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“You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.”
― William Faulkner

“If one's different, one's bound to be lonely.”
― Aldous Huxley, Brave New World

“You're always you, and that don't change, and you're always changing, and there's nothing you can do about it.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book

“I wasn’t meant for reality, but life came and found me.”
― Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.”
― Charles M. Schulz

“We accept the love we think we deserve.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“The sky is everywhere, it begins at your feet.”
― Jandy Nelson, The Sky Is Everywhere

“How can the word love, the word life, even fit in the mouth?”
― Jandy Nelson, The Sky Is Everywhere

“But what if music is what escapes when a heart breaks?”
― Jandy Nelson, The Sky Is Everywhere

“I want someone whose heart is big enough to hold me.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Attachments

“I didn't know love could leave the lights on all the time.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Attachments

“There are moments when you can't believe something wonderful is happening. And there are moments when your entire consciousness is filled with knowing absolutely that something wonderful is happening.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Attachments

“Sleep is good, he said, and books are better.”
― George R. R. Martin

“The thing I realize is, that it's not what you take, it's what you leave.”
― Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places

“You are all the colors in one, at full brightness.”
― Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places

“We do not remember days, we remember moments.”
― Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places

“I've waited a long time to show these flowers how pretty you are.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“Books are a poor substitute for female companionship, but they are easier to find.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“Half of seeming clever is keeping your mouth shut at the right times.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“A gentleman is simply a patient wolf.”
― Lana Turner

“Shura...are you...in love with me?"
"Turn to me," Alexander said. She turned. "Tatia, I worship you. I'm crazy in love with you. I want you to marry me.”
― Paullina Simons, The Bronze Horseman

“I am not interested in being original. I am interested in being true.”
― Agostinho da Silva

“When a long book succeeds, the writer and reader are not just having an affair; they are married.”
― Stephen King, The Bazaar of Bad Dreams

“But a movie doesn't have to be good if it has Hugh Jackman.”
― Jesse Andrews, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

“Courage is not the absence of fear but rather the judgement that something is more important than fear; The brave may not live forever but the cautious do not live at all.”
― Meg Cabot, The Princess Diaries

“I keep thinking about this river somewhere, with the water moving really fast. And these two people in the water, trying to hold onto each other, holding on as hard as they can, but in the end it's just too much. The current's too strong. They've got to let go, drift apart. That's how it is with us. It's a shame, Kath, because we've loved each other all our lives. But in the end, we can't stay together forever.”
― Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go

“Alexander, were you looking for me?"
"All my life.”
― Paullina Simons, The Bronze Horseman

“I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.”
― audre lorde

“What the eyes had seen could not be erased.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah