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“You write in order to change the world, knowing perfectly well that you probably can't, but also knowing that literature is indispensable to the world... The world changes according to the way people see it, and if you alter, even but a millimeter the way people look at reality, then you can change it.”
― James Baldwin

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“They're your parents. They're meant to love you because. Never in spite.”
― Patrick Ness, Release

“When people don't express themselves, they die one piece at a time.”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak

“They say terrible things are done in darkness, but terrible things are also done in a light too blinding for anyone else to look at directly.”
― Akwaeke Emezi, Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir

“When I watch you sleep," he said shakily, "I feel overwhelmed that you exist.”
― Emily Henry, Beach Read

“If you're always aiming for perfection, you won't make anything at all.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

“For someone who loved words as much as I did, it was amazing how often they failed me.”
― M.L. Rio, If We Were Villains

“You can justify anything if you do it poetically enough.”
― M.L. Rio, If We Were Villains

“Alec: Catarina made up the Bermuda Triangle?
Magnus: Don't be ridiculous, Alexander. That was Ragnor.”
― Cassandra Clare, Lord of Shadows

“Break my heart, he said. "Break it in pieces. I give you my permission.”
― Cassandra Clare, Lord of Shadows

“Magnus Bane. The Ultimate Traitor.

Not my favorite nickname. I prefer, "Our Lord and Master" or maybe "Unambiguously the Hottest.”
― Cassandra Clare, Lord of Shadows

“The prince of darkness is a gentleman!”
― William Shakespeare, King Lear

“In jest, there is truth.”
― William Shakespeare, King Lear

“I’m a cynic. And a cynic is a romantic who’s too scared to hope.”
― Emily Henry, Funny Story