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“Faërie contains many things besides elves and fays, and besides dwarfs, witches, trolls, giants, or dragons; it holds the seas, the sun, the moon, the sky; and the earth, and all things that are in it: tree and bird, water and stone, wine and bread, and ourselves, mortal men, when we are enchanted.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, Tolkien On Fairy-stories

“Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.”
― St. Francis Of Assisi

“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.”
― Edgar Allan Poe, Eleonora

“You will be transformed by what you read.”
― Deepak Chopra

“The world is full of mystery and magic. We just need to look, listen and believe that wondrous things are still possible.”
― Vonnie Winslow Crist, The Greener Forest

“So the days slipped away, as each morning dawned bright and fair, and each evening followed cool and clear. But autumn was waning fast; slowly the golden light faded to pale silver, and the lingering leaves fell from the naked trees. A wind began to blow chill from the Misty Mountains to the east. The Hunter's Moon waxed round in the night sky, and put to flight all the lesser stars. But low in the South one star shone red. Every night, as the Moon waned again, it shone brighter and brighter. Frodo could see it from his window, deep in the heavens, burning like a watchful eye that glared above the trees on the brink of the valley.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“I knew they would kill me when they found out, but…” He struggled for words, releasing a sharp breath. “I think I realized that I would rather die because I betrayed them, than live because I betrayed you.”
― Marissa Meyer, Scarlet

“But you're the only one, Scarlet. You'll always be the only one.”
― Marissa Meyer, Scarlet

“Yeah, but broken isn't the same as unfixable.”
― Marissa Meyer, Winter

“We met less than a week ago and in that time I've done nothing but lie and cheat and betray you. I know. But if you give me a chance...all I want is to protect you. To be near you. For as long as I'm able.”
― Marissa Meyer, Scarlet

“A captain always knows where his ship is. It's like a psychic bond.”
“If only we had a captain here.”
― Marissa Meyer, Scarlet

“A relieved grin filled up Thorne’s face. “We’re having another moment, aren’t we?”

“If by a moment, you mean me not wanting to strangle you for the first time since we met, then I guess we are.”
― Marissa Meyer, Scarlet

“One more time, she promised herself. That wasn't too trollopy. She wouldn't be too trollopy.
But when they actually got to the guardhouse?
Trollopy.”
― Eloisa James, When Beauty Tamed the Beast

“No man can be called friendless who has God and the companionship of good books.”
― Elizabeth Barrett Browning

“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
― Madeleine L'Engle

“Some people were always meant to be heroes.
Just like some people were always meant to be villains.”
― Marissa Meyer, Supernova

“Scarlet's shoulders slumped. "I need him as much as he needs me. But that doesn't make it love."
Winter lowered her lashes. "Actually, dear friend, I suspect that is PRECISELY what makes it love.”
― Marissa Meyer, Winter

“The Mole was bewitched, entranced, fascinated. By the side of the river he trotted as one trots, when very small, by the side of a man who holds one spellbound by exciting stories; and when tired at last, he sat on the bank, while the river still chattered on to him, a babbling procession of the best stories in the world, sent from the heart of the earth to be told at last to the insatiable sea.”
― Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows