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“Nie všetko sa dá ospravedlniť láskou a dobrým úmyslom.”
― Marja Holecyová, Korene hriechu

“At first, I was afraid you´d mock me if I told you, and I would kill you for it. Then I didn´t want you to pity me. And more than any of that, I didn´t want you to think it was ever an excuse.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Heir of Fire

“...it would have been nice, she supposed. It would have been nice to have one person who knew the absolute truth about her--and didn't hate her for it.
It would have been really, really nice.

She walked away without another word. With each step she took back to her room, that flickering light inside of her guttered.

And went out.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Heir of Fire

“I have spent most of my life preferring books to people,’ Irene said sharply. ‘Just because I like a few specific people doesn’t change anything.”
― Genevieve Cogman, The Burning Page

“She was not becoming anything different from what she always was and always had the capacity to be. You just finally saw everything. And once you saw that other part of her… You cannot pick and choose what parts of her to love. Just as you cannot pick which parts of me you accept.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Heir of Fire

“We each survive in our own way.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass

“You make me want to live, Rowan. Not survive; not exist. Live.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Queen of Shadows

“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

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

“Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

“What's the point in having a mind if you don't use it to make judgements?"

"What's the point of having a heart if you don't use it to spare others from the harsh judgements of your mind?”
― Sarah J. Maas

“Because your human joy fascinates me—the way you experience things, in your life span, so wildly and deeply and all at once, is … entrancing. I’m drawn to it, even when I know I shouldn’t be, even when I try not to be.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“DNA neither cares nor knows. DNA just is. And we dance to its music.”
― Richard Dawkins, River Out of Eden: A Darwinian View of Life

“´Well, don´t cry about it, mother,´ said I, for the tears were gushing from her eyes, ´there, let that kiss efface the one I gave Eliza; don´t abuse her any more, and set your mind at rest; for I´ll promise never to - that is, I´ll promise to - to think twice before I take any important step
you seriously disapprove of´.”
― Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

“You would have us encourage our sons to prove all things by their own experience, while our daughters must not even profit by the experience of others.”
― Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

“Shoulds can masquerade as high standards or lofty goals, but they are not the same. Goals direct us from the inside, but shoulds are paralyzing judgments from the outside. Goals feel like authentic dreams while shoulds feel like oppressive obligations. Shoulds set up a false dichotomy between either meeting an ideal or being a failure, between perfection or settling. The tyranny of the should even pits us against our own best interests.”
― Meg Jay

“Twentysomethings who don't feel anxious and incompetent at work are usually overconfident or underemployed.”
― Meg Jay, The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter - And How to Make the Most of Them Now

“For the most part, "naturals" are myths. People who are especially good at something may have some innate inclination, or some particular talent, but they have also spent about ten thousand hours practicing or doing that thing.”
― Meg Jay, The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter - And How to Make the Most of Them Now

“And aren´t you hitting the spirits a little bit heavily?"
"Who needs a liver?”
― Genevieve Cogman, The Burning Page

“Paranoia was one of the few habits that was worth keeping.”
― Genevieve Cogman, The Invisible Library

“We don’t want to be stuck on the train with nothing to read.”
― Genevieve Cogman, The Lost Plot

“I may take a while to learn from my mistakes, but I get there eventually.”
― Genevieve Cogman, The Burning Page

“I shall take the heart. [...] For brains do not make one happy, and happiness is the best thing in the world.”
― L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

“To escape death, she'd become death.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Crown of Midnight

“It gives me comfort to know that people like you have a special place in hell waiting for them.”

“Tell me something I don’t already know.”
― Sarah J. Maas

“The world,” Aelin said, “will be saved and remade by the dreamers, Rolfe.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Empire of Storms

“To whatever end,” he whispered.
Silver lined her eyes. “To whatever end.”
A reminder—and a vow, more sacred than the wedding oaths they’d sworn on that ship.
To walk this path together, back from the darkness of the iron coffin. To face what waited in Terrasen, ancient promises to the gods be damned.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Kingdom of Ash

“If we are to help save the human race, we must first recognize the humanity in all, no matter their station in life.”
― James Patterson, The Genius Experiment

“We all have faults, we all have weaknesses, and we all have insecurities. These humans are not perfect, and neither am I. But together we each get a little bit stronger. Together, we can figure out a way forward.”
― Sandi Ward, The Astonishing Thing

“Life is messy. Love is messier. It´s what makes it all the more glorious when you get it right.”
― Sharla Lovelace, A Charmed Little Lie