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    Robert Louis Stevenson
    “I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in.”
    ― Robert Louis Stevenson, Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson
    tags: books, inspirational, on-writing, reading
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    Ambrose Bierce
    “Apologize: To lay the foundation for a future offence.”
    ― Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
    tags: apologies, humor, offences, satire
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    John Gwynne
    “It was no dream. The Ben-Elim, he gave me a choice. Go forward or go back. I wanted to cross over, to be with my kin, my friends. To find peace.´

    ´Why did you come back, then?´Fidele asked him.
    ´Three reasons. Three people. Jael. Lykos. You.´He paused and looked up into her eyes. ´Two for vengeance. One for love.´
    She stared at him a long, timeless moment, then she leaned forwards and kissed him. Page 273 (Fidele and Maquin)”
    ― John Gwynne, Ruin
    tags: fidele, maquin
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    George Wier
    “There is no greater thrill in life than to find that you are not only useful, but that you can help, and that your help matters.”
    ― George Wier, The Last Call
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    Oscar Wilde
    “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
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    I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control
    “I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
    ― Marilyn Monroe
    tags: attributed-no-source, best, life, love, misattributed-marilyn-monroe, mistakes, out-of-control, truth, worst
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    Oscar Wilde
    “Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: attributed-no-source, enemies, forgiveness, strategy
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    Michio Kaku
    “If at first an idea does not sound absurd, then there is no hope for it. —ALBERT EINSTEIN”
    ― Michio Kaku, Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration of the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel
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    Lawrence Clark Powell
    “A book is one of the most patient of all man's inventions. Centuries mean nothing to a well-made book. It awaits its destined reader, come when he may, with eager hand and seeing eye. Then occurs one of the great examples of union, that of a man with a book, pleasurable, sometimes fruitful, potentially world-changing, simple; and in a public library...without cost to the reader.”
    ― Lawrence Clark Powell
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    Lord Byron
    “Always laugh when you can, it is cheap medicine.”
    ― Lord Byron
    tags: laughter, medicine
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    Sarah J. Maas
    “He thinks he'll be remembered as the villain in the story. But I forgot to tell him that the villain is usually the person who locks up the maiden and throws away the key. He was the one who let me out.”
    ― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury
    tags: a-court-of-mist-and-fury
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    Dr. Seuss
    “I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!”
    ― Dr. Seuss
    tags: troubles
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    I am here to live out loud.
    “I am here to live out loud.”
    ― Emila Zola
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    “I could stand in the middle of Front Street shrieking like a banshee and nobody would notice me. You don't need magic to be invisible in a town like this. Being poor works just the same. So stand behind me and think quiet thoughts.”
    ― C.M. Hayden, The Reach Between Worlds
    tags: arclight, aris, magic, poor
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    Marcus Aurelius
    “The things you think about determine the quality of your mind.”
    ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
    tags: empowerment, marcus-aurelius, mind, philosophy, self-improvement, stoicism, thoughts
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    Dante Alighieri
    “Do not be afraid; our fate
    Cannot be taken from us; it is a gift.”
    ― Dante Alighieri, Inferno
    tags: faith, fate, fear
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    Maxim Gorky
    “When everything is easy one quickly gets stupid.”
    ― Maxim Gorky
    tags: 1926
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    Isaac Asimov
    “The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”
    ― Isaac Asimov
    tags: life, science, wisdom
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    Maya Angelou
    “I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
    ― Maya Angelou
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    Frank Zappa
    “So many books, so little time.”
    ― Frank Zappa
    tags: books, humor
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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
    tags: family, friends, parties, social
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    Agatha Christie
    “It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them. ”
    ― Agatha Christie, Agatha Christie: An Autobiography
    tags: love
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    Robin Robertson
    “What we understand is that society must allow room for the irrational, in healthy balance with the rational.”
    ― Robin Robertson, The Bacchae
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    Voltaire
    “Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.”
    ― Voltaire
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    Aristotle
    “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”
    ― Aristotle
    tags: introspection, self-discovery, wisdom
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    Albert Einstein
    “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: attributed-no-source, human-nature, humor, infinity, philosophy, science, stupidity, universe
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    Jonathan Dunne
    “But some jokes are hilarious until they become true and they’re not so funny anymore.”
    ― Jonathan Dunne, Lighthouse Jive
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    William Faulkner
    “You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.”
    ― William Faulkner
    tags: courage, determination, hope, risk
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    Joanna Russ
    “As my mother once said: The boys throw stones at the frogs in jest.

    But the frogs die in earnest.”
    ― Joanna Russ, The Female Man
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    Bernard M. Baruch
    “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
    ― Bernard M. Baruch
    tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, confidence, fitting-in, individuality, misattributed-dr-seuss, those-who-matter
    130755 likes



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