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    Rainbow Rowell
    “What you are is a fucking tragedy, Simon Snow. You literally couldn't be a bigger mess."
    He tries to kiss me, but I pull back- "And you like that?"
    "I love it." He says
    "Why?"
    "Because we match.”
    ― Rainbow Rowell, Carry On
    tags: adorable, love, mess, romance
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    “No compliment is ever sufficient and every insult, of course, is true.”
    ― Jesse Eisenberg
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    Sarah J. Maas
    “No. I can survive well enough on my own— if given the proper reading material.”
    ― Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass
    tags: reading, survival
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    Douglas Adams
    “Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?”
    ― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
    tags: atheism, religion, skeptic
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    George Orwell
    “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”
    ― George Orwell, Animal Farm
    tags: animal-farm
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    George Orwell
    “In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
    ― George Orwell
    tags: truth
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    C.S. Lewis
    “Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.”
    ― C.S. Lewis
    tags: age, fairytales, growing-up
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    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    “A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
    ― Marcus Tullius Cicero
    tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul
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    Oscar Wilde
    “I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
    ― Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Stories
    tags: intelligence, self-deprecation
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    Jane Austen
    “The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
    ― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey
    tags: aliteracy, books, classic, humor
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    Mark Twain
    “The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: aliteracy, attributed-no-source, literacy
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    George R.R. Martin
    “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
    tags: read, readers, reading, reading-books
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    Cassandra Clare
    “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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    Cassandra Clare
    “Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.”
    ― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel
    tags: books, literature, philosphy, poetry, reading
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    “If you were half as funny as you think you are, you'd be twice as funny as you really are.”
    ― H.N. Turteltaub, The Sacred Land
    tags: misattributed-cassandra-clare, misattributed-jace
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    Cassandra Clare
    “You know," Gabriel said, "there was a time I thought we could be friends, Will."

    "There was a time I thought I was a ferret," Will said, "but that turned out to be the opium haze. Did you know it had that effect? Because I didn't.”
    ― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel
    tags: ferret
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    Cassandra Clare
    “Jessamine recoiled from the paper as if it were a snake. "A lady does not read the newspaper. The society pages, perhaps, or the theater news. Not this filth."
    "But you are not a lady, Jessamine---," Charlotte began.
    "Dear me," said Will. "Such harsh truths so early in the morning cannot be good for the digestion.”
    ― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel
    tags: clockwork-angel, jessamine-lovelace, journalism, newspapers, will-herondale
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    Cassandra Clare
    “A little girl robbed you?" Tessa said.
    "Actually, she wasn’t a little girl at all, as it turns out, but a midget in a dress with a penchant for violence, who goes by the name of Six-Fingered Nigel."
    "Easy mistake to make," Jem said.”
    ― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel
    tags: sarcasm
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  • #19
    “Never trust a duck.”
    ― Will Herondale
    tags: cassandra-clare, the-infernal-devices, will-herondale, william-herondale
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    J.K. Rowling
    “He can run faster than Severus Snape confronted with shampoo.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
    tags: humor, shampoo
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    J.K. Rowling
    “Wit beyond measure is man’s greatest treasure.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
    tags: wit
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    J.K. Rowling
    “Percy wouldn't notice a joke if it danced naked in front of him wearing one of Dobby's hats.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
    tags: humor
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    J.K. Rowling
    “Books are like mirrors: if a fool looks in, you cannot expect a genius to look out.”
    ― J.K. Rowling
    tags: books
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    J.K. Rowling
    “Accio Brain!”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
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    J.K. Rowling
    “Don't let the muggles get you down.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
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    J.K. Rowling
    “Did you like question ten, Moony?" asked Sirius as they emerged into the entrance hall.
    "Loved it," said Lupin briskly. "Give five signs that identify the werewolf. Excellent question."
    "D'you think you managed to get all the signs?" said James in tones of mock concern.
    "Think I did," said Lupin seriously, as they joined the crowd thronging around the front doors eager to get out into the sunlit grounds. "One: He's sitting on my chair. Two: He's wearing my clothes. Three: His name's Remus Lupin...”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
    tags: humor, james-potter, remus-lupin, sirius-black, werewolf
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    J.K. Rowling
    “Harry — I think I've just understood something! I've got to go to the library!”
    And she sprinted away, up the stairs.
    “What does she understand?” said Harry distractedly, still looking around, trying to tell where the voice had come from.
    “Loads more than I do,” said Ron, shaking his head.
    “But why’s she got to go to the library?”
    “Because that’s what Hermione does,” said Ron, shrugging. “When in doubt, go to the library.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
    tags: hermione, humor, library
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    J.K. Rowling
    “I enjoyed the meetings, too. It was like having friends.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
    tags: friends, luna-lovegood
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    J.K. Rowling
    “If you don’t like to read, you haven’t found the right book.”
    ― J.K Rowling
    tags: books, reading
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    J.K. Rowling
    “Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic. Capable of both inflicting injury, and remedying it.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
    tags: dumbledore, power-of-words
    2110 likes



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