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In my experience, those who have the greatest respect for the rules also take the most enjoyment in breaking them.
A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire #2)
“A good act does not wash out the bad, nor a bad act the good. Each should have its own reward.”
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire #1)
“Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities.”
Conversations with Friends
But I recognized that the only thing he had done to hurt me was to withdraw his affection, which he had every right to do.
The Vanishing Half
“She hadn’t realized how long it takes to become somebody else, or how lonely it can be living in a world not meant for you.”
The Secret History
Beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before it.
The Lost Book of the White
You’re my heart, Magnus Bane. Stay unbroken, for me.
The Red Scrolls of Magic
Magnus wondered if he would ever get used to being surprised by Alec Lightwood. He hoped not.
The Chosen Ones
In other words, for something to be magic, it must be an impossible want.
Ninth House (Alex Stern #1)
“All you children playing with fire, looking surprised when the house burns down.”
The Night Circus
You’re not destined or chosen, I wish I could tell you that you were if that would make it easier, but it’s not true. You’re in the right place at the right time, and you care enough to do what needs to be done. Sometimes that’s enough.
The Infernal Devices
“Whatever you are physically,” he said, “male or female, strong or weak, ill or healthy—all those things matter less than what your heart contains. If you have the soul of a warrior, you are a warrior. Whatever the color, the shape, the design of the shade that conceals it, the flame inside the lamp remains…
The Dark Artifices
“I’ll kill him,” Emma muttered. “I’ll kill him while talking the whole time.”
City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls, and City of Heavenly Fire
“Heroes aren’t always the ones who win,” she said. “They’re the ones who lose, sometimes. But they keep fighting, they keep coming back. They don’t give up. That’s what makes them heroes.”
Circe
That is one thing gods and mortals share. When we are young, we think ourselves the first to have each feeling in the world.
City of Bones, City of Ashes, and City of Glass
Shadowhunters: Looking Better in Black Than the Widows of our Enemies Since 1234.
City of Girls
People will tell you not to waste your youth having too much fun, but they’re wrong. Youth is an irreplaceable treasure, and the only respectable thing to do with irreplaceable treasure is to waste it. So do the right thing with your youth, Vivian—squander it.
The Lost Girls of Paris
The truth is sometimes the very opposite from what you expect it to be.
The Henna Artist
Independence changed everything. Independence changed nothing.
Avalon High
Kings don’t sneak.
Such a Fun Age
I think it best we went our separate ways, and that those paths never crossed again.
The Huntress
Building a generation is like building a wall—one good well-made brick at a time, one good well-made child at a time. Enough good bricks, you have a good wall. Enough good children, you have a generation that won’t start a world-enveloping war.
Bel Canto
It makes you wonder. All the brilliant things we might have done with our lives if only we suspected we knew how.Ann Patchett, Bel Canto Bel Canto follows the story of a group of prominent politicians that fly into an unnamed South American country for the birthday party of a Japanese businessman named Mr. Hosokawa.…
A Court of Frost and Starlight (ACOTAR #3.1)
To the blessed darkness from which we are born. And to which we return.
Daisy Jones and The Six
I think you have to have faith in people before they earn it. Otherwise it’s not faith, right?
A Court of Wings and Ruin (Book #3 of ACOTAR)
Only you can decide what breaks you.
A Court of Mist and Fury (Book #2 of ACOTAR)
To the stars who listen and the dreams that are answered.
A Court of Thorns and Roses
Be glad of your human heart, Feyre. Pity those who don’t feel anything at all.
Chain Of Gold
For years there has been peace in the Shadowhunter world. James and Lucie Herondale, children of the famous Will and Tessa, have grown up in an idyll with their loving friends and family, listening to stories of good defeating evil and love conquering all. But everything changes when the Blackthorn and Carstairs families come to…
Defending Jacob
“Damage hardens us all. It will harden you too, when it finds you – and it will find you.”-William Landay, Defending Jacob Summary: Andy Barber has been an assistant district attorney in his suburban Massachusetts county for more than twenty years. He is respected in his community, tenacious in the courtroom, and happy at home…
This Side of Paradise
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s romantic and witty first novel, was written when the author was only twenty-three years old. This semi-autobiographical story of the handsome, indulged, and idealistic Princeton student Amory Blaine received critical raves and catapulted Fitzgerald to instant fame.
The Last Wish
“People,” Geralt turned his head, “like to invent monsters and monstrosities. Then they seem less monstrous themselves. When they get blind-drunk, cheat, steal, beat their wives, starve an old woman, when they kill a trapped fox with an axe or riddle the last existing unicorn with arrows, they like to think that the Bane entering…
Normal People
“Marianne had the sense that her real life was happening somewhere very far away, happening without her, and she didn’t know if she would ever find out where it was or become part of it.”-Sally Rooney, Normal People Google Description: At school Connell and Marianne pretend not to know each other. He’s popular and well-adjusted,…
The Dutch House
Do you think it’s possible to ever see the past as it was?— Ann Patchett Original Rating: 9.5/10 Short Review: This family soap opera wraps you in the suburbs of Pennsylvania and the boroughs of New York to bring you a family whose entire legacy revolves around a house that nobody really seems to want.…
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