Quotes from books, Part V

Continuing my series of quotes from books I’ve read semi-recently (this batch is November 2015-April 2016), originally inspired by The Broke and the Bookish and Three Good Rats. Here are quotes from three YA novels, three nonfiction books, one etiquette book, one book of essays, and two adult novels.

“When it comes to controlling human beings there is no better instrument than lies.”
1. b. “Oh, the world is full of things you don’t see.” –The Neverending Story, Michael Ende
“Peace is joy at rest, and joy is peace on its feet.” –Small Victories, Anne Lamott
“It is surely a premise of democracy that the rules apply equally to everyone.” –Common Courtesy, Judith Martin
“The big problem doesn’t lie in differences between what men and women want out of life and love. The big problem is how hard it is to achieve equal relationships in a society whose work policies, school schedules, and social programs were constructed on the assumption that male breadwinner families would always be the norm.” –Marriage, a History, Stephanie Coontz
“When you don’t know what made someone leave once, you also don’t know what might make him do it again.” –Conviction, Kelly Loy Gilbert
“The biggest difference between boys and girls is how people treat them.” –None of the Above, I.W. Gregorio
“What redemption there is in being loved: we are always our best selves when loved by another. Nothing can replace this.” –This Must Be the Place, Maggie O’Farrell
“God is a human invention.” –Gretel and the Dark, Eliza Granville
“We can stretch our personalities, but only up to a point….We might call this the “rubber band theory” of personality….We are elastic and can stretch ourselves, but only so much.” –Quiet, Susan Cain
“The first rule of a successful getaway is not to look as if you’re trying to get away.” –A Burglar’s Guide to the City, Geoff Manaugh