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“In war, the first casualty is truth.”
― Terry Hayes, I Am Pilgrim

“You can kill a thinker, but you can't kill the thought.”
― Terry Hayes, I Am Pilgrim

“Great men are not born great, they grow great . . .”
― Mario Puzo, The Godfather

“Yes, man is mortal, but that would be only half the trouble. The worst of it is that he's sometimes unexpectedly mortal—there's the trick!”
― Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita

“Is that vodka?" Margarita asked weakly.
The cat jumped up in his seat with indignation.
"I beg pardon, my queen," he rasped, "Would I ever allow myself to offer vodka to a lady? This is pure alcohol!”
― Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita

“Cowardice is the most terrible of vices.”
― Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita

“May your crust be crisp and your bread always rise!”
― Peter Reinhart, The Bread Baker's Apprentice: Mastering the Art of Extraordinary Bread [A Baking Book]

“Nothing changes, Vasya. Things are, or they are not. Magic is forgetting that something ever was other than as you willed it.”
― Katherine Arden, The Bear and the Nightingale

“People who cease to believe in God or goodness altogether still believe in the devil... Evil is always possible. And goodness is eternally difficult.”
― Anne Rice, Interview with the Vampire

“A weed is just a flower growing in the wrong place”
― Cecelia Ahern, Perfect

“Was this how it worked, then, successful social integration? Was it really that simple? Wear some lipstick, go to the hairdressers and alternate the clothes you wear?”
― Gail Honeyman, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

“Things are or they are not, Vasya,” he interrupted. “If you want something, it means you do not have it, it means that you do not believe it is there, which means it will never be there. The fire is or it is not. That which you call magic is simply not allowing the world to be other than as you will it.”
― Katherine Arden, The Girl in the Tower

“People can’t always control who their circumstances turn them into.”
― Colleen Hoover, All Your Perfects

“There is never a second opportunity to make a first impression.”
― Andrzej Sapkowski, Sword of Destiny