favorite song, your favorite sweet. And even if he is too poor to give you any of them, it won't matter because he will have taken the time to know you as no one else does. Only that boy earns your heart.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.”
― Marilyn Monroe

“Let us pick up our books and our pens,” I said. “They are our most powerful weapons. One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world.”
― Malala Yousafzai, I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban