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

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches

“I would rather be ashes than dust!
I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot.
I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.
The function of man is to live, not to exist.
I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them.
I shall use my time.”
― Jack London

“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

“Do you think I am an automaton? — a machine without feelings? and can bear to have my morsel of bread snatched from my lips, and my drop of living water dashed from my cup? Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong! — I have as much soul as you — and full as much heart! And if God had gifted me with some beauty and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom, conventionalities, nor even of mortal flesh: it is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at God's feet, equal — as we are!”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

“Every atom of your flesh is as dear to me as my own: in pain and sickness it would still be dear.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

“Nothing changes if we don't make it change.”
― Talia Hibbert, Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute

“(My brain, in case I failed to mention this before, is kind of a dick.)”
― Talia Hibbert, Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute

“You don't need to be special or significant to have value.”
― Talia Hibbert, Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute

“You seem distracted." "I'm always distracted. It's an unfortunate side effect of being intelligent. You wouldn't know.”
― Talia Hibbert, Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute

“Everyone deserved to love and be loved back. Everyone.”
― Helen Hoang, The Bride Test

“She was so beautiful she made his chest hurt.”
― Helen Hoang, The Bride Test

“In a split second, she redefined perfection for him. His standards aligned to her exact proportions and measurements. No one else would ever live up to her.”
― Helen Hoang, The Bride Test

“Khải’s jaw dropped, and he stared at Jade. “There’s a tiny Esme.”
― Helen Hoang, The Bride Test

“I’ve missed you.” So badly his body had broken down. “I need to know you’re safe and happy. And I want you close. With me.”
― Helen Hoang, The Bride Test

“Don’t forget to apologize. First with words. Then with your tongue.”
― Helen Hoang, The Bride Test

“She needed to get ready for bed, but first, she wanted to do nothing for a few moments. Just nothing. Nothing was such a luxury”
― Helen Hoang, The Bride Test

“He’d never imagined her with another man, but he sure as hell was now. The thought irritated the shit out of him.”
― Helen Hoang, The Bride Test

“All the things that make you different make you perfect.”
― Helen Hoang, The Kiss Quotient

“When you love someone, you fight for them in every way you know how.”
― Helen Hoang, The Kiss Quotient

“Everything about him pleased her. Not just his looks, but his patience and his kindness. He was good. He was an obsession waiting to happen.”
― Helen Hoang, The Kiss Quotient

“The hero didn’t even have to win. All he had to do to get the girl was fight for her. If he lost, she’d kiss him better.”
― Helen Hoang, The Kiss Quotient

“Women buy underwear for the men they love. It’s economics. Data supports this claim.”
― Helen Hoang, The Kiss Quotient

“Ignore what others have to say. If it's not to your face, then it's not worth your time.”
― Rodolfo Eduardo, Remedies & Tragedies