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I love book signings: kids waiting in line for you to scribble on their new books, haha! ↗

— Brian Jacques

#this-is-a-special-quote-for-me #love

People talk about books being an escape, but here on the tube, this one feels more like a lifeline...The motion of the train makes her head rattle, but her eyes lock on the words the way a figure skater might choose a focal point as she spins, and just like that, she's grounded again. ↗

— Jennifer E. Smith

#reading #teen #love

Was this what it meant to love someone? That any burden was a burden shared, that they could give you comfort with a word or a touch? ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#love #tessa-gray #love

I didn't know what to say to her - I was caught in a love triangle with one dead side. ↗

— John Green

#looking-for-alaska #love-triangle #love

And do you know Monsieur Marius? I believe I was a little in love with you. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#love #sad #sweet #love

Patch tipped my chin up. "If I could make this go away, I would. If I could stand in your place, I wouldn't hesitate. But I'm left with one choice, and that's to stand by your side through the end. I won't waver, Angel, I can promise you that. ↗

— Becca Fitzpatrick

#finale #hush-hush #love #nora-grey #patch-and-nora

I've loved you for a long time, ' she said. 'But there was always something holding me back. Maybe it was that I was afraid of an emotion that was so consuming. It still frightens me,' she admitted in a whisper. Tamani chuckled. 'If it makes you feel any better, it scares the daylights out of me on a regular basis. ↗

— Aprilynne Pike

#destined #emotion #fear #laurel #love

And you have to understand this, that a prince, especially a new one, cannot observe all those things for which men are esteemed, being often forced, in order to maintain the state, to act contrary to faith, friendship, humanity, and religion. “ The Prince, XVIII, 5 ↗

— Niccolò Machiavelli

#modern-stateman #morals #faith

I've got you. I swear to God, I've got you," said Noah. "Stay with me, Echo." I wanted to. I wanted to stay with him, but the shouting and screams and glass breaking in my mind grew louder. "Make it stop." He tightened his grip on my arms. "Fight, Echo! You've got to fucking fight. Come on, baby. You're safe. ↗

— Katie McGarry

#fight #katie-mcgarry #love #noah-and-echo #noah-hutchins

She wanted to cause him pain for taking a place in her heart she wouldn't have given him if she'd known the truth ↗

— Kristin Cashore

#sad-but-true #love