• "To Nelson, Who was worth every risk." Insurgent, Veronica Roth
• "For Joan Romon Planas, who deserves better." The SHadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafón
• "For Sean P.F. Harris, get away driver and foul-weather friend." Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, J.K. Rowling
• "I wrote this for Alice. Acually, I worte everything for Alice." Tepper isn't Going Out, Calvin Trillin
• "To all those who lead monotonous lives in the hope that they may experience second hand the delights and dangers of adventure." The Secrect Adversary, Agatha Christie
• "My Dear Lucy, I wrote this story for you, but when I began it I had not realized that girls grow quicker than books. As a result you are already too old for fairy tales, and by the time it is printed and bound you will be older still. But some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again. You can then take it down from some upper shelf, dust it, and tell me what you think of it. I shall probably be too deaf to hear, and too old to understand, a word you say, but I shall still be your affectionate Godfather, C.S. Lewis" The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, C.S. Lewis
• “So long as there shall exist, by reason of law and custom, a social condemnation which, in the midst of civilization, artificially creates a hell on earth, and complicates with human fatality a destiny that is divine; so long as the three problems of the century–the degradation of man by the exploitation of his labor, the ruin of woman by starvation, and the atrophy of childhood by physical and spiritual night–are not solved; so long as, in certain regions, social asphyxia shall be possible; in other words, and from a still broader point of view, so long as ignorance and misery remain on earth, there should be a need for books such as this. –1862″ Les Misérables, Victor Hugo
• "To my Grandmother, Youa Lee, who never learned how to write. To my baby brother, Maxwell Hwm Yang, who will read the things she never wrote." The Latehomecomer, Kao Kalia Yang
• "For you the dreamers/ Overlooked at school/ Never won prizes/ You who will own tomorrow." Maggot Moon, Sally Gardner
• "For Geogffrey, who makes me remember how young and how old children can be." Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card
• "Because we haven’t met yet/have only a glancing acquaintance/are just crazy about each other/haven’t seen each other in much too long/are in some way related/will never meet, but will, I trust, despite that, always think fondly of each other…This one’s for you.” Anansi Boys, Neil Gaiman
• FOR STEPHANIE— my sun, my moon, my star and satellite The Orphan Master’s Son, Adam Johnson
• For my mother, the root. For my father, the wanderer. For my sister, the poet. For my brother, the peaceful heart. For Michael, fiery joy. The Ruins of Us, —Kieja Parssinen

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