

“Sometimes being offered tenderness feels like the very proof that you've been ruined.”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

“You may say that it was the book, but it鈥檚 how you read a book that is most valuable, rather than any power it might have itself.”
― What You Are Looking For Is in the Library
― What You Are Looking For Is in the Library

“Books, she has found, are a way to live a thousand lives--or to find strength in a very long one.”
― The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
― The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

“But these aren鈥檛 just stories,鈥 she鈥檇 said. 鈥淭hey鈥檙e whole kingdoms. They鈥檙e worlds. They鈥檙e perspectives and opinions you can鈥檛 offer, from lives you haven鈥檛 lived. They鈥檙e more valuable than any gold coin, and more important than any state luncheon. I should hope you, as king, would know that!”
― The Isle of the Lost
― The Isle of the Lost

“We're all trapped. I'm as trapped as they are.
The more Ben thought about it, the more he knew it was true. He hadn't chosen to be born a prince and become a king, just as they hadn't chosen who their parents were. They were prisoners for a crime they themselves had not committed.
That was the greater crime, wasn't it?
It's not fair. It's not our fault. We have no say in our own lives. We're living in a fairy tale someone else wrote.”
― The Isle of the Lost
The more Ben thought about it, the more he knew it was true. He hadn't chosen to be born a prince and become a king, just as they hadn't chosen who their parents were. They were prisoners for a crime they themselves had not committed.
That was the greater crime, wasn't it?
It's not fair. It's not our fault. We have no say in our own lives. We're living in a fairy tale someone else wrote.”
― The Isle of the Lost
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