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“Many people lose the small joys in the hope for the big happiness.”
― Pearl S. Buck

“But this is touching, Severus,” said Dumbledore seriously. “Have you grown to care for the boy, after all?”
“For him?” shouted Snape. “Expecto Patronum!”
From the tip of his wand burst the silver doe. She landed on the office floor, bounded once across the office, and soared out of the window. Dumbledore watched her fly away, and as her silvery glow faded he turned back to Snape, and his eyes were full of tears.
“After all this time?”
“Always,” said Snape.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
― William Shakespeare, As You Like It

“To love and win is the best thing.
To love and lose, the next best.”
― William Makepeace Thackeray

“Books fall open, you fall in.”
― David T.W. McCord

“I have no use for people who exhibit manners.”
― Amy Vanderbilt

“All human wisdom is contained in these two words - Wait and Hope”
― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

“Humans see what they want to see.”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

“That's the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.”
― Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake

“There are so many empty people walking around on this little planet. Lonely people. Angry people. Bitter. Forgotten.”
― Jeyn Roberts, Dark Inside

“Free will isn’t always about choice; often weakness plays the game”
― Jeyn Roberts, Dark Inside

“The reality of what we really are is often times found in the small snips, way down at the bottom of things.”
― Jean Shepherd

“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”
― Mark Twain

“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

“From the moment I picked up your book until I put it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.”
― Groucho Marx

“We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

“Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.”
― Anne Frank

“Compassion is the basis of morality.”
― Arthur Schopenhauer

“The only time you fail is when you fall down and stay down.”
― Stephen Richards, Cosmic Ordering: You can be successful

“If I’m honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.”
― Audrey Hepburn

“For sometimes you can't help but crave some ruin in what you love.”
― Chang-rae Lee, On Such a Full Sea

“Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.”
― William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

“Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.”
― Emma Lazarus

“We must never confuse elegance with snobbery”
― Yves Saint Laurent

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

“Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
― Steve Jobs

“True love is rare, and it's the only thing that gives life real meaning.”
― Nicholas Sparks, Message in a Bottle

“I’m on a roller coaster that only goes up, my friend.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“Do you believe in fairies?...If you believe, clap your hands!”
― J.M. Barrie

“Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.”
― Mark Twain