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“Listen to me." He grabbed my arms, holding me there. " I couldn't find you. And I will never forgive myself for that. Ever.”

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Ally Carter

Ally Carter is an American author known for her young adult novels, characterized by suspense and espionage themes, which have gained popularity among young readers. more

“There is still one of which you never speak.' Marco Polo bowed his head. 'Venice,' the Khan said. Marco smiled. 'What else do you believe I have been talking to you about?' The emperor did not turn a hair. 'And yet I have never heard you mention that name.' And Polo said: 'Every time I describe a city I am saying something about Venice.”

Believe Has Beens Said Stills Turns Names Speak Cities Talking Heard Hair Emperor Venice Marcos Polo Marco Polo

Author:Italo Calvino

“Additionally, Liesl and Po is the embodiment of what writing has always been for me at its purest and most basic--not a paycheck, certainly; not an idea, even; and not an escape. Actually, it is the opposite of an escape; it is a way back in, a way to enter and make sense of a world that occasionally seems harsh and terrible and mystifying. (From the "Author's Note" at the end).”

World Way Writing Ideas Ends Seems Terrible Opposites Notes Make Sense Harsh Embodiment Paychecks

Author:Lauren Oliver

“If I can make it clear that I’m still defying the Capitol right up to the end, the Capitol will have killed me... but not my spirit. What better way to give hope to the rebels?”

Ifs Way Giving Stills I Can Ends Spirit Clear Rebel Better Ways Capitol Defying

Author:Suzanne Collins

“Only now do I understand the war against boredom, the lost cause of empty hours, of empty days and nights.”

War Night Lost Causes Hours Empty Boredom Day And Night Lost Cause

Author:Jonathan Safran Foer

“Have pity on those who are fearful of taking up a pen, or a paintbrush, or an instrument, or a tool because they are afraid that someone has already done so better than they could.”

Done Tools Instruments Pity Pens Fearful Fear Of Failure Paintbrush

Book:The diary of a magus

Source: The diary of a magus

“He is not bad, I don't think. Perhaps he is simply too lazy to be good.”

Thinking Be Good Lazy

Book:The Sisters Brothers

Source: The Sisters Brothers

“If a man has lost a leg or an eye, he knows he has lost a leg or an eye; but if he has lost a self—himself—he cannot know it, because he is no longer there to know it.”

Ifs Knows Men Self Eye Lost Legs

Book:The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: Picador Classic

Source: The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: Picador Classic

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