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    Frank Zappa
    “So many books, so little time.”
    ― Frank Zappa
    tags: books, humor
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    Jonathan Safran Foer
    “You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.”
    ― Jonathan Safran Foer
    tags: happiness, sadness
    6575 likes

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  • #3
    “Don't cry over someone who wouldn't cry over you.”
    ― Lauren Conrad
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    Nicole Krauss
    “there are two types of people in the world: those who prefer to be sad among others, and those who prefer to be sad alone.”
    ― Nicole Krauss, The History of Love
    tags: comfort, sad, sadness
    2681 likes

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    Albert Einstein
    “Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: reality
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    Robin Williams
    “Reality is just a crutch for people who can't handle drugs.”
    ― Robin Williams
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    Joseph Brodsky
    “For darkness restores what light cannot repair.”
    ― Joseph Brodsky
    tags: poetry
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    Lewis Black
    “They're so broke that they've actually cut essential services. In many places, they've cut policemen, because, who the fuck needs them? Or firemen, son of a bitch, it's much more fun watching something burn down.”
    ― Lewis Black
    tags: broke, budget, comedy, economy, fire, police, public-services, reality, taxes, truth
    42 likes

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  • #9
    William Shakespeare
    “From women's eyes this doctrine I derive:
    They sparkle still the right Promethean fire;
    They are the books, the arts, the academes,
    That show, contain and nourish all the world.”
    ― Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost
    tags: beauty, eyes, fire, nourishment, sustenance, women
    106 likes

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    Markus Zusak
    “Imagine smiling after a slap in the face. Then think of doing it twenty-four hours a day.”
    ― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
    tags: pain, sadness, stoicism
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    J.K. Rowling
    “Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
    tags: pain
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    José N. Harris
    “Tears shed for another person are not a sign of weakness. They are a sign of a pure heart.”
    ― José N. Harris, MI VIDA: A Story of Faith, Hope and Love
    tags: grief, grieving, hope, loss, love, pain, sadness, strength, tears
    3764 likes

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    James Baldwin
    “I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.”
    ― James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time
    tags: fear, hate, pain
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    John Green
    “Writing is something you do alone. Its a profession for introverts who want to tell you a story but don't want to make eye contact while doing it."

    [Thoughts from Places: The Tour, Nerdfighteria Wiki, January 17, 2012]”
    ― John Green
    tags: alone, creative-process, eye-contact, introverts, profession, story, storytelling, writing
    1256 likes

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    Susan Cain
    “We know from myths and fairy tales that there are many different kinds of powers in this world. One child is given a light saber, another a wizard's education. The trick is not to amass all the different kinds of power, but to use well the kind you've been granted.”
    ― Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
    tags: identity, temperament
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  • #16
    “We do not require company. In varying degrees, it bores us, drains us, makes our eyes glaze over. Overcomes us like a steamroller. Of course, the rest of the world doesn't understand.”
    ― Anneli Rufus, Party of One: The Loner's Manifesto
    tags: introversion, loners, solitude
    62 likes

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  • #17
    Bob Marley
    “The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.”
    ― Bob Marley
    tags: friendship
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  • #18
    Antonio Porchia
    “We become aware of the void as we fill it.”
    ― Antonio Porchia
    tags: awareness, emptiness, growth, void
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  • #19
    Woody Allen
    “The artist's job is not to succumb to despair but to find an antidote for the emptiness of existence.”
    ― Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris: The Shooting Script
    tags: art, artist, despair, emptiness, hope, meaning-of-life, purpose, purpose-in-life
    495 likes

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    Mark Z. Danielewski
    “Youth always tries to fill the void, an old man learns to live with it.”
    ― Mark Z. Danielewski
    tags: emptiness, void
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    Frank Lloyd Wright
    “An idea is salvation by imagination”
    ― Frank Lloyd Wright
    tags: art, imagination, inspirational
    265 likes

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  • #22
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    “Without music, life would be a mistake.”
    ― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols
    tags: inspirational, music, philosophy
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  • #23
    Neil Gaiman
    “Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up.”
    ― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones
    tags: love
    36865 likes

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    Jim Henson
    “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.”
    ― Jim Henson
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  • #25
    “Whenever I feel the need to exercise, I lie down until it goes away.”
    ― Paul Terry
    tags: exercise, humor, laziness, misattributed-to-hutchins
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    Alexandre Dumas fils
    “The difference between genius and stupidity is: genius has its limits.”
    ― Alexandre Dumas-fils
    tags: misattributed-to-einstein
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    W.H. Auden
    “I and the public know
    What all schoolchildren learn,
    Those to whom evil is done
    Do evil in return.”
    ― W. H. Auden, Collected Poems
    201 likes

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    Frank Zappa
    “All the good music has already been written by people with wigs and stuff.”
    ― Frank Zappa
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  • #29
    George Bernard Shaw
    “There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.”
    ― George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman
    tags: desire, life, lost, paradox, tragedy
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    Federico García Lorca
    “To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can bring on ourselves.”
    ― Federico García Lorca, Blood Wedding and Yerma
    tags: desire, punishment, unrequited-love
    4517 likes



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