And that is how change happens. One gesture. One person. One moment at a time.
I do not want to pass the time. I want to grab hold of it and leave my mark upon the world.
If you tell them what they want to hear, they don't bother to try to see.
Retribution is a dog chasing its tail.
I refuse to let the past find me here.
People will believe anything if it means they can go on with their lives and not have to think too hard about it.
There are no safe choices. Only other choices.
The hand you hold the longest is your own.
We're all strangers connected by what we reveal, what we share, what we take away--our stories. I guess that's what I love about books--they are thin strands of humanity that tether us to one another for a small bit of time, that make us feel less alone or even more comfortable with our aloneness, if need be.
Women who have power are always feared.
Write like it matters, and it will.
I love you for who you are, not who the world thinks you should be.
Maybe that's what real friendship is -- getting so used to people that you need to be annoyed by them.
You couldn't be perfect enough to keep the world from betraying you.
Jeez, someone needs to push the reset button on this planet.
I know because I read...Your mind is not a cage. It's a garden. And it requires cultivating.
To those who will see, the world waits.
I'm sorry, Gemma. But we can't live in the light all of the time. You have to take whatever light you can hold into the dark with you.
Men have feelings too, you know. You bruise the petals of my manflower.
What if evil doesn't really exist? What if evil is something dreamed up by man, and there is nothing to struggle against except out own limitations? The constant battle between our will, our desires, and our choices?
The library card is a passport to wonders and miracles, glimpses into other lives, religions, experiences, the hopes and dreams and strivings of ALL human beings, and it is this passport that opens our eyes and hearts to the world beyond our front doors, that is one of our best hopes against tyranny, xenophobia, hopelessness, despair, anarchy, and ignorance.
Libraries are the torch of the world, illuminating the path when it feels too dark to see. We mustn't allow that torch to be extinguished.
A man bumps me on his busy way without so much as an apology. But that is all right. I forgive you, busy man about town with the sharp elbows. Hail and farewell to you! For I, Gemma Doyle, am to have a splendid Christmas in London town. All shall be well. God rest us merry gentlemen. And gentlewomen.
Yes, go on. Leave. You're always coming and going. The rest of us are stuck here. Do you think he'd still love you if he knew who you are? He doesn't really care—only when it suits him.
There are times when one friend requires the blind faith of another.
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