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“Those who think themselves entitled to everything, often find themselves entitled to nothing.”
― Elizabeth Jackson

“Life may not be fair, but that doesn't give you any excuse not to be.”
― Elizabeth Jackson

“It is a delicious thing to write, to be no longer yourself, but to move in an entire universe of your own creation.”
― Gustave Flaubert

“I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book.”
― J.K. Rowling

“I love books. I like that the moment you open one and sink into it you can escape from the world, into a story that's way more interesting that yours will ever be.”
― Elizabeth Scott, Bloom

“If you don't see the book you want on the shelf, write it.”
― Beverly Cleary

“No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.”
― Confucius

“That's what we storytellers do. We restore order with imagination. We instill hope again and again and again.”
― Walt Disney

“I'm writing a first draft and reminding myself that I'm simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles.”
― Shannon Hale

“You can say it's naive or say it's foolish. But please never say it's impossible”
― S.J. Kincaid, Insignia Trilogy Collection