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“Heaven would never be heaven without you.”
― Richard Matheson, What Dreams May Come

“Whenever I don’t know whether to fight or not, I fight.”
― Emily Murphy

“The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.”
― Ben Okri

“Even when you have doubts, take that step. Take chances. Mistakes are never a failure—they can be turned into wisdom.”
― Cat Cora

“Show me a hero, and I'll write you a tragedy.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald

“She read books as one would breathe air, to fill up and live.”
― Annie Dillard, The Living

“In times of storm and tempest, of indecision and desolation, a book already known and loved makes better reading than something new and untried ... nothing is so warming and companionable.”
― Elizabeth Goudge

“I owe everything I am and everything I will ever be to books.”
― Gary Paulsen, Shelf Life: Stories by the Book

“Maybe who we are isn't so much about what we do, but rather what we're capable of when we least expect it.”
― Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper

“The days that make us happy make us wise.”
― John Masefield

“People see what they wish to see. And in most cases, what they are told that they see.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus

“Stories make sense when so much around us is senseless, and perhaps what makes them most comforting is that while life goes on and pain goes on, stories do us the favor of ending.”
― John Hodgman

“Remember this: Nothing is written in the stars. Not these stars, nor any others. No one controls your destiny.”
― Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

“Time flows in the same way for all human beings; every human being flows through time in a different way.”
― Yasunari Kawabata

“Reading was a joy, a desperately needed escape -- I didn't read to learn, I was reading to read.”
― Christian Bauman

“True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked.”
― Erich Segal

“Travel changes you. As you move through this life and this world you change things slightly, you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life—and travel—leaves marks on you.”
― Anthony Bourdain

“To truly be committed to a life of honesty, love and discipline, we must be willing to commit ourselves to reality.”
― John Bradshaw, Healing the Shame that Binds You

“The human face has limited space. If you fill it with laughter there will be no room for crying.”
― Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance

“At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can.”
― Frida Kahlo

“No matter how nice the place is where you live, you need to experience life and the world.”
― Terri Irwin, MY STEVE

“Having eyes, but not seeing beauty; having ears, but not hearing music; having minds, but not perceiving truth…These are the things to fear…”
― Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

“While thoughts exist, words are alive and literature becomes an escape, not from, but into living.”
― Cyril Connolly, The Unquiet Grave: A Word Cycle by Palinurus

“A great speech is literature.”
― Peggy Noonan

“There’s so much gray to every story—nothing is so black and white.”
― Lisa Ling

“If a man is not faithful to his own individuality, he cannot be loyal to anything.”
― Claude McKay

“In books and in life, you need to read several pages before someone's true character is revealed.”
― Gail Carson Levine

“Food. Drink. Sleep. Books. They are all drugs.”
― Fay Weldon, The Fat Woman's Joke

“A heart filled with anger has no room for love.”
― Joan Lunden, Wake-Up Calls: Making The Most Out Of Every Day

“Only he who attempts the absurd is capable of achieving the impossible.”
― Miguel de Unamuno