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  • #1
    Dr. Seuss
    “I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.”
    Dr. Seuss

  • #2
    Mark Twain
    “If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
    Mark Twain

  • #3
    Mark Twain
    “The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”
    Mark Twain

  • #4
    Mark Twain
    “In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.”
    Mark Twain

  • #5
    Jeanne DuPrau
    “The trouble with anger is, it gets hold of you. And then you aren't the master of yourself anymore. Anger is. And when anger is the boss, you get unintended consequences.”
    Jeanne Duprau, The City of Ember

  • #6
    Jeanne DuPrau
    “There is so much darkness in Ember, Lina. It's not just outside, it's inside us, too. Everyone has some darkness inside. It's like a hungry creature. It wants and wants and wants with a terrible power. And the more you give it, the bigger and hungrier it gets.”
    Jeanne Duprau, The City of Ember

  • #7
    Jeanne DuPrau
    “When someone has been mean to you, why would you want to be good to them?' 'You wouldn't want to. That's what makes it hard. You do it anyway. Being good is hard. Much harder than being bad.”
    Jeanne DuPrau , The People of Sparks

  • #8
    George R.R. Martin
    “... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”
    George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

  • #9
    Leo Tolstoy
    “It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.”
    Leo Tolstoy, The Kreutzer Sonata

  • #10
    Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.
    “Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.”
    Roald Dahl

  • #11
    Laurie Halse Anderson
    “You have to know what you stand for, not just what you stand against.”
    Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak

  • #12
    Truman Capote
    “Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.”
    Truman Capote

  • #13
    John Fitzgerald Kennedy
    “The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger--but recognize the opportunity.”
    John F. Kennedy

  • #14
    Lao Tzu
    “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
    Lao Tzu

  • #15
    N.D. Wilson
    “In the history of the world there have been lots of onces and lots of times, and every time has had a once upon it.

    Most people will tell you that the once upon a time happened in a land far, far away, but it really depends on where you are. The once upon a time may have been just outside your back door. It may have been beneath your very feet. It might not have been in a land at all but deep in the sea's belly or bobbing around on its back.”
    N.D. Wilson, Leepike Ridge

  • #16
    N.D. Wilson
    “After a few mouthfuls of moon-flavored air, even the stubbornly drowsy can find themselves wide-eyed.. All the normal noises of life were gone, leaving behind the secretive sounds, the shy sounds, the whispers and conversations of moss disputing with grass over some soft piece of earth, or the hummingbird snoring.”
    N.D. Wilson, Leepike Ridge

  • #17
    N.D. Wilson
    “Caves and darkness can't hold you when you die, they can only hold your bones.”
    N.D. Wilson, Leepike Ridge

  • #18
    N.D. Wilson
    “Your father died for me, and dying with you would be an honor, though not as great as dying to save you.”
    N.D. Wilson, Leepike Ridge

  • #19
    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
    "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
    J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

  • #20
    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.”
    J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

  • #21
    Henry James
    “Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.”
    Henry James

  • #22
    Winston S. Churchill
    “Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.”
    Winston S. Churchill

  • #23
    N.D. Wilson
    “Sometimes standing against evil is more important than defeating it. The greatest heroes stand because it is right to do so, not because they believe they will walk away with their lives. Such selfless courage is a victory in itself.”
    N.D. Wilson, Dandelion Fire

  • #24
    John Berger
    “When we read a story, we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like a roof and four walls. What is to happen next will take place within the four walls of the story. And this is possible because the story's voice makes everything its own.”
    John Berger, Keeping a Rendezvous: Essays

  • #25
    Neil Gaiman
    “Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot.”
    Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 3: Dream Country

  • #26
    Brandon Mull
    “Smart people learn from their mistakes. But the real sharp ones learn from the mistakes of others.”
    Brandon Mull, Fablehaven

  • #27
    Brandon Mull
    “We humans are conflicted beings. Our beliefs don't always harmonize with our instincts, and our behavior doesn't always reflect our beliefs. ... We wage war between the person we are and the person we hope to become.”
    Brandon Mull

  • #28
    Brandon Mull
    “We all posses different gifts and abilities. How we use those gifts determines who we are.”
    Brandon Mull, Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary

  • #29
    Brandon Mull
    “An unread book does nobody any good. Stories happen in the mind of a reader, not among symbols printed on a page.”
    Brandon Mull

  • #30
    Brandon Mull
    “Choices determine character.”
    Brandon Mull, Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary



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