bookish quotes

phee, they/them; in love with books; just some amazing quotes that i think about everyday

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"People really do like seeing their best friends humiliated; a large part of the friendship is based on humiliation; and that is an old truth,well known to all intelligent people."

~ Fyodor Dostoyevsk, The Gambler

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"Know that I've forgotten precisely nothing; but I've driven it all out of my head for a time, even the memories--until I've radically improved my circumstances. Then... then you'll see, I'll rise from the dead!"

~ Fyodor Dostoyevsk, The Gambler

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"They say love and hate are the same, just at different ends of the blade."

~Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Ace of Spades

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"We are two parts of a song. He is the music. I am the words."

~ Dustin Thao, You've Reached Sam

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"sometimes knowing someone for a long time seemed more important than liking them"

~ Holly Black, Book of Night

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"Love was a family religion, passed down to her when she'd been too young to protect herself from belief"

~ Holly Black, Book of Night

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"The head is too wise. The heart is all fire"

~Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven King

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"Sometimes just to say your own truth out loud is enough to find others like you. "

~ Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

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"Between life and death there is a library, and within that library, the shelves go on forever. Every book provides a chance to try another life you could have lived. To see how things would be if you had made other choices… Would you have done anything different, if you had the chance to undo your regrets?"

~ Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

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"The only way to learn is to live."

~ Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

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"I have never known what to make of you. Not since the day we met. And it terrifies me. You terrify me. And the idea of you walking away again, vanishing from my life, that terrifies me most of all."

~ V.E. Schwab, A Conjuring of Light

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"Love and loss,” he said, “are like a ship and the sea. They rise together. The more we love, the more we have to lose. But the only way to avoid loss is to avoid love. And what a sad world that would be."

~ V.E. Schwab, A Conjuring of Light

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"Anoshe was a word for strangers in the street, and lovers between meetings, for parents and children, friends and family. It softened the blow of leaving. Eased the strain of parting. A careful nod to the certainty of today, the mystery of tomorrow. When a friend left, with little chance of seeing home, they said anoshe. When a loved one was dying, they said anoshe. When corpses were burned, bodies given back to the earth and souls to the stream, those left grieving said anoshe.

Anoshe brought solace. And hope. And the strength to let go."

~ V.E. Schwab, A Conjuring of Light

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"I gave him my life, but you cannot ask me to stop living."

~ V.E. Schwab, A Gathering of Shadows

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"Whatever I am, let it be enough."

~ V.E. Schwab, A Gathering of Shadows

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"Everyone thinks I have a death wish, you know? But I don't want to die - dying is easy. No, I want to live, but getting close to death is the only way to feel alive. And once you do, it makes you realize that everything you were actually doing before wasn't actually living. It was just making do. Call me crazy, but I think we do the best living when the stakes are high"

~ V.E. Schwab, A Gathering of Shadows

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"Some people steal to stay alive, and some steal to feel alive. Simple as that."

~ V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic