#harleque

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He was there for her at the beginning, and he would be there later on, when Liesel’s frustration boiled over. But he wouldn’t do it for free. The only thing worse than a boy who hates you: A boy who loves you.

The Book Thief, Markus Zusak

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Old stories have a habit of being told and retold and changed. Each subsequent storyteller puts his or her mark on it. Whatever truth the story once had is buried in bias and embellishment. The reasons do not matter as much as the story itself.

The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern

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Human beings were built with a design flaw: we believe what we feel rather than what is. Which means that there are those among us easily swayed by impassioned arguments …

'After the Dark', formerly titled 'The Philosophers'

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The truth has a way of changing a person’s plans.

Insurgent, Veronica Roth

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I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people talking all at once. Peace is restrained; this is free.

Divergent, Veronica Roth

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The strange thing was that she was comforted by that thought, rather than distressed by it. The dark, the light. What was the difference?

The Book Thief, Markus Zusak

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Secrets have power. And the power diminishes when they are shared, so they are best kept and kept well. Sharing secrets, real secrets, important ones, with even one other person, will change them. Writing them down is worse, because who can tell how many eyes might see them inscribed on paper, no matter how careful you might be with it. So it’s really best to keep your secrets when you have them, for their own good, as well as yours.

The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern

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I prefer to remain unenlightened, to better appreciate the dark.

The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern