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“Nice things don’t happen in storybooks,�� Taryn says. “Or when they do happen, something bad happens next. Because otherwise the story would be boring, and no one would read it.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“I walked to the bookcase and examined the storybooks inside. As a girl, I had dreamed of having stacks of books at my disposal--stories to get lost in, other worlds to live in when mine was so bleak.”
― Sarah Jio, The Last Camellia

“I found a room, both quiet and slow,
a room where the walls are thick.
Where pixie dust is kept in jars,
and paper rockets soar to Mars,
and battles leave no lasting scars
as clocks forget to tick.

I guard this room, both small and bare,
this room in which stories live.
Where Peter Pan and Alice play,
and Sinbad sails at dawn of day,
and wolves cry 'boy' to get their way
when ogres won’t forgive.

With you I’ll share my hiding place,
this room under cloak and spell.
We’ll snuggle up inside a nook,
and read a venturous story book,
that makes us question in a look
what nonsense fairies tell.
In fictive plots and fabled ends,
Our happy-e’er-afters dwell!”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, A Heart Made of Tissue Paper

“That is the stupidest thing I've ever heard.First off,love is something storybooks invented to keep girls busy.Second,I hate Tedros.Third,he thinks I'm an evil witch,which given my recent behaviour,might be true.Now let me through.”
― Soman Chainani, The School for Good and Evil

“Life, it's a long road but a short ride.”
― Paul Carafotes, Smartsville!

“We are Bears, We are Not Suppose too be Afraid of the Dark & Dangerous Woods.”
― Migdalia Torres, Where's the Soda Tub? The Play

“Shane met him owing to the storybooks she studied to discover what attributes made one princessly—this wasn't technically a word, but she felt there should be equity in adjectives if not in life.”
― Thomm Quackenbush, We Shadows

“Once upon a time in the storybooks, people who lied were the bad guys; witches, evil kings, or some other dark nefarious creature. Somewhere over the last twenty to forty years that has changed. Not only is lying okay, some feel there should be compassion shown for those who lie.”
― T.L. Russell

“Wandering Europe is like stepping into a storybook, each country a new chapter filled with beauty, mystery, and charm.”
― Ferdinand Jayvee Gomez