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“Yes, frosting. The final defense of the dying.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“It's lovely. If only you could frost someone to death."

"Don't be so superior. You can never tell what you will find in the arena. Say it's a gigantic cake-”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“What could I become if I stopped worrying about death, about pain, about anything? If I stopped trying to belong? Instead of being afraid, I could become something to fear.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“You must be strong enough to strike and strike and strike again without tiring. The first lesson is to make yourself that strong.”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King

“I love the solitude of reading. I love the deep dive into someone else's story, the delicious ache of a last page.”
― Naomi Shihab Nye

“Kindness

Before you know what kindness really is
you must lose things,
feel the future dissolve in a moment
like salt in a weakened broth.
What you held in your hand,
what you counted and carefully saved,
all this must go so you know
how desolate the landscape can be
between the regions of kindness.
How you ride and ride
thinking the bus will never stop,
the passengers eating maize and chicken
will stare out the window forever.

Before you learn the tender gravity of kindness,
you must travel where the Indian in a white poncho
lies dead by the side of the road.
You must see how this could be you,
how he too was someone
who journeyed through the night with plans
and the simple breath that kept him alive.

Before you know kindness as the deepest thing
inside,
you must know sorrow as the other deepest thing.
You must wake up with sorrow.
You must speak to it till your voice
catches the thread of all sorrows
and you see the size of the cloth.

Then it is only kindness that makes sense anymore,
only kindness that ties your shoes
and sends you out into the day to mail letters and
purchase bread,
only kindness that raises its head
from the crowd of the world to say
It is I you have been looking for,
and then goes with you everywhere
like a shadow or a friend.”
― Naomi Shihab Nye, Words Under the Words: Selected Poems

“How will I ever get out of this labyrinth!" In reality, "How will I ever get out of this labyrinth!" were probably not Simon Bolivar's last words (although he did, historically, say them). His last words may have been "Jose! Bring the luggage. They do not want us here." The significant source for "How will I ever get out of this labyrinth!" is also Alaska's source, Gabriel Garcia Marquez's The General in his Labyrinth.”
― John Green, Looking for Alaska

“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.”
― Edgar Allan Poe, Eleonora

“For us, the playground of fiction is just as important as reality”
― Ryohgo Narita

“If they give you ruled paper, write the other way.”
― Juan Ramón Jiménez, Invisible Reality

“You are imperfect, permanently and inevitably flawed. And you are beautiful.”
― Amy Bloom

“Linh grinned. “I think I need to get Happy Shadow Thoughts embroidered on a tunic for you- with a bunch of smiley faces.”

“I definitely think I need to see him wear that,” Sophie agreed. “Especially if it’s pink.”

“Hot pink,” Linh decided. “With sparkly letters.”

“And it should say Angry echoes-beware! on the back!” Sophie added.”
― Shannon Messenger, Flashback

“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

“They pulled apart when Keefe shouted, "YOU GUYS HAVE TO SEE THIS!"
They ran to the main room and found Keefe standing under the skylight, holding up Mr. Snuggles like it was a baby lion about to be made king. The sparkly red dragon twinkled almost as much as Keefe's eyes as he said, "I went in to check on our boy and found him cuddling with THIS!"
"Isn't that the same dragon Fitz brought to your house that one time?" Dex asked Sophie.
"WHAT?" Keefe shouted. "YOU KNEW AND YOU DIDN'T TELL ME?!"
"Mr. Snuggles wasn't my secret to share," Sophie said.
"IT'S NAME IS MR. SNUGGLES?! That is... I can't even..." Keefe ran back to Fitz's room shouting, "ARE YOU MISSING YOUR SNUGGLE BUDDY?!"
"Fitz is going to die of embarrassment, you know that, right?" Biana asked.”
― Shannon Messenger, Neverseen

“Sparkles also make everything better. Well, except alicorn poop."
"I don't know. I think sparkly poop is way better than regular poop."
"That's because you've never fallen into a pile of it.”
― Shannon Messenger, Everblaze

“You deserve to be happy," he whispers. "No matter what you think or what you did. You deserve to be happy.”
― Shannon Messenger, Let the Sky Fall

“Hey, all the cool kids are sleeping with stuffed animals these days.”
― Shannon Messenger, Lodestar

“Sometimes the greatest power comes from showing mercy,”
― Shannon Messenger, Neverseen

“This is…magic?”

Fitz laughed – a full body laugh, like it was the funniest thing he’d ever heard [...] “No,” he said when he’d regained control. “Magic is a stupid idea humans came up with to try to explain things they couldn’t understand.”
― Shannon Messenger, Keeper of the Lost Cities

“Sometimes things have to get worse before they get better.”
― Shannon Messenger, Lodestar

“Sometimes rebellion is the only course of wisdom.”
― Shannon Messenger, Neverseen

“I don’t know how it’s all going to work out, but . . . I’ll be fighting for the happy ending too.”
― Shannon Messenger, Nightfall

“It takes a special person to see darkness inside of someone and not condemn them.”
― Shannon Messenger, Everblaze

“Remember who you can trust, and keep them close.”
― Shannon Messenger, Everblaze

“The right choice is hardly ever the easy choice.”
― Rick Riordan, The Throne of Fire

“I think we could all use a little more weird in our lives.”
― Shannon Messenger, Exile

“Why do clothes never have enough pockets? There should always be lots of pockets... the more pockets the better!”
― Shannon Messenger, Flashback

“Sometimes I get sick of being strong.”
― Shannon Messenger, Nightfall

“She wasn't going to cry. She was going to fight.”
― Shannon Messenger, Everblaze