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“For the ones who dream of stranger worlds.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“Hope is hugging me, holding me in its arms, wiping away my tears and telling me that today and tomorrow and two days from now I will be just fine and I’m so delirious I actually dare to believe it.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me

“I can shoot a hundred numbers through the chest and watch them bleed decimal points in the palm of my hand. I can rip the numbers off a clock and watch the hour hand tick tick tick its final tock just before I fall asleep. I can suffocate seconds just by holding my breath. I’ve been murdering minutes for hours and no one seems to mind.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me

“I wondered if your eye color meant you saw the world differently. If the world saw you differently as a result.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me

“Laughter comes from living.” I shrug, try to sound indifferent. “I’ve never really been alive before.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me

“People become locked in bitterness sometimes,” Tessa said, “and they wish to find someone, anyone, to blame for their grief.”
― Cassandra Clare, Chain of Gold

“Of course, due to Will’s prejudice toward all things Carstairs, he probably thought Alastair was perfect and also pretty.”
― Cassandra Clare, Chain of Gold

“Ah, yes, who will be graced by my brother’s attentions?” drawled Lucie. “When he was six, he threw up in his own shoe.”
― Cassandra Clare, Chain of Gold

“In Russian, Frost was called Morozko, the demon of winter. But long ago, the people called him Karachun, the death-god. Under that name, he was king of black midwinter who came for bad children and froze them in the night.”
― Katherine Arden, The Bear and the Nightingale

“Father, Chrysantha couldn’t catch the attention of a rabid dog.”
― Tricia Levenseller, The Shadows Between Us

“The rebel in me loves to throw dirt in the face of decorum.”
― Tricia Levenseller, The Shadows Between Us

“When a man sees something that several other men want, he can’t help but want it, too.”
― Tricia Levenseller, The Shadows Between Us

“I’ve done passion before. That’s what it was with Hektor. It didn’t go over well. Passion doesn’t lead anywhere good. It turned me into a murderess.”
― Tricia Levenseller, The Shadows Between Us

“Who in the world would steal and then not keep the riches for themselves? That’s just bad business.”
― Tricia Levenseller, The Shadows Between Us

“I handled Hektor as I have handled everything else in my life: alone and with the utmost thoroughness.”
― Tricia Levenseller, The Shadows Between Us

“Save the act,” Myron says, unmoved. “I’ve known you too long to know when you’re faking.” “I guarantee you never could tell when I was faking.”
― Tricia Levenseller, The Shadows Between Us

“He swallows the bite in his mouth. “Alessandra Stathos, that’s positively despicable.” He says the words like they’re the highest compliment he can give me. “You are an absolute gem, do you know that?”
― Tricia Levenseller, The Shadows Between Us

“The serving-women muttered that she could tame animals, dream the future, and summon rain.”
― Katherine Arden, The Bear and the Nightingale

“The witching hour, people used to call it, that dark time when restless spirits reached for freedom.”
― Victoria Schwab, This Savage Song

“We need hope, or else we cannot endure.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“There is no pretending,” Jace said with absolute clarity. “I love you, and I will love you until I die and if there’s a life after that, I’ll love you then.”

“I love you, Jace Wayland—Herondale—Lightwood—whatever you want to call yourself. I don’t care. I love you and I will always love you, and pretending it could be any other way is just a waste of time.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Glass

“I have found that it is the small everyday deed of ordinary folks that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love.”
― Peter Jackson

“What does that mean?" he demanded.
She smiled sadly. "You'll figure it out. And when you do..." She shook her head, knowing she shouldn't say it, but doing it anyway. "When you do, I want you to remember that it wouldn't have made any difference to me. It's never made any difference to me when it came to you. I’d still pick you. I’ll always pick you.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Crown of Midnight