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“It's not denial. I'm just selective about the reality I accept.”
― Bill Watterson

“I am not proud, but I am happy; and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride.”
― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

“Worse than not realizing the dreams of your youth would be to have been young and never dreamed at all.”
― Jean Genet

“It was war, and in war the truth was almost always the first casualty.”
― Vince Flynn, Executive Power

“Many boys will bring you flowers. But someday you'll meet a boy who will learn your favorite flower, your favorite song, your favorite sweet. And even if he is too poor to give you any of them, it won't matter because he will have taken the time to know you as no one else does. Only that boy earns your heart.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“Kaz leaned back. "What's the easiest way to steal a man's wallet?"
"Knife to the throat?" asked Inej.
"Gun to the back?" said Jesper.
"Poison in his cup?" suggested Nina.
"You're all horrible," said Matthias.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“My dear friend,"Breeze replied, "the entire point of life is to find ways to get others to do your work for you. Don't you know anything about basic economics ?”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn: The Final Empire

“Holding Eleanor's hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park

“In your light I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems. You dance inside my chest where no-one sees you, but sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art.”
― Rumi

“You don’t have to be a god. Just do your best for your friends.”
― Rick Riordan, The Dark Prophecy

“Maybe, the only thing that has to make sense
about being somebody's friend
is that you help them be their best self
on any given day. That you give them a home
when they don't want to be in their own.”
― Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X