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  1. There are sorrows beyond your grief, and powers beyond your power. Patricia McKillip
  2. All things are easy that are done willingly. Roger Zelazny
  3. It is sometimes better to dwell upon pleasant matters, when there is nothing you can do about the… Roger Zelazny
  4. If you trust in yourself, you'll know how to take care of yourself. Terry Pratchett
  5. Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things. Terry Pratchett
  6. It's not worth doing something unless someone would much rather you weren't doing it. Terry Pratchett
  7. Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken? Terry Pratchett
  8. No one is actually dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away. Terry Pratchett
  9. There's always a story. It's all stories, really. The sun coming up every day is a story. Terry Pratchett
  10. The trouble with having an open mind is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things… Terry Pratchett
  11. Geography is just physics slowed down, with a couple of trees stuck in it. Terry Pratchett
  12. In the end, it wasn't a kingdom that he wanted. It was the world. Terry Pratchett
  13. You push something into the air, the air pushes you back. Brandon Sanderson
  14. Claim the stars, Spensa. You deserve to be among them. Brandon Sanderson
  15. A worthy gift is one freely given, with nothing expected in return. Brandon Sanderson
  16. The journey is the point. Not the destination. Brandon Sanderson
  17. Sometimes our minds need a way to escape, lest the seams that hold us together come undone. Brandon Sanderson
  18. I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They don't teach you how to love… Neil Gaiman
  19. Have you ever been in love? Horrible, isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. Neil Gaiman
  20. You get what anybody gets. You get a lifetime. Neil Gaiman
  21. People take their cues from those around them. You can change the world just by setting an example. Neil Gaiman
  22. Coraline discovered that being brave doesn't mean you aren't scared. Neil Gaiman
  23. Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us dragons exist, but because they tell us dragons… Neil Gaiman
  24. The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty: not knowing what comes next. Ursula K. Le Guin
  25. We came to learn that what we share is more important than the names we give it. Ursula K. Le Guin
  26. You cannot take what you have not given, and you must give yourself. Ursula K. Le Guin
  27. It is by avoiding the rapid decay of unnecessary suffering that we keep ourselves alive. Ursula K. Le Guin
  28. Nice doesn't mean weak. Holly Black
  29. Sometimes people want what they cannot have, and the wanting is the thing that drives them. Holly Black
  30. Like calls to like. Poison fears the antidote. Leigh Bardugo
  31. Fear is a phoenix. You can watch it burn a thousand times and still it will return. Leigh Bardugo
  32. The water hears and understands. The ice does not forgive. Leigh Bardugo
  33. Don't waste your time chasing the wrong things while the right things pass you by. Leigh Bardugo
  34. Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing themselves. V.E. Schwab
  35. There are no good men in this game. V.E. Schwab
  36. Adventures are great, but you have to come home eventually. V.E. Schwab
  37. There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. Sarah J. Maas
  38. Pain is a reminder that you survived. Sarah J. Maas
  39. Don't let the hard days win. Sarah J. Maas
  40. Hope makes fools of us all. Sarah J. Maas
  41. My name is Celaena Sardothien and I will not be afraid. Sarah J. Maas
  42. The world will be saved and remade by the dreamers. Sarah J. Maas
  43. Names are not always our own. Sarah J. Maas
  44. Fear cuts deeper than swords. George R.R. Martin
  45. Nothing burns like the cold. George R.R. Martin
  46. A man who won't listen can't hear. George R.R. Martin
  47. The brave men did not kill dragons. The brave men rode them. George R.R. Martin
  48. Old stories are like old friends. You have to visit them from time to time. George R.R. Martin
  49. When you know what a man wants you know who he is, and how to move him. George R.R. Martin
  50. You can't take everything that life gives you. But you can refuse it. Andrzej Sapkowski
  51. Does the walker choose the path, or the path the walker? It does not matter. The way is laid. Garth Nix
  52. Knowledge is a fine thing, but you have to use it wisely. Garth Nix
  53. A process cannot be understood by stopping it. Understanding must move with the flow of the process. Frank Herbert
  54. Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. Frank Herbert
  55. He who controls his fear becomes truly free. Frank Herbert
  56. The mind commands the body and it obeys. The mind orders itself and meets resistance. Frank Herbert
  57. Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty. Frank Herbert
  58. Knowing where the trap is — that's the first step in evading it. Frank Herbert
  59. Nothing is impossible until you actually try it. David Eddings
  60. Most of us are called on to perform tasks far beyond what we can do. Our chief virtue is that we try. Lloyd Alexander
  61. Aslan is on the move. C.S. Lewis
  62. Once a king or queen of Narnia, always a king or queen of Narnia. C.S. Lewis
  63. Wrong will be right, when Aslan comes in sight. C.S. Lewis
  64. Even the smallest hand can shape the turning of the world. J.R.R. Tolkien
  65. Memory is not what the heart desires. That is only a mirror. J.R.R. Tolkien
  66. Yet such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them because they must. J.R.R. Tolkien
  67. The praise of the praiseworthy is above all rewards. J.R.R. Tolkien
  68. There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor, Sam saw a white star twinkle. The beauty of it… J.R.R. Tolkien
  69. A philosopher once asked, are we human because we gaze at the stars, or do we gaze at them because we are… Neil Gaiman
  70. Every lover is, in his heart, a madman, and, in his head, a minstrel. Neil Gaiman
  71. We who toil in the great fields of life must remember to look up at the stars. Tad Williams
  72. Even the smallest stone creates ripples when it falls into deep water. Tad Williams
  73. Music was everywhere, if you knew how to look. Rachel Hartman
  74. You assume I had some kind of choice. You assume wrongly. Rachel Hartman
  75. Victory is not so simple as the absence of defeat. Naomi Novik
  76. A soul in despair may be closer to the gods than one in joy. Lois McMaster Bujold
  77. Battles are not won by enchantments and spells, but by men who are willing to act. Susanna Clarke
  78. To shut your eyes is to travel. Kristin Cashore
  79. She would not be the instrument of anyone's will but her own. Kristin Cashore
  80. Every story has a shape, and a hidden door. Marlon James
  81. A story is a treasure. You never know what you will find inside it. Erin Morgenstern
  82. Not all stories speak to all listeners, but all listeners can find a story that does, somewhere. Erin Morgenstern
  83. There is no good or evil in war. There is only power. R.F. Kuang
  84. Power can be a terribly heavy burden. Brandon Sanderson
  85. Everyone has a choice about whether to be a hero or a coward. Brandon Sanderson
  86. Hearts are not won by perfection. Diana Wynne Jones
  87. There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. J.R.R. Tolkien
  88. If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. J.R.R. Tolkien
  89. May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks. J.R.R. Tolkien
  90. Then something Tookish woke up inside him, and he wished to go and see the great mountains. J.R.R. Tolkien
  91. Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone; it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new. Ursula K. Le Guin
  92. My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool; it gives me all the world and exiles me from it. Ursula K. Le Guin
  93. They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance. Terry Pratchett
  94. A marriage is always made up of two people who are prepared to swear that only the other one snores. Terry Pratchett
  95. Always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual. Terry Pratchett
  96. Sin, young man, is when you treat people as things. Terry Pratchett
  97. You can't go around building a better world for people. Only people can build a better world for people. Terry Pratchett
  98. Sometimes it's better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness. Terry Pratchett
  99. The truth has got legs. Whatever you do, you can't catch up with a lie. Terry Pratchett
  100. Just because someone's a member of an ethnic minority doesn't mean they're not a nasty small-minded little… Terry Pratchett
  101. Personal isn't the same as important. Terry Pratchett
  102. I got my heart's desire, and there my troubles began. Lev Grossman
  103. Honor is dead. But I'll see what I can do. Brandon Sanderson
  104. The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon. Brandon Sanderson
  105. I cannot always protect you. So I want you to be able to protect yourself. Brandon Sanderson
  106. Your dranxil is showing. It means strength, in this case, strength of will. Brandon Sanderson
  107. The journey is your life. It is your everything. Brandon Sanderson
  108. There are two sure ways to lose a friend: one is to borrow, the other to lend. Patrick Rothfuss
  109. A poet is a musician who can't sing. Patrick Rothfuss
  110. Anyone can love a thing because. But to love something despite. To know the flaws and love them too. Patrick Rothfuss
  111. Call a jack a jack. Call a spade a spade. But always call a whore a lady. Patrick Rothfuss
  112. Some prices are too high to pay, no matter how much we may want the prize. Robin Hobb
  113. To keep a thing you must care for it more than you care for yourself. Robin Hobb
  114. If I am to be measured, let me be measured by what I have done and not by what others believe of me. Robin Hobb
  115. The journey matters more than any single step. Brandon Sanderson
  116. You can't change what's behind you, only what's ahead. Brandon Sanderson
  117. Sometimes the prize is not worth the price. Brandon Sanderson
  118. There is always a choice, even when it doesn't feel like one. Brandon Sanderson
  119. A man's character is determined by what he does when the rules don't bind him. Brandon Sanderson
  120. I am not a hero. I am simply a man who refuses to give up. Brandon Sanderson

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