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Finishing a book is just like you took a child out in the back yard and shot it.

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.

You can't blame a writer for what the characters say.

You can love somebody without it being like that. You keep them a stranger, a stranger who's a friend.

Akkarin: I watched the first woman I loved die. I dont think I can survive losing the second.Sonea: I love you too.

What's meant to be will always find a way

How does one become a butterfly? They have to want to learn to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar.

Rules and school are tools for fools! I don't give two mules for rules.

Now listen, we need to be quiet as mice. No, quieter than that. As quiet as . . . as . . . Dead mice? Reynie suggested. Perfect, said Kate with an approving nod. As quiet as dead mice.

It's a rare book that wins the battle against drooping eyelids.

Any time not spent on love is wasted.