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“You only need one ray of light to chase all the shadows away”

“Because if we don’t fight for them, who will?” — Celaena Sardothien

“I’ve learned that if you’re careful, you can hold a butterfly in your hand. And that even if it’s been trapped, frightened, in a jar, it has a chance to survive. Because a butterfly with a broken wing can still fly”

“A world without story is lost”

“‘One day, someone will claim victory in the war, but no one will have won’” - Dimitri Petrenko

“What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again.”

“‘Well, look who the bloody copper dragged in,’ Newt said, pulling Thomas into a big hug. ‘Welcome to society.’
Thomas opened his mouth to respond, but someone half tackled him from the left, almost taking him down. It was Chuck.
‘What’s up, you little runt?’ Thomas asked, mussing the kid’s hair in the oldest grandpa move in the books” ❤️🥹

😭

“Saving you was worth losing what we might’ve had” - Theresa

“‘Shuck it,’ Minho responded. ‘I’m tougher than nails. I could still kick your pony-lovin’ butt with twice this pain.’ Thomas shrugged. ‘I do love ponies’ 😂

“‘You bum-rag!’ Deryn cried. ‘I was having a dead good dream!’”

“Stop being a Dummkopf”

“Barking spiders!”

I love how Deryn talks 😂

“I want you to know, my dear friend, that without you, I would not be the person I am today. I was a broken boy, and you fixed me. Thank you” -Artemis Fowl 😭

“You need to stop thinking with your head, Mud Boy, and start thinking with you heart.”
Artemis sighed. The heart was an organ for pumping oxygen-rich blood to the cells. It could no more think than an apple could tap-dance.

“I was taught that everyone has three choices in life. To be part of the good, part of the evil, or to try standing in the middle. But I don’t think that’s true anymore. There is no middle. Those who refuse to choose one side or the other only get in the way of those who are doing good, and in a way, end up helping those who wish to do evil” - Jakob Durand

“All your life you wait, and then it finally comes, and are you ready?”

“When I lost my sight, Werner, people said I was brave. When my father left, people said I was brave. But it is not bravery; I had no choice. I wake up and live my life. Don’t you do the same?” - Marie-Laure

“Don’t you want to be alive before you die?” - Madame Manec

“Open your eyes, and see what you can with them before the close forever” (48-49).

“You should never forget. But part of surviving is being able to move on. [...] There’s a beginning in an end, you know? It’s true that you can’t reclaim what you had, but you can lock it up behind you. Start fresh” (71-72) - Cate Conner

“They bowed their heads together as Louie prayed. If God would quench their thirst, he vowed, he’d dedicate his life to him. The next day, by divine intervention or the fickle humors of the tropics, the sky broke open and rain poured down. Twice more the water ran out, twice more they prayed, and twice more the rain came” (159).

This is tough for me to read. I’m praying for Tara.

“My life was narrated for me by others. Their voices were forceful, empathetic, absolute. It had never occurred to me that my voice might be as strong as theirs” (197).
“It’s strange how you give the people you love so much power over you” (199).

“Faith isn’t knowledge, Rachel. Faith is a tool. Faith keeps us going until we get the knowledge. Faith keeps us striving until we reach the consequences of our most important decisions” - Galloran

“The truth can be devastating. We spend much of our lives protecting ourselves from it and shielding others as well. We use lies to take the edge off life. We dream of a better tomorrow. We hide from our regrets and inadequacies. [...] Nobody can accept the truth while hiding from it. When a decision matters, we have to stare at the truth unflinchingly. Only then can we find peace in our choices” - Ferrin

“Gabriel knew there was no way he could make the man understand, even though, in that moment, it was so clear to him that to love someone, and to live your life guided by that love, could never be a waste. Indeed, it was the only life there was” (286).

“‘I never let myself believe in a future where evil wins. Because if I do, then everything I’ve done, everything you and I are still doing, is for nothing. We need to believe in a future where love is stronger than hate. Where peace is normal’” - Chaya Lindner (189-190)

“‘We’ll all die one day—no one escapes that fate. Our only decision is how we live before that day comes’” - Esther Karolinski (140)

“‘Whatever comes,’ she said, ‘cannot alter one thing. If I am a princess in rags and tatters, I can be a princess inside. It would be easy to be a princess if I were dressed in cloth of gold, but it is a great deal more of a triumph to be one all the time when no one knows it’” - Sara Crewe, 108

“If I don’t stand for freedom, then I must sit in chains” (83) - Peter
“Courage isn’t knowing you can do something; it’s only being willing to try” (37) - Fritz

“Ignoring reality doesn’t change it” (197) - Aurelia
“The world will judge you based on what you think of yourself” (223) - Aurelia