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#1

“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains.”
― Seth Grahame-Smith, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

tags: paraphrased, zombies

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#2

“You're beautiful and sad," I said finally, not looking at him when I did. "Just like your eyes. You're like a song that I heard when I was a little kid but forgot I knew until I heard it again." For a long moment there was only the whirring sound of the tires on the road, and then Sam said softly, "Thank you.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, Shiver

tags: grace-sam, pg-208

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#3

“It is possible to be in love with you just because of who you are.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, Shiver

tags: grace-brisbane, love, sam-roth, shiver

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#4

“What do you eat?"
"Baby bunnies." She narrowed her eyes, so I grinned and said, "Adult bunnies, too. I'm an equal-opportunity bunny-eater.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, Shiver

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#5

“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

tags: encouragement, gandalf

11361 likes

#6

“The last thing I wanted was to fall in love
because, deep down, I remembered that love hurt.”
― Joss Stirling, Finding Sky

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#7

“If the real world were a book, it would never find a publisher. Overlong, detailed to the point of distraction-and ultimately, without a major resolution.”
― Jasper Fforde, Something Rotten

tags: life, world

2694 likes

#8

“Take no heed of her.... She reads a lot of books.”
― Jasper Fforde, The Eyre Affair

1189 likes

#9

“After all, reading is arguably a far more creative and imaginative process than writing; when the reader creates emotion in their head, or the colors of the sky during the setting sun, or the smell of a warm summer's breeze on their face, they should reserve as much praise for themselves as they do for the writer - perhaps more.”
― Jasper Fforde, The Well of Lost Plots

tags: reading

1864 likes

#10

“Some of us are born in the right place, and some of us have to go look for it.”
― Chris Wooding, Poison

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#11

“I just wanted them to die," said Poison. "They didn't have to make such a drama about it.”
― Chris Wooding, Poison

tags: chris-wooding, poison

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#12

“On reflection,’ Crake said to Frey, as they huddled behind an upturned table, ‘this wasn’t one of your better plans.”
― Chris Wooding, The Iron Jackal

tags: idiots, plans

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#13

“How was is that life never worked out the way it did in his head?”
― Chris Wooding, The Black Lung Captain

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#14

“You smell good, too,” said Patch

It’s called a shower.” I was staring straight ahead. When he didn’t answer, I turned sideways. “Soap. Shampoo. Hot water.”

Naked. I know the drill.”
― Becca Fitzpatrick, Hush, Hush

tags: hush

4742 likes

#15

“You possess other people's...bodies."

He accepted that statement with a nod.

"Do you want to possess my body?"

"I want to do a lot of things to your body, but that's not one of them.”
― Becca Fitzpatrick, Hush, Hush

tags: humor, nora, patch

3378 likes

#16

“Say 'provoking' again. Your mouth looks provocative when you do.”
― Becca Fitzpatrick, Hush, Hush

tags: fallen-anger, humor, nephlim, romance

3937 likes

#17

“Remember, we're madly in love, so it's all right to kiss me anytime you feel like it.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

tags: humor

17967 likes

#18

“When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.”
― Nelson Mandela

4289 likes

#19

“... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

tags: books, mind

16634 likes

#20

“Winter is coming.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

tags: forcasting, mottos, winter

3567 likes

#21

“Fear cuts deeper than swords.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

tags: bravery, fear

5514 likes

#22

“Sleep is good, he said, and books are better.”
― George R. R. Martin

tags: books, reading

9857 likes

#23

“When you play a game of thrones you win or you die.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

3122 likes

#24

“They can keep their heaven. When I die, I’d sooner go to Middle-earth.”
― George R.R. Martin

tags: fantasy, heaven

1691 likes

#25

“The brightest flame casts the darkest shadow.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings

tags: shadow

1240 likes

#26

“I'm not uptight. I'm conscientious. There's a difference.”
― Lenore Appelhans, Level 2

tags: felicia

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#27

“Don't ever call me mad, Mycroft. I'm not mad. I'm just ... well, differently moraled, that's all.”
― Jasper Fforde, The Eyre Affair

tags: euphemism, evil, humor, political-correctness

362 likes

#28

“Dead. Never been that before. Not even once.”
― Jasper Fforde, First Among Sequels

tags: death, humor

146 likes

#29

“Mr. McGregor's a nasty piece of work, isn't he? Quite the Darth Vader of children's literature.”
― Jasper Fforde

tags: humor, peter-rabbit

104 likes

#30

“Death doesn't care about personalities - he's more interested in meeting quotas.”
― Jasper Fforde, Something Rotten

tags: death, humor

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