Book Quotes

Kerri Maniscalco, Leigh Bardugo, Madeleine Roux, Becky Albertalli, V.E. Schwab, Rainbow Rowell, Stephanie Garber, Amanda Foody, Shakespeare

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We forget our dreams, but our nightmares linger with us evermore.

- Renée Ahdieh, The Beautiful (The Beautiful, #1)

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A good book was its own brand of magic, one I could safely indulge in without fear of getting caught by those who hunted. I loved escaping from reality, especially during times of trouble. Stories made everything possible.

-Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Wicked (Kingdom of the Wicked, #1)

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Others would always be out there, trying to knock me down, to tell me who I was or who they thought I should be. People carved words into weapons often, but they only had power if I listened to them instead of trusting in myself.

- Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Wicked (Kingdom of the Wicked, #1)

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“And you're not lost?"

"Maybe I am. But the difference is that I want to be found. I'm not happy pretending everything is fine when I know it's not."

"And just who is it that you suppose will find you?"

"It'll be me. I will find myself.

- Kalynn Bayron, Cinderella Is Dead

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Man had a funny way of blaming the devil for things he didn’t like.

Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Wicked (Kingdom of the Wicked, #1)

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That you try to flatter me when I have a blade at your neck makes me want to slit your throat and spare the world your ignorance.

- Kalynn Bayron, Cinderella Is Dead

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One day you'll call me Death.

For now, Wrath will do.

- Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Wicked (Kingdom of the Wicked, #1)

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Never forget: forging a bond made from love is as dangerous as those made though hate.

Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Wicked (Kingdom of the Wicked, #1)

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In the end, the monster we feared didn’t come from Hell. He came from privilege.

- Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Wicked

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I don't want to be saved by some knight in shining armour. I'd like to be the one in the armour, and I'd like to be the one doing the saving.

- Kalynn Bayron, Cinderella Is Dead

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I think sometimes we make the mistake of thinking monsters are abhorrent aberrations, lurking in the darkest recesses, when the truth is far more disturbing. The most monstrous men are those who sit in plain sight, daring you to challenge them.

- Kalynn Bayron, Cinderella Is Dead

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“We are all someone’s monster.”

— Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

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If you wish to go, I’ll never make you stay. I might not do and say the proper thing all the time, but I do know that I love you enough to set you free.

Kerri Maniscalco, Escaping From Houdini

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“There are always two deaths, the real one and the one people know about.”

—Madeleine Roux

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I can tell she still finds me both loathsome and distasteful, but Rome wasn’t built on mutual admiration.

- Rainbow Rowell, Carry On

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There was none of that “he loved me in spite of” nonsense. Thomas saw who I was—flaws and all—and I was more than enough for him, as he was for me. We needn’t complete each other; we complemented each other. He and I were whole on our own, which made us so much stronger when combined than two symbolic halves coming together to create one. Our bond had double the strength.

—Kerri Maniscalco, Capturing The Devil

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“My road to hell isn't paved with good intentions - or bad - it's just my road.”

– Rainbow Rowell, Carry On