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The moment our lips met, I knew with pure and piercing certainty that I would have waited for him forever.

Leigh Bardugo, Shadow and Bone (via yabookquote)

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When we seek to rule only ourselves, we are each of us kings.

Nicholas Eames, Kings of the Wyld

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Neither myths nor mysteries can hold a candle to the most infinitesimal spark of hope.

N.K. Jemisin, The Fifth Season

#nk jemisin #the fifth season #hope #myth #mystery #fire #sparks

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The will to be polite, to maintain civility and normalcy, is fearfully strong. I wonder sometimes how much evil is permitted to run unchecked simply because it would be rude to interrupt it.

Alix E. Harrow, The Ten Thousand Doors of January (via yabookquote)

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From that time forth he believed that the wise man is one who never sets himself apart from other living things, whether they have speech or not, and in later years he strove long to learn what can be learned, in silence, from the eyes of animals, the flight of birds, the great slow gestures of trees.

Ursula K. Le Guin, A Wizard of Earthsea

#ursula k. le guin #ursula le guin #a wizard of earthsea #earthsea #wisdom #learning #nature #silence #speech #birds #animals #trees

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I am a boy and a girl and a witch all wrapped into one very strange, flimsy, indecisive body. Do you think my body couldn’t decide what it wanted to be?

Rivers Solomon, An Unkindness of Ghosts

#rivers solomon #an unkindness of ghosts #gender #bodies

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If you’ve been up all night and cried till you have no more tears left in you - you will know that there comes in the end a sort of quietness. You feel as if nothing was ever going to happen again.

C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (via yabookquote)

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Nothing about her was loud or distinct enough to draw attention; she kept to herself, and lived mainly in her own head. She found it disturbing that while she had been hiding in her mind, people were discussing and scrutinizing her.

Reni K. Amayo, Daughters of Nri

#reni k. amayo #daughters of nri #hiding #the mind #self consciousness #appearances #attention #scrutiny

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The illusion that the self is separate from the rest of the world is the driving factor that limits our potential. Once you realize there’s nothing special about the self, it becomes easier to manipulate.

F.C. Yee, The Rise of Kyoshi

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Time is the trickster that changes all things.

Shveta Thakrar, Star Daughter

#shveta thakrar #star daughter #trickster #change #time

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The world is a turntable that never stops spinning; as humans we merely choose the tracks we want to sit out and the ones that inspire us to dance.

Elizabeth Acevedo, With the Fire on High (via yabookquote)

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“You were alone.” “Not entirely.” My fingers wrapped around the charm. “I had hope.”

Somaiya Daud, Mirage

#somaiya daud #mirage #hope #loneliness

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No hard feelings, you piece of shit.

A.K. Larkwood, The Unspoken Name

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So much of who we are is what we remember and retell.

Arkady Martine, A Memory Called Empire

#arkady martine #a memory called empire #memory #history #self #identity

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Wrong will be right, when Aslan comes in sight, At the sound of his roar, sorrows will be no more, When he bares his teeth, winter meets its death, And when he shakes his mane, we shall have spring again.

C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (via yabookquote)

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Sometimes all your words are the wrong shape and none of them will fit into the silence left when the conversation pauses.

Mark Lawrence, The Girl and the Stars

#mark lawrence #the girl and the stars #words #speech #silence #sound #conversation #talking

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This is my mind. I am the strongest person here.

Roseanne A. Brown, A Song of Wraiths and Ruin

#roseanne a. brown #a song of wraiths and ruin #asowar #the mind #strength #self #quotes #empowerment #empowering quotes #book quote