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8320a08 How can you tell? That I like books, I mean. The look on your face when you walked in, somehow I doubted you were that impressed by me. first-impressions Cassandra Clare
be393a3 I don't even remember the season. I just remember walking between them and feeling for the first time that I belonged somewhere. Stephen Chbosky
0db39a7 You will find that I will only truly have left this school when none here are loyal to me. J.K. Rowling
39dc42f The easiest lies to tell are the ones you want to be true. Holly Black
572d85a A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer. inspirational brave Ralph Waldo Emerson
9930d7d For beauty is nothing but the beginning of terro beauty inspirational Rainer Maria Rilke
5d71ce7 Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference. humor inspirational attitude Winston S. Churchill
41e625b People say that what we're all seeking is a meaning for life. I don't think that's what we're really seeking. I think that what we're seeking is an experience of being alive, so that our life experiences on the purely physical plane will have resonances with our own innermost being and reality, so that we actually feel the rapture of being alive. inspirational Joseph Campbell
0a222b5 We can buy you one of those books they have for little kids 'Timmy Has Two Dads'. Except I don't think they have one called 'Timmy Has Two Dads and One of Them Was Evil'. That part you're just going to have to work through on your own. jace-lightwood simon-lewis mortal-instruments shadowhunters Cassandra Clare
3a26af2 No killing," Jordan said. "We're trying to make you feel peaceful, so you don't go up in flames. Blood, killing, war, those are all non-peaceful things. Isn't there anything else you like? Rainforests? Chirping birds?" "Weapons," said Jace. "I like weapons." "I'm starting to think we have a problematic issue of personal philosophy here." Jace leaned forward, his palms flat on the ground. "I'm a warrior," he said. "I was brought up as .. Cassandra Clare
91df9c7 But when I do feel all the strength go out of me, and I fall to my knees beside the table and I think I cry, then, or at least I want to, and everything inside me screams for just one more kiss, one more word, one more glance, one more. pain sadness love Veronica Roth
42efbf4 Maybe I'm dreaming you. Maybe you're dreaming me; maybe we only exist in each other's dreams and every morning when we wake up we forget all about each other. the-time-traveler-s-wife Audrey Niffenegger
e6d0484 Not everything that's true needs to be said. Cassandra Clare
df5412c Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. perfection exupery Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
529379b For a long time,' Nico said, 'I had a crush on you. I just wanted you to know.' Percy looked at Nico. Then at Annabeth, as if to check that he'd heard correctly. Then back at Nico. 'You -' 'Yeah,' Nico said. 'You're a great person. But I'm over that. I'm happy for you guys.' 'You ... so you mean -' 'Right.' Annabeth's grey eyes started to sparkle. She gave Nico a sideways smile. 'Wait,' Percy said. 'So you mean -' 'Right,' Nico said .. percy-jackson nico-di-angelo Rick Riordan
1bd80a7 It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes. Douglas Adams
2c1ab75 Adam smiled cheerily. Ronan would start wars and burn cities for that true smile, elastic and amiable. love ronan-lynch smile Maggie Stiefvater
fa975c6 And it was pretty much the best underwater kiss of all time. percy-jackson mythology Rick Riordan
33bff2c And," Annabeth continued, "it reminds me how long we've known each other. We were , Percy. Can you believe that?" "No, he admitted. "So...you knew you liked me from that moment?" She smirked. "I hated you at first. You annoyed me. Then I tolerated you for a few years. Then--" "Okay, fine." She leaned in and kissed: him a good, proper kiss without anyone watching--no Romans anywhere, no screaming satyr chaperones. She pulled away. "I misse.. romance separation missing-you annabeth-chase heroes-of-olympus percy-jackson percy-jackson-and-the-olympians the-mark-of-athena Rick Riordan
f214047 There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one's safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane he had to fly them. If he f.. humor Joseph Heller
838dac4 People always think that happiness is a faraway thing," thought Francie, "something complicated and hard to get. Yet, what little things can make it up; a place of shelter when it rains - a cup of strong hot coffee when you're blue; for a man, a cigarette for contentment; a book to read when you're alone - just to be with someone you love. Those things make happiness." Betty Smith
e7354a0 So why in the name of Merlin's saggy left --" "Don't talk to your mother like that." -- harry-potter humor ron-weasley J.K. Rowling
1a415ab I heard a definition once: Happiness is health and a short memory! I wish I'd invented it, because it is very true. happiness inspirational Audrey Hepburn
ed6b31a Reflect upon your present blessings -- of which every man has many -- not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some. gratefulness misfortunes reflection Charles Dickens
c7ef371 I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value. fate meaning learning-process value fortune Hermann Hesse
0784bba Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues, and this is mine: I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known. virtue F. Scott Fitzgerald
81e6f29 Whenever Percy stopped by to see [Annabeth], she was so lost in thought that the conversation went something like this: Percy: 'Hey, how's it going?' Annabeth: 'Uh, no thanks.' Percy: 'Okay...have you eaten anything today?' Annabeth: 'I think Leo is on duty. Ask him.' Percy: 'So, my hair is on fire.' Annabeth: 'Okay, in a while. cute distracted hair-on-fire not-listening percy-and-annabeth question-and-answer mark-of-athena Rick Riordan
a4e9d06 Nothing whets the intelligence more than a passionate suspicion, nothing develops all the faculties of an immature mind more than a trail running away into the dark. intelligence puzzle trail mystery Stefan Zweig
f0e3978 Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined. Toni Morrison
54ffad1 Derek caught my arm again as I started to move--at this rate, it was going to be as sore as my injured one. "Dog," he said, jerking his chin toward the fenced yard. "It was inside earlier." Expecting to see a Doberman slavering at the fence, I followed his gaze to a little puff of white fur, the kind of dog women stick in their purses. It wasn't even barking, just staring at us, dancing in place. "Oh, my God! It's a killer Pomeranian." I gl.. derek dog Kelley Armstrong
8f91c9b Give me honorable enemies rather than ambitious ones, and I'll sleep more easily by night. honor George R.R. Martin
3272eba Don't ever think I fell for you, or fell over you. I didn't fall in love, I rose in it. Toni Morrison
c289e24 You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better. Anne Lamott
83821b1 The greatest enemy is one that has nothing to lose. Christopher Paolini
ced6ad0 Two hundred Romans, and no one's got a pen? Never mind!" He slung his M16 onto his back and pulled out a hand grenade. There were many screaming Romans. Then the hand grenade morphed into a ballpoint pen, and Mars began to write. Frank looked at Percy with wide eyes. He mouthed: Can your sword do grenade form? Percy mouthed back, No. Shut up." humor mars son-of-neptune heroes-of-olympus percy-jackson frank-zhang transformation Rick Riordan
d4788e6 Do you ever feel that way?" "Lonely?" I search for the words. "Restless. As if you haven't really met yourself yet. As is you'd passed yourself once in the fog, and your heart leapt - 'Ah! There I Am! I've been missing that piece!' But it happens too fast, and then that part of you disappears into the fog again. And you spend the rest of your days looking for it." He nods, and I think he's appeasing me. I feel stupid of having said it. It's.. kartik gemma-doyle found restless self-discovery lonely lost Libba Bray
c1fd2af People shouldn't have to earn kindness. They should have to earn cruelty. people ya Maggie Stiefvater
0d962fb Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable. honesty truth seeking existentialism Albert Camus
a8368ed Well," Tessa said, sighting along the line of the knife, "you behave as if you dislike me. In fact, you behave as if you dislike us all." "I don't," Gabriel said. "I just dislike him." He pointed at Will. "Dear me," said Will, and he took another bite of his apple. "Is it because I'm better-looking than you?" Cassandra Clare
a5fc720 Writers aren't people exactly. Or, if they're any good, they're a whole lot of people trying so hard to be one person. F. Scott Fitzgerald
9e34aeb HELLO? HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? I-WANT-TO-TALK-TO-HARRY-POTTER! J.K. Rowling
1d48f8e What a marshmallow. You should hold out for someone with a stronger stomach. Someone who laughs at the gore that makes weaker men vomit. Stephenie Meyer
3bb3334 A man's heart is a wretched, wretched thing. It isn't like a mother's womb. It won't bleed. It won't stretch to make room for you. Khaled Hosseini
d9478a3 Men at some time are masters of their fates. The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings. William Shakespeare