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“He always said that books were more than words on paper; they were portals to other places, other lives.”
― Evie Woods, The Lost Bookshop

“Of course I get scared. To be honest with you, I’m scared most of the time. I just choose to let that fear ignite my fire, you know? Get my engines roaring, my fuel burning, my marshmallows toasting.” I paused, grinning. “It’s like anything—you’ve got to use the energy that something gives you, instead of fighting against it.”
― Bella Forrest, Harley Merlin and the Stolen Magicals

“For, in the end, that is all life is—a series of teachings that we may choose to accept or reject,” he replied. “Mistakes and failures are guaranteed, but it is how we choose to educate ourselves after we stumble that molds who we become.”
― Bella Forrest, Harley Merlin and the Stolen Magicals

“Everyone told me I was too old, that to be truly good at it I had to have started as a child. But that’s not the point, really. I don’t need to be truly good. I just need to enjoy it for myself. And I need to know I tried.”
― Julia Quinn, The Viscount Who Loved Me