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“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

“Mr. Bradford," she said. "I'm not going to propose to you."

The twinkle in Mr. Bradford's eyes faded. So did his smile. He managed to keep it on his face. It looked painful.

"Oh," he said.

"Mr. Bradford?"

"Yes?"

"Would you mind it so very much if...you know...you proposed to me?"

The light in Mr. Bradford's eyes jumped to life. He beamed so largely it almost wasn't crooked.

"If you want.”
― Heather Dixon, Entwined

“Down with tyranny!' Bramble cried. 'Aristocracy! Autocracy! Monocracy! Other ocracy things! You are outnumbered, sir! Surrender!”
― Heather Dixon, Entwined

“He's around the twist,' said Azalea. 'Breaking all the windows? He's mad.'
'Ah, no,' said the King. 'It's only madness if you actually do it. If you want to break all the windows in the house and drown yourself in a bucket but don't actually do it, well, that's love.”
― Heather Dixon, Entwined

“Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

“It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.”
― Lewis Carroll

“Begin at the beginning," the King said, very gravely, "and go on till you come to the end: then stop.”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

“Butterflies, butterflies
They were meant to fly
You and i, you and i
We were colours in the sky”
― The Wanted

“If heartache was a physical pain
I could face, I could face
But your hurting me from inside of my head
And I can't take it, I can't take it
I'm going to lose my mind”
― The Wanted

“They say that time
Heals everything
But they dob't know you
And the scars you bring”
― The Wanted

“Zum ersten Mal erlebte sie, wie hauchfein die Grenze zwischen Liebe und Hass war. Und es war einfacher, viel einfacher, selbst zu verletzen, als den Schmerz zu spüren.”
― Nina Blazon, Faunblut

“Manchmal lügen wir. Und manchmal lassen wir unser Herz im Stich, um unseren Kopf zu retten.”
― Nina Blazon, Ascheherz

“Aber Menschen brauchen Hoffnung mehr als alles andere. Ohne sterben sie.”
― Nina Blazon, Ascheherz

“I don’t care how hard being together is, nothing is worse than being apart.”
― Josephine Angelini, Starcrossed

“How do you know all this about me?" Helen sputtered. Claire sighed.
"After I pushed you off the roof..." she began.
"After you WHAT?" Lucas yelled.”
― Josephine Angelini, Starcrossed

“She decided that if Lucas was gay then she was going to have to get a sex change operation. He would be so worth it.”
― Josephine Angelini, Starcrossed

“A lesson taught with humor is a lesson retained.”
― Ruth K. Westheimer

“Cherish your wilderness.”
― Maxine Kumin

“If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry.”
― Emily Dickinson

“I don't want only one night. I want all the nights. I want all of you, forever.”
― Amanda Hocking, Ascend

“Wendy: Why are you staring at me?
Finn: Because you're standing in front of me.”
― Amanda Hocking, Switched

“Finn: I look at you because I can't look away Wendy.
Wendy: That's kinda creepy.
Finn: I will work on being less creepy then.”
― Amanda Hocking, Switched

“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.”
― Edgar Allan Poe, Eleonora

“Don't be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life. You don't have to live forever, you just have to live.”
― Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting

“Like all magnificent things, it's very simple.”
― Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting

“Nothing seems interesting when it belongs to you, only when it doesn't."---Tuck Everlasting”
― Natalie Babbitt

“I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn.”
― Anne Frank