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“Until this moment, Wylan hadn't quite understood how much they meant to him. His father would have sneered at these thugs and thieves, a disgraced soldier, a gambler who couldn't keep out of the red. But they were his first friends, his only friends, and Wylan knew that even if he'd had his pick of a thousand companions, these would have been the people he chose.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

“Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.”
― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

“I think you are very beautiful," René said, "especially when you are admiring mischief."

"You must think that every time I look at you, then.”
― Sharon Cameron, Rook

“Rich people are fascinated by happiness,” she said. “It’s something they find maddening.”
― Frances Cha, If I Had Your Face