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// “You know,” she’d said, “they say people are like snowflakes, each one unique, but I think they’re more like skies. Some are cloudy, some are stormy, some are clear, but no two are ever quite the same.” —The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
// “I wanted to tell the book thief many things, about beauty and brutality. But what could I tell her about those things that she didn't already know? I wanted to explain that I am constantly overestimating and underestimating the human race—that rarely do I ever simply estimate it. I wanted to ask her how the same thing could be so ugly and so glorious, and its words and stories so damning and brilliant.” —The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
// it has been a while since i participated in a readathon, therefore i am so excited to take part in the magical readathon: orilium - the novice path created by @book_roast! ✨
// “Why do I have to tell a story?” I asked. “Because if you don’t tell the story, someone else will tell it for you.” —The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
// hi there, bookworms! ✨ it has been a while since i have been active in the book community, and i have been missing it so incredibly much. i started my first year of university a few months back and a lot of things in the real world kept me busy, so you can imagine the whirlwind of craziness these past few months have been. i think 2021 might just be the busiest year i've ever had...and we're only halfway. so many things are happening daily that it feels as if i'm running a never-ending marathon.
// “A light, honest scent. Natural and unforced. Some of the roses seem faded and overblown.” “That fate awaits all roses, Sire.” ”Continue, madam.” “All roses are open to the elements, Your Majesty. They bud, bloom and fade.” “Is that so, madam?” “The rose grows entirely unaware, changing naturally from one state to another and although the elements may treat her cruelly, she knows nothing of it and continues to her end without judgement on her beauty. Alas, 'tis not the same for us.” “If such a rose could speak...what would she say?” “‘Yes, I am here and gave service under nature's eye, and after me my children will be. Is there any greater contribution or more graceful end?’” “A wise rose. And what protection can the gardener afford this rose from the harsh elements of change?” “Patience, care and a little warmth from the sun are our best hope, Your Majesty.” —Le Roi Louis XIV (Alan Rickman) and Sabine De Barra (Kate Winslet), A Little Chaos (2014)
// ‘I can see he's not in your good books,’ said the messenger. ‘No, and if he were I would burn my library.’ —Much Ado About Nothing, by William Shakespeare
// “The future came and went in the mildly discouraging way that futures do.” —Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
// “Outside the Emporium, he stops and gazes up, but this is not the first time he has been enchanted by these lights, so he steps through the door to be met by the whirlwind smells of cinnamon and star anise.” —The Toymakers, by Robert Dinsdale
