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“Even in her mind the words had the forlorn gallantry of someone whistling in the dark.”
― Marion Zimmer Bradley, Witchlight

“People who claim that they're evil are usually no worse than the rest of us... It's people who claim that they're good, or any way better than the rest of us, that you have to be wary of.”
― Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

“I never change, I simply become more myself.”
― Joyce Carol Oates, Solstice

“Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.”
― Arthur Schopenhauer

“Humanity does not ask us to be happy. It merely asks us to be brilliant on its behalf.”
― Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game

“Nothing on earth can make up for the loss of one who has loved you.”
― Selma Lagerlöf

“Everyone has secrets. It's just a matter of finding out what they are.”
― Stieg Larsson, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

“Books. Cats. Life is Good.”
― Edward Gorey

“Five exclamation marks, the sure sign of an insane mind.”
― Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man

“Sometimes, I feel the past and the future pressing so hard on either side that there's no room for the present at all.”
― Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited