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“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

“Judge us not equally, Abraham”
― Seth Grahame-Smith, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

“It's not the face, but the expressions on it. It's not the voice, but what you say. It's not how you look in that body, but the thing you do with it. You are beautiful.”
― Stephenie Meyer, The Host

“You will always be a monster - there is no turning back from it. But what kind of monster you become is entirely up to you.”
― Julie Kagawa, The Eternity Cure

“I do hope that when the day comes, whether in 1, 10, or 100 years, I don’t want you to think of me and feel sad.”
― Esther Earl, This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl

“We weren't made the way we are so we can sit back and watch ourselves lose.”
― Natalie Cuddington, New Aura

“That's when I realized that I could do this without him. I could. But I didn't want to.”
― Natalie Cuddington, Calypso

“Can you see the power emotion has to distort our outlook? Makes you wonder, did you have a bad day, or did you make it a bad day.”
― Brandon Mull, Rise of the Evening Star

“I think there should be a rule that everyone in the world should get a standing ovation at least once in their lives.”
― R.J. Palacio, Wonder

“Nothing was expected of me except to dance. So dance I did.”
― Natalie Cuddington, Chloe Diller

“The story's not over. The story's never over.”
― Natalie Cuddington, Chloe Diller

“She liked the word ineffable because it meant a feeling so big or vast that it could not be expressed in words.

And yet, because it could not be expressed in words, people had invented a word to express it, and that made Liesl feel hopeful, somehow.”
― Lauren Oliver, Liesl & Po

“And the moment she says hello, I wouldn't hang up. I'd say, 'Hi. What's happening? Tell me every little thing.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club

“Can I touch you?”
His lashes closed, resting on the tops of his tanned, sculpted cheeks as his smile grew broad. “You don’t have to ask.” I reached out immediately but paused within inches of contact. He must’ve sensed my hesitation because he reopened his eyes. “What’s wrong?”
I swallowed, utterly overwhelmed. “I don’t know where to start.”
Mason’s gaze warmed . He wrapped strong warm fingers around my wrist and drew my palm forward, leading me where he wanted my hand to follow. When he set it on the center of his chest, right over his heart and pressed my flesh to his as if fingerprinting my soul to his. I blinked back gratified tears.
“Start here. No one’s ever touched me here before.”
― Linda Kage, Price of a Kiss

“There are worse things in the world than a boy who likes to kiss other boys.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

“I know you feel alone, but you’re not. That’s the thing you have to remember when you miss someone. It makes you feel like you’re the only one left on the entire planet, but you have to remember there are still people here who care about you.”
― Natalie Cuddington, Saving Mason

“Everyone knows how to hide their weaknesses in this world. Embracing them takes strength.”
― Natalie Cuddington, Saving Mason

“I fell in love with you when I wasn't looking.”
― Natalie Cuddington, Saving Mason

“Imagine [...] that you are asleep, dreaming your human dreams. And then, when you wake, you find yourself in an unknown place. Your hands are bound, and your feet hobbled, and you're leashed to a stake in the ground. You have no idea who has done this to you, or how. You don't know if you'll ever escape. You are an unimaginable distance from home. And then, a strange creature finds you and says, 'An Arbeely! But I thought Arbeelys were only tales told to children! Quick, you must hide, and pretend to be one of us, for the people here would be frightened of you if they knew.”
― Helene Wecker, The Golem and the Jinni