Books&Quotes

This blog is comprised of all the quotes I come across while reading. Feel free to add your own by submitting. Meaningful, lessons, or just funny quotes; all are welcome.

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5465. "To look powerful is to be powerful."

Red Queen, Aveyard 97

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5181. "For the first time I realize how perilous peace can be."

All Fall Down, Carter 100

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5110. "How is it possible to live the same story twice, from different vantage points?"

Four, Roth 202

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5095. "I squared my shoulders and walked forward to meet my fate, with my destiny solidly at my side."

New Moon, Meyer 563

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5243. "'How do you have the patience to weld every link? Why don't you just use magic and save yourself the work?'          He hardly expected the burst of passion that animated Rhunön. She tossed her short-cropped hair and said, 'And rob myself of all the pleasure in this task? Aye, every other elf and I could use magic to satisfy our desires--and some do--but then what meaning is there in life? How would you fill your time? Tell me.'          'I don't know,' he confessed.          'By pursuing that which you love the most. When you can have anything you want by uttering a few words, the goal matters not, only the journey to it. A lesson for you.'"

Eldest, Paolini 303

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5211. "'I want a husband to warm my bed, and my bed alone.'"

Throne of Glass, Maas 99

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5154. "Something aches at the very core of me, something ancient and deep and stronger than words: the filament that joins each of us to the root of existence, that ancient thing unfurling and resisting and grappling, desperately, for a foothold, a way to stay here, breathe, keep going. But I will it away; I will it to curl up again, to let go.          I'd rather die my way than live yours."

Delirium, Oliver 428

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5137. "Nobody wanted to get caught up in violence--the soldiers, when they attacked a mob, wouldn't be very particular about making sure that only actual rioters got stabbed or clubbed or sliced to ribbons."

Pathfinder, Card 550

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5130. "Non mortem,' he muttered, narrowing his eyes, 'sommi fratrem.'          Blue whispered, 'What.'          Adam translated, ''Not death, but his brother, sleep.''"

The Dream Thieves, Stiefvater 146

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5103. "'I do not think he understands why, Harry, but then, he was in such a hurry to mutilate his own soul, he never paused to understand the incomparable power of a soul that is untarnished and whole.'"

Harry Potter year 6, Rowling 511

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5449. "'It is far better to put away fear than to be driven by it.'"

The Riddle, Croggon 14

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5409. "In school, we learned about the world before ours, about the angels and gods that lived in the sky, ruling the earth with kind and loving hands. Some say those are just stories, but I don't believe that.          The gods rule us still. They have come down from the stars. And they are no longer kind."

Red Queen, Aveyard 11

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5352. "The spirit of their movement was insane, and ultimately self-destructive, fanaticism."

Twelve Ordinary Men, MacArthur 177

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5330. "'You wear your honor like a suit of armor, Stark. You think it keeps you safe, but all it does is weigh you down and make it hard for you to move.'"

A Game of Thrones, Martin 513

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5314. "One more time I cannot breathe, thinking about how--right now--he doesn't look like Alexei. He doesn't feel like my brother's best friend. He is old and familiar and he is new and alive. Both. I feel it now. I feel everything."

All Fall Down, Carter 245

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5272. "She used to play--oh, she'd love to play, loved music, the way music could break and heal and make everything seem possible and heroic."

Throne of Glass, Maas 143

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5230. "'I love you, but I'm not in love with you.'"

Eclipse, Meyer 329