“You think there’s no detriment in a slave learning to read? There are sad truths in our world, and one is that slaves who read are a threat. They would be abreast of news that would incite them in ways we could not control. Yes, it’s
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“There is order and even great beauty in what looks like total chaos. If we look closely enough at the randomness around us, patterns will start to emerge.”
― The West Wing Script Book
― The West Wing Script Book

“I used to lie here like this all summer long,” I tell her. “I’d come up here and just stare at the sky.” She rolls over on her back so she’s staring up as well. “Bet this view hasn’t changed much, has it?” What she says is so simple I almost laugh. She’s right, of course. “No. This looks exactly the same.” I suppose that’s the secret, if
you’re ever wishing for things to go back to the way they were. You just have to look up.”
― Before I Fall
you’re ever wishing for things to go back to the way they were. You just have to look up.”
― Before I Fall

“Corners are very important in life, because you can't see what is hidden beyond the corner! Those who are good at guessing what is hidden easily triumph on the path of life!”
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“I’m taking it all in and I’m thinking about magic. Not the fairy tale kind of magic or the witchcraft you’d learn at Hogwarts, but the magic that we, as humans, typically tend to overlook. Because it’s everywhere. It exists in everything. It exists in books and in castles, in forests and in mountains. It guards secrets and guides spirits and reassures time and time again that there is more to our existence than we could ever hope to know.”
― Trashy Romance Novel
― Trashy Romance Novel

“My castle is very different from what I planned, but I would not alter it...”
― Little Women
― Little Women

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