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“Give us that, Déagol, my love,” said Sméagol, over his friend’s shoulder.
‘“Why?” said Déagol.


‘ “Because it’s my birthday, my love, and I wants it,” said Sméagol.


‘“I don’t care,” said Déagol. “I have given you a present already, more than I could afford. I found this, and I’m going to keep it.”


‘ “Oh, are you indeed, my love,” said Sméagol; and he caught Déagol by the throat and strangled him, because the gold looked so bright and beautiful. Then he put the ring on his finger.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

“You need to be able to separate the shock of seeing death from the shock of grief,”
― Hayley Campbell, All the Living and the Dead

“We are not promised a long life, Cassia. Just a life. Take what happiness you can. Hold tight to it.”
― Makiia Lucier, Year of the Reaper

“I feel like I live in a crack between worlds, and sometimes I feel like I might die inside it.”
― Sally Thorne, Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match

“I don’t tell people things in time. I say things in the wrong order, or assume that people will know.”
― Sally Thorne, Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match

“Marra carried the knowledge that her sister hated her snugged up under her ribs. It did not touch her heart, but it seemed to fill her lungs, and sometimes when she tried to take a deep breath, it caught on her sister's words and left her breathless.”
― T. Kingfisher, Nettle & Bone

“She cried out in alarm as Jester pushed her against the vanity roughly, pinning her hands before she could cast a spell.
“Naughty, sneaky little fox.”
― Jay Pellegrin, Wizard's Masquerade

“We can only save people who want to be saved.”
― T. Kingfisher, Nettle & Bone

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

“Are you starting your period? It’s not your time.”
― RuNyx, The Emperor

“Let me know which stars you prefer. The ones above you, or the ones I make you see.”
― H.D. Carlton, Haunting Adeline

“And when her face transformed with pure joy and she waved enthusiastically, Brendan knew he loved her.”
― Tessa Bailey, It Happened One Summer

“When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is almost certainly wrong. —ARTHUR C. CLARKE”
― Lindsey Fitzharris, The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine

“New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common. —JOHN LOCKE”
― Lindsey Fitzharris, The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine

“When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is almost certainly wrong.”
― Lindsey Fitzharris, The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine

“To the quiet girls with stories in their heads.
To their dreams—and their nightmares.”
― Rachel Gillig, One Dark Window

“When you love someone, it's like building a library and filling the shelves. It doesn't matter how many years it's been since Austen wrote Emma or Fitzgerald wrote This Side of Paradise. We can still pull them from the bookcases and dive back into the words, the same as they day they were written. All the years and memories are still right there, cataloged inside us.”
― Rachel Moore, The Library of Shadows

“Are you still pretending?” I said, reveling in his gaze. Ravyn gave a surprised laugh and, in front of everyone, leaned in and kissed me. “I never was,” he whispered into my lips.”
― Rachel Gillig, One Dark Window

“The very essence of romance is uncertainty.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays

“Do you love her?"
"I exist for her.”
― Tessa Bailey, Dream Girl Drama