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“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go...”
― Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You’ll Go!

“Everybody else is working to change, persuade, tempt and control them. The best readers come to fiction to be free of all that noise.”
― Philip Roth

“...humankind's limited scope
of mercy was reserved for their own.”
― Stephenie Meyer, The Host

“His mouth hardened into a tight line for a moment. “I plead for nothing.” His voice deepened. “I beg for nothing.” He paused, searching her eyes. “You are my heart. I beg you to forgive me, beautiful. You come before everything to me. You even come before my own pride. I’m a Zorn warrior. I have fought many battles in war. I carry scars from lost lives I took in battle. I hunt and I do it well. I have never been captured and I have never been brought to my knees.” He reached out to caress her cheek. “Then I look into your eyes and remember your laugh. I am there, beautiful. You have caught me and I am on my knees to you.”
― Laurann Dohner, Kidnapping Casey

“You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“Power isn’t control at all — power is strength, and giving that strength to others. A leader isn’t someone who forces others to make him stronger; a leader is someone willing to give his strength to others that they may have the strength to stand on their own.”
― Beth Revis, Across the Universe

“I want to take her into my arms and hold her tight. But at the same time, I know that is the exact opposite of what she wants. She wants to be free, and all I want is to hold her tight against me. ~ Elder”
― Beth Revis, Across the Universe

“No praise, no blame. Just so.”
― Isaac Marion, Warm Bodies

“You know things are moving. You're changing, you fellow Dead are changing, the world is ready for something miraculous. What are we waiting for?”
― Isaac Marion, Warm Bodies

“God has made us study partner. We need to talk about our project.”
― Isaac Marion, Warm Bodies

“...thinking all this maximalism would somehow generate happiness?”
― Isaac Marion, Warm Bodies

“... we shoved out many hopes and fears into their hands, believing those hands were strong because they had firm handshakes. They failed us, always. There was no way they could not fail us - they were human, and so were we.”
― Isaac Marion, Warm Bodies

“The moment the light went out, everyone stopped pretending.”
― Isaac Marion, Warm Bodies

“That's why we have memory. And the opposite of memory— hope. So things that are gone can still matter. So we can built off our pasts and make future.”
― Isaac Marion, Warm Bodies

“He didn't use me like an object, because a thing didn't need to be mastered. He didn't use me like a slave, because a slave didn't need to feel wanted. He used me like a woman, hungry and desperate.”
― Skye Warren, Hear Me

“Nothing dies in Hell.”
― John Patrick Kennedy, Plague of Angels

“To let one into your mind was to give him or her all your secrets.”
― John Patrick Kennedy, Plague of Angels

“There's always some further action to take.”
― Pierre Boulle

“You never know how much time you'll have.”
― Stephenie Meyer, The Host