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“A book is a dream that you hold in your hands."

(As quoted on BookRiot, June 18, 2013)”
― Neil Gaiman

“Listen, and you will realize that we are made not from cells or from atoms. We are made from stories.”
― Mia Couto

“My hunger to climb had been blunted, in short, by a bunch of small satisfactions that added up to something like happiness.”
― Jon Krakauer, Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster

“I've never done grey before, but I suspect it's one of those things that, tried once, you can never resile from.”
― Randa Abdel-Fattah, When Michael Met Mina

“Maybe you only get one chance at meeting somebody who really gets inside you, wakes corners of your mind and heart that you didn't know were asleep.”
― Randa Abdel-Fattah, The Lines We Cross

“Grief, especially when it's still raw, is like having a thirst that no amount of water quenches. It can't be consoled; it can't be alleviated. It's unrelenting and constant. I wish I could tell her that it will get easier with time. But if I told her that I'd also have to tell her that easier doesn't mean it ever goes away.”
― Randa Abdel-Fattah, The Lines We Cross

“At [my old school], when teachers stood up to address us in assemblies, it was to urge us to study hard, stay focused, remain resilient, set goals, seek support. If there was a “leader,” she was the exception, not the norm.
Listening to [the adults here], I wonder if things would be different if we spent thirteen years being told that we were born to lead, and that the only thing that would ever hold us back would be a limited imagination.”
― Randa Abdel-Fattah, When Michael Met Mina

“I'm starting to realize that being born into this social world is a little like being born into clean air. You take it in as soon as you breathe, and pretty soon you don't even realize that while you can walk around with clear lungs, other people are wearing oxygen masks just to survive.”
― Randa Abdel-Fattah, The Lines We Cross

“The covers of this book are too far apart.”
― Ambrose Bierce