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Real museums are places where time is transformed into space. Orhan Pamuk
Home is not where you are born; home is where all your attempts to escape cease. Naguib Mahfouz
Nothing records the effects of a sad life so graphically as the human body. Naguib Mahfouz
Better to be hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie. Khaled Hosseini
Children aren't coloring books. You don't get to fill them with your favorite colors. Khaled Hosseini
The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose. James Baldwin
Love takes off the masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within. James Baldwin
I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me. Ralph Ellison
Life is to be lived, not controlled. Ralph Ellison
It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end. Ursula K. Le Guin
Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone; it has to be made, like bread. Ursula K. Le Guin
What is love? It is the morning and the evening star. Ursula K. Le Guin
All that you touch you change. All that you change changes you. Octavia Butler
Kindness eases change. Octavia Butler
You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them. Ray Bradbury
We need not to be let alone. We need to be really bothered once in a while. Ray Bradbury
Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. Isaac Asimov
I fear nothing, for fear is the mind-killer. Frank Herbert
Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. Frank Herbert
The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience. Frank Herbert
You're always you, and that don't change, and you're always changing, and there's nothing you can do about it. Neil Gaiman
Have your adventures, make your mistakes, and choose your friends poorly. All of these things are necessary. Neil Gaiman
It is important to have someone in your life who you can talk to. Terry Pratchett
No one is finished while they have the strength to do what they know is right. Terry Pratchett
Without stories, we wouldn't be human beings at all. Philip Pullman
I'd far rather be happy than right any day. Douglas Adams
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be. Douglas Adams
Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are, 'It might have been.' Kurt Vonnegut
Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things. Kurt Vonnegut
Just because some of us can read and write and do a little math, that doesn't mean we deserve to conquer… Kurt Vonnegut
He was a man who had never been able to refuse anybody anything. Joseph Heller
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them. Joseph Heller
Many men are alive simply because it is against the law to kill them. Joseph Heller
I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot. J.D. Salinger
What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author was a… J.D. Salinger
Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody. J.D. Salinger
I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery — air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, 'This is… Sylvia Plath
If you don't watch it people will force you one way or the other, into doing what they think you should do. Ken Kesey
It's the truth even if it didn't happen. Ken Kesey
You are not special. You're not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You're the same decaying organic matter… Chuck Palahniuk
You have to know what you want. Cormac McCarthy
Where you've nothing else construct ceremonies out of the air and breathe upon them. Cormac McCarthy
Old age isn't a battle; old age is a massacre. Philip Roth
Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them. John Updike
We are all such accidents. We do not make up history and culture. We simply appear, not by our own choice. Saul Bellow
The constant going over of the great theme of one's life. Alice Munro
That's the kind of thing that makes you understand a person. Alice Munro
And did you get what you wanted from this life, even so? Raymond Carver
Memories, even your most precious ones, fade surprisingly quickly. Kazuo Ishiguro
There was surely nothing to indicate at the time that such evidently small incidents would render whole… Kazuo Ishiguro
Beneath every history, another history. Hilary Mantel
You don't get to chose how you're going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you're going to live. Zadie Smith
Time, that relentless ocean, just kept ticking. Ian McEwan
The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it. Flannery O'Connor
She would of been a good woman if it had been somebody there to shoot her every minute of her life. Flannery O'Connor
Caring too much for objects can destroy you. Only if you care for a thing will it gain meaning, but if you… Donna Tartt
That life — whatever else it is — is short. Donna Tartt
Beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before it. Donna Tartt
The only thing worse than a boy who hates you: a boy that loves you. Markus Zusak
Even death has a heart. Markus Zusak
It's a serious thing to leave one's home, and one's country, and to be carried by giant birds into an… George Saunders
A king fortifies himself with a castle, a gentleman with a desk. Amor Towles
If a man does not master his circumstances then he is bound to be mastered by them. Amor Towles
We must be prepared to bid farewell to the things we love. Amor Towles
You know what the tragedy is? Most people have no music in them. Anthony Doerr
To men, you are just a man. But to your dog, you are the whole world. Fredrik Backman
Loving someone is like moving into a house, you fall in love with the new things. Fredrik Backman
Time is a curious thing. Most of us only live for the time we have. Fredrik Backman
The hardest part of having a mental illness is people expect you to behave as if you don't. Matt Haig
How we read a book, like how we live a life, is up to us. Matt Haig
Doing nothing is very hard to do — you never know when you're finished. Matt Haig
If we burn, you burn with us. Suzanne Collins
Hope is the only thing stronger than fear. Suzanne Collins
It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart. Suzanne Collins
Be careful. There are mutts everywhere. But there's also hope. Suzanne Collins
We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another. Veronica Roth
When you don't know what to do, do nothing. Wait until you do. Rick Riordan
Family is more than blood. Rick Riordan
If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself. Rick Riordan
The reason it hurts so much to separate is because our souls are connected. Nicholas Sparks
Every person's life is worth a novel. Nicholas Sparks
You can measure your worth by the dedication and love you put into your work. Elizabeth Gilbert
Your fear is the most boring thing about you. Elizabeth Gilbert
Hold on to anger too long and it will burn you up. Mitch Albom
There's a reason to live every day. We just have to find it. Mitch Albom
Different roads sometimes lead to the same castle. George R.R. Martin
Once you've accepted your flaws, no one can use them against you. George R.R. Martin
There is only one thing we say to death: not today. George R.R. Martin
The brightest flame casts the darkest shadow. George R.R. Martin
Bravery never goes out of fashion. William Makepeace Thackeray
We do not need magic to change the world; we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already. J.K. Rowling
To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure. J.K. Rowling
Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it. J.K. Rowling
Dark times lie ahead of us and there will be a time when we must choose between what is easy and what is… J.K. Rowling
Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic. J.K. Rowling
Of course it is happening inside your head, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real? J.K. Rowling
There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart. Jane Austen
One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other. Jane Austen
A scrupulous writer, in every sentence that he writes, will ask himself at least four questions. George Orwell
To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle. George Orwell
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. Henry David Thoreau
Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit. Henry David Thoreau
Things do not change; we change. Henry David Thoreau
Wealth is the ability to fully experience life. Henry David Thoreau
Look at that sea, girls — all silver and shadow and vision of things not seen. L.M. Montgomery
We should be so thankful for our friends. L.M. Montgomery
Nothing is ever really lost to us as long as we remember it. L.M. Montgomery
Watch and pray, dear, never get tired of trying, and never think it is impossible to conquer your fault. Louisa May Alcott
Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant. Louisa May Alcott
Conceit spoils the finest genius. Louisa May Alcott
At first people refuse to believe that a strange new thing can be done, then they begin to hope it can be… Frances Hodgson Burnett
One of the new things people began to find out in the last century was that thoughts are as powerful as… Frances Hodgson Burnett
There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. Edith Wharton
If only we'd stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time. Edith Wharton
The end is nothing; the road is all. Willa Cather
Some memories are realities, and are better than anything that can ever happen to one again. Willa Cather
Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast. Lewis Carroll
If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there. Lewis Carroll
It's no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then. Lewis Carroll
Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality. Lewis Carroll

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