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“If I cannot be better than them, I will become so much worse.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“Face them all like a warrior, whether you are one or not.”
― Elly Blake, Frostblood

“There's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo, and it's worth fighting for.”
― J. R. R. Tolkien

“If you hurt me, I wouldn't cry. I would hurt you back.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“I am going to keep on defying you. I am going to shame you with my defiance. You remind me that I am a mere mortal and you are a prince of Faerie. Well, let me remind you that means you have much to lose and I have nothing. You may win in the end, you may ensorcell me and hurt me and humiliate me, but I will make sure you lose everything I can take from you on the way down. I promise you this is the least of what I can do.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“Nice things don’t happen in storybooks,” Taryn says. “Or when they do happen, something bad happens next. Because otherwise the story would be boring, and no one would read it.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“Instead of being afraid, I could become something to fear.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“Even in the Future the Story Begins with Once Upon a Time.”
― Marissa Meyer, Cinder

“But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.”
― Aldous Huxley, Brave New World

“There’s always something left to lose.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“Look like the innocent flower,
But be the serpent under it.”
― William Shakespeare, Macbeth

“And there's nothing wrong with being a lizard either. Unless you were born to be a hawk.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Shadow and Bone

“Everything’s a game, Avery Grambs. The only thing we get to decide in this life is if we play to win.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“When you can't beat the odds, change the game.”
― Leigh Bardugo

“Fear is a phoenix. You can watch it burn a thousand times and still it will return.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

“Maybe there were people who lived those lives. Maybe this girl was one of them. But what about the rest of us? What about the nobodies and the nothings, the invisible girls? We learn to hold our heads as if we wear crowns. We learn to wring magic from the ordinary. That was how you survived when you weren’t chosen, when there was no royal blood in your veins. When the world owed you nothing, you demanded something of it anyway.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

“Soon, the whole world would be searching for her--Linh Cinder.
A deformed cyborg with a missing foot.
A Lunar with a stolen identity.
A mechanic with no one to run to, nowhere to go.
But they will be looking for a ghost.”
― Marissa Meyer, Cinder

“Has anyone noticed this whole city is looking for us, mad at us, or wants to kill us?"
"So?" said Kaz.
"Well, usually it's just half the city.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

“Kaz leaned back. "What's the easiest way to steal a man's wallet?"
"Knife to the throat?" asked Inej.
"Gun to the back?" said Jesper.
"Poison in his cup?" suggested Nina.
"You're all horrible," said Matthias.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“Come home and shout at me. Come home and fight with me. Come home and break my heart, if you must.”
― Holly Black, The Queen of Nothing

“Everyone has something dark in their past. I suppose it's our job to overcome it. And if we can’t overcome it, then all we can do is make the most of it.”
― Tricia Levenseller, Daughter of the Pirate King

“It’s a bold and stupid move. I like it.”
― Tricia Levenseller, Daughter of the Pirate King

“They've never found the body of the first and only boy who broke my heart. And they never will.”
― Tricia Levenseller, The Shadows Between Us

“He swallows the bite in his mouth. “Alessandra Stathos, that’s positively despicable.” He says the words like they’re the highest compliment he can give me. “You are an absolute gem, do you know that?”
― Tricia Levenseller, The Shadows Between Us

“My little hellion. Quite the force to be reckoned with, aren't you? Oh, say you'll marry me, Alessandra!”
― Tricia Levenseller, The Shadows Between Us

“Who in the world would steal and then not keep the riches for themselves? That’s just bad business.”
― Tricia Levenseller, The Shadows Between Us

“When one door closes, pull it off its hinges and make sure it STAYS open. Or just wait for another one to become available, which is much smarter. Alas. Less fun.”
― Booktastically Amazing

“Racism is a problem. Violence is a problem. Sexism is a problem. You know what's NOT a problem? The brain. Use it.”
― Booktastically Amazing

“A heart of stone can still be broken.”
― Holly Black, How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories

“You don’t think monster girls and wicked boys deserve love?”
― Holly Black, How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories