Every accepted public quote

“If you ever find yourself in the wrong story, leave.”

“I am not pretty. I am not beautiful. I am as radiant as the sun.”

“You can never be overdressed or overeducated.”

“Maybe our favorite quotations say more about us than about the stories and people we're quoting.”

“She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.”

“I cannot live without books.”

“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.”

“But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.”

“So please, oh please, we beg, we pray, Go throw your TV set away, And in its place you can install A lovely bookshelf on the wall. Then fill the shelves with lots of books.”

“You can love someone so much...But you can never love people as much as you can miss them.”

“Good books don't give up all their secrets at once.”

“If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it; that surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die.”

“Well, it seems to me that the best relationships - the ones that last - are frequently the ones that are rooted in friendship. You know, one day you look at the person and you see something...”

“I suppose I'll have to add the force of gravity to my list of enemies.”

“A day without laughter is a day wasted.”

“Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn't stop for anybody.”

“People aren't either wicked or noble. They're like chef's salads, with good things and bad things chopped and mixed together in a vinaigrette of confusion and conflict.”

“Time is a drug. Too much of it kills you.”

“No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.”

“Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.”

“There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.”

“Pursue what catches your heart, not what catches your eyes.”

“The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.”

“Accept yourself, love yourself, and keep moving forward. If you want to fly, you have to give up what weighs you down.”

“People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.”

“The things you do for yourself are gone when you are gone, but the things you do for others remain as your legacy.”

“I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer”

“Only a true best friend can protect you from your immortal enemies.”

“Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope.”

“A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.”

“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”

“Remember, we're madly in love, so it's all right to kiss me anytime you feel like it.”

“Many boys will bring you flowers. But someday you'll meet a boy who will learn your favorite flower, your favorite song, your favorite sweet. And even if he is too poor to give you any of th...”

“Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings the tune without the words And never stops at all.”

“Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you.”

“You can't force love, I realized. It's there or it isn't. If it's not there, you've got to be able to admit it. If it is there, you've got to do whatever it takes to protect the ones you lov...”

“So I’m your huntress and thief?” His hands slid down to cup the backs of my knees as he said with a roguish grin, “You are my salvation, Feyre.”

“No. I can survive well enough on my own— if given the proper reading material.”

“The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.”

“The planet is fine. The people are fucked.”

“When he shall die, Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun.”

“Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.”

“That's the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.”

“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”

“It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.”

“Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.”

“Never laugh at live dragons.”

“The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.”