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    Catherynne M. Valente
    “Magic does that. It wastes you away. Once it grips you by the ear, the real world gets quieter and quieter, until you can hardly hear it at all.”
    ― Catherynne M. Valente, Deathless
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    Catherynne M. Valente
    “It is well known that reading quickens the growth of a heart like nothing else.”
    ― Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
    tags: catherynne-m-valente, heart, reading
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    Patrick Ness
    “Don't think you haven't lived long enough to have a story to tell.”
    ― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls
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    Laurie Halse Anderson
    “In one aspect, yes, I believe in ghosts, but we create them. We haunt ourselves.”
    ― Laurie Halse Anderson, Wintergirls
    tags: ghosts, haunt
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    Melina Marchetta
    “But grief makes a monster out of us sometimes . . . and sometimes you say and do things to the people you love that you can't forgive yourself for.”
    ― Melina Marchetta, On the Jellicoe Road
    tags: family, grief, jellicoe-road, love, melina-marchetta
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    Laini Taylor
    “Hope can be a powerful force. Maybe there's no actual magic in it, but when you know what you hope for most and hold it like a light within you, you can make things happen, almost like magic.”
    ― Laini Taylor, Daughter of Smoke & Bone
    tags: hope, hopelessness, magic
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    Patrick Rothfuss
    “Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts.”
    ― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind
    tags: description, language, power-of-words, words
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    George R.R. Martin
    “Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: identity
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    Victoria Schwab
    “Scars are not shameful, not unless you let them be. If you do not wear them, they will wear you.”
    ― V.E. Schwab, A Conjuring of Light
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    Marissa Meyer
    “It is a dangerous thing to unbelieve something only because it frightens you.”
    ― Marissa Meyer, Heartless
    tags: alice-in-wonderland, beautiful
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    Laurie Halse Anderson
    “I breathe in slowly. Food is life. I exhale, take another breath. Food is life. And that's the problem. When you're alive, people can hurt you. It's easier to crawl into a bone cage or a snowdrift of confusion. It's easier to lock everybody out.
    But it's a lie.”
    ― Laurie Halse Anderson, Wintergirls
    tags: eating-disorders, food
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    J.K. Rowling
    “If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
    tags: charles-bayard-mitchell
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    Maggie Stiefvater
    “Gansey had once told Adam that he was afraid most people didn't know how to handle Ronan. What he meant by this was that he was worried that one day someone would fall on Ronan and cut themselves.”
    ― Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven Boys
    tags: urban-fantasy, young-adult
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    Markus Zusak
    “I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.”
    ― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
    tags: power-of-words
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    Lewis Carroll
    “She generally gave herself very good advice, (though she very seldom followed it).”
    ― Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
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    Rick Riordan
    “Behold!" Percy shouted. "The god's chosen beverage. Tremble before the horror of Diet Coke!”
    ― Rick Riordan, The Mark of Athena
    tags: diet-coke, dolphin-warriors, mark-of-athena, percy-jackson
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    George R.R. Martin
    “My skin has turned to porcelain, to ivory, to steel.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords
    tags: sansa-stark
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    Catherynne M. Valente
    “Never put your faith in a Prince. When you require a miracle, trust in a Witch.”
    ― Catherynne M. Valente, In the Night Garden
    tags: miracles, princes, witches
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    Marissa Meyer
    “A captain always knows where his ship is. It's like a psychic bond.”
    “If only we had a captain here.”
    ― Marissa Meyer, Scarlet
    tags: captain-thorne
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    Maggie Stiefvater
    “Ronan said, "I'm always straight."
    Adam replied "Oh, man, that's the biggest lie you've ever told.”
    ― Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven Boys
    tags: humor, lies, love
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    Maggie Stiefvater
    “She wasn't interested in telling other people's futures. She was interested in going out and finding her own.”
    ― Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven Boys
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    “Books are easily destroyed. But words will live as long as people can remember them.”
    ― Tahereh Mafi, Unravel Me
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    Laini Taylor
    “Love is a luxury."
    "No. Love is an element."
    An element. Like air to breathe, earth to stand on.”
    ― Laini Taylor, Daughter of Smoke & Bone
    tags: akiva, karou, love, romance
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    Patrick Rothfuss
    “It’s not over if you’re still here,” Chronicler said. “It’s not a tragedy if you’re still alive.”
    ― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear
    tags: hope, inspirational, tragedy
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