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  • #1
    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

  • #2
    Jane Austen
    “For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn?”
    Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

  • #3
    Frank Herbert
    “I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
    Frank Herbert, Dune

  • #4
    H. Jackson Brown Jr.
    “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
    H. Jackson Brown Jr., P.S. I Love You

  • #5
    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “All that is gold does not glitter,
    Not all those who wander are lost;
    The old that is strong does not wither,
    Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

    From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
    A light from the shadows shall spring;
    Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
    The crownless again shall be king.”
    J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

  • #6
    J.K. Rowling
    “Mr. Moony presents his compliments to Professor Snape, and begs him to keep his abnormally large nose out of other people's business.
    Mr. Prongs agrees with Mr. Moony, and would like to add that Professor Snape is an ugly git.
    Mr. Padfoot would like to register his astonishment that an idiot like that ever became a professor.
    Mr. Wormtail bids Professor Snape good day, and advises him to wash his hair, the slimeball.”
    J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

  • #7
    George R.R. Martin
    “... 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

  • #8
    Kresley Cole
    “I had just heard tales that the Valkyrie were large warriors, akin to Amazons.”

    “If you’re the sole survivor of an army attacked by us, are you going to say we had our asses handed to us by petite, nubile females, or by she-monsters who can bench Buicks?”
    Kresley Cole, No Rest for the Wicked

  • #9
    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    “A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
    Marcus Tullius Cicero

  • #10
    George R.R. Martin
    “The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. If you would take a man's life, you owe it to him to look into his eyes and hear his final words. And if you cannot bear to do that, then perhaps the man does not deserve to die.”
    George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

  • #11
    L.J. Smith
    “You don't love a girl because of beauty. You love her because she sings a song only you can understand.”
    L.J. Smith, Secret Vampire

  • #12
    David Eddings
    “What was that?" Belgarath asked, coming back around the corner.
    "Brill," Silk replied blandly, pulling his Murgo robe back on.
    "Again?" Belgarath demanded with exasperation. "What was he doing this time?"
    "Trying to fly, last time I saw him." Silk smirked.
    The old man looked puzzled.
    "He wasn't doing it very well," Silk added.
    Belgarath shrugged. "Maybe it'll come to him in time."
    "He doesn't really have all that much time." Silk glanced out over the edge.
    "From far below - terribly far below - there came a faint, muffled crash; then, after several seconds, another. "Does bouncing count?" Silk asked.
    Belgarath made a wry face. "Not really."
    "Then I'd say he didn't learn in time." Silk said blithely.”
    David Eddings, Magician's Gambit

  • #13
    Frank Herbert
    “Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.”
    Frank Herbert, Dune

  • #14
    David Eddings
    “We're living in momentous times, Garion. The events of a thousand years and more have all focused on these very days. The world, I'm told, is like that. Centuries pass when nothing happens, and then in a few short years events of such tremendous importance take place that the world is never the same again."
    I think that if I had my choice, I'd prefer one of those quiet centuries," Garion said glumly.
    Oh, no," Silk said, his lips drawing back in a ferretlike grin. "Now's the time to be alive - to see it all happen, to be a part of it. That makes the blood race, and each breath is an adventure.”
    David Eddings, Pawn of Prophecy

  • #15
    Dr. Seuss
    “You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
    Dr. Seuss

  • #16
    Jeaniene Frost
    “Much slower, I turned around to see Vlad examining his fingernails, as if his hands weren't still ablaze in the flames that had blasted the ghoul's head off moments before.
    'what the hell was that?' I gasped.
    'Premature inflammation,' He replied. 'Happens sometimes. Very embarrassing, I don't like to talk about it.' ”
    Jeaniene Frost, This Side of the Grave

  • #17
    Jane Austen
    “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”
    Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

  • #18
    Mark Twain
    “If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
    Mark Twain

  • #19
    Martin Luther King Jr.
    “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
    Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches

  • #20
    Groucho Marx
    “Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
    Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx

  • #21
    “Whenever I feel the need to exercise, I lie down until it goes away.”
    Paul Terry

  • #22
    L.J. Smith
    “Damon’s voice was no louder than before. “Get away from my brother.” Bonnie could feel it inside him, a swell of Power like a tsunami. He continued, “Before I tear your heart out.”
    L.J. Smith, The Fury / Dark Reunion

  • #23
    L.J. Smith
    “She was the one who was supposed to have walked with him through different lives, being born and loving and dying and being born again. They'd been born for each other, to help each other grow and blossom and discover and evolve.”
    L.J. Smith, Night World, No. 2

  • #24
    L.J. Smith
    “I never cheat. I practice Gamesmanship - the art of winning games without actually cheating.”
    L.J. Smith, The Forbidden Game

  • #25
    Kresley Cole
    “Have you ever fought an opponent you had no defense against? Like a fire breather or an acid spitter?"
    "Once I faced a female with diamond skin," Nix said breathlessly. "I was transfixed - even as she was choking the life out of me."
    "Really?"
    "No, I saw that character on X-Men. I just wanted to commiserate. Alas, I have no weaknesses.”
    Kresley Cole, Pleasure of a Dark Prince

  • #26
    David Eddings
    “I thought you said you were the one in charge!" Ce'Nedra exclaimed.

    I lied." Silk said. "It's a vice I have.”
    David Eddings, Queen of Sorcery

  • #27
    Jeaniene Frost
    “I have been stabbed, shot, burned, bitten, beaten unconscious too many times to count, and even staked. None of those held a candle to the pain I felt at seeing his mouth on hers.”
    Jeaniene Frost, One Foot in the Grave

  • #28
    George R.R. Martin
    “Winter is coming.”
    George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

  • #29
    George R.R. Martin
    “Fear cuts deeper than swords.”
    George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

  • #30
    Jane Austen
    “In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.”
    Jane Austen, Pride And Prejudice



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