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"People who live in the past are generally afraid to compete in the present."
-Sparky Anderson

"The trick is to realize that after giving your best, there's nothing more to give."
-Sparky Anderson

"I cannot get rid of the hurt from losing, but after the last out of every loss, I must accept that there will be a tomorrow. In fact, it's more than there'll be tomorrow, it's that I want there to be tomorrow. That's the big difference, I want tomorrow to come."
-Sparky Anderson

One day justice will come and find you
And I'll be right there in your memory to remind you
-"Didn't You Know How Much I Loved You?" by Kellie Pickler

Long were the nights when my days once revolved around you
Counting my footsteps, praying the floor won't fall through again
And my mother accused me of losing my mind
But I swore I was fine
You pain me a blue sky and go back and turn it to rain
And I lived in your chess game,
But you changed the rules everyday
Wondering which version of you I might get on the phone tonight
Well, I stopped picking up and this song is to let you know why
Dear John, I see it all now that you're gone
Don't think I was too young to be messed with?
The girl in the dress cried the whole way home
I shouldn't known
Well, maybe it's just me and my blind optimism to blame
Or maybe it's you and your sick need to give love, then take it away
And you'll at my name to your lost list of traitors who don't understand
And I'll look back and regret how I ignored
When they said run as fast as you can
... Dear John, I see it all now, it was wrong
Don't you think nineteen's too young to be played with?
Your dark twisted games when I loved you so
I should've known
You are an expert at sorry and keeping lines blurry
Never impressed me by acing your tests
All the girls that you've run dry have tired, lifeless eyes
'Cause you've burnt them out
But I took your matches before fire could catch me
So don't look now
I'm shining like fireworks over
Your sad, empty town
-"Dear John" by Taylor Swift

The story starts when it was hot and summer
And I had it all, I had him right where I wanted him
She came along, got him alone, and let's hear the applause
She took him faster than you can say sabotage
I never saw it coming, I wouldn't have suspected it
I underestimated just who I was dealing with
She had to know the pain was beating on me like a drum
She underestimated just who she was stealing from
She's not a saint, and she's not what you think
She's an actress, whoa
Better known for the things that she does
On the mattress, whoa
Soon she's gonna find stealing other people's toys
On the playground won't make you many friends
She should keep in mind, she should keep in mind
There's nothing I do better than revenge, ha,
She lives her life like it's a party and she's on the list
She looks at me like I'm a trend and she's so over it
I think her ever present frown is a little troubling,
She thinks I'm psycho 'cause I like to rhyme he name with things but
Sophistication isn't what you wear or who you know
Or pushing people down to get you where you wanna go
Oh, they didn't teach you that in prep school, so it's up to me
But no amount of vintage dresses gives you dignity,
I'm just another thing for you to roll your eyes at, honey
You might have him, but haven't you heard?
I'm just another thing for you to roll your eyes at, honey
You might have him, but I always get the last word
-"Better Than Revenge" by Taylor Swift

We caught onto something, I hold onto the night
You looked me in the eye and told me you loved me
Were you kidding?
... And you flash back to when he said forever and always ...
So here's to everything, coming down to nothing
Here's to the silence that cuts me to the core
-"Forever and Always" by Taylor Swift

I'm not a princess
This ain't a fairy tale
I'm not the one you'll sweep off her feet
Lead her up the stairwell
This ain't Hollywood,
This is a small town
I was a dreamer before you went and let me down
Now it's too late for you and your white horse to come around
... 'Cause I'm not your princess
This ain't a fairytale
I'm gonna find someone, someday
Who might actually treat me well
This is a big world, that was a small town
There in my rear-view mirror disappearing now
And it's too late for you and your white horse,
Now it's too late for you and your white horse,
To catch me now
-"White Horse" by Taylor Swift

He is sensible and so incredible
And all my single friends are jealous
He says everything I need to hear,
And it's like I couldn't ask for better
He opens up my door and I get into his car
And he says, you look beautiful tonight
And I feel perfectly fine
But I've been screamin' and fightin'
And kissin' in the rain,
And it's 2 a.m. and I'm cursin' your name
You're so in love that you act insane
And that's the way I loved you
Breakin' down and comin' undone
It's a roller-coaster kinda rush
And I never knew I could feel that much
And that's the way I loved you
He respects my space and never makes me wait
And he calls exactly when he says he will
He's close to my mother
Talks business with my father
He's charming and endearing, and I'm comfortable
... he can't see the smile I'm fakin'
And my heart's not breakin'
'Cause I'm not feelin' anything at all
And you were wild and crazy
Just so frustrating,
Intoxicating, complicated
-"The Way I Loved You" by Taylor Swift

I took a chance, I took a shot
And you might think I'm bulletproof,
But I'm not
You took a swing, I took it hard
And down here from the ground,
I see who you are
... And here's to you and your temper
Yes, I remember what you said last night
And I know that you see what you're doing to me
Tell me, why?
You could write a book on how
To ruin someone's perfect day
Well, I get so confused and frustrated
Forget what I'm trying to say, oh
... I take a step back, let you go
I told you I'm not bulletproof
Now, you know
-"Tell Me Why" by Taylor Swift

You, with your voice like nails on a chalkboard
Calling me out when I'm wounded
You, pickin' on the weaker man,
Well you can take me down,
With just one single blow,
But you don't know, what you don't know
Someday, I'll be living in a big old city,
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
Someday, I'll be big enough so you can't hit me
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
-"Mean" by Taylor Swift

Who you are is not what you did
You're still an innocent
-"Innocent" by Taylor Swift

"Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead."
-Ben Franklin

Made a wrong turn, once or twice
Dug my way out, blood and fire
Bad decisions, that's all right
Welcome to my silly life
Mistreated, misplaced, misunderstood
Miss 'No way, it's all good', it didn't slow me down
Mistaken, always second guessing
Underestimated
Look, I'm still around
-"Perfect" by Pink

in your life you'll do things greater than dating the boy on the football team ...

In your life
You'll do things greater than
Dating the boy on the football team,
I didn't know it at fifteen
When all you wanted was to be wanted
Wish you could go back and tell yourself what you know now
Back then I swore I was gone marry him someday,
But I realized some bigger dreams of mine
Abigail gave everything she had
To a boy who changed his mind
And we both cried ...
I've found time can heal most anything
And you might just find who you're supposed to be
I didn't know who I was supposed to be
-"Fifteen" by Taylor Swift

"When she shall die, take him and cut him out in the little stars and he will make the face of heaven so fine that all the world will be in love with the night and pay no worship to the garish sun."
-from Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare

"People inscribe their histories, beliefs, attitudes, desires and dreams in the images they make."
-Robert Hughes

We were best friends, now we don't even talk
You broke my heart
Ripped my world apart
Didn't you know how much I loved you?
Didn't you know how much I loved you, baby?
I gave you everything, every part of me
Didn't you feel it when I touched you
Didn't I rock you when I loved you, baby?
Baby, tell me
Didn't you know how much I loved you? ...
From wanting you back to not giving a damn
I've felt it all
I've been to the wall
-"Didn't You Know How Much I Loved You?" by Kellie Pickler

Take my hand
Break my stride
Make me smile
For every time I've cried
Hold my heart
In the palm of your hand
Don't listen to it breaking,
Just listen to the band ...
My hands are tied
My head is reeling
My eyes have cried a million tears
From wishing you were here
-"A Million Tears" by Kasey Chambers

"Haven't you heard? I'm the crazy bitch around here."
-Blair Waldorf on Gossip Girl (Season 1, Episode 18, "Much I Do About Nothing")

where your treasure is, there will your heart be also

"So -- so -- they -- er -- they -- er -- they actually exist, do they -- er -- dementy-whatsits?"
"But what ARE dementoids?"
"These demembers guard some weirdos' prison?"
-that would be none other than Vernon Dursley in with the big picture on the Dementors of Azkaban, from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Year 5) by J.K. Rowling

"Harry descended the stairs, very conscious of everybody still staring at him, stowing his wand into the back pocket of his jeans as he came. 'Don't put your wand there, boy!' roared Moody. 'What if it ignited? Better wizards than you have lost a buttocks, you know!' 'Who d'you know who's lost a buttock?' the violet-haired woman asked Mad-Eye interestedly."
-from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Year 5) by J.K. Rowling

"Ah well ... wand still in your jeans? Both buttocks still on? Okay, let's go."
-from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Year 5) by J.K. Rowling

"'My mother didn't have a heart, Kreacher,' Sirius snapped. 'She kept herself alive out of pure spite.'"
-from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Year 5) by J.K. Rowling

"'I don't believe it! I don't believe it! Oh, Ron, how wonderful! A prefect! That's everyone in the family!' 'What are Fred and I, next-door neighbors?' said George indignantly as his mother pushed him aside and flung her arms around her youngest son."
-from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Year 5) by J.K. Rowling

"About You-Know-Who. He said, 'His gift for spreading discord and enmity is very great. We can fight it only by showing an equally strong bond of friendship and trust.'"
-from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Year 5) by J.K. Rowling

"'Fair point, little bro,' said Fred, scanning the column. 'You can have a bit of Nosebleed Nougat cheap if you like.' 'Why's it cheap?' said Ron suspiciously. 'Because you'll keep bleeding till you shrivel up, we haven't got an antidote yet,' said George."
-from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Year 5) by J.K. Rowling

"'Not messing about, Molly dear,' said Mr. Weasley imploringly. 'It was just -- just something Pye and I thought we'd try -- only, most unfortunate -- well, with these particular kinds of wounds -- it doesn't seem to work as well as we'd hoped --' 'Meaning?' 'Well ... well, I don't know whether you know what -- what stitches are?' 'It sounds as though you've been trying to sew your skin back together,' said Mrs. Weasley with that snort of mirthless laughter, 'but even you, Arthur, wouldn't be that stupid --' 'I fancy a cup of tea too,' said Harry, jumping to his feet. Hermione, Ron, and Ginny almost sprinted to the door with him. As it swung behind them, they heard Mrs. Weasley shriek, 'WHAT DO YOU MEAN, THAT'S THE GENERAL IDEA?'"
-from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Year 5) by J.K. Rowling

"'I'm not saying what she did was sensible,' said Hermione, as Ginny jointed them, just as muddy as Ron and looking equally disgruntled. 'I'm just trying to make you see how she was feeling at the moment.' 'You should write a book,' Ron told Hermione as he cut up his potatoes, 'translating mad things girls do so boys can understand them.'"
-from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Year 5) by J.K. Rowling

"The teachers were, of course, forbidden from mentioning the [Quibbler] interview by Educational Decree Number Twenty-six, but they found ways to express their feelings about it all the same. Professor Sprout awarded Gryffindor twenty points when Harry passed her a watering can; a beaming Professor Flitwick pressed a box of squeaking sugar mice on hil at the end of Charms, said 'Shh!' and hurried away; and Professor Trelawney broke into hysterical sobs during Divination and announced to the startled class, and a very disapproving Umbridge, that Harry was not going to suffer an early death after all, but would live to a ripe old age, become Minister of Magic, and have twelve children."
-from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Year 5) by J.K. Rowling

"'I cared about you too much,' said Dumbledore simply. 'I cared more for your happiness than your knowing the truth, more for you peace of mind than my plan, more for your life than the lives tha might be lost if the plan failed. In other words, I acted exactly as Voldemort expects we fools who love to act. Is there a defense? I defy anyone who has watched you as I have -- and I have watched you more closely than you can have imagined -- not want to save you more pain than you had already suffered. What did I care if numbers of nameless and faceless people and creatures were slaughtered in the vague future, if in the here and now you were alive, and well, and happy? I never dreamed that I would have such a person on my hands."
-from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Year 5) by J.K. Rowling

"'I don't mean to be rude --' he [Mr. Dursley] began, in a tone that threatened rudeness in every syllable.' '--yet, sadly, accidental rudeness occurs alarmingly often,' Dumbledore finished the sentence gravely. 'Best to say nothing at all, my dear man.'"
-from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Year 6) by J.K. Rowling

"'I would assume that you were going to offer me refreshment,' Dumbledore said to Uncle Vernon, 'but the evidence so far suggests that that would be optimistic to the point of foolishness.' A third twitch of the wand, and a dusty bottle and five glasses appeared in midair. The bottle tipped and poured a generous measure of honey-colored liquid into each of the glasses, which floated to each person in the room. 'Madam Rosmerta's finest oak-matured mead,' said Dumbeldore, raising his glass to Harry, who caught ahold of his and sipped. He had never tasted anything like it before, but enjoyed it immensely. The Dursleys, after quick, scared looks at one another, tried to ignore their glasses completely, a difficult feat, as they were nudging them gently on the sides of their heads. harry could not suppress a suspicion that Dumbledore was rather enjoying himself.'"
-from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Year 6) by J.K. Rowling

"'The Inferius is a corpse that has been reanimated by a Dark wizard's spells. It is not alive, it is merely used like a puppet to do the wizard's bidding. A ghost, as I trust you are all aware by now, is the imprint of a departed soul left on the earth ... and of course, as Potter so wisely tells us, transparent.' 'Well, what Harry said is the most useful if we're trying to tell them apart!' said Ron. 'When we come face-to-face with one down a dark alley, we're going to be having a shufti to see if it's solid, aren't we, were're not going to be asking, 'Excuse me, are you the imprint of a departed soul?'"
-from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Year 6) by J.K. Rowling
(A shufti, according to Yahoo, is British slang for "look" derived from Arabic.)

"Voldemort himself created his worst enemy, just as tyrants everywhere do! Have you any idea how much tyrants fear the people they oppress? All of them realize that, one day, amongst their many victims, there is sure to be one who rises against them and strikes back! Voldemort is no different! Always he was on the lookout for the one who would challenge him. He heard the prophecy and he leapt into action, with the result that he not only handpicked the man most likely to finish him, he handed him uniquely deadly weapons!"
-from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Year 6) by J.K. Rowling

"It gave him an odd, empty feeling to remember those times; it was like remembering a younger brother whom he had lost."
-from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Year 7) by J.K. Rowling

"'A Horcrux is the complete opposite of a human being.' Seeing that Harry and Ron looked thoroughly confused, Hermione hurried on. 'Look, if I picked up a sword right now, Ron, and ran you through with it, I wouldn't damage your soul at all. ' 'Which would be a real comfort to me, I'm sure,' said Ron. Harry laughed. 'It should be, actually! But my point is that whatever happens to your body, your soul will survive untouched,' said Hermione. 'But it's the other way round with a Horcrux. The fragment of a soul inside it depends on its container, its enchanted body for survival. It can't exist without it.'"
-from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Year 7) by J.K. Rowling

"Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."
-from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Year 7) by J.K. Rowling

"'Sorry, I just think it's a bit spookier if it's midnight!' said Ron. 'Yeah, because we really need a bit more fear in our lives,' said Harry before he could stop himself."
-from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Year 7) by J.K. Rowling

"But it was as though a curtain fell on a lit stage: All his excitement, all his hope and happiness were extinguished at a stroke, and he stood alone in the darkness, and the glorious spell was broken."
-from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Year 7) by J.K. Rowling

"'Only the difference between truth and lies, courage and cowardice,' said Professor McGonagall, who had turned pale, 'a different, in short, which you and your sister seem unable to appreciate. But let me make one thing very clear. You are not going to pass off your many ineptitudes on the students of Hogwarts. I shall not permit it.'"
-from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Year 7) by J.K. Rowling

"Of course it's happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean it is not real?"
-from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Year 7) by J.K. Rowling

She's all laid up in bed with a broken heart
While I'm drinking Jack all alone in my local bar
And we don't know how we got into this mad situation
Only doing things out of frustration
Trying to make it work, but man, these times are hard
She needs me now, but I can't seem to find the time
I've got a new job now in the unemployment line
And we don't know how we got into this mess
It's a God's test
Someone help us cause we're doing our best
Trying to make it work but man these times are hard
But we're gonna start by drinking old cheap bottles of wine
Shit-talking, up all night,
Saying things we haven't for awhile, awhile yeah
We're smiling but we're close to tears
Even after all these years,
We just now got the feeling that we're meeting
For the first time
-"For the First Time" by the Script

Your lipstick stains
On the front lobe of my left side brain
I knew I wouldn't forget you,
So then I went and let you blow my mind
Your sweet moonbeam
The smell of you in every single dream I dream
I knew when we collided,
You're the one, I have decided,
Who's one of my kind
Hey soul sister,
Ain't that mister mister on the radio, stereo
The way you move ain't fair you know
Hey soul sister,
I don't want to miss a single thing you do tonight
Hey, hey, hey,
Just in time, I'm so glad you have a one-track mind like me
You gave my life direction
A game show love connection
We can't deny
-"Hey, Soul Sister" by Train

never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain

The first of two updates today, broken apart due to limits in tagging characters ...

In a book, in a box, in the closet
In a line in a song I once heard
In a moment on a front porch late one June
In a breath inside a whisper, beneath the moon
There it was at the tips of my fingers
There it was at the tip of my tongue
There you were and I had never been that far
There it was the whole world wrapped inside my arms
-"The Words I Couldn't Say" by Leighton Meester (Rascal Flatts have also done this song)

"Hearing voices no one else can hear isn't a good sign, even in the wizarding world."
-from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Year 2) by J.K. Rowling

"'That'd be a cheerful visit,' said Ron. 'Hello, Hagrid. Tell us, haveyou been setting anything mad and hairy loose in the castle lately?'"
-from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Year 2) by J.K. Rowling

"What have I always told you? Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain."
-from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Year 2) by J.K. Rowling

"'It only put me in Gryffindor,' said Harry in a defeated voice, 'because I asked not to go in Slytherin.' 'Exactly,' said Dumbledore, beaming once more. 'Which makes you very different from Tom Riddle. It is our choice, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.'"
-from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Year 2) by J.K. Rowling

"'Right, you've got a crooked sort of cross ...' He consulted Unfogging the Future. 'That means you're going to have 'trials and suffering' -- sorry about that -- but there's a thing that could be the sun ... hang on ... that means 'great happiness' ... so you're going to suffer but be very happy.' 'You need you Inner Eye tested, if you ask me,' said Ron."
-from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Year 3) by J.K. Rowling

"Dementors are among the foulest creatures that walk this earth. They infest the darkest, filthiest places, they glory in decay and despair, they drain peace, hope and happiness out of the air around them. Even Muggles feel their presence, though they can't see them. Get too near a dementor and every good feeling, every happy memory will be sucked out of you. If it can, the dementor will feed on you long enough to reduce you to something like itself ... soulless and evil. You'll be with nothing but the worst experiences of your life."
-from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Year 3) by J.K. Rowling

"You think the dead we loved ever truly leave us? You think that we don't recall them more clearly than ever in the times of great trouble? Your father is alive in you, Harry, and shows himself most plainly when you have need of him. How else could you produce that particular Patronus? Prongs rode again last night."
-from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Year 3) by J.K. Rowling

"No matter how much Aunt Petunia wailed that Dudley was big-boned, and that his poundage was really puppy fat, and that he was a growing boy who needed plenty of food, the fact remained that the school outfitters didn't sell knickerbockers big enough for him anymore. The school nurse had seen what Aunt Petunia's eyes -- so sharp when it came to spotting fingerprints on her gleaming walls, and observing the comings and goings of the neighbors -- simply refused to see: that far from needing extra nourishment, Dudley had reached roughly the size and weight of a young killer whale."
-from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Year 4) by J.K. Rowling

"At this, the veela lost control ... Watching through his Omnioculars, Harry saw that they didn't look remotely beautiful now. On the contrary, their faces were elongating into sharp, cruel-beaked bird heads, and long scaly wings were bursting from their shoulders."
-from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Year 4) by J.K. Rowling

"'I am not joking, Mr. Weasley,' he said, 'though now that you mention it, I did hear an excellent one over the summer about a troll, a hag, and a leprechaun who all go into a bar ...' Professor McGonagall cleared her throat loudly. 'Er -- but maybe this is not the time ... no ...' said Dumbledore."
-from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Year 4) by J.K. Rowling

"'I hope you saw my piece over the summer about the International Confederation of Wizards' Conference?' 'Enchantingly nasty,' said Dumbledore, his eyes twinkling. 'I particularly enjoyed your description of me as an obsolete dingbat.' Rita Skeeter didn't look remotely abashed."
-from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Year 4) by J.K. Rowling

"'It'd be a bit more impressive if she hadn't done it about eighty times before,' Harry said as they finally regained the fresh air of the staircase beneath Professor Trelawney's room. 'But if I'd dropped dead every time she's told me I'm going to, I'd be a medical miracle.' 'You'd be sort of an extra-concentrated ghost,' said Ron, chortling."
-from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Year 4) by J.K. Rowling

"When he looked back, even a month later, Harry found he had only scattered memories of the next few days. It was thought he had been through too much to take in any more. The recollections he did have were very painful."
-from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Year 4) by J.K. Rowling

right now, I don't see the impossible ...

"I think the biggest thing to know is things aren't as bad as they seem. Your boyfriend seems like the last one you'll ever have and the love of your life; your friends and their drama seem so important -- but it's not."
-Leighton Meester (on high school)

"I want to do so many things, and maybe someday, a lot of it will be impossible. But right now, I don't see the impossible."
-Leighton Meester

"I really came to realize -- and it's the best advice that will come out at the end of this show -- that high school is not the end, it is not the best, it is not the only. You will have a whole life afterward, if you're lucky. If you're unlucky, then the only thing you'll ever feel is how fun it was at your prom."
-Leighton Meester

"I don't want to have a friend unless I can call them one of my best friends."
-Leighton Meester

"Humor was a good way to hide the pain. And if that didn't work, there was always Plan B. Run away. Over and over."
-The Lost Hero (Heroes of Olympus, Book 1) by Rick Riordan

"'The winter solstice,' Chiron spoke up, 'is also the time of greatest darkness. The gods gather that day, as mortals always have, because there is strength in numbers. The solstice is a day when evil magic is strong. Ancient magic, older than the gods. It's a day when things ... stir.'"
-The Lost Hero (Heroes of Olympus, Book 1) by Rick Riordan

"When monsters no longer stay in Tartarus, and souls are no longer confined to Hades ... Olympus has good reason to fear."
-The Lost Hero (Heroes of Olympus, Book 1) by Rick Riordan

"It would be madness to oppose her. You would be better staying here as frozen statues."
-The Lost Hero (Heroes of Olympus, Book 1) by Rick Riordan

"Most problems look worse than they are, mijo. Nothing is unfixable."
-The Lost Hero (Heroes of Olympus, Book 1) by Rick Riordan

"He hated feeling like a reject. Jason and Piper got to visit the throne room. Leo got to wait in the lobby with Cal, the demigod of hockey and major head injuries."
-The Lost Hero (Heroes of Olympus, Book 1) by Rick Riordan

"He felt like a broken machine himself -- like someone had removed one little part of him, and now he'd never be complete. He might move, he might talk, he might keep going and do his job. But he'd always be off balance, never calibrated exactly right."
-The Lost Hero (Heroes of Olympus, Book 1) by Rick Riordan

"You see possibilities much more vividly than others. You see what could be. And it still might be. Don't give up."
-The Lost Hero (Heroes of Olympus, Book 1) by Rick Riordan

"Beauty is about finding the right fit, the most natural fit. To be perfect, you have to feel perfect about yourself -- avoiding trying to be something you're not."
-The Lost Hero (Heroes of Olympus, Book 1) by Rick Riordan

"Love is the most powerful motivator in the world. It spurs mortals to greatness. Their noblest, bravest acts are done for love."
-The Lost Hero (Heroes of Olympus, Book 1) by Rick Riordan

"Thalia gripped her brother's hand. 'How do you feel?' 'Hot,' he muttered. "Mouth is dry. And I saw something ... really terrible.' 'That was Hera,' Thalia grumbled. 'Her Majesty, the Loose Cannon.' 'That's it, Thalia Grace,' said the goddess. 'I will turn you into an aardvark, so help me ..."
-The Lost Hero (Heroes of Olympus, Book 1) by Rick Riordan

"She didn't push him. If he wanted to talk, that was fine, but she knew him better than to press the subject. She didn't even worry that her knowledge of him was mostly based on three months of false memories. 'You can sense possibilities,' her mother had said. And Piper was determined to make those possibilities a reality."
-The Lost Hero (Heroes of Olympus, Book 1) by Rick Riordan

"There are a lot more differences than similarities between Chuck and me. When I was 17, I had certain characteristics of Chuck's but obviously, the context we different. I didn't come from the Upper East Side and I didn't have the same desires. Oh, and I didn't have a string of lovers. I was a good boy."
-Ed Westwick

"I'm a night time kind of guy, so I love going out. I always sense potential in the night."
-Ed Westwick

"My brother and I had a band, Fangs of Fury, for about five minutes [when he was six years old]. I just sat and watched him. So we were at two-men band, with one man doing something."
-Ed Westwick

"I like the glamorous indie rock look, like the Libertines. But you know, without the heroin needle sticking out of my arm."
-Ed Westwick

"I'm childish at times, passionate, a little crazy, I guess. And I pride myself on being one of the last romantics."
-Ed Westwick

"I can't win. I freak out because I can't be fake and pretend like she's not a crazy person, and then I end up looking like the crazy person."
-from L.A. Candy: Sugar and Spice (Book 3) by Lauren Conrad

"He loved the feeling that anything was possible in this city, as long as you had the brains and the energy and the sheer, unapologetic gall to invent it. Or to invent yourself."
-from L.A. Candy: Sugar and Spice (Book 3) by Lauren Conrad

"Here they were, almost two years later. Everything had changed ... and yet, in this moment, it felt like everything was still the same."
-from L.A. Candy: Sugar and Spice (Book 3) by Lauren Conrad

"See, Janie, there are two types of guys who won't commit. The first type avoids relationships until he falls in love for real, and then he's yours forever. The second type avoid relationships, period. That's the type you want to stay far away from. The question is, which type is Braden?"
-from L.A. Candy: Sugar and Spice (Book 3) by Lauren Conrad

"It doesn't do to dwell on dreams, Harry, and forget to live."
-from "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" (The Movie)

"Scars can come in handy. I have one myself about my left knee that is a perfect map of the London Underground."
-from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Year 1) by J.K. Rowling

Enter, stranger, but take heed
Of what awaits the sin of greed,
For those who take, but do not earn,
Must pay most dearly in their turn.
So if you seek beneath our floors
A treasure that was never yours,
Thief, you have been warned, beware
Of finding more than treasure there.
-from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Year 1) by J.K. Rowling
(This is from the placard outside Gringotts)

Oh, you may not think I'm pretty,
But don't judge on what you see,
I'll eat myself if you can find
A smarter hat than me.
You can keep your bowlers bleak,
Your top hats sleek and tall,
For I'm the Hogwarts Sorting Hat
And I can cap them all.
There's nothing hidden in your head
The Sorting Hat can't see,
So try me on and I will tell you
Where you ought to be.
You might belong in Gryffindor
Where dwell the brave at heart,
Their daring, nerve, and chivalry
Set Gryffindors apart;
You might belong in Hufflepuff
Where they are just and loyal,
Those patient Hufflepuffs are true
And unafraid of toil;
Or yet in wise or Ravenclaw,
If you've a ready mind,
Where those of wit and learning,
Will always find their kind;
Or perhaps in Slytherin,
You'll make your real friend,
Those cunning folk use any means
To achieve their ends.
So put me on! Don't be afraid!
And don't get in a flap!
You're in safe hands (though I have none)
For I'm a Thinking cap!
-from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Year 1) by J.K. Rowling
The Sorting Hat Poem

"Neville had never been on a broomstick in his life, because his grandmother had never let him near one. Privately, Harry felt she'd had good reason, because Neville managed to have an extraordinary amount of accidents even with both feet on the ground."
-from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Year 1) by J.K. Rowling


"There are some things you can't share without ending up liking each other, and knocking out a twelve-foot mountain troll is one of them."
-from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Year 1) by J.K. Rowling


"'It is a monstrous thing, to slay a unicorn,' said Firenze. 'Only one who has nothing to lose, and everything to gain, would commit such a crime. The blood of a unicorn will keep you alive, even if you are an inch from death, but at a terrible price. You have slain something pure and defenseless to save yourself, and you have but a half-life, a cursed life, from the moment the blood touches your lips.'"
-from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Year 1) by J.K. Rowling


"What happened down in the dungeons between you and Professor Quirrell is a complete secret, so, naturally, the whole school knows. I believe your friends Misters Fred and George Weasley were responsible for trying to send you a toilet seat. No doubt they thought it would amuse you. Madam Pomfrey, however, though ti might not be very hygienic and confiscated it."
-from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Year 1) by J.K. Rowling


"You know, the Stone was really not such a wonderful thing. As much money and life as you could want! The two things most human beings would choose above all -- the trouble is, humans do have a knack of choosing precisely those things that are worst for them."
-from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Year 1) by J.K. Rowling