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“The only person I really wanted to talk to about Augustus Water's death with was Augustus Waters.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“But it was alright, everything was alright, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother.”
― George Orwell, 1984

“Other people’s words are so important. And then without warning they stop being important, along with all those words of yours that their words prompted you to write. Much of the excitement of a new novel lies in the repudiation of the one written before. Other people’s words are the bridge you use to cross from where you were to wherever you’re going.”
― Zadie Smith, Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays

“It’s such a confidence trick, writing a novel. The main person you have to trick into confidence is yourself. This is hard to do alone.”
― Zadie Smith, Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays

“The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness. ”
― Michel de Montaigne

“O, she said, a woman in love can't afford to be proud. He must be made to see, he must be made to come back. And I must do it myself, no matter how silly it looks.”
― Brian Moore, The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

“If you love books enough, books will love you back.”
― Jo Walton, Among Others

“I'll belong to libraries wherever I go. Maybe eventually I'll belong to libraries on other planets.”
― Jo Walton, Among Others

“What the public criticizes in you, cultivate. It is you.”
― Jean Cocteau

“If a poet has a dream, it is not of becoming famous, but of being believed.”
― Jean Cocteau

“There's no such thing as love; only proof of love.”
― Jean Cocteau

“It is excruciating to be an unbeliever with a spirit that is deeply religious.”
― Jean Cocteau

“Reader's Bill of Rights

1. The right to not read

2. The right to skip pages

3. The right to not finish

4. The right to reread

5. The right to read anything

6. The right to escapism

7. The right to read anywhere

8. The right to browse

9. The right to read out loud

10. The right to not defend your tastes”
― Daniel Pennac