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“I think we all get to decide what good and bad and right and wrong mean to us, not what we’re told to accept.”
― Holly Jackson, Good Girl, Bad Blood

“Oh, justice exists," Charlie said, looking up at the rain. "Maybe not the kind that happens in police stations and courtrooms, but it does exist. And when you really think about it, those words – good and bad, right and wrong – they don’t really matter in the real world. Who gets to decide what they mean: those people who just got it wrong and let Max walk free? No," he shook his head. "I think we all get to decide what good and bad and right and wrong mean to us, not what we’re told to accept. You did nothing wrong. Don’t beat yourself up for other people’s mistakes.”
― Holly Jackson, Good Girl, Bad Blood

“Maybe laughter was one of the very first things you lost after something like that.”
― Holly Jackson, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

“Because half less of a bad thing meant there was room for half good.”
― Holly Jackson, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

“She was on a high cliff edge somewhere between laughing and crying and screaming.”
― Holly Jackson, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

“If I cannot be better than them, I will become so much worse.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“If you hurt me, I wouldn't cry. I would hurt you back.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“If you’re the sickness, I suppose you can’t also be the cure.”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King

“Clever as the Devil and twice as pretty.”
― Holly Black, White Cat

“Power is much easier to acquire than it is to hold on to.”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King

“I have lied and I have betrayed and I have triumphed. If only there was someone to congratulate me.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“If he thought I was bad, I would be worse. If he thought I was cruel, I would be horrifying.”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King

“Things'll get worse before they get better.”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Lying

“I guess we're almost friends now, or as friendly as you can get when you're not one hundred percent sure the other person isn't framing you for murder.”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Lying

“Unless one of us is lying. Which is always a possibility.”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Lying

“Holding on to resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Next

“That's the kind of person you can get away with killing: someone everybody else wants dead.”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Lying

“There are some things you can't undo no matter how good your intentions are.”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Lying

“Sometimes, you don't know what you want until you see it.”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Next

“But magic is neither good nor evil. It is a tool, like a knife. Is a knife evil? Only if the wielder is evil.”
― Rick Riordan, The House of Hades

“Yeah, well,” Nico said, “not giving people a second thought…that can be dangerous.”
― Rick Riordan, The House of Hades

“Oh, I wouldn't say Love always makes you happy. Sometimes it makes you incredibly sad.”
― Rick Riordan, The House of Hades

“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
― Marilyn Monroe

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
― Mae West

“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
― Albert Camus

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

“‎You're not the same as you were before," he said. You were much more... muchier... you've lost your muchness.”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass

“I could tell you my adventures—beginning from this morning,” said Alice a little timidly; “but it’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking Glass

“Who am I then? Tell me that first, and then, if I like being that person, I'll come up; if not, I'll stay down here till I'm someone else.”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass

“Alice asked the Cheshire Cat, who was sitting in a tree, “What road do I take?”

The cat asked, “Where do you want to go?”

“I don’t know,” Alice answered.

“Then,” said the cat, “it really doesn’t matter, does it?”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland