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“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
― Maya Angelou

“I read; I travel; I become”
― Derek Walcott

“I just got out of the hospital. I was in a speed reading accident. I hit a book mark and flew across the room.”
― Steven Wright

“You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.”
― Brigham Young

“She knew, now, that there was always light—beyond the dark, and the fear, out of the depths; there was sun to reach for, and air and space and freedom.
There was always a way up, and out, and no need to be afraid.”
― Lauren Oliver, Panic

“Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.”
― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

“Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I'm telling lies.
I say,
It's in the reach of my arms
The span of my hips,
The stride of my step,
The curl of my lips.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.”
― Maya Angelou, Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women

“Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.”
― Maya Angelou

“You is kind. You is smart. You is important.”
― Kathryn Stockett, The Help

“Forget Regret, or life is yours to miss”
― Jonathan Larson, Rent

“The opposite of war isn't peace, it's creation. ”
― Jonathan Larson

“No other road, no other way, no day but today. ”
― Jonathan Larson

“Give in to love or live in fear.”
― Jonathan Larson

“The only thing worse than a boy who hates you: a boy that loves you.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment.”
― Sarah Dessen, The Truth About Forever

“I woke up thinking a very pleasant thought. There is lots left in the world to read.”
― Nicholson Baker, The Anthologist

“So many things become beautiful when you really look.”
― Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall

“People have the right to think and say whatever they want to. But you have the right not to take it to heart, and not to react.”
― Phil McGraw, Dr. Phil Getting Real: Lessons in Life, Marriage and Family

“(Kindness) is much more a sign of character than mere niceness. Kindness connects to who you are, while niceness connects to how you want to be seen."
-David Levithan (Every Day)”
― David Levithan

“autonomy, n.

"I want my books to have their own shelves", you said, and that's how I knew it would be okay to live together.”
― David Levithan, The Lover's Dictionary

“When you jump, all your going to do is fall.But leaping? Leaping is when you think there's something on the other side."
"And you have a sense that we're about to leap?"
"I have a sense that we already have.”
― Andrea Cremer, Invisibility

“I am worried we've run out of words, and am hoping she is just saving them for later.”
― David Levithan, Invisibility

“We are surrounded by so many books, so many words, so many thoughts... and not a single one can help us. I think, What's the point of all magic, if no one really knows how to use it? But I guess the same could be said about life.”
― David Levithan, Invisibility

“I assume this kid is “normal” sixteen, like all the rest of them, whereas I’m “life can, and probably will, totally screw you” sixteen.”
― Andrea Cremer, Invisibility

“Part of love is letting a person be who they want to be”
― David Levithan, Boy Meets Boy

“I wonder if it's possible to start a new relationship without hurting someone else.”
― David Levithan, Boy Meets Boy

“Sometimes the space between knowing what to do and actually doing it is a very short walk. Other times it is an impossible expanse.”
― David Levithan, Boy Meets Boy

“The world loves stupid labels. I wish we got to choose our own.”
― David Levithan, Boy Meets Boy

“Because sometimes you just have to dance like a madman in the Self-Help section of your local bookstore.”
― David Levithan, Boy Meets Boy