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Maggie Stiefvater

"A realization that even if you had discovered the future, it really didn't change how you lived in the present. They were truth, but they weren't all the truth."

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"A realization that even if you had discovered the future, it really didn't change how you lived in the present. They were truth, but they weren't all the truth."

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"I wouldn't ask too much of her,' I ventured. 'You can't change the past.''Can't change the past?' he cried incredulously. 'Why of course you can!"

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"Life is a bubble in the ocean of time. At the same time, it can hold all the water of the ocean in her heart."

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"A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a book. Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping. Keep the time, observe the hours of the universe, not of the cars."

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"God had infinite time to give us.... He cut it up into a near succession of new mornings and with each therefore a new idea new inventions and new applications."

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"Time is the greatest and longest-established spinner of all. ... His factory is a secret place his work noiseless and his hands are mutes."

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"Eternity is a mere moment, just long enough for a joke."

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"The value of time is immeasurable."

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"Sometimes I feel like if you just watch things, just sit still and let the world exist in front of you - sometimes I swear that just for a second time freezes and the world pauses in its tilt. Just for a second. And if you somehow found a way to live in that second, then you would live forever."

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"Worrying about what happened on Monday, or, what might happen on Wednesday, is at the expense of one's Tuesday."

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"Way back before you were born, Calla and Persephone and I were messing around with things we probably shouldn't have been messing around with--""Drugs?""Rituals. Are you messing around with drugs?""No. But maybe rituals""Drugs might be better."
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"I whisper like the sea in the horse's ear."
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"His heart hurt with the wanting of it, the hurt no less painful for being difficult to explain."
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"A symptom," Brendan said, as if love were a disease only humans could catch. But there was something like fondness or respect in his voice. "You're both fools."
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"What? he asked in a low voice."You looked like you spent your last joy bill.He hissed, "What does that even mean?"I don't know. I was just trying it out."Well, it doesn't work. It doesn't make sense. And anyway, I've got plenty of joy bills. Loads.Helen said, "What's happening there on your phone?"A very small joy debit.His older sister's smile shone brightly. "You see, it does work. Now, did you or did you not need to get out of that room?Gansey inclined his head in slight acknowledgment. Gansey siblings knew each other well."You're so welcome, Helen said. "Let me know if you need me to write a joy check."I really don't think it works."
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"He was kind. People bothered him. He thought we should be more concerned with the world around us and how our actions would affect things years down the road."
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