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"There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment."
— Sarah Dessen (The Truth About Forever)

tags: love
2,483 people liked it

"Life is an awful, ugly place to not have a best friend."
— Sarah Dessen (Someone Like You)

tags: friendship
1,329 people liked it

"It's all in the view. That's what I mean about forever, too. For any one of us our forever could end in an hour, or a hundred years from now. You never know for sure, so you'd better make every second count."
— Sarah Dessen (The Truth About Forever)

423 people liked it

"There comes a time in every life when the world gets quiet and the only thing left is your heart."
— Sarah Dessen

381 people liked it

"No relationship is perfect, ever. There are always some ways you have to bend, to compromise, to give something up in order to gain something greater...The love we have for each other is bigger than these small differences. And that's the key. It's like a big pie chart, and the love in a relationship has to be the biggest piece. Love can make up for a lot."
— Sarah Dessen (This Lullaby)

tags: love
652 people liked it

"'I don't get it,' Caroline said, bemused. 'She's the only one with wings. Why is that?'
There were so many questions in life. You couldn't ever have all the answers. But I knew this one.
'It's so she can fly,' I said. Then I started to run."
— Sarah Dessen (The Truth About Forever)

tags: answers, life, questions, running
189 people liked it

"Love is needing someone. Love is putting up with someone's bad qualities because they somehow complete you."
— Sarah Dessen (This Lullaby)

tags: love
1,066 people liked it

"I think the only way to get through this life is laughing hard and constantly, mostly at myself."
— Shannon Hale

tags: laughing
626 people liked it

"Its important to know stories. I felt the earth shift to make a place for you when you were born, and I came to tell you stories while you are young. And like me, you were born with a word on your tongue."
— Shannon Hale (The Goose Girl)

68 people liked it

"I do like the world quite a lot."
— Shannon Hale (Book of a Thousand Days)

tags: inspirational
46 people liked it

"You're better than seven years of food. You're better than windows. You're even better than the sky."
— Shannon Hale (Book of a Thousand Days)

tags: love
48 people liked it

"Mama used to say, you have to know someone a thousand days before you can glimpse her soul."
— Shannon Hale (Book of a Thousand Days)

tags: wisdom
116 people liked it

"But in a country where you hang your dead up on walls and pride whether or not a man bears a javelin more than his character, how am I to persuade you out of a war? It would be suicide for Kildenree to war on Bayern and butchery for Bayern to attack Kildenree. If you don't believe me, then send me back. Or if you don't trust me to leave, I'll return to my little room on the west wall and tend your geese, and you can be sure that on my watch no thieves will touch my flock."
— Shannon Hale (The Goose Girl)

39 people liked it

"Sometimes my fancy gets to floating inside me, threatening to carry me away like a leaf on a wind. Better to be a stone."
— Shannon Hale (Book of a Thousand Days)

tags: hope, reality
25 people liked it

"Remember, if the time should come when you have to make a choice between what is right and what is easy, remember what happened to a boy who was good, and kind, and brave, because he strayed across the path of Lord Voldemort. Remember Cedric Diggory."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)

tags: integrity
4,819 people liked it

"It is our choices, Harry, that show us who we truly are, far more than our abilities."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets)

tags: choices
3,004 people liked it

"You're the one who is weak. You will never know love or friendship. And I feel sorry for you."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)

tags: friendship, love, weakness
1,507 people liked it

"If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)

tags: integrity
3,804 people liked it

"Do you remember me telling you we are practicing non-verbal spells, Potter?"
"Yes," said Harry stiffly.
"Yes, sir."
"There's no need to call me "sir" Professor."
The words had escaped him before he knew what he was saying."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince)

tags: humor, rebellion, sarcasm
811 people liked it

"It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone)

tags: dreams, life
2,109 people liked it

"To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone)

tags: death, inspirational
1,475 people liked it

"It takes much bravery to stand up to our enemies but we need as much bravery to stand up to our friends."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone)

tags: courage, friends
1,317 people liked it

"Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban)

tags: happiness
1,674 people liked it

"As strong as we are united. As weak as we are divided."
— J.K. Rowling

tags: strength, unity
642 people liked it

"Wit beyond measure is a man's greatest treasure."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)

tags: wit
600 people liked it

"We're all human, aren't we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows)

tags: human, life, value, worth
442 people liked it

"Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?"
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows)

tags: dumbledore
1,036 people liked it

"The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should be treated with caution."
— J.K. Rowling

tags: truth
812 people liked it

"Yeah, Quirrell was a great teacher. There was just that minor drawback of him having Lord Voldemort sticking out of the back of his head!"
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)

tags: humor
436 people liked it

"'You're a prefect? Oh Ronnie! That's everyone in the family!'

'What are Fred and I? Next door neighbors?'"
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)

186 people liked it

"For instance, this new idea that You-Know-Who can kill with a single glance from his eyes. That’s a basilisk, listeners. One simple test: Check whether the thing that’s glaring at you has got legs. If it has, it’s safe to look into its eyes, although if it really is You-Know-Who, that’s still likely to be the last thing you ever do."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows)

tags: humor
146 people liked it

"'Now, you two – this year, you behave yourselves. If I get one more owl telling me you've – you've blown up a toilet or –'

'Blown up a toilet? We've never blown up a toilet.'

'Great idea though, thanks, Mum.'"
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone)

162 people liked it

"Well, I certainly don't," said Percy sanctimoniously. "I shudder to think what the state of my in-tray would be if I was away from work for five days."

"Yeah, someone might slip dragon dung in it again, eh, Perce?" said Fred.

"That was a sample of fertilizer from Norway!" said Percy, going very red in the face. "It was nothing personal!"

"It was," Fred whispered to Harry as they got up from the table. "We sent it."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)

tags: humor
152 people liked it

"Hello, Harry" said George, beaming at him. "We thought we heard your dulcet tones."
"You don't want to bottle up your anger like that, Harry, let it all out," said Fred, also beaming. "There might be a couple of people fifty miles away who didn't hear you."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)

tags: humour
127 people liked it

"Holey? You have the the whole world of ear-related humor before you, you go for holey?"
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows)

tags: humor
363 people liked it

"How strongly are you opposed to grand theft auto?"
— Stephenie Meyer (New Moon)

tags: alice-cullen, bella-cullen, bellan-swan, edward-cullen
564 people liked it

"If I could dream at all it would be about you. And I'm not ashamed of it."
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

tags: dream, love
2,175 people liked it

"I'm with the vampires, of course."
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

tags: vampires
753 people liked it

"So eager for eternal damnation."
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

tags: bella-swan, damnation, edward-cullen, eternal
329 people liked it

"I am so very sorry. Would you understand what I meant if I said I was only human?

- Edward Cullen"
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

tags: love
634 people liked it

"Body armor. Four thousand pounds of body armor. And missile-proof glass? Nice. What had happened to good old-fashioned bullet-proof?

Well, at least this made some sense, if you had a twisted sense of humor."
— Stephenie Meyer

tags: war
289 people liked it

"I hear voices in my head and you're worried that you're the freak."
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

tags: humor
1,087 people liked it

"About three things I was absolutely positive:
First, Edward was a vampire;
Second, there was a part of him -- and I didn't know how dominant that part might be -- that thirsted for my blood;
And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him."
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

tags: bella, edward, vampire
1,705 people liked it

"Motherhood is always emotional, even for you souls."
— Stephenie Meyer (The Host)

tags: fantasy
44 people liked it

"I held you in my hand, Wanderer. And you were so beautiful."
— Stephenie Meyer (The Host)

tags: beauty, ian, love
373 people liked it

"Ian groaned. "If she goes, I'm going, too," he said in a bleak tone.
"Someone has to protect her from herself."
"And I'll be there to protect the rest of us from her," Kyle said with a chuckle. Then he grunted and said, "Ow."
I was too tired to lift my head to see who had hit Kyle now.
"And I'll be there to bring you all back alive," Jared murmured."
— Stephenie Meyer (The Host)

tags: humor
112 people liked it

"'Wanda?' Kyle said.
'Yes?'
'I'm sorry.'
'Um . . . why?'
'For trying to kill you,' he said casually. 'Guess I was wrong.'
Ian gasped. 'Please tell me you have some kind of recording device available, Doc.'
'Nope. Sorry, Ian.'
Ian shook his head. 'This moment should be preserved. I never thought I'd live to see the day that Kyle O'Shea would admit to being wrong. C'mon, Jodi. That ought to shock you awake.'"
— Stephenie Meyer (The Host)

tags: humor, ian, kyle
89 people liked it

"Why does Jared have Sharon in a headlock?" Jamie whispered to Ian.
"She's in a bad mood," Ian stage-whispered back."
— Stephenie Meyer (The Host)

tags: humor, ian, jamie
74 people liked it

"Jared lunged forward, away from me. With a loud smacking sound, his fist hit Kyle's face...."Um," Doc said in a mild voice, "medically speaking, I'm not sure that was the most helpful thing for his condition."
— Stephenie Meyer (The Host)

tags: humor
60 people liked it

"Even more, I had never meant to love him. One thing I truly knew - knew it in the pit of my stomach, in the center of my bones, knew it from the crown of my head to the soles of my feet, knew it deep in my empty chest - was how love gave someone the power to break you.
I'd been broken beyond repair."
— Stephenie Meyer (New Moon)

tags: heart-break, love
3,393 people liked it

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