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“Everyone is so enamored with the puppet; they never notice the man pulling the strings.”
― J.B. Lion, The Seventh Spark: Volume One – Knights of the Trinity

“May the sun shine on you all day long, everything go right and nothing wrong. May those you love bring love back to you, and may all the wishes you wish come true.”
― Rebecca Rosenberg, Madame Pommery, Creator of Brut Champagne

“Every morning when I wake up, I ask myself, "Why was I born?" Then I answer myself, "You were born to be successful." If you can learn to define your own success and not let others dictate it, you can find      fulfilment.”
― Max Nowaz, The Polymorph

“It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done, it is a far, far better rest I that I go to than I have ever known."

A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens”
― Barbara Sontheimer

“You can't teach calculus to a chimpanzee. So just share your banana.”
― John Rachel, Blinders Keepers

“Whither be the heart of Justice?
            Lo, in stone, child. Lo, in stone.
            Whither be the heart of Justice?
            Lo, tis fast in stone.”
― K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

“He wanted a stiff drink to get through the evening, for he knew they’d be wailing, and her family coming unglued.”
― Carolyn M. Bowen, Legacy of Shadows: An International Crime Thriller

“Every single time I get sent to her, she asks me questions that sound like they came from some “How to Talk to Statistical Black Children Who Come to Your Office Often” handbook.

How is your home life? (None of your business.)

Have you witnessed any traumatic events lately, such as shootings? (Just because I live in the “ghetto” doesn’t mean I dodge bullets every day.)

Are you struggling to come to terms with your father’s murder? (It was twelve years ago. I barely remember him or it.)

Are you struggling to come to terms with your mother’s addiction? (She’s been clean for eight years. She’s only addicted to soap operas these days.)

What’s good with you, homegirl, nah’mean? (Okay, she hasn’t said that, but give her time.)”
― Angie Thomas, On the Come Up

“We all need to be mocked from time to time, lest we take ourselves too seriously.”
― George R.R. Martin

“Thus on 12 February 1912, Empress Longyu put her name to the Decree of Abdication, which brought the Great Qing, which had ruled for 268 years, to its end, along with more than 2,000 years of absolute monarchy in China. It was Empress Longyu who decreed: 'On behalf of the emperor, I transfer the right to rule to the whole country, which will now be a constitutional Republic.' This 'Great Republic of China will comprise the entire territory of the Qing empire as inhabited by the five ethnic groups, the Manchu, Han, Mongol, Hui and Tibetan'. She was placed in this historic role by Cixi. Republicanism was not what Empress Dowager Cixi had hoped for, but it was what she would accept, as it shared the same goal as her wished-for parliamentary monarchy: that the future of China belonged to the Chinese people.”
― Jung Chang, Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China

“People losing each other, their hands slipping loose in a crowd.”
― Janet Fitch, White Oleander

“I cry at nothing, and cry most of the time.
Of course I don't when John is here, or anybody else, but when I am alone.”
― Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wallpaper

“Some stories," she says, "can be both false and true at the same time.”
― Anthony Doerr, Cloud Cuckoo Land

“Stand in the machine there, let’s see what state your internal organs are in. The images
will be projected on screen, and I can go through the diagnosis with you, step by step.”
Brown did as he was told and soon images of his vital organs appeared on the screen.
 As you can see, your heart is slightly enlarged and your lungs and kidneys are not in
good shape either. Have you been experiencing any pain lately?”
“Not that I can think of. What can you do to help?”
“Difficult to say, you see you are dying” said the Doctor. You can see the
discolouration in your kidneys.” Brown strained his eyes.”
― Max Nowaz, The Arbitrator

“Buying loyalty can be as effective as fear when one’s rival is poorer than oneself.”
― K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

“Easy reading is damn hard writing.”
― Nathaniel Hawthorne

“I wish I could go out and walk and run and skateboard and swim in lakes. But I can’t because my mother has Courage. So instead I get to stay in bed and be sick. I’m glad about this. I really am.”
― Kazuo Ishiguro, Klara and the Sun

“Acho que o atual sistema praticado por este país cabe como uma luva aos seus cidadãos. Em outras palavras, sua subserviência aos superiores. Algo do tipo "maria vai com as outras". Dependência de outros e mentalidade de grupo. Conservadorismo e passividade. Se lhe mostram algo que certamente é para o bem público, com motivo nobre, mesmo que seja delação, eles sentem que estão fazendo algo bom. É uma imbecilidade irremediável que serve ao autoconvencimento. É isso. Ou seja, não há lugar para orgulho nem ética. E ninguém pensa por si. Seguimos as ordens sem refletir.”
― Koushun Takami, Battle Royale

“there is [...]
a last even of last times of saying
if you do not love me I shall not be loved
if I do not love you I shall not love”
― Samuel Beckett, Cascando and Other Short Dramatic Pieces

“Who am I now?” and “How do I matter?”
― Lisa Genova, Still Alice

“It wasn't the same. I'm pretty good at making the best of things, but it wasn't the same.”
― Lois Lowry, A Summer to Die