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“But luxury has never appealed to me, I like simple things, books, being alone, or with somebody who understands.”
― Daphne du Maurier

“Once you have read a book you care about, some part of it is always with you.”
― Louis L'Amour, Matagorda/The First Fast Draw: Two Novels in One Volume

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

“Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light;
I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.”
― Sarah Williams, Twilight Hours: A Legacy of Verse

“We make art. We do not feel the need to cut things apart to see what they're made of.”
― Holly Black, Lucinda's Secret

“There is a sacredness in tears. They are not a mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition and of unspeakable love.”
― Washington Irving

“My soul is from elsewhere, I'm sure of that, and I intend to end up there.”
― Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi

“Science without conscience is the soul's perdition.”
― Francois Rabelais, Pantagruel

“All happiness depends on courage and work.”
― Honoré de Balzac

“I didn't come here of my own accord, and I can't leave that way.
Whoever brought me here will have to take me home.”
― Rumi

“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
― Toni Morrison

“Writing a first draft and reminding myself that I'm simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles.”
― Shannon Hale

“Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.”
― Louis L'Amour

“I think you should be a child for as long as you can. I have been successful for 74 years being able to do that.”
― Bob Newhart

“The only thing that you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library.”
― Albert Einstein

“She wanted to be a normal teenager again, to go to college and spend her nights reading and studying and watching Doctor Who reruns.”
― Melissa Landers, Invaded

“You'll feel better after a new pair of jeans and a triple fudge meltdown. And if that doesn't work, we'll watch Magic Mike."

Cara laughed as tears welled in her eyes. "Let's hope it doesn't come to that.”
― Melissa Landers, Invaded

“It's like our whole culture is based on frivolity, and I never noticed before." -Cara”
― Melissa Landers, Invaded

“I've always wanted to be a journalist, but what am I going to do? Write articles about which movie star had the fat sucked from her ass and injected into her face? Which professional athlete just confessed to shooting steroids? The last celebrity baby names?" Cara lowered both brows in frustration. "Who cares?”
― Melissa Landers, Invaded

“Only bad books have good endings.
If a book is any good, it's ending is always bad - because you don't want the book to end.”
― Pseudonymous Bosch, The Name of This Book Is Secret

“The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!”
― Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility