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1 " Life is about making mistakes. If you don’t take chances, blindfolded and frightened as you are, you’re not really living, are you? Heartache makes you stronger. Misery is the stuff of good poetry. You’re denying yourself much more than the bad things in life by listening to Zita’s fortunes. "
― Kimberly Karalius , Love Fortunes and Other Disasters (Grimbaud, #1)
2 " A library, no matter how big or small, is a careful balance of love and responsibility. A machine, if you will, cranked by those who care most about reading. "
3 " I don't know what to do," Hijiri cried, touching her oily hair. "I've always looked like this. Why can't someone love me like this?"Femke set the notebook down, her face as quiet as Mirthe's was stormy. "Why shouldn't you be loved? "
4 " Final exams,huh? It seems pointless to think about real life again.”“I find test taking relaxing,” she said.“I’m not surprised. You probably study. "
5 " Only the joggers and the ambitious woke up before noon. "
6 " You forget that love doesn’t always mean happy endings. The greatest love comes with tragedy. "
7 " Don’t we break each other’s hearts anyway?That’s our world. We’re born with china toys in our bodies and we let people smash them over and over again. "
8 " Life is about making mistakes. If you don’t take chances, blindfolded and frightened as you are, you’re not really living, are you? Heartache makes you stronger. Misery is the stuff of good poetry. "
9 " We remain blissfully ignorant of our romantic futures.”“How can you stand not knowing?”“Because that’s the way love’s supposed to be. "
10 " A library, no matter how big or small, is a careful balance of love and responsibility. A machine, if you will, cranked by those who care most about reading. What a wonderful balm it is for the soul. "
11 " Sebastian remained a mystery, but as she beheld pieces of the real boy underneath, she felt her own heart give. Just a little. "
12 " You see, friendship has power too. Just perhaps not as strong as love. "
13 " You can learn a lot when you’re not participating in life. "
14 " The longest relationship I had lasted a week, and only because it took him that long to realise that I sleep with paperbacks stuffed inside my pillows.”“Why?”“Paperbacks are soft and I like the idea of sleeping with entire worlds beneath my head.”“I like that too. "
15 " There’s nothing wrong with wanting to fall in love. "
16 " Romance isn’t everything. Life is much, much more. "
17 " When you’ve had a lot of girlfriends, you learn that it’s not about you. It’s about making them happy. "
18 " The books were arranged by colour, forming a dazzling rainbow.’“Next month, I’m going to reshelve them by theme”“Why? It looks wonderful this way.”“I get antsy when they stay one way for too long. My own personal library doesn’t need to make sense to anyone but me. And I can’t stand them getting dusty, or remaining as still as statues for months on end. "
19 " Love can’t stop fate, honey. That only happens in books. "
20 " I heal and destroy with my hands. Words can be twisted into other meanings. "
