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  • #1
    “For those of us who have felt this broken piece that has left us unable to mate as others seem to do, there is such comfort in solitude. There is comfort in the alone time, I guess. Or it just seems less dangerous.”
    ― Sharon Stone, The Beauty of Living Twice
    tags: alone, heartbroken, loneliness, sad
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    Oscar Wilde
    “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: attributed-no-source, be-yourself, gilbert-perreira, honesty, inspirational, misattributed-oscar-wilde, quote-investigator
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  • #3
    Frank Zappa
    “So many books, so little time.”
    ― Frank Zappa
    tags: books, humor
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  • #4
    Robert Frost
    “In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
    ― Robert Frost
    tags: life
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    Elbert Hubbard
    “A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”
    ― Elbert Hubbard
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  • #6
    Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
    “And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
    ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
    tags: heart, importance, inspiration, secret, the-little-prince
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  • #7
    Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
    “All grown-ups were once children... but only few of them remember it.”
    ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
    tags: reminding
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  • #8
    Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
    “Goodbye," said the fox. "And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
    ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
    tags: most-famous-novella
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  • #9
    Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
    “It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.”
    ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
    tags: caring, inspirational, love, roses, time
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  • #10
    Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
    “You see, one loves the sunset when one is so sad.”
    ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
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  • #11
    Suzanne Collins
    “Katniss Everdeen, you have caused a spark, wich left unattended, may cause a spark that could cause a whole rebelion”
    ― Suzzane Collins
    tags: inspirational-life
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  • #12
    Suzanne Collins
    “If he wants me broken then I will have to be whole.”
    ― Suzzane Collins
    tags: katniss-everdeen, mockingjay
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  • #13
    Michael Ende
    “If you have never wept bitter tears because a wonderful story has come to an end and you must take your leave of the characters with whom you have shared so many adventures, whom you have loved and admired, for whom you have hoped and feared, and without whose company life seems empty and meaningless.

    If such things have not been part of your own experience, you probably won't understand what Bastian did next.”
    ― Michael Ende, The Neverending Story
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    Michael Ende
    “There are many kinds of joy, but they all lead to one: the joy to be loved.”
    ― Michael Ende, The Neverending Story
    tags: allan-bard, fairy-tales, fantasy, michael-ende
    316 likes

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  • #15
    Michael Ende
    “Nothing is lost. . .Everything is transformed.”
    ― Michael Ende, The Neverending Story
    tags: change, entropy, fantasy, taoism
    417 likes

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  • #16
    Michael Ende
    “Every real story is a never ending story.”
    ― Michael Ende, The Neverending Story
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  • #17
    Michael Ende
    “When it comes to controlling human beings there is no better instrument than lies. Because, you see, humans live by beliefs. And beliefs can be manipulated. The power to manipulate beliefs is the only thing that counts.”
    ― Michael Ende, The Neverending Story
    tags: beliefs, lies, power
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  • #18
    Michael Ende
    “Calendars and clocks exist to measure time, but that signifies little because we all know that an hour can seem as eternity or pass in a flash, according to how we spend it.”
    ― Michael Ende, Momo
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  • #19
    Madeline Miller
    “He showed me his scars, and in return he let me pretend that I had none.”
    ― Madeline Miller, Circe
    tags: circe, greek-mythology, intimacy, love, odysseus, scars, vulnerability
    1960 likes

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  • #20
    Madeline Miller
    “I would say, some people are like constellations that only touch the earth for a season.”
    ― Madeline Miller, Circe
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  • #21
    Michael Ende
    “You must let what happens happen. Everything must be equal in your eyes, good and evil, beautiful and ugly, foolish and wise.”
    ― Michael Ende, The Neverending Story
    tags: balance, equilibrium, evil, fantasy, good, taoism
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  • #22
    Michael Ende
    “Strange as it may seem, horror loses its power to frighten when repeated too often.”
    ― Michael Ende, The Neverending Story
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  • #23
    Michael Ende
    “Only the right name gives beings and things their reality. A wrong name makes everything unreal. That's what lies do.”
    ― Michael Ende, The Neverending Story
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  • #24
    Michael Ende
    “Without a past you can't have a future.”
    ― Michael Ende, The Neverending Story
    tags: the-neverending-story
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  • #25
    Mark Twain
    “Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: books, contentment, friends, friendship, life
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  • #26
    Sarah Hogle
    “I’m a miserable cynic (a newer development) and a dreamy romantic (always have been), and it’s such a terrible combination that I don’t know how to tolerate myself.”
    ― Sarah Hogle, You Deserve Each Other
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  • #27
    Sarah Hogle
    “But you still haven't said you love me."
    "That's not true."
    "You haven't."
    "I say it all the time, I just say it very, very quietly. I tell you when you're in another room, or right after we hang up the phone. I tell you when you've got headphones on. I say it after you shut the door behind you. I say it in my head every time you look at me.”
    ― Sarah Hogle, You Deserve Each Other
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  • #28
    Sarah Hogle
    “You wanna give me some space?” “Well, you’re not saying anything.” “I’m talking to myself right now. Give us a minute.”
    ― Sarah Hogle, You Deserve Each Other
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