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“I lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me.”
― S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

“The only calibration that counts is how much heart people invest, how much they ignore their fears of being hurt or caught out or humiliated. And the only thing people regret is that they didn't live boldly enough, that they didn't invest enough heart, didn't love enough. Nothing else really counts at all.”
― Ted Hughes, Letters of Ted Hughes

“Happiness. Simple as a glass of chocolate or tortuous as the heart. Bitter. Sweet. Alive.”
― Joanne Harris, Chocolat

“Branson ate his salad, and left the rest of his fish untouched, while Grace tucked into his steak and kidney pudding with relish. 'I read a while ago,' he told Branson, 'that the French drink more red wine than the English but live longer. The Japanese eat more fish than the English but drink less wine and live longer. The Germans eat more red meat than the English, and drink more beer and they live longer too. You know the moral of this story?
'No'
'It's not what you eat or drink - it's speaking English that kills you.”
― Peter James, Dead Simple

“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”
― Mahatma Gandhi, All Men Are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections

“Books. Cats. Life is Good.”
― Edward Gorey

“Sometimes we misjudge what is possible and what is not.”
― Aimee Carter, The Goddess Test

“Een vriend verandert gemakkelijk in een vijand die te veel van je weet.”
― Tove Alsterdal, I tystnaden begravd

“Charm is the ability to make someone else think that both of you are pretty wonderful.”
― Kathleen Winsor

“Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Lathe of Heaven

“What a pity every child couldn't learn to read under a willow tree...”
― Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond

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

“I'm not saying that everything is survivable. Just that everything except the last thing is.”
― John Green, Paper Towns

“When you read a book, you hold another's mind in your hands.”
― James Burke

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
― Mae West