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    George R.R. Martin
    “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
    tags: read, readers, reading, reading-books
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    George R.R. Martin
    “... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: books, mind
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    George R.R. Martin
    “Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: identity
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    Christopher Paolini
    “Because you can't argue with all the fools in the world. It's easier to let them have their way, then trick them when they're not paying attention.”
    ― Christopher Paolini
    tags: common-sense, humor, smart
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    Jodi Picoult
    “You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they're not.”
    ― Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper
    tags: imperfect, love
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    Nicholas Sparks
    “Love is like the wind, you can't see it but you can feel it.”
    ― Nicholas Sparks, A Walk to Remember
    tags: love, simile
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    Nicholas Sparks
    “I finally understood what true love meant...love meant that you care for another person's happiness more than your own, no matter how painful the choices you face might be.”
    ― Nicholas Sparks, Dear John
    tags: dear-john, nicholas-sparks
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    Nicholas Sparks
    “You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.”
    ― Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook
    tags: inspirational, the-notebook
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  • #9
    Sandra Kring
    “Bright Idea #91: When the weather's bad and your lights go out, have a pajama party. Eat till you feel sick, hula-hoop, paint your faces. Catch fireflies, and dance naked in the rain. If you do, then your bare butt will light up like a firefly after it's been let out of a jar.”
    ― Sandra Kring, The Book of Bright Ideas
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    Sandra Kring
    “... I've always said that we have to go on thinking anything's possible. Or else what's the point?”
    ― Sandra Kring, The Book of Bright Ideas
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    Sandra Kring
    “It's not the length of time we knew someone that makes them so special. It's what they brought into our lives.”
    ― Sandra Kring, A Life of Bright Ideas
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  • #12
    Sandra Kring
    “Sometimes we need to go home to find the parts of ourselves we left behind before we can truly become whole.”
    ― Sandra Kring, Thank You for All Things
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  • #13
    Charles Martin
    “Never judge someone by their relatives.”
    ― Charles Martin, Chasing Fireflies
    tags: deceit, family, past-history, relationships
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    Brian Selznick
    “I like to imagine that the world is one big machine. You know, machines never have any extra parts. They have the exact number and type of parts they need. So I figure if the entire world is a big machine, I have to be here for some reason. And that means you have to be here for some reason, too.”
    ― Brian Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret
    tags: analogy, inspiration, machine, thought-provoking, usefulness
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    Brian Selznick
    “Time can play all sorts of tricks on you. In the blink of an eye, babies appear in carriages, coffins disappear into the ground, wars are won and lost, and children transform, like butterflies, into adults.”
    ― Brian Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret
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    Brian Selznick
    “If you've ever wondered where your dreams come from when you go to sleep at night, just look around. This is where they are made. ”
    ― Brian Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret
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  • #18
    Richard Paul Evans
    “Chocolate is God's apology for brocolli”
    ― Richard Paul Evans, The Sunflower
    tags: humor
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    Richard Paul Evans
    “The most important story we'll ever write in life is our own—not with ink, but with our daily choices.”
    ― Richard Paul Evans
    tags: the-gift
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    Nora Roberts
    “If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.”
    ― Nora Roberts
    tags: inspirational
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    Nora Roberts
    “Damn me to hell or take me to heaven, but for Gods sake, do it now....”
    ― Nora Roberts, The Stanislaski Brothers: Mikhail and Alex
    tags: romance
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    Nora Roberts
    “You can fix anything but a blank page.”
    ― Nora Roberts
    tags: on-writing, storytelling, writing
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  • #23
    Isaac Asimov
    “Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.”
    ― Isaac Asimov, Foundation
    tags: humor, inspirational, philosophy, wisdom
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  • #24
    Hillary Jordan
    “What we can't speak, we say in silence.”
    ― Hillary Jordan, Mudbound
    tags: silence
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  • #25
    Hillary Jordan
    “That's what it is to love someone: to give whatever you can while taking what you must.”
    ― Hillary Jordan, Mudbound
    tags: love
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    Hillary Jordan
    “The truth isn't so simple. Death may be inevitable, but love is not. Love, you have to choose.”
    ― Hillary Jordan, Mudbound
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  • #27
    Douglas Coupland
    “Remember: the time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself. Life's cruelest irony.”
    ― Douglas Coupland, Shampoo Planet
    tags: irony, life, loneliness
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  • #28
    Baltasar Gracián
    “Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it.”
    ― Baltasar Gracian, The Art of Worldly Wisdom: A Pocket Oracle
    tags: choice, evil, invitation, strategy
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  • #29
    Jasper Fforde
    “If the real world were a book, it would never find a publisher. Overlong, detailed to the point of distraction-and ultimately, without a major resolution.”
    ― Jasper Fforde, Something Rotten
    tags: life, world
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  • #30
    Haruki Murakami
    “Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.”
    ― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
    tags: memories
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  • #31
    Kathryn Stockett
    “You is kind. You is smart. You is important.”
    ― Kathryn Stockett, The Help
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