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“One must always be careful of books," said Tessa, "and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

tags: books

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“Happily ever after is not a place: It's a state of being, and you have to work at it every day.”
― Gwendolyn Heasley, A Long Way from You

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“but for my own part, if a book is well written, I always find it too short.”
― Jane Austen

tags: books, catherine, or-the-bower

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“How dare you suppose that I don't know who you are or what you are? That I don't understand what I see? Do you take me for some kind of besotted schoolboy? It is unspeakable! You could weigh as much as a hippopotamus and shave your head and wear a wig and it wouldn't make a difference to me. I never said you were beautiful. I never thought it. I said that you were you.”
― Eva Ibbotson, A Countess Below Stairs

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“I thought it was who I was with or where I was that defined me in some way. I realize now that I decide who I am, no matter the company I keep or the place I am.”
― Gwendolyn Heasley, A Long Way from You

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#6

“There is no pretending," Jace said with absolute clarity. "I love you, and I will love you until I die, and if there is life after that, I'll love you then.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Glass

tags: mortal-instruments, romance, teen-fantasy

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#7

“There's always the option of deciding for yourself who you are and what you'll become.”
― Jodi Meadows, Incarnate

tags: self

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#8

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

tags: dreams, life

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#9

“You're free to make your own choices, and you're free to pay the consequences.”
― Melanie Jacobson

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#10

“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

tags: humor, love

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#11

“I don't care what you Yanks say, cheese should not whiz.”
― Janette Rallison, My Fair Godmother

tags: americans, cheese-whiz, food, humor, leprechaun

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#12

“Aren't fairy godmothers supposed to be nice and make you feel better about yourself?

...No, you're confusing fairy godmothers with sales clerks.”
― Janette Rallison, My Fair Godmother

tags: fairy-godmother, humor, self-esteem

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#13

“Here's an exclusive, Tanner Graham. I love you like crazy."
"My favorite kind of story," he said. "I already know how this one ends."
"How?"
"Happily ever after.”
― Melanie Jacobson, Not My Type: A Single Girl's Guide to Doing It All Wrong

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“Jessica. For god's sake," he said. "Allow me to do at least one common courtesy for you. In spite ow what 'women's lib' teaches you, chivalry does not imply that women are powerless. On the contrary, chivalry is an admission of women's superiority. An acknowledgment of your power over us. This is the only form of servitude a Vladescu ever practices, and I perform it gladly for you. You, in turn, are obligated to accept graciously.”
― Beth Fantaskey, Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side

tags: enlightenment, inspirational, love, true

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#15

“He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking.”
― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

tags: romantic

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#16

“If you look for perfection, you'll never be content.”
― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

tags: perfection

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#17

“I always loved you, and if one loves anyone, one loves the whole person, just as they are and not as one would like them to be. -Dolly”
― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenin

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#18

“He then kissed her.

It was a very long time before he let her go. When he did, she looked up at him, hurt and bewilderment on her face.

“Why did you stop?” asked Tessa.

“I thought you might want to breathe,” said Guy carefully.

“Breathe?” said Tessa, shocked. “I don’t need to breathe when I’m with you.”
― Eva Ibbotson

tags: kisses, love

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#19

“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

tags: friendship, love

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#20

“I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.”
― Jane Austen, Jane Austen's Letters

tags: friends, humor, people

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#21

“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

tags: books, library, reading

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#22

“Perhaps it is our imperfections that make us so perfect for one another!”
― Douglas McGrath

tags: adaptation, emma, movie-quote, mr-knightley

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#23

“It's not the changes that will break your heart; it's that tug of familiarity.”
― Jennifer E. Smith, The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight

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#24

“But really, all memories are like paintings: They can be incredibly vivid and lifelike. But in the end, they both just remind us that we only get to live any particular moment once, even if we remember it forever.”
― Gwendolyn Heasley, A Long Way from You

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#25

“Everyone has their weak spot. The one thing that, despite your best efforts, will always bring you to your knees, regardless of how strong you are otherwise.”
― Sarah Dessen, Lock and Key

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#26

“Life is a book and there are a thousand pages I have not yet read.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Princess

tags: chapter-24, life, will-herondale

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“She leaned forward and caught at his hand, pressing it between her own. The touch was like white fire through his veins. He could not feel her skin only the cloth of her gloves, and yet it did not matter. You kindled me, heap of ashes that I am, into fire. He had wondered once why love was always phrased in terms of burning. The conflagration in his own veins, now, gave the answer.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Princess

tags: desire, fire, love, tessa-gray, will-herondale

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#28

“It has been the privilege and the honor of my life to know you.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Princess

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#29

“No one can say that death found in me a willing comrade, or that I went easily.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Princess

tags: brb-crying, cassandra-clare, clockwork-princess, death, dying, i-can-t-even, mortality, omg-my-feels, the-infernal-devices

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#30

“Sometimes one must choose whether to be kind or honorable," he said. "Sometimes one cannot be both.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Princess

tags: honor-kindness

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