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    Charles William Eliot
    “Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.”
    ― Charles W. Eliot
    tags: books, friends, reading, teachers
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    “Have you ever noticed how ‘What the hell’ is always the right decision to make?”
    ― Terry Johnson, Insignificance
    tags: humor, misattributed-to-marilyn-monroe, philosophy
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    J.K. Rowling
    “Just because you have the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn't mean we all have.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
    tags: hermione
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  • #4
    Charles Bukowski
    “Do you hate people?”

    “I don't hate them...I just feel better when they're not around.”
    ― Charles Bukowski, Barfly
    tags: humour, misanthropy, paraphrased
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  • #5
    Rick Riordan
    “With great power... comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later.”
    ― Rick Riordan, The Last Olympian
    tags: nico
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    Anne Frank
    “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”
    ― Anne Frank, Anne Frank's Tales from the Secret Annex: A Collection of Her Short Stories, Fables, and Lesser-Known Writings
    tags: activism, life, optimism, philosophy, world
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    Marilyn Monroe
    “If you're gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty.”
    ― Marilyn Monroe
    tags: attributed-no-source
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  • #8
    “The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.”
    ― Joe Klaas, The Twelve Steps to Happiness: A Practical Handbook for Understanding and Working the Twelve Step Programs for Alcoholism, Codependency, Eating Disorders, and Other Addictions
    tags: anger, freedom, misattributed-gloria-steinem, truth
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  • #9
    Stephen King
    “If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
    ― Stephen King
    tags: reading, writing
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    C.E.M. Joad
    “Creativity is knowing how to hide your sources”
    ― C.E.M. Joad
    tags: creativity, humor, misattributed-to-einstein, paraphrased
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  • #11
    Virginia Woolf
    “Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.”
    ― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own
    tags: freedom, women, writing
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  • #12
    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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  • #13
    I am not pretty. I am not beautiful. I am as radiant as the sun.
    “I am not pretty. I am not beautiful. I am as radiant as the sun.”
    ― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games
    tags: truth
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    Suzanne Collins
    “It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart.”
    ― Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay
    tags: falling-apart, giving-in
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    Marilyn Monroe
    “It's far better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone — so far.”
    ― Marilyn Monroe
    tags: alone, attributed-no-source
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    Stephenie Meyer
    “I like the night. Without the dark, we'd never see the stars.”
    ― Stephenie Meyer, Twilight
    tags: bella-swan, dreams, edward, hope, night, stars
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    J.K. Rowling
    “Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
    tags: humanity, kindness, relationships
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    Sarah J. Maas
    “Libraries were full of ideas—perhaps the most dangerous and powerful of all weapons.”
    ― Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass
    tags: ideas, libraries, sarah-j-maas, throne-of-glass
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    Oscar Wilde
    “You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit.”
    ― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
    tags: sin
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    J.K. Rowling
    “Is it true that you shouted at Professor Umbridge?"
    "Yes."
    "You called her a liar?"
    "Yes."
    "You told her He Who Must Not Be Named is back?"
    "Yes."
    "Have a biscuit, Potter.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
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    Suzanne Collins
    “Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor.”
    ― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games
    tags: the-hunger-games
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  • #22
    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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    Oscar Wilde
    “I don't want to go to heaven. None of my friends are there.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: humor-heaven
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  • #24
    Ernest Hemingway
    “I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?”
    ― Ernest Hemingway
    tags: sleep
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  • #25
    Suzanne Collins
    “Destroying things is much easier than making them.”
    ― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games
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  • #26
    J.K. Rowling
    “Death's got an Invisibility Cloak?" Harry interrupted again.
    "So he can sneak up on people," said Ron. "Sometimes he gets bored of running at them, flapping his arms and shrieking...”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
    tags: death, humor, sarcasm
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    Stephenie Meyer
    “And so the lion fell in love with the lamb…" he murmured. I looked away, hiding my eyes as I thrilled to the word.
    "What a stupid lamb," I sighed.
    "What a sick, masochistic lion.”
    ― Stephenie Meyer, Twilight
    tags: bella, edward, love
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  • #28
    Cassandra Clare
    “Life is a book and there are a thousand pages I have not yet read.”
    ― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Princess
    tags: chapter-24, life, will-herondale
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  • #29
    Leigh Bardugo
    “I would have come for you. And if I couldn't walk, I'd crawl to you, and no matter how broken we were, we'd fight our way out together-knives drawn, pistols blazing. Because that's what we do. We never stop fighting.”
    ― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom
    tags: crooked-kingdom, inej-ghafa, kaz-brekker, six-of-crows
    8947 likes

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  • #30
    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “Never laugh at live dragons.”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien
    tags: dragons, wisdom
    8728 likes



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