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  • #1
    George R.R. Martin
    “Some old wounds never truly heal, and bleed again at the slightest word.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: hurt, pain, perfect, truthful
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    Erin Hunter
    “Warriors should suffer their pain silently.”
    ― Erin Hunter, Into the Wild
    tags: erin, hunter, hurt, pain, stoicism, suffer, tigerclaw, tigerstar, warrior, warriors
    643 likes

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  • #3
    Franklin Delano Roosevelt
    “When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.”
    ― Franklin D. Roosevelt
    tags: insanity, misattributed, perseverance, sanity
    780 likes

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    C.S. Lewis
    “I sat with my anger long enough until she told me her real name was grief.”
    ― C.S. Lewis
    tags: anger, grief, hopelessness, loss, rage, realization, understanding
    375 likes

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  • #5
    William Blake
    “I was angry with my friend:
    I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
    I was angry with my foe:
    I told it not, my wrath did grow.”
    ― William Blake, Songs of Experience
    tags: anger, grudges, rage, venting
    191 likes

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  • #6
    William Congreve
    “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.”
    ― William Congreve
    tags: fury, hell, woman-scorned
    22 likes

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  • #7
    Kerri Maniscalco
    “One day you'll call me Death.
    For now, Wrath will do.”
    ― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Wicked
    tags: death, kingdom-of-the-wicked, wrath
    259 likes

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  • #8
    Albert Einstein
    “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: attributed-no-source, human-nature, humor, infinity, philosophy, science, stupidity, universe
    148352 likes

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  • #9
    Mae West
    “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
    ― Mae West
    tags: humor, life
    119046 likes

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  • #10
    Douglas Adams
    “I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”
    ― Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time
    tags: deadlines, humor, humour, work, writing
    32151 likes

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  • #11
    Bill Watterson
    “Reality continues to ruin my life.”
    ― Bill Watterson, The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
    tags: calvin-and-hobbes, humor, life
    21168 likes

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  • #12
    We accept the love we think we deserve.
    “We accept the love we think we deserve.”
    ― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
    tags: inspirational, love
    76475 likes

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  • #13
    Alfred Tennyson
    “If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever.”
    ― Alfred Tennyson
    tags: friendship, love
    21786 likes

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  • #14
    Haruki Murakami
    “If you remember me, then I don't care if everyone else forgets.”
    ― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
    tags: inspirational, love
    7474 likes

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  • #15
    Lois Lowry
    “The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.”
    ― Lois Lowry, The Giver
    tags: loneliness, memories, pain, share
    5753 likes

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  • #16
    John Lennon
    “One thing you can't hide - is when you're crippled inside.”
    ― John Lennon
    tags: beatles, emotions, hypocrisy, pain, suffering
    3416 likes

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  • #17
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    “Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.”
    ― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    tags: coldness, depression, happiness, life, sad, sadness, sorrow
    12165 likes

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  • #18
    Henry Rollins
    “I'll never forget how the depression and loneliness felt good and bad at the same time. Still does.”
    ― Henry Rollins, The Portable Henry Rollins
    tags: depression, loneliness
    1468 likes

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  • #19
    Dr. Seuss
    “You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
    ― Dr. Seuss
    tags: attributed-no-source, dreams, love, reality, sleep
    127092 likes

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  • #20
    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
    22284 likes



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