#books

Strangers are endearing because you don’t know them yet. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

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It is easy to see the glow but hard to recognize the awakening of silence. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

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Disease often comes with a smiling face. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

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You don’t know anything, but I know even less. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

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A book is a wonderful present. Though it may grow worn, it will never grow old. ↗

— Jane Yolen

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I know you may feel so far that circumstances have directed your path, but right now I want you to know that you do have a choice. ↗

— Larry Itejere

#fantasy #young-adult-fiction #young-adult-fiction

People talk about books that write themselves, and it's a lie. Books don't write themselves. It takes thought and research and backache and notes and more time and more work than you'd believe. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#creative-process #writing #writing-process

Sensing that this stranger was not the dangerous kind, and being the caring, big-hearted dog that he had built his reputation on, Lucky decided that a good dose of tongue licking would put matters right. However, in a twist of bad timing, unluckily for Lucky, he landed his lick just as Felicity rolled over onto her back. So, instead of a friendly lick across the ears as he intended, Lucky’s long slobbery, pink tongue made a trail from Felicity’s chin to her cherry red lips and up to her forehead. ‘AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGHHHH! ↗

— Kaal Kaczmarek

#funny #funny

Before the first before and after the last after, there is night waiting. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

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Without space, there is no time. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

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