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    Ramsey Campbell
    “One way to avoid what has already been done is to be true to yourself.”
    ― Ramsey Campbell
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    Arthur Machen
    “But he recognized that the illusions of the child only differed from those of the man in that they were more picturesque; belief in fairies and belief in the Stock Exchange as bestowers of happiness were equally vain, but the latter form of faith was ugly as well as inept.”
    ― Arthur Machen, The Hill of Dreams
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    H. Jackson Brown Jr.
    “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
    ― H. Jackson Brown Jr., P.S. I Love You
    tags: actions, disappointed, disappointment, dream, dreams, explore, misattributed-mark-twain, sail
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  • #4
    “Why not let people differ about their answers to the great mysteries of the Universe? Let each seek one's own way to the highest, to one's own sense of supreme loyalty in life, one's ideal of life. Let each philosophy, each world-view bring forth its truth and beauty to a larger perspective, that people may grow in vision, stature and dedication.”
    ― Algernon D. Black
    tags: happiness
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    John Henry Newman
    “To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.”
    ― John Henry Newman
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    China Miéville
    “Scars are not injuries, Tanner Sack. A scar is a healing. After injury, a scar is what makes you whole.”
    ― China Miéville, The Scar
    tags: healing, injury, inspirational, recovery, scar, scars
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  • #7
    “If we wished to gain contentment, we might try such rules as these:
    1. Allow thyself to complain of nothing, not even of the weather.
    2. Never picture thyself to thyself under any circumstances in which thou art not.
    3. Never compare thine own lot with that of another.
    4. Never allow thyself to dwell on the wish that this or that had been, or were, otherwise than it was, or is. God Almighty loves thee better and more wisely than thou dost thyself.
    5. Never dwell on the morrow. Remember that it is God's, not thine. The heaviest part of sorrow often is to look forward to it. "The Lord will provide.”
    ― Edward Bouverie Pusey
    tags: inspirational
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    A.C. Benson
    “The awful penalty of success is the haunting dread of subsequent failure.”
    ― A.C. Benson, Escape and Other Essays
    tags: success
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    Samuel R. Delany
    “The only important elements in any society are the artistic and the criminal, because they alone, by questioning the society’s values, can force it to change.”
    ― Samuel R. Delany, Empire Star
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    Karl Edward Wagner
    “We cannot escape from our daily routine, because it will go with us wherever we go.... God must be sought and found in the things of our world. By regarding our daily duties as something performed for the honour and glory of God, we can convert what was hitherto soul-killing monotony, to a living worship of God in all our actions. Everyday life must become itself our prayer.”
    ― Karl Edward Wagner
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    Stephen Baxter
    “When you get close enough to someone you're never really alone again.”
    ― Stephen Baxter, Vacuum Diagrams
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    Stephen Baxter
    “We seem to be young, in a very old Galaxy. We're like kids tiptoeing through a ruined mansion.”
    ― Stephen Baxter, Ark
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  • #13
    “To say that a writer's hold on reality is tenuous is an understatement-it's like saying the Titanic had a rough crossing. Writer's build their own realities, move into them and occasionally send letters home. The only difference between a writer and a crazy person is that a writer gets paid for it.”
    ― David Gerrold
    tags: authors, the-martian-child, writers, writing, writing-life
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    Gene Roddenberry
    “If man is to survive, he will have learned to take a delight in the essential differences between men and between cultures. He will learn that differences in ideas and attitudes are a delight, part of life's exciting variety, not something to fear.”
    ― Gene Roddenberry
    tags: community, diversity, idic, tolerance
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    Arthur C. Clarke
    “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.”
    ― Arthur C. Clarke
    tags: distance, life, loneliness, qotd, sense-of-wonder, universe
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    Paul Cornell
    “Rumpty!" he muttered, which was very rude if you were one of the few people in the universe who understood what it meant.”
    ― Paul Cornell, Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka
    tags: doctor-who
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    Randy Pausch
    “Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. And experience is often the most valuable thing you have to offer.”
    ― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture
    tags: experience
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    Henry Miller
    “A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition.”
    ― Henry Miller, The Books in My Life
    tags: books, power
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    J.K. Rowling
    “If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
    tags: charles-bayard-mitchell
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    Ambeth R. Ocampo
    “As you can see, there are quite a number of things taught in school that one has to unlearn or at least correct.”
    ― Ambeth Ocampo, Rizal Without the Overcoat
    tags: education, learning, philippine-history, philippines, rizal, school
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  • #21
    R.A. Salvatore
    “Sane is boring.”
    ― R. A. Salvatore
    tags: boring, crazy, forgotten-realms, funny, humor, jarlaxle, salvatore, sane, servant-of-the-shard
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    Dean Koontz
    “It's so damn hard to bloom... to change. Even when you want to change, want it more than anything in the world, it's hard. Desire to change isn't enough. Or desperation. Couldn't be done without...love,”
    ― Dean Koontz, Watchers
    tags: change, love, world
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    Stephen King
    “What we like to think of ourselves and what we really are rarely have much in common....”
    ― Stephen King, The Drawing of the Three
    tags: life, meaningful, philosophical, realistic
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    Stephen King
    “Pray for rain all you like, but dig a well as you do it.”
    ― Stephen King, The Wind Through the Keyhole
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    Stephen King
    “It was life, often unsatisfying, frequently cruel, usually boring, sometimes beautiful, once in a while exhilarating.”
    ― Stephen King, Insomnia
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    Dean Koontz
    “Because God is never cruel, there is a reason for all things. We must know the pain of loss; because if we never knew it, we would have no compassion for others, and we would become monsters of self-regard, creatures of unalloyed self-interest. The terrible pain of loss teaches humility to our prideful kind, has the power to soften uncaring hearts, to make a better person of a good one.”
    ― Dean Koontz, The Darkest Evening of the Year
    tags: death, god, loss, purpose, understanding
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    Justin Richards
    “He ain’t my friend,’ Harry said. ‘Not no more, he ain’t.’
    Strax leaned across to Jenny. ‘At what age do these cubs become grammatical?’ he demanded.
    ‘Depends,’ she told him. ‘At what age do Sontarans become pacifists?”
    ― Justin Richards, Doctor Who: Devil in the Smoke
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    Dean Koontz
    “No one's life should be rooted in fear. We are born for wonder, for joy, for hope, for love, to marvel at the mystery of existence, to be ravished by the beauty of the world, to seek truth and meaning, to acquire wisdom, and by our treatment of others to brighten the corner where we are.”
    ― Dean R. Koontz, Life Expectancy
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    Dean Koontz
    “Where there is cake, there is hope. And there is always cake.”
    ― Dean Koontz, Life Expectancy
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  • #30
    “I sat with my feet up on my desk and started to make a mental list of the people who’d want me dead. Once I got to fifty, I decided this wasn’t helping.”
    ― Melody Malone, The Angel's Kiss: A Melody Malone Mystery
    tags: doctor-who
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