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“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”
― Aristotle

“Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.”
― Albert Camus

“Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you.”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind

“Everybody is identical in their secret unspoken belief that way deep down they are different from everyone else.”
― David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest

“But in the end one needs more courage to live than to kill himself.”
― Albert Camus

“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.”
― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

“Goodbye," said the fox. "And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.”
― Albert Camus

“the laws work for those who fear them, not for those who violate them.”
― Elena Ferrante, The Story of the Lost Child

“Time spent with a cat is never wasted.”
― Colette

“I think the girl who is able to earn her own living and pay her own way should be as happy as anybody on earth. The sense of independence and security is very sweet.”
― Susan B. Anthony

“Woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself.”
― Susan B. Anthony

“Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.”
― Anais Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934

“How wrong is it for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself?”
― Anais Nin

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.”
― Anais Nin

“I must be a mermaid, Rango. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living.”
― Anais Nin

“When we too are armed and trained, we can convince men that we have hands, feet, and a heart like yours; and although we may be delicate and soft, some men who are delicate are also strong; and others, coarse and harsh, are cowards. Women have not yet realized this, for if they should decide to do so, they would be able to fight you until death; and to prove that I speak the truth, amongst so many women, I will be the first to act, setting an example for them to follow.
—Veronica Franco 1546-1591”
― Veronica Franco

“Crazy by definition is
Knowing that true sanity is
A figment of the educated mind”
― Caleb Warta/Ritter, My Sanity: The Ramblings of a Mad Man

“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.”
― Mark Twain

“The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.”
― Albert Einstein

“If you can make a woman laugh, you can make her do anything.”
― Marilyn Monroe

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
― Albert Camus

“Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
― Steve Jobs

“We accept the love we think we deserve.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“She was sensible and clever, but eager in everything; her sorrows, her joys, could have no moderation.”
― Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility: The Screenplay

“Indulge your imagination in every possible flight.”
― Jane Austen

“And sometimes I have kept my feelings to myself, because I could find no language to describe them in.”
― Jane Austen

“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