Literary Quotes

“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.” -Ray Bradbury

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Maybe there's something you're afraid to say, or someone you're afraid to love, or somewhere you're afraid to go. It's gonna hurt. It's gonna hurt because it matters.

Will Grayson, Will Grayson - John Green & David Levithan

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All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

Charles M. Schulz

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I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.

The Salmon of Doubt - Douglas Adams

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She said she usually cried at least once each day not because she was sad, but because the world was so beautiful & life was so short

Brian Andreas

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Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

All's Well That Ends Well - William Shakespeare

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Anyone can slay a dragon ...but try waking up every morning and loving the world all over again. That's what takes a real hero.

Brian Andreas

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Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up.

The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones - Neil Gaiman

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There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment.

The Truth About Forever - Sarah Dessen

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I saw them standing there pretending to be just friends, when all the time in the world could not pry them apart.

Brian Andreas

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Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.

A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches - Martin Luther King Jr.

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The scariest moment is always just before you start.

On Writing - Stephen King

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Human sympathy has its limits.

The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald

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“Once you admit to yourself that you are or aren't something, then you can begin searching for the reason why," Deuce went on. "And once you've found that, you can begin to take steps toward making it better. So, tell yourself you're an asshole, stop being an asshole, your problem's solved," Deuce said in a pleased voice.

Sticks and Stones - Abigail Roux

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Because never in my entire childhood did I feel like a child. I felt like a person all along--the same person that I am today.

Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card

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Fifteen men on the Dead Man's Chest Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum! Drink and the devil had done for the rest Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!

Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson

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Happiness is the consequence of personal effort.

Eat, Pray, Love - Elizabeth Gilbert

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When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, "Why god? Why me?" and the thundering voice of God answered, There's just something about you that pisses me off.

Storm of the Century: An Original Screenplay - Stephen King