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    “We find ourselves in a bewildering world. We want to make sense of what we see around us and to ask: What is the nature of the universe? What is our place in it and where did it and we come from? Why is it the way it is?”
    ― Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time
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    “Einstein never accepted that the universe was governed by chance; his feelings were summed up in his famous statement “God does not play dice.”
    ― Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time
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    “It is said that there’s no such thing as a free lunch. But the universe is the ultimate free lunch.”
    ― Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time
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    “You cannot predict the future.”
    ― Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time
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  • #5
    Charlotte Brontë
    “I do not think, sir, you have any right to command me, merely because you are older than I, or because you have seen more of the world than I have; your claim to superiority depends on the use you have made of your time and experience.”
    ― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
    tags: age, empowerment, equality, experience, freedom, gender, independence, men, reason, self-determination, submission, superiority, women, women-s-rights
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    There is no happiness like that of being loved by your fellow creatures, and feeling
    “There is no happiness like that of being loved by your fellow creatures, and feeling that your presence is an addition to their comfort.”
    ― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
    tags: friendship, happiness, inspirational
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    Charlotte Brontë
    “I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself.”
    ― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
    tags: ataraxy, defiance, empowerment, independence, individuality, self-assurance, self-awareness, self-containment, self-determination, self-esteem, self-reliance, self-respect, self-sufficiency, self-trust, solitude
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    Charlotte Brontë
    “I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.”
    ― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
    tags: character, empowerment, flaws, freedom, gender, identity, image, independence, integrity, realism, self-awareness, self-determination, women
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    Jane Austen
    “I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.”
    ― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
    tags: books, library, reading
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    Jane Austen
    “Till this moment I never knew myself.”
    ― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
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    Jane Austen
    “My good opinion once lost is lost forever.”
    ― Jane Austin, Pride and Prejudice
    tags: pride-and-prejudice
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    Jane Austen
    “He is a gentleman, and I am a gentleman's daughter. So far we are equal.”
    ― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
    tags: feminism
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    Jane Austen
    “I am determined that only the deepest love will induce me into matrimony. So, I shall end an old maid, and teach your ten children to embroider cushions and play their instruments very ill.”
    ― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
    tags: jane-austen, pride-and-prejudice
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    Jane Austen
    “Do not consider me now as an elegant female intending to plague you, but as a rational creature speaking the truth from her heart.”
    ― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
    tags: honesty
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    Jane Austen
    “Could there be finer symptoms? Is not general incivility the very essence of love?”
    ― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
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    Adeline Yen Mah
    “I read because I have to. It drives everything else from my mind. It lets me escape to find other world.”
    ― Adeline Yen Mah, Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter
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    Adeline Yen Mah
    “Never get involved. That's my motto. I hurt no one. And no one can hurt me.”
    ― Adeline Yen Mah, Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter
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    Adeline Yen Mah
    “Create your own destiny!”
    ― Adeline Yen Mah, Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter
    tags: adeline-yen-mah, chinese-cinderella, ye-ye
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    Adeline Yen Mah
    “Keep in mind that whenever you are in a crisis, you are in the midst of danger as well as opportunity.”
    ― Adeline Yen Mah, Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter
    tags: adeline-yen-mah, chinese-cinderella
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    Adeline Yen Mah
    “But you can vanquish the demons only when you yourself are convinced of your own worth.”
    ― Adeline Yen Mah, Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter
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  • #21
    Ann Liang
    “I’d rather be the villain who lives to the end than the hero who winds up dead”
    ― Ann Liang, If You Could See the Sun
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    Ann Liang
    “Is it really too much to ask? For people like me to want a bit of that light for ourselves?”
    ― Ann Liang, If You Could See the Sun
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  • #23
    Ann Liang
    “And while it's important to know how to fight your way to the top... It's always nice when there are others to help lift us up, don't you think?”
    ― Ann Liang, If You Could See the Sun
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    Ann Liang
    “Once is an accident. Twice is a coincidence. Thrice is a pattern.”
    ― Ann Liang, If You Could See the Sun
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    Ann Liang
    “Descartes was wrong, you know, when he said 'To live well, you must live unseen.' To live well, you must learn to see yourself first.”
    ― Ann Liang, If You Could See the Sun
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    Marissa Meyer
    “Maybe there isn’t such a thing as fate. Maybe it’s just the opportunities we’re given, and what we do with them. I’m beginning to think that maybe great, epic romances don’t just happen. We have to make them ourselves.”
    ― Marissa Meyer, Cress
    tags: fate, love, we-make-our-own-paths
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    Marissa Meyer
    “I believe it is the mark of a great leader to question the decisions that came before him.”
    ― Marissa Meyer, Cress
    tags: kai, lunar-chronicles, torin, wisdom
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  • #28
    Marissa Meyer
    “How are your eyes?" she asked.
    "Well, I've been told they're dreamy, but I'll let you decide for yourself.”
    ― Marissa Meyer, Cress
    tags: carswell-thorne, cress
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  • #29
    Marissa Meyer
    “Never underestimate the stealth of a criminal mastermind.”
    ― Marissa Meyer, Cress
    tags: captain-carswell-thorne
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  • #30
    Lizzie Damilola Blackburn
    “You need to define who you are. Otherwise, people will happily do it for you.”
    ― Lizzie Damilola Blackburn, Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband?
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