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“When people say impossible, they usually mean improbable.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“Oh, and the easiest way to make someone furious is to tell her to calm down.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“Anything you don't understand, you attribute to God. God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the world, all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off and say God did it.”
― Carl Sagan, Contact

“We all die. Not everyone dies for a reason.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ruin and Rising

“As humans, we have a hunger to discover something new, reach new meaning, understand better the universe and our place in it.”
― Edward Frenkel

“People shout when they don't have the vocabulary to whisper.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven Boys

“He wondered if he was going to go through each year of his life thinking about how stupid he'd been the year before.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, Blue Lily, Lily Blue

“So what you're saying is you can't explain it."
"I did explain it."
"No, you used nouns and verbs together in a pleasing but illogical format.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Dream Thieves

“Everyone's face is a mirror, Dick — endeavor to make them reflect a smile.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Dream Thieves

“Maps had always interested her; there was something bewitching in knowing one’s precise location in relation to others on the earth.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass

“On the riverfront thoroughfare, trams and buses roared past, grounding the day in the twenty-first century, but on the quieter lanes, the wintry peace might have hailed from another time.”
― Laini Taylor, Daughter of Smoke & Bone

“When it comes to men who are romantically interested in you, it’s really simple. Just ignore everything they say and only pay attention to what they do.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. And experience is often the most valuable thing you have to offer.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“Most of what we say and do is not essential. If you can eliminate it, you'll have more time and tranquility. Ask yourself at every moment, "Is this necessary?”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

“...do yourself a favor and learn to grab life by the balls, dear. Don’t be so tied up in trying to do the right thing when the smart thing is so painfully clear.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

“Just the very implication that I could get under her skin gets under her skin.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

“Don't ignore half of me so you can fit me into a box”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo