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“You can look at a picture for a week and never think of it again. You can also look at a picture for a second and think of it all your life.”
― Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch

“The bureau is closed, said Gavroche. I'm receiving no more complaints.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

“And therefor, sir,' seyde the Bysshop, 'leve thys opynyon, other ellis I shall curse you with booke, belle and candyll.'

'Do thou thy warste,' seyde Mordred, 'and I defyghe the!”
― Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte D'Arthur

“He was so full of wrath against grown-ups, who as usual, were spoiling everything, that as soon as he got inside his tree he breathed intentionally quick short breaths at the rate of about five to a second. He did this because there is a saying in the Neverland, that everytime you breathe, a grown-up dies; and Peter was killing them of vindictively as fast as possible.”
― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

“What strange creatures brothers are!”
― Jane Austen

“Let the wild rumpus start!”
― Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are