I could tell you it’s the heart, but what is really killing him is loneliness. Memories are worse than bullets.
Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow Of The Wind
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I learn a good deal by merely observing you,
And letting you talk as long as you please,
And taking note of what you do not say.
T.S. Eliot, The Cocktail Party
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Most aggressive people are just trying to be strong, aren’t they? They just don’t want to be insecure, or needy, or anything like that. They’re not actually cruel, underneath.
Tana French, In The Woods
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You are still yourself in everything except your appearance. You’ve still got your own mind and your own brain and your own voice, and thank goodness for that.
Roald Dahl, The Witches
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That’s all I want. Just you and me. Always.
Lauren Oliver, Delirium
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And suddenly, she longed for a thunderstorm.
Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting (via the-book-diaries)
I don’t want to stay where I’m not wanted. I don’t want to stay where I’m disliked.
Charles Bukowski, Women
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You don’t get to choose if you get hurt in this world…but you do have some say in who hurts you. I like my choices.
John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
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I do not have many things that are meaningful to me. Except my doubts and my fears. And my art.
Chaim Potok, My Name Is Asher Lev
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Spirit of the Warlock 