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bec17d0 Well, you can't break an unbreakable vow," said Ron. "I figured that out myself, funnily enough." J.K. Rowling
5d32055 Lots of things are mysteries. But that doesn't mean there isn't an answer to them. It's just that scientists haven't found the answer yet. mystery the-unknown Mark Haddon
073238c If some lives form a perfect circle, other take shape in ways we cannot predict or always understand. Loss has been part of my journey. But it has also shown me what is precious. So has love for which I can only be grateful. Nicholas Sparks
f6b374f There is a time in every life when paths are chosen, character is forged. I could have chosen a different path. But I didn't. I failed myself. Libba Bray
241d6e3 Sorry, mom. Sorry, God. Chuck Palahniuk
86e992c Some stories, you use up. Others use you up. Chuck Palahniuk
4f8627a The secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world, and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon. happiness responsibility world Paulo Coelho
8aba768 God only allows us to see such things when he wants something to change inspirational Paulo Coelho
8d98dfb Sometimes you have to travel a long way to find what is near Paulo Coelho
4a5e6c3 Accentuaute the positives - medicate the negatives. paraphrased Amy Sedaris
10314e3 How absurd these words are, such as beast and beast of prey. One should not speak of animals in that way. They may be terrible sometimes, but they're much more right than men...They're never in any embarrassment. They always know what to do and how to behave themselves. They don't flatter and they don't intrude. They don't pretend. They are as they are, like stones or flowers or stars in the sky. Hermann Hesse
8cb6095 Interesting things did seem to happen, but always to somebody else. Diana Wynne Jones
2fd295a Dorian, we get to come back from this loss - from this darkness. We get to come back, and I came back for you. Sarah J. Maas
1667f32 It is a new world, and we must decide how we are to end this old one and begin it anew. Sarah J. Maas
7feed25 There should be a word for that brief period just after waking when the mind is full of warm pink nothing. You lie there entirely empty of thought, except for a growing suspicion that heading towards you, like a sockful of damp sand in a nocturnal alleyway, are all the recollections you'd really rather do without, and which amount to the fact that the only mitigating factor in your horrible future is the certainty that it will be quite shor.. Terry Pratchett
c537d60 Shane dragged Eve's suitcase into the room and dumped it on the floor beside her bed. "Hey, Dark Princess? Here's your crap. Also, bite me." morganville-vampires shane-collins Rachel Caine
0165591 It is a very natural human trait to destroy that which frightens us. human inspirational life Laurell K. Hamilton
e582210 It must happen to us all...We pack up what we've learned so far and leave the familiar behind. No fun, that shearing separation, but somewhere within, we must dimly know that saying goodbye to safety brings the only security we'll ever know. Richard Bach
23e4009 But all the magic I have known I've had to make myself. Shel Silverstein
15c1185 I'm a monster, not a moron. P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast
fe4b85e How can you frighten a man whose hunger is not only in his own cramped stomach but in the wretched bellies of his children? You can't scare him--he has known a fear beyond every other. John Steinbeck
020e015 Encouragement requires empathy and seeing the world from your spouse's perspective. We must first learn what is important to our spouse. Only then can we give encouragement. With verbal encouragement, we are trying to communicate, "I know. I care. I am with you. How can I help?" We are trying to show that we believe in him and in his abilities. We are giving credit and praise." love marriage relationships Gary Chapman
9098583 I love you: You imagine hearing the words from someone not related to you, someone not your best friend, but when someone you love, someone you dream about, actually says them, it makes your body melt and your breath get caught in your chest. Sarah Mlynowski
0e2dc50 The child who refuses to travel in the father's harness, this is the symbol of man's most unique capability. "I do not have to be what my father was. I do not have to obey my father's rules or even believe everything he believed. It is my strength as a human that I can make my own choices of what to believe and what not to believe, of what to be and what not to be." dune growing-up Frank Herbert
4237528 We think sometimes we're only drawn to the good, but we're actually drawn to the authentic. We like people who are real more than those who hide their true selves under layers of artificial niceties Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
2906d18 If you have ever seen a dragon in a pinch, you will realize that this was only poetical exaggeration applied to any hobbit, even to Old Took's great-grand-uncle Bullroarer, who was so huge (for a hobbit) that he could ride a horse. He charged the ranks of the goblins of Mount Gram in the Battle of the Green Fields, and knocked their king Golfimbul's head clean off with a wooden club. It sailed a hundred yards through the air and went down a.. funny hobbits humor invention-of-golf J.R.R. Tolkien
e74984e We live for books. A sweet mission in this world dominated by disorder and decay. Umberto Eco
4f95f51 They found me at the kitchen table. Derek said, "There's something we need to tell you," and from the look on Andrew's face, I think he expected Derek to say he'd gotten me pregnant." Kelley Armstrong
f665de4 Derek looked around, like he was searching for something to use. Then he stripped off his shirt. I tried not to look away. Not that he looked bad without his shirt. The opposite, actually, which is why...Let's just say friends are really better when they're fully clothed. Kelley Armstrong
dd4fd0f Speaking of which, would you like to explain to me how you're alive Stephenie Meyer
ec5a1e2 It makes me cry because it means that fewer and fewer people are believing it's cool to want what I want, which is to be married and have kids and love each other in a monogamous, long-lasting relationship. Mindy Kaling
970ddde Jealousy always has been my cross, the weakness and woundedness in me that has most often caused me to feel ugly and unlovable, like the Bad Seed. I've had many years of recovery and therapy, years filled with intimate and devoted friendships, yet I still struggle. I know that when someone gets a big slice of pie, it doesn't mean there's less for me. In fact, I know that there isn't even a pie, that there's plenty to go around, enough food .. Anne Lamott
849f268 Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog, Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg, and owlet's wing,-- For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble. shakespeare witch witches William Shakespeare
fed44ba tiny: 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. David Levithan
aea2569 You think you know your possibilities. Then other people come into your life and suddenly there are so many more. David Levithan
57a1204 We waited and waited. All of us. Didn't the shrink know that waiting was one of the things that drove people crazy? People waited all their lives. They waited to live, they waited to die. They waited in line to buy toilet paper. They waited in line for money. And if they didn't have any money they waited in longer lines. You waited to go to sleep and then you waited to awaken. You waited to get married and you waited to get divorced. You wa.. Charles Bukowski
f50ea0e It didn't matter what you looked like. It was how you carried yourself, how you saw yourself. Scott Westerfeld
e95d6ad I refuse to "look up." Optimism nauseates me. It is perverse. Since man's fall, his proper position in the universe has been one of misery." John Kennedy Toole
cbe466a Secret to what?" "Secret to shutting you up," he said. "I just have to beat you till you're half-dead, then give you chicken soup and"--he raised his hands--"blessed silence." curran ilona-andrews kate kate-daniels magic-burns silence Ilona Andrews
16d34fe The knowledge of cooking does not come pre-installed in a vagina. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
b7e7ca2 Go back to bed', said the omniscient interior voice, because you don't need to know the final answer right now, at three o'clock in the morning on the Thursday in November. 'Go back to bed', because I love you. 'Go back to bed', beacause the only thing you need to do for now is get some rest and take good care of yourself until you do know the answer. Elizabeth Gilbert
cbb56dd Fathers never have exactly the daughters they want because they invent a notion a them that the daughters have to conform to. daughters expectations fathers ideals perception Simone de Beauvoir
7b3f16a Who was it that said that coincidence was just God's way of remaining anonymous? Donna Tartt
459bff7 So, have we solved the secret of happiness? "I believe so," he said Are you going to tell me? "Yes.Ready?" Ready. "Be satisfied." That's it? "Be greatful." That's it? "For what you have.For the love you receive.And for what God has given you." That's it? He looked me in the eye.Then he sighed deeply. "That's it." Mitch Albom