“The strength of life lies in the possibility of dying.”
- Yuhki Kamatani, Nabari no Ou
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“But he wasn’t born yesterday. Neither were you, unless of course I am wrong, in which case welcome to the earth, little baby, and congratulations on learning to read so early in life.”
- Lemony Snicket, the Penultimate Peril
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“This was a happy story, but it could still be a whole lot happier.”
- Kubo and the Two Strings
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“Let’s carpe the hell out of this diem.”
- Alexandra Bracken, the Darkest Minds
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“My, aren’t we bossy today. Give a girl an army and it goes straight to her head.”
- Julie Kagawa, The Iron Queen
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“Then he dropped his head onto my shoulder, breathing into my collarbone. For once not moving, not needing, not asking, not doing. Just holding me, and letting me hold him up. It was the most shocking thing. It wasn’t a question. It was a statement.”
- Maggie Stiefvater, Sinner
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“But you notice when he isn’t there any more. You notice so many places where he isn’t and you hear so many things he doesn’t say.”
- Nathan Filer, the Shock of the Fall
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“There,” he said as he finished tying my laces on my left shoe. “Now you won’t fall.”
Too late.
- Michelle Hodkin, The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer
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“Criminals should be punished, not fed pastries.”
- Lemony Snicket, The Blank Book
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“What’s this?”
“It’s a girl. Surely you’ve seen girls before, Alec. Your sister Isabelle is one.”
- Cassandra Clare, City of Bones
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“To die will be an awfully big adventure.”
- J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
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“I balanced all, brough all to mind,
The years to come seemed waste of breath,
A waste of breath the years behind
In balance with this life, this death.”
- William Butler Yeats, An Irish Airman Foresees His Death
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“No one ever called me unnatural before, except for the time I put ketchup on a taco. But seriously, we’d been oud of salso, so what else was I supposed to do?”
- Richelle Mead, Blood Promise
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“There are bad dreams for those who sleep unwisely.”
- Bram Stoker, Dracula
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“Land of the dead? Is that what you dream about? Boy who kills ghosts for a living?”
“No. I dream about penguins doing bridge construction. Don’t ask why.”
- Kendare Blake, Anna Dressed in Blood
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“Hope for the best and prepare for the worst.”
- Tales from Moominvalley
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“You must accept the reality of other people.”
- J.K. Rowling, The Casual Vacancy
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