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#1

“Some things you can never leave behind. They don't belong to the past. They belong to you.”
― Rick Yancey, The 5th Wave

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#2

“They say sarcasm is the lowest form of wit," Valkyrie said.

China glanced at her. "They've obviously never met me.”
― Derek Landy, Mortal Coil

tags: derek-landy, humor, sarcasm, skuldugerry-pleasant, wit

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#3

“It doesn’t matter how old you are, what level of schooling you’ve had or where you live—stalking is innate to the female psyche. We’ve all been there.”
― Kristan Higgins, Fools Rush in

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#4

“Some things you don't have to promise. You just do.”
― Rick Yancey, The 5th Wave

tags: promises

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#5

“A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition.”
― Henry Miller, The Books in My Life

tags: books, power

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#6

“How slow life is, how violent hope is.”
― Guillaume Apollinaire

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#7

“How do you rid the Earth of humans? Rid the humans of their humanity.”
― Rick Yancey, The 5th Wave

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#8

“I think a lot of people want to be someone, but we are scared that if we try, we won't be as good as everyone imagines we could be.”
― Ava Dellaira, Love Letters to the Dead

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#9

“You can be noble and brave and beautiful and still find yourself falling.”
― Ava Dellaira, Love Letters to the Dead

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#10

“I know I wrote letters to people with no address on this earth, I know that you are dead. But I hear you. I hear all of you. We were here. Our lives matter.”
― Ava Dellaira, Love Letters to the Dead

tags: death, life

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#11

“Man cannot be freed by the same injustice that enslaved it.”
― Pierce Brown, Red Rising

tags: enslave, free, injustice

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#12

“The measure of a man is what he does when he has power.”
― Pierce Brown, Red Rising

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#13

“I live for the dream that my children will be born free. That they will be what they like. That they will own the land their father gave them.'
'I live for you,' I say sadly.
She kisses my cheek. 'Then you must live for more.”
― Pierce Brown, Red Rising

tags: cover-quote, darrow, eo, red-rising

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#14

“There is no greater plague to an introvert than the extrovert.”
― Pierce Brown, Golden Son

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#15

“Friendships take minutes to make, moments to break, years to repair.”
― Pierce Brown, Golden Son

tags: friendship

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#16

“It's not victory that makes a man. It's his defeats.”
― Pierce Brown, Golden Son

tags: golden-son, pierce-brown, red-rising-trilogy

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#17

“Love and war. Same coin. Different sides.”
― Pierce Brown, Golden Son

tags: love

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#18

“The only lies for which we are truly punished are those we tell ourselves.”
― V. S. Naipaul, In a Free State

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#19

“To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment

tags: independent-thought, self-determination, self-expression

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#20

“If this emperor thing doesn’t work out, you might have a future career in espionage.”
― Marissa Meyer, Winter

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#21

“You do not follow me because I am the strongest. Pax is. You do not follow me because I am the brightest. Mustang is. You follow me because you do not know where you are going. I do.”
― Pierce Brown, Red Rising

tags: darrow, helldiver, leader, pierce-brown, red-rising, war

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#22

“I would have lived in peace. But my enemies brought me war.”
― Pierce Brown, Red Rising

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#23

“Home isn't where you're from, it's where you find light when all grows dark.”
― Pierce Brown, Golden Son

tags: family, home

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#24

“Wise men read books about history. Strong men write them.”
― Pierce Brown, Golden Son

tags: golden-son, pierce-brown, red-rising-trilogy

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#25

“I will die. You will die. We will all die and the universe will carry on without care. All that we have is that shout into the wind - how we live. How we go. And how we stand before we fall.”
― Pierce Brown, Golden Son

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#26

“Liars make the best promises.”
― Pierce Brown, Golden Son

tags: lies, promises

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#27

“Swords can win territories but not hearts, forces can bend heads but not minds.”
― Mirza Tahir Ahmad

tags: ahmadiyya, inspirational

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#28

“There's always another secret.' -Kelsier”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn: The Final Empire

tags: kelsier, mistborn, secret

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#29

“Our belief is often strongest when it should be weakest. That is the nature of hope.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn: The Final Empire

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#30

“What would you think if I told you that I wasn’t an Allomancer?” Sazed asked.
“I’d think that you were lying,” Vin said.
“Have you known me to lie before?”
“The best liars are those who tell the truth most of the time.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn: The Final Empire

tags: liars, sazed, truth, vin

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