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“I had asked her for help, and she had sent me to the lions. I knew that she was trying to save her little girl, but sometimes mothers with the best intentions kill their daughters all the same.”
― Laura Whitcomb, A Certain Slant of Light

“All people live in a fantasy in which they are the main character.”
― Keiichi Sigsawa, Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World

“He loved her, of course, but better than that, he chose her, day after day. Choice: that was the thing.”
― Sherman Alexie, The Toughest Indian in the World

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
― Bernard M. Baruch

“Customs are formed, and the descendants of men are trapped therein. The generations pass without a chance to weed out the foolish from the essential—a regrettable situation.”
― Noriko Ogiwara, Dragon Sword and Wind Child

“Although she tried not to let the rumors that she had followed the Prince out of vanity bother her, she had known that it was partly true. Her aching heart, however, gradually informed her that it was much more than just partly true.”
― Noriko Ogiwara, Dragon Sword and Wind Child

“She had believed that she alone could touch his heart, and that likewise his was the only gaze that would ever reach hers. She had left her home in response to his kind words, only to find that this belief had been nothing but the conceit of an ignorant girl.”
― Noriko Ogiwara, Dragon Sword and Wind Child

“For the first time Saya understood how people can grow accustomed to war. Intensified by the stark contrast between life and death, fleeting moments of joy such as these could make one almost mad with happiness.”
― Noriko Ogiwara, Dragon Sword and Wind Child

“Chihaya, however, looked at her in surprise. "Why should I be sorry? Morning Star is here, and so are you." Saya was somewhat relieved, although a little annoyed that he put his horse before her.”
― Noriko Ogiwara, Dragon Sword and Wind Child

“It's true that some mistakes can never be amended no matter what you do, but that doesn't mean it's all right to give up before you even try.”
― Noriko Ogiwara, Dragon Sword and Wind Child

“I'm not going to wear a red dress," she said.
"It would look stunning, My Lady," she called.
She spoke to the bubbles gathered on the surface of the water. "If there's anyone I wish to stun at dinner, I'll hit him in the face.”
― Kristin Cashore, Graceling

“The trouble with real life is that you don't know whether you're the hero or just some nice chap who gets bumped off in chapter five to show what a rotter the villain is without anyone minding too much.”
― Sarah Caudwell, The Sirens Sang of Murder

“Palaces are built on the people's bones. To tell the truth, the masses would be better off without kingdoms, which is why it takes a gifted ruler to tell just the right lies so they never realize it.”
― Fuyumi Ono, The Twelve Kingdoms: The Vast Spread of the Seas

“People will live their lives with or without a king to command them. It is the king who cannot live without his people.”
― Fuyumi Ono, The Twelve Kingdoms: The Vast Spread of the Seas

“People with lost personalities will suffer a great deal more than those with lost virginities.”
― Melina Marchetta, Saving Francesca

“There are worse things than a lie and there are better things than the truth!”
― Melina Marchetta, Finnikin of the Rock

“Someone had to be blamed. Someone had to die. (...) What you can't understand, you destroy.”
― Melina Marchetta, Finnikin of the Rock

“I'm heading out."
"Oh? Going to try negotiating in person?"
"I'm going to put a gun to their heads.”
― Issui Ogawa, The Lord of the Sands of Time

“Boobs are overrated, if you ask me.”
― Hajime Kanzaka, Slayers - The Ruby Eye

“I shouldn't have complained, right? I mean, doesn't every girl want a handsome rescuer to sweep in when she's in a pinch? So what if she could've handled the whole thing on her own and the handsome rescuer in question didn't have the verbal acuity she was hoping for? A gal can't afford to be too picky these days, can she?”
― Hajime Kanzaka, Slayers - The Ruby Eye

“That's the beauty of the future. We get to change it.”
― Seanan McGuire, One Salt Sea

“When you've got the upper hand, don't lose it by giving a lecture.”
― Ichiro Sakaki, Scrapped Princess: A Tale of Destiny

“A girl can have the face of an angel but have a horrid sort of heart.”
― Franny Billingsley, Chime

“Because if their own parents didn't care enough about them to keep them, who would want them in Heaven?”
― Neal Shusterman, Unwind

“...the first sign of civilization is always trash.”
― Neal Shusterman, Unwind

“No matter where you go, you'll find that people in high positions like to make themselves look good. A general, for example, must always be a hero, because who will respect him if he is a coward? I've traveled to many countries and heard many stories, and a victory in battle is always the general's, even when it's won by the hard work of ordinary soldiers. And when time passes, these stories often develop into legends.”
― Nahoko Uehashi, Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit

“She may be old, but she's more goblin than human.”
― Nahoko Uehashi, Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit

“I've become a lantern bearer, lighting the path this country will take.”
― Nahoko Uehashi, Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit

“Fighting is in my very bones. I don't have any fancy, noble reason like anger at my fate. I'm just like a gamecock that launches itself into battle after meaningless battle. I like fighting. That's why I can't stop.”
― Nahoko Uehashi, Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit

“To eat or be eaten, to escape or be taken...a matter of utmost importance to the one concerned, yet it happens all the time and we don't even notice.”
― Nahoko Uehashi, Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit