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

“People who die with too many books on their To Be Read stack sometimes end up here. The ones who don’t feel they can pass over until they catch up on their reading.”
― Kate Quinn, The Astral Library

“I never look down my nose at anyone for what they read. As long as they're reading, at least they aren't watching reality television.”
― Kate Quinn, The Astral Library

“We can do as we please, if we only learn not to care so much about what people think.”
― Liz Moore, The God of the Woods

“Being humorless, she thought, was even worse than being dumb.”
― Liz Moore, The God of the Woods

“When you’re in the water, sometimes it’s nice to just relax and go with the flow. It’s less stressful, easier on your body and mind. But eventually, if you don’t start pushing against it, you’ll get sucked down by the undertow. Swallowed up until you’re no longer able to separate it… until you’ve become part of it…”
― Aron Beauregard, Yellow

“Just do the right thing, Treadwell. You already know who I am, I’m just another doormat.”
― Aron Beauregard, Yellow

“There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.”
― Homer, The Odyssey

“There is nothing more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends.”
― Homer, The Odyssey

“A man who has been through bitter experiences and travelled far enjoys even his sufferings after a time”
― Homer, The Odyssey

“Be strong, saith my heart; I am a soldier;
I have seen worse sights than this.”
― Homer, The Odyssey

“Men are so quick to blame the gods: they say
that we devise their misery. But they
themselves- in their depravity- design
grief greater than the griefs that fate assigns.”
― Homer, The Odyssey

“Each man delights in the work that suits him best.”
― Homer, The Odyssey

“Few sons are like their fathers--most are worse, few better.”
― Homer, The Odyssey

“τέτλαθι δή, κραδίη: καὶ κύντερον ἄλλο ποτ᾽ ἔτλης.
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Be patient, my heart: for you have endured things worse than this before.”
― Homer, The Odyssey

“Everyone needs a lawyer. Everyone needs a voice in the system.”
― Yosha Gunasekera, The Midnight Taxi

“Call upon the help of those who love you. These helpers take many forms: animal, element, bird, angel, saint, stone, or ancestor. —Joy Harjo”
― Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian, Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature

“I began to see that diversity is not only abundant in nature but is its very premise. The beings of our world are bound together by webby agreements predicated on difference.”
― Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian, Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature

“Disdain is such a pernicious emotion, whether it’s toward humans or insects.”
― Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian, Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature

“The season is changing, autumn to winter, maybe, but there will be spring beyond that, for those that survive the cold.”
― John Gwynne, The Shadow of the Gods (Bloodsworn Saga #1) by John Gwynne

“All that draws breath will one day fail.”
― John Gwynne, The Shadow of the Gods (Bloodsworn Saga #1) by John Gwynne

“That is what we try to do, as parents. Teach our children how to survive when we are gone.”
― John Gwynne, The Shadow of the Gods

“Courage is being scared of a task and doing it anyway.”
― John Gwynne, The Shadow of the Gods

“Fear is no bad thing,” Orka said. “How can you be brave if you do not feel fear?”
― John Gwynne, The Shadow of the Gods

“A wolf cannot become a lamb.”
― John Gwynne, The Shadow of the Gods

“Time is a gift, not for wasting”
― John Gwynne, The Shadow of the Gods (Bloodsworn Saga #1) by John Gwynne

“Come on, brother, there’s no lamb for the lazy wolf,”
― John Gwynne, The Shadow of the Gods