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“To read, even in the half-dark, is also to call the lost forward.”

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Gregory Maguire is an American novelist known for his reinterpretation of classic fairy tales. His works are characterized by profound moral implications and rich imagination, which have won him a wide audience. more

“Don't talk like one of them. You're not! Even if you'd like to be. To them, you're just a freak, like me! They need you right now, but when they don't, they'll cast you out, like a leper! You see, their morals, their code, it's a bad joke. Dropped at the first sign of trouble. They're only as good as the world allows them to be. I'll show you. When the chips are down, these... these civilized people, they'll eat each other. See, I'm not a monster. I'm just ahead of the curve. -The Joker”

“More often than not, a hero’s most epic battle is the one you never see; it’s the battle that goes on within him or herself.”

Goes On Hero Battle Epic Epic Battle Most Epic

Author:Kevin Smith

“Don't mess with me, lady. I've been drinking with skeletons.”

Drinking Mess Skeletons Mess With Me Don't Mess With Me

Book:B.P.R.D.: The Black Flame #2

Source: B.P.R.D.: The Black Flame #2

“The one duty we owe to history is to rewrite it.”

History Duty

Author:Oscar Wilde

“And later that night to be with my family at dinnertime and have things just be like they always were. That was the amazing part. Things just keep going. We didn't talk about anything heavy or light. We were just there together. And that was enough.”

Enough Light Together Night My Family Heavy Keep Going

Book:The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition

Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition

“Repentance was never yet produced in any man's heart apart from the grace of God. As soon may you expect the leopard to regret the blood with which its fangs are moistened,—as soon might you expect the lion of the wood to abjure his cruel tyranny over the feeble beasts of the plain, as expect the sinner to make any confession, or offer any repentance that shall be accepted of God, unless grace shall first renew the heart.”

Source: The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 6: Sermons 286-347

“Wash the bones, bring the body, leave the heart behind.”

Heart Body Behinds Bones

Book:The Tiger's Wife

Source: The Tiger's Wife

“In the middle of the night, when you're ambiguously ethnic, like me, when you're brown, beige, mauve, siena, one of those lighter browns in the Crayola box. You have to be careful of the cops and robbers, because nobody's quite sure what you are, but everybody has assumptions.”

Night Middle Careful Boxes Like Me Assumption Brown Be Careful Cop Lighters Middle Of The Night Robbers Cops And Robbers

Author:Sherman Alexie

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