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“You matter more to the universe than you will ever know.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World

“We accept the love we think we deserve.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“I laughed. ‘For a policeman, you’re very romantic.’
‘For an artist, you’re very afraid,’ he said.”
― Bethan Roberts, My Policeman

“Girl listens to radio. Girl finds music. Girl has whole other world.

Girl slips on headphones. World gone.”
― Kathleen Glasgow, Girl in Pieces

“Not everyone you love is meant to stay in your life forever.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World

“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols

“And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“In the darkness, two shadows, reaching through the hopeless, heavy dusk. Their hands meet, and light spills in a flood like a hundred golden urns pouring out of the sun.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent”
― Victor Hugo

“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

“Just… be careful.’
I stared at her, baffled. 'Of what?’
'Of powerful men.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Shadow and Bone

“Just you and me." Mal said.
"Really?"
"It's always just you and me, Alina.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Shadow and Bone

“I remember the stars that night. They were like salt against the sky, like someone spilled the shaker against very dark cloth. That mattered to me, their accidental beauty.”
― Kathleen Glasgow, Girl in Pieces

“You keep storing up all that anger and grief. Eventually it spills over. Or you drown in it.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ruin and Rising

“We should live here.’ After just two days of the possibilities of Venice, I said, ‘We should live here.’ And Tom’s answer was, ‘We should fly to the moon.’ But he was smiling.”
― Bethan Roberts, My Policeman

“Our goddess of the moon is gifted with magic, with power over the dead. She could banish the dreams, if she wished. She did not.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“And perhaps it is the greater grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“Ik adem, en ik beweeg, dus ik leef. Is dat duidelijk? Welke beproevingen ook komen, ik leef.'
Hij zoog de borst vol adem en stapte in bed. 'Het is gezien,' mompelde hij, 'het is niet onopgemerkt gebleven.' Hij strekte zich uit en viel in een diepe slaap.”
― Gerard Reve, De avonden

“But there was a difference between the art of running and the art of running away.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World

“Every human being—each of us—is a like a country. You can build walls around yourself to protect yourself, to keep others out, never letting anybody visit you, never letting anybody in, never letting anybody see the beauty of the treasures you carry within. Building walls can lead to a sad and lonely existence. But we can also decide to give people visas and let them in so they can see for themselves all the wealth you have to offer. You can decide to let those who visit you see your pain and the courage it has taken you to survive. Letting other people in—letting them see your country—this is the key to happiness.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World

“Forgive me, for all the things I did but mostly for the ones that I did not.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

“Death is the mother of beauty,” said Henry. “And what is beauty?” “Terror.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

“I bet you could sometimes find all the mysteries of the universe in someone's hand.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

“Maybe we just lived between hurting and healing.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

“We all fight our own private wars.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

“You don’t get extra credit for doing what you’re supposed to do.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World

“Stories were living inside us. I think we were born to tell our stories. After we died, our stories would survive. Maybe it was our stories that fed the universe the energy it needed to keep on giving life.

Maybe all we were meant to do on this earth was to keep on telling stories. Our stories—and the stories of the people we loved.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World

“I thought he was only going to teach me how to swim in the waters of this swimming pool. Instead, he taught me how to dive into the waters of life.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World

“Was this, I wondered, what it felt like to be a grown-up? Did you always feel the weight of things on you, your cares pressing you down like a burden you could never shake? No wonder Peter could fly. He had no worries to weight him to the earth.”
― Christina Henry, Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook