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    Marguerite Duras
    “Our mothers always remain the strangest, craziest people we've ever met.”
    ― Marguerite Duras
    tags: mothers
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    David Walliams
    “No more watching that show Small England or whatever it's called where those two idiots dress up as 'laydees'. It's a bad influence.”
    ― David Walliams, The Boy in the Dress
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    David Walliams
    “A bully can only make you feel bad about yourself if you let them.”
    ― David Walliams, Mr Stink
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    Yann Martel
    “Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is but the passing shadow of a cloud...”
    ― Yann Martel, Life of Pi
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    Sarah J. Maas
    “How long was I asleep?" she whispered. He didn't respond.
    "How long was I asleep?" she asked again, and noticed a hint of red in his cheeks.
    "You were asleep, too?"
    "Until you began drooling on my shoulder.”
    ― Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass
    tags: celaena-sardothien, chaol-westfall, throne-of-glass
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    Jacqueline Wilson
    “Well, I didn't need them.
    I didn't need anyone. I was Lola Rose.
    I just wished I looked more like my idea of Lola Rose.”
    ― Jacqueline Wilson, Lola Rose
    tags: jacqueline, lola, rose, wilson
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    Veronica Roth
    “Can you be a girl for a few seconds?"
    "I'm always a girl" I frown.
    "You know what I mean. Like a silly, annoying girl"
    I twirl my hair around my finger. "Kay.”
    ― Veronica Roth, Divergent
    tags: christina, divergent, funny, humor, tris, veronica-roth
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    Dean Koontz
    “The only thing we can't buy more of is time." she said.
    "And dodo birds. We can't buy any more of them. they're extinct. And dinosaurs.”
    ― Dean Koontz, Frankenstein Collection
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  • #9
    Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.
    “Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”
    ― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
    tags: books, reading
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    Lemony Snicket
    “Wicked people never have time for reading. It's one of the reasons for their wickedness.”
    ― Lemony Snicket
    tags: humor-wicked-reading
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    Lemony Snicket
    “Fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant filled with odd little waiters who bring you things you never asked for and don't always like.”
    ― Lemony Snicket
    tags: fate, humor, simile
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    “Beauty, to me, is about being comfortable in your own skin. That, or a kick-ass red lipstick.”
    ― Gwyneth Paltrow
    tags: beauty, cosmetics, fashion, lipstick, makeup
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    David Walliams
    “In Britain, a cup of tea is the answer to every problem.
    Fallen off your bicycle? Nice cup of tea.
    Your house has been destroyed by a meteorite? Nice cup of tea and a biscuit.
    Your entire family has been eaten by a Tyrannosaurus Rex that has travelled through a space/time portal? Nice cup of tea and a piece of cake. Possibly a savoury option would be welcome here too, for example a Scotch egg or a sausage roll.”
    ― David Walliams, Mr Stink
    tags: absurdity, britishness, cake, humour, tea, tyrannosaurus-rex
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    Samantha Young
    “I’ve had a lot of food but if you don’t jiggle me too much you can have your wicked way with me.”
    ― Samantha Young, An On Dublin Street Christmas
    tags: humorous
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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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    Veronica Roth
    “Peter would probably throw a party if I stopped breathing.'

    'Well,' he says, 'I would only go if there was cake.”
    ― Veronica Roth, Divergent
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    Avery Monsen
    “Sometimes I feel alone. Some days are long and hard. But when I look out into this world, I am struck by the impossible beauty of it all. Those billions of magnificent accidents that led us to where we are today, that led us to paper planes and nautilus shells and the tiny, crooked smiles of children. When I think about the small perfections of the world, I have faith that my time will come. I have faith that someday, a warm light will flood over me and I will find peace.”
    ― Avery Monsen, All My Friends Are Dead
    tags: avery-monsen, jory-john
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    Jacqueline Wilson
    “Enjoy yourself whilst you read!”
    ― Jaqueline Wilson
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    Jacques Barzun
    “Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball.”
    ― Jacques Barzun, Baseball: A Literary Anthology
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    Oscar Wilde
    “I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
    ― Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Stories
    tags: intelligence, self-deprecation
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    John Green
    “I just want to do something that matters. Or be something that matters. I just want to matter.”
    ― John Green, An Abundance of Katherines
    tags: inspiration, life, self-value, worthy
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    Douglas Adams
    “I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.”
    ― Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
    tags: life, navigation
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    Seán O'Casey
    “Laughter is wine for the soul - laughter soft, or loud and deep, tinged through with seriousness - the hilarious declaration made by man that life is worth living.”
    ― Sean O'Casey
    tags: joy, laughter
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  • #24
    “I think there should be a rule that everyone in the world should get a standing ovation at least once in their lives.”
    ― R.J. Palacio, Wonder
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    Iain Banks
    “Fuck every cause that ends in murder and children crying.”
    ― Iain M. Banks, Against a Dark Background
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    Sarah Waters
    “The best thing to do was to brazen it out, throw your head back, walk with a swagger...”
    ― Sarah Waters
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    Joseph Conrad
    “Being a woman is a terribly difficult trade since it consists principally of dealings with men.”
    ― Joseph Conrad, Chance
    tags: women
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    China Miéville
    “Word spread because word will spread. Stories and secrets fight, stories win, shed new secrets, which new stories fight, and on.”
    ― China Miéville, Embassytown
    tags: gossip, secrets, stories
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    Roald Dahl
    “So please, oh please, we beg, we pray, go throw your TV set away, and in its place you can install, a lovely bookshelf on the wall.”
    ― Roald Dahl
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    Michael Buckley
    “I mean, if you could have a wizard grant a wish, would you waste it on going to Kansas?”
    ― Michael Buckley
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