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Gertrude Stein
“One must dare to be happy. ”
Gertrude Stein
Brian Selznick
“I address you all tonight for who you truly are: wizards, mermaids, travelers, adventurers, and magicians. You are the true dreamers.”
Brian Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret
C. JoyBell C.
“The unhappiest people in this world, are those who care the most about what other people think.”
C. JoyBell C.
J.K. Rowling
“You think the dead we loved ever truly leave us? You think that we don't recall them more clearly in times of great trouble?”
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Albert Einstein
“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity”
Albert Einstein
Paulo Coelho
“People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.”
Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
Marilyn Monroe
“I just want to be wonderful.”
Marilyn Monroe
Jarod Kintz
“I find out a lot about myself by sleeping. Dreams, they are who I am when I’m too tired to be me.”
Jarod Kintz, This Book is Not for Sale
Suzanne Collins
“I clench his hands to the point of pain. "Stay with me."
His pupils contract to pinpoints, dialate again rapidly, and then return to something resembling normalcy. "Always," he murmurs.”
Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay
Lewis Carroll
“One of the deep secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others.”
Lewis Carroll
Erica Jong
“I have accepted fear as part of life – specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back....”
Erica Jong
Christopher Moore
“People, generally, suck.”
Christopher Moore, The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror
Cassandra Clare
“I don't care," Clary said. "He'd do it for me. Tell me he wouldn't. If I were missing-"
"He'd burn the whole world down till he could dig you out of the ashes. I know," Alec said.”
Cassandra Clare, City of Lost Souls
Fyodor Dostoevsky
“It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.”
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
E.E. Cummings
“I will take the sun in my mouth
and leap into the ripe air
Alive
with closed eyes
to dash against darkness”
E.E. Cummings, Poems, 1923-1954
Steven Moffat
“Demons run when a good man goes to war
Night will fall and drown the sun
When a good man goes to war

Friendship dies and true love lies
Night will fall and the dark will rise
When a good man goes to war

Demons run, but count the cost
The battle's won, but the child is lost”
Steven Moffat
Tamora Pierce
“Threats are the last resort of a man with no vocabulary.”
Tamora Pierce, Lady Knight
Leigh Bardugo
“The Darkling slumped back in his chair. “Fine,” he said with a weary shrug. “Make me your villain.”
Leigh Bardugo, Shadow and Bone
L.M. Montgomery
“True friends are always together in spirit.”
L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Suzanne Collins
“It crosses my mind that Cinna's calm and normal demeanor masks a complete madman.”
Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games
Neil Gaiman
“Because,' she said, 'when you're scared but you still do it anyway, that's brave.”
Neil Gaiman, Coraline
Tim O'Brien
“That's what fiction is for. It's for getting at the truth when the truth isn't sufficient for the truth.”
Tim O'Brien
أحلام مستغانمي
“الحداد ليس في ما نرتديه بل في ما نراه . إنّه يكمن في نظرتنا
للأشياء . بإمكان عيون قلبنا أن تكون في حداد... ولا أحد يدري بذلك”
أحلام مستغانمي, الأسود يليق بك
Mahatma Gandhi
“Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn.”
Mahatma Gandhi
“This is how it works. I love the people in my life, and I do for my friends whatever they need me to do for them, again and again, as many times as is necessary. For example, in your case you always forgot who you are and how much you're loved. So what I do for you as your friend is remind you who you are and tell you how much I love you. And this isn't any kind of burden for me, because I love who you are very much. Every time I remind you, I get to remember with you, which is my pleasure.”
James Lecesne
Samuel Beckett
“We are all born mad. Some remain so.”
Samuel Beckett
Albert Einstein
“A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?”
Albert Einstein
Nora Roberts
“If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.”
Nora Roberts
Paulo Coelho
“None of us knows what might happen even the next minute, yet still we go forward. Because we trust. Because we have faith.”
Paulo Coelho