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If you do bad things for reasons you’ve been told are good, does it make you a bad person?

The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood

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“No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be… This, in turn, means that our statesmen, our businessmen, our everyman must take on a science fictional way of thinking.”  ―Isaac Asimov, Asimov on Science Fiction    

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We never really talked much or even looked at each other, but it didn't matter because we were looking at the same sky together, which is maybe even more intimate than eye contact anyway. I mean, anybody can look at you. It's quite rare to find someone who sees the same world you see.

Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

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I think the wrong side is winning in the battle that’s going on inside of you. It’s killing all that’s beautiful about you.

The Value of Rain by Brandon Shire

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I don’t even know. I’m just so sick of straight people who can’t get their shit together.

Simon vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

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If you really want to possess a woman, you must think like her, and the first thing to do is win over her soul. The rest, that sweet, soft wrapping that steals away your senses and your virtue, is a bonus.

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

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You could say sorry," suggested Harry bluntly. "What, and get attacked by another flock of canaries?" muttered Ron. "What did you have to imitate her for?" "She laughed at my mustache!" "So did I, it was the stupidest thing I've ever seen.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling

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Maybe they’ll just take her someplace else, like an island, with the other people on it who are like her. People who don’t fit in, but not criminal elements. Surely that’s what they’ll do.

The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood

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The worst part of being truly alone is you think about all the times you wished that everyone would just leave you be. Then they do, and you are left being, and you turn out to be terrible company.

Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

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I leafed through the pages, inhaling the enchanted scent of promise that comes with all new books, and stopped to read the start of a sentence that caught my eye.

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

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It is definitely annoying that straight (and white, for that matter) is the default, and that the only people who have to think about their identity are the ones who don’t fit that mold. Straight people really should have to come out, and the more awkward it is, the better. Awkwardness should be a requirement

Simon vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

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We'll be there, Harry," said Ron "What?" "At your Aunt and Uncle's house," said Ron, "And then we'll go with you wherever you're going." "No-" said Harry quickly; he hadn't counted on this, he had meant them to understand that he was undertaking the most dangerous journey alone. "You said it once before," said Hermione quickly, "that there was time to turn back if we wanted to. We've had time, haven't we? We're with you whatever happens.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling

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Isn’t it better to do something because you’ve decided to? Rather than because you have to?” “No, it isn’t,” says Charmaine. “Love isn’t like that. With love, you can’t stop yourself.”

The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood

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One of the challenges with pain--physical or psychic--is that we can really only approach it through metaphor. It can't be represented the way table or a body can. In some ways, pain is the opposite of language.

Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

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He was a very private person, and sometimes it seemed to me that he was no longer interested in the world or in other people... I got the feeling that Julián was living in the past, locked in his memories. Julián lived within himself, for his books and inside them - a comfortable prison of his own design." "You say this as if you envied him." "There are worse prisons than words.

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

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I am a wizard, not a baboon brandishing a stick.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling

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Was there a time when I had loved this woman? There must have been. How else would my passion have slipped so far to the other side of love?

The Value of Rain by Brandon Shire