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#1

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

tags: books, humor

#2

“One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Three, if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don't throw it away.”
― Stephen Hawking

tags: philosophy, science

8623 likes

#3

“No. I can survive well enough on my own— if given the proper reading material.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass

tags: reading, survival

5292 likes

#4

“Why is straight the default? Everyone should have to declare one way or another, and it shouldn't be this big awkward thing whether you're straight, gay, bi, or whatever. I'm just saying.”
― Becky Albertalli, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

tags: glbt, simon-spier

1196 likes

#5

“I mean, I feel secure in my masculinity, too. Being secure in your masculinity isn't the same as being straight.”
― Becky Albertalli, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

tags: gay-teen, glbt, self-awareness, self-esteem, simon-spier

295 likes

#6

“It is definitely annoying that straight (and white, for that matter) is the default, and that the only people who have to think about their identity are the ones who don't fit that mold. Straight people really should have to come out, and the more awkward it is, the better. Awkwardness should be a requirement.”
― Becky Albertalli, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

tags: coming-out, glbt, sexual-preference, stereotypes

291 likes

#7

“He tells me to pick the music. I’m not sure if he knows that handing me his iPod is like handing me the window to his soul.”
― Becky Albertalli, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

tags: friendship, love, music

281 likes

#8

“The way I feel about him is like a heartbeat -- soft and persistent, underlying everything.”
― Becky Albertalli, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

tags: glbt, simon-spier

612 likes

#9

“I take a sip of my beer, and it's - I mean, it's just astonishingly disgusting. I don't think I was expecting it to taste like ice cream, but holy fucking hell. People lie and get fake IDs and sneak into bars, and for this? I honestly think I'd rather make out with Bieber. The dog. Or Justin.”
― Becky Albertalli, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

tags: funny

220 likes

#10

“Imagine going about your day knowing someone’s carrying you in their mind. That has to be the best part of being in love- the feeling of having a home in some else’s brain.”
― Becky Albertalli, Leah on the Offbeat

tags: love

194 likes

#11

“I can’t fuck your life, I’m monogamously fucking my own life.”
― Becky Albertalli, Leah on the Offbeat

tags: humour

118 likes

#12

“But maybe this isn’t how life works. Maybe it’s all about people coming into your life for a little while and you take what they give you and use it on your next friendship or relationship. And if you’re lucky, maybe some people pop back in after you thought they were gone for good.”
― Becky Albertalli, What If It's Us

101 likes

#13

“Mr. Spier, memorizing the Hamilton soundtrack is not going to save you on the AP Euro exam.”
― Becky Albertalli, Leah on the Offbeat

tags: hamilton, leah-burke, simon-spier

67 likes

#14

“You can't keep the birds of sadness from flying over your head, but you can keep them from nesting in your hair.”
― Sharon Creech, Walk Two Moons

tags: sadness

492 likes

#15

“Sometimes you know in your heart you love someone, but you have to go away before your head can figure it out.”
― Sharon Creech, Walk Two Moons

tags: love

313 likes

#16

“What I have since realized is that if people expect you to be brave, sometimes you pretend that you are, even when you are frightened down to your very bones.”
― Sharon Creech, Walk Two Moons

tags: expectations, fear

281 likes

#17

“To the people who look at the stars and wish, Rhys."
Rhys clinked his glass against mine. “To the stars who listen— and the dreams that are answered.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

tags: a-court-of-mist-and-fury, acomaf, feyre, rhysand

12674 likes

#18

“Libraries were full of ideas—perhaps the most dangerous and powerful of all weapons.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass

tags: ideas, libraries, sarah-j-maas, throne-of-glass

10833 likes

#19

“You could rattle the stars," she whispered. "You could do anything, if only you dared. And deep down, you know it, too. That’s what scares you most.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass

8590 likes

#20

“We all bear scars,... Mine just happen to be more visible than most.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass

4235 likes

#21

“Don't feel bad for one moment about doing what brings you joy.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

3803 likes

#22

“There are good days and hard days for me—even now. Don’t let the hard days win.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

3650 likes

#23

“The world,” Aelin said, “will be saved and remade by the dreamers, Rolfe.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Empire of Storms

2291 likes

#24

“The best lies were always mixed with truth.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Crown of Midnight

tags: lie, truth

1413 likes

#25

“I was burning through books every day - stories about people and places I'd never heard of. They were perhaps the only thing that kept me from teetering into utter despair.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

tags: books, reading, stories

1154 likes

#26

“Many atrocities, have been done in the name of the greater good.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

tags: a-court-of-mist-and-fury, acomaf, good, rhysand

749 likes

#27

“Truth is deadly. Truth is freedom. Truth can break and mend and bind.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

542 likes

#28

“The issue isn't whether he loved you, it's how much. Too much. Love can be poison”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

tags: a-court-of-mist-and-fury

349 likes

#29

“I was a dreamer born into the Court of Nightmares," Mor said. "So I got out.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

259 likes

#30

“I believe you. And I believe in peace. I believe in a better world.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

tags: acomaf

155 likes

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