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    Leigh Bardugo
    “It's not natural for women to fight."
    "It's not natural for someone to be as stupid as he is tall, and yet there you stand.”
    ― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows
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    Leigh Bardugo
    “No mourners. No funerals. Among them, it passed for 'good luck.”
    ― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows
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    Leigh Bardugo
    “What is infinite? The universe and the greed of men.”
    ― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm
    tags: infinite
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    Leigh Bardugo
    “That squash is as wide as I am tall, " Nikolai said beneath his breath as he smiled and waved.
    "And twice as handsome. "
    "Half as handsome," he protested.
    "Ah, " said Zoya, "but the squash doesn't talk.”
    ― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars
    tags: grishaverse, handsome, king-of-scars, nikolai-lantsov, squash, zoya-nazyalensky
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    Leigh Bardugo
    “I'm fairly sure you're trying to frighten me," said Nikolai, reaching out a finger to touch the tip of the thorn. "I'm not sure why, but may I suggest a spider wearing a suit?"

    "Why a suit?" asked Zoya, frowning. "Why not just a spider?"

    "Where did he get the suit? How did he fasten the buttons? Why does he feel the need to dress for the occasion?”
    ― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars
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    Leigh Bardugo
    “You say exile, I say extended holiday.”
    ― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars
    tags: exile, holidays, nikolai
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    Leigh Bardugo
    “Women don't want to be seduced. They want to be seen and listened to. You can't do either of those things if you're thinking up strategies on how to win her over.”
    ― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars
    tags: feminism, listening, love, relationships, romance, seduction, women
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    Leigh Bardugo
    “Never has a gift for pining,” Nikolai said. “Though I do like to show off my profile by staring mournfully out of windows.”
    ― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars
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    Leigh Bardugo
    “Fear is a phoenix. You can watch it burn a thousand times and still it will return.”
    ― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom
    tags: fear
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    Leigh Bardugo
    “Of course not," said Sturmhond. "Anything worth doing always starts as a bad idea.”
    ― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm
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    Leigh Bardugo
    “Better terrible truths than kind lies.”
    ― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows
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    Leigh Bardugo
    “I hope you weren’t looking to me to be the voice of reason. I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret.”
    ― Leigh Bardugo, Ruin and Rising
    tags: nikolai-lantsov
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    Leigh Bardugo
    “Stop punishing yourself for being someone with a heart. You cannot protect yourself from suffering. To live is to grieve. You are not protecting yourself by shutting yourself off from the world. You are limiting yourself.”
    ― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars
    tags: grief, heart, nikolai-lantsov, pain, protect, scars, zoya-nazyalensky
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    Sarah J. Maas
    “Libraries were full of ideas—perhaps the most dangerous and powerful of all weapons.”
    ― Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass
    tags: ideas, libraries, sarah-j-maas, throne-of-glass
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    Sarah J. Maas
    “There are good days and hard days for me—even now. Don’t let the hard days win.”
    ― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury
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    Victoria Schwab
    “I'd rather die on an adventure than live standing still.”
    ― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic
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    Victoria Schwab
    “Books, she has found, are a way to live a thousand lives--or to find strength in a very long one.”
    ― V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
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    Victoria Schwab
    “I apologize for anything I might have done. I was not myself.”
    “I apologize for shooting you in the leg.” said Lila. “I was myself entirely.”
    ― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic
    tags: lila-bard, rhy
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    V.E. Schwab
    “What is a person, if not the marks they leave behind?”
    ― V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
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    Victoria Schwab
    “...it is sad, of course, to forget.
    But it is a lonely thing, to be forgotten.
    To remember when no one else does.”
    ― V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
    tags: forgotten, lonely
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    Victoria Schwab
    “But these words people threw around - humans, monsters, heroes, villains - to Victor it was all just a matter of semantics. Someone could call themselves a hero and still walk around killing dozens. Someone else could be labeled a villain for trying to stop them. Plenty of humans were monstrous, and plenty of monsters knew how to play at being human.”
    ― V.E. Schwab, Vicious
    tags: heroes, humans, monsters, villains
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    Victoria Schwab
    “Love and loss,” he said, “are like a ship and the sea. They rise together. The more we love, the more we have to lose. But the only way to avoid loss is to avoid love. And what a sad world that would be.”
    ― V.E. Schwab, A Conjuring of Light
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    Victoria Schwab
    “Scars are not shameful, not unless you let them be. If you do not wear them, they will wear you.”
    ― V.E. Schwab, A Conjuring of Light
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    Victoria Schwab
    “Whatever I am, let it be enough”
    ― V.E. Schwab, A Gathering of Shadows
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    Victoria Schwab
    “You must make time for that which matters, for that which defines you: your passion, your progress, your pen. Take it up, and write your own story.”
    ― V.E. Schwab, Vicious
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    Stephen King
    “FEAR stands for fuck everything and run.”
    ― Stephen King, Doctor Sleep
    tags: humor, humour, stephen-king
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  • #27
    “There's a time and place for everything, and I believe it’s called 'fan fiction'.”
    ― Joss Whedon
    tags: fandom, fanfiction, fantasy, humour
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    Lewis Carroll
    “You’re mad, bonkers, completely off your head. But I’ll tell you a secret. All the best people are.”
    ― Lewis Carroll
    tags: childrens-books, creativity, eccentricity, genius, humour, madness
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  • #29
    Amy Sedaris
    “Accentuaute the positives - medicate the negatives.”
    ― Amy Sedaris, I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence
    tags: humour, paraphrased
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  • #30
    “Even beauty diminishes with study. It is better to glance than gawk.”
    ― Josiah Bancroft, Senlin Ascends
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