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#1

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

tags: inspirational, love

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#2

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
― Oscar Wilde

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#3

“I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in my life. And I am horribly limited.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

tags: books, life, limits

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#4

“Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.”
― George Orwell, 1984

tags: truth

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#5

“He's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.”
― Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights

tags: love

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#6

“There's nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

tags: happiness

11976 likes

#7

“So, I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

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#8

“I hope she'll be a fool -- that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

tags: inspirational, women

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#9

“It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.”
― Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

tags: hope, human-nature

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#10

“I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

tags: breath, existence

9727 likes

#11

“If you expect nothing from somebody you are never disappointed.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

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#12

“I think that if I ever have kids, and they are upset, I won't tell them that people are starving in China or anything like that because it wouldn't change the fact that they were upset. And even if somebody else has it much worse, that doesn't really change the fact that you have what you have.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

tags: honesty

8045 likes

#13

“The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald

tags: loneliness, misattributed

7840 likes

#14

“You don't love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear.”
― oscar wilde

tags: attributed-no-source

7819 likes

#15

“Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.”
― Anne Frank

tags: anne, beauty, frank, happy

7676 likes

#16

“You know, you could live a thousand lifetimes and not deserve him.”
― Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire

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#17

“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.”
― William Shakespeare

tags: destiny

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#18

“Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee?”
― Albert Camus

tags: attributed-no-source

7100 likes

#19

“Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody.”
― J. D. Salinger

tags: salinger, stories

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#20

“I am very interested and fascinated how everyone loves each other, but no one really likes each other.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

tags: moi

6615 likes

#21

“To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment

tags: independent-thought, self-determination, self-expression

6620 likes

#22

“Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything, it is because we are dangerously close to wanting nothing.”
― sylvia plath

tags: goals

5316 likes

#23

“We know what we are, but not what we may be.”
― William Shakespeare

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#24

“The silence depressed me. It wasn't the silence of silence. It was my own silence.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

tags: depression-silence

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#25

“He's a wallflower. You see things. You keep quiet about them. And you understand.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

tags: wallflower

4613 likes

#26

“If you have two friends in your lifetime, you're lucky. If you have one good friend, you're more than lucky.”
― S.E. Hinton

tags: friends, friendship

4295 likes

#27

“When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Zahir

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#28

“The best books... are those that tell you what you know already.”
― George Orwell, 1984

tags: books, reading

4389 likes

#29

“I've found that there is always some beauty left -- in nature, sunshine, freedom, in yourself; these can all help you.”
― Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

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