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“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”
― Mark Twain

“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
― Maya Angelou

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”
― C.S. Lewis

“Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and they’ll wait for you forever; pay attention to them and they always love you back.”
― John Green, An Abundance of Katherines

“Read, read, read. Read everything -- trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it.
Then write. If it's good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window.”
― William Faulkner

“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“There is no friend as loyal as a book.”
― Ernest Hemingway

“Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn't carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life.”
― Stephen King

“Be awesome! Be a book nut!”
― Dr. Seuss

“You can never be overdressed or overeducated.”
― Oscar Wilde

“The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living differ from the dead.”
― Aristotle

“Educated men are so impressive!”
― William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

“Here’s to books, the cheapest vacation you can buy.”
― Charlaine Harris

“You can love someone so much...But you can never love people as much as you can miss them.”
― John Green

“Accio Brain!”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

“I am not a teacher, but an awakener.”
― Robert Frost

“Everything you can imagine is real.”
― Pablo Picasso

“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind. Nor hath love's mind of any judgment taste; Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste: And therefore is love said to be a child, Because in choice he is so oft beguil'd.”
― William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

“When I look at my room, I see a girl who loves books.”
― John Green, Looking for Alaska

“You can only give your heart away once, after that, everything else will chase your first love”
― Tarryn Fisher, The Opportunist

“Is it possible for home to be a person and not a place?”
― Stephanie Perkins, Anna and the French Kiss

“Roger: "God, I've been wanting to do that for a long time."

Amy: "Really"

Roger: "Oh yes. Since Kansas. At least.”
― Morgan Matson, Amy & Roger's Epic Detour

“Roger, he has a chain saw," I hissed. "I am not going to die in Kentucky!”
― Morgan Matson, Amy & Roger's Epic Detour

“And sometimes,” she added, in slightly hushed tones, like she was letting me in on a secret, “if you don’t feel great on the inside, just look great on the outside, and after a while you won’t be able to tell the difference.” (Bronwyn)”
― Morgan Matson, Amy & Roger's Epic Detour

“He stood and looked at me for a moment, taking in my outfit. "You look hot."
"What? Me?" I stammered, completely flummoxed.
"Yeah," he said, still looking at me.
"Oh. Um, thank you. I mean, not that you don’t, but I’m not sure that you should—I mean …"
"Oh, no," Roger said quickly, and I could see that he was blushing again. "No. I mean—I meant what you’re wearing. Are you going to be too warm?”
― Morgan Matson, Amy & Roger's Epic Detour

“Ad astra per aspera, to the stars through adversity”
― Morgan Matson, Amy & Roger's Epic Detour

“If you don’t feel great on the inside, just look great on the outside, and after a while you won’t be able to tell the difference. - Bronwyn”
― Morgan Matson, Amy & Roger's Epic Detour

“He told me that if you yelled out "JAMBA!" at full volume, all the employees would yell back "JUICE!" He lied.”
― Morgan Matson, Amy & Roger's Epic Detour

“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,
Nothing is going to get better. It's not.”
― Dr. Seuss, The Lorax