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  • #1
    Margaret Mitchell
    “Life's under no obligation to give us what we expect.”
    Margaret Mitchell

  • #2
    Sophocles
    “One word
    Frees us of all the weight and pain of life:
    That word is love.”
    Sophocles

  • #3
    Carlos Ruiz Zafón
    “Fools talk, cowards are silent, wise men listen.”
    Carlos Ruiz Zafon, The Shadow of the Wind

  • #4
    Frederick Douglass
    “Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.”
    Frederick Douglass

  • #5
    Mahatma Gandhi
    “When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.”
    Mahatma Gandhi

  • #6
    Marilyn Monroe
    “It's far better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone — so far.”
    Marilyn Monroe

  • #7
    Agatha Christie
    “It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them. ”
    Agatha Christie, Agatha Christie: An Autobiography

  • #8
    John Green
    “If people could see me the way I see myself - if they could live in my memories - would anyone love me?”
    John Green, An Abundance of Katherines

  • #9
    Terry Pratchett
    “Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.”
    Terry Pratchett, Jingo

  • #10
    Alfred Tennyson
    “I am a part of all that I have met.”
    Alfred Tennyson, The Complete Poetical Works of Tennyson

  • #11
    Francis Bacon
    “Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.”
    Sir Francis Bacon

  • #12
    George R.R. Martin
    “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
    George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

  • #13
    F. Scott Fitzgerald
    “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
    F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

  • #14
    José Saramago
    “Words were not given to man in order to conceal his thoughts”
    Jose Saramago

  • #15
    “It makes you wonder. All the brilliant things we might have done with our lives if only we suspected we knew how.”
    Ann Patchett, Bel Canto

  • #16
    Armistead Maupin
    “Laugh all you want and cry all you want and whistle at pretty men in the street and to hell with anybody who thinks you're a damned fool!”
    Armistead Maupin, More Tales of the City

  • #17
    Leigh Bardugo
    “I'm the Sun Summoner. It gets dark when I say it does.”
    Leigh Bardugo, Ruin and Rising

  • #18
    Leigh Bardugo
    “He’d wanted me to believe in his ruthlessness.
    Then I remembered his words from so long ago: Make me your villain.
    Leigh Bardugo, Ruin and Rising

  • #19
    Leigh Bardugo
    “If I told you that I’m trying to save the world, would you believe me?”
    Leigh Bardugo, Shadow and Bone



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