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“If you go home with somebody, and they don't have books, don't fuck 'em!”
― John Waters

“The thing under my bed waiting to grab my ankle isn't real. I know that, and I also know that if I'm careful to keep my foot under the covers, it will never be able to grab my ankle.”
― Stephen King, Night Shift

“We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it.”
― George Orwell, 1984

“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”
― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
― George Orwell

“Reality is shaped by the forces that destroy it.”
― D. Harlan Wilson, The Kyoto Man

“Alone. Yes, that's the key word, the most awful word in the English tongue. Murder doesn't hold a candle to it and hell is only a poor synonym.”
― Stephen King

“The best books... are those that tell you what you know already.”
― George Orwell, 1984

“What is life if not a gamble?”
― F.E. Higgins, The Black Book of Secrets

“Here’s to books, the cheapest vacation you can buy.”
― Charlaine Harris

“Speaking personally, you can have my gun, but you'll take my book when you pry my cold, dead fingers off of the binding.”
― Stephen King

“Being rich is not about how much money you have or how many homes you own; it's the freedom to buy any book you want without looking at the price and wondering if you can afford it.”
― John Waters, Role Models

“There is something about words. In expert hands, manipulated deftly, they take you prisoner. Wind themselves around your limbs like spider silk, and when you are so enthralled you cannot move, they pierce your skin, enter your blood, numb your thoughts. Inside you they work their magic.”
― Diane Setterfield, The Thirteenth Tale

“One needs no particular talent to be polite. On the contrary, being nice is what's left when you've failed at everything else.”
― Diane Setterfield, The Thirteenth Tale