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  • #1
    “Barn's burnt down / Now I can see the moon.”
    Mizuta Masahide

  • #2
    Anne Frank
    “A quiet conscience makes one strong!”
    Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

  • #3
    Masashi Kishimoto
    “There's no advantage to hurrying through life." -Shikamaru Nara”
    Masashi Kishimoto

  • #4
    Thucydides
    “Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage.”
    Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War

  • #5
    Louisa May Alcott
    “I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.”
    Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

  • #6
    Toshikazu Kawaguchi
    “Seasons flow in a cycle.
    Life too, passes through difficult winters.
    But after any winter, spring will follow.”
    Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Tales from the Cafe

  • #7
    A.A. Milne
    “Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.”
    A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh

  • #8
    Henry Fielding
    “I am content; that is a blessing greater than riches; and he to whom that is given need ask no more.”
    Henry Fielding

  • #9
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon
    “Our anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strengths.”
    C. H. Spurgeon

  • #10
    Vincent de Paul
    “Humility is nothing but truth, and pride is nothing but lying.”
    St. Vincent de Paul

  • #11
    Robert  Burton
    “A quiet mind cureth all. ”
    Robert Burton

  • #12
    Laura Ingalls Wilder
    “I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.”
    Laura Ingalls Wilder

  • #13
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon
    “Visit many good books, but live in the Bible.”
    Charles Spurgeon

  • #14
    A.A. Milne
    “If the person you are talking to doesn't appear to be listening, be patient. It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear.”
    A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh

  • #15
    J.M. Barrie
    “Fairies have to be one thing or the other, because being so small they unfortunately have room for one feeling only at a time.”
    J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

  • #16
    Laura Ingalls Wilder
    “Laura felt a warmth inside her. It was very small, but it was strong. It was steady, like a tiny light in the dark, and it burned very low but no winds could make it flicker because it would not give up.”
    Laura Ingalls Wilder, The Long Winter

  • #17
    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “Go back?" he thought. "No good at all! Go sideways? Impossible! Go forward? Only thing to do! On we go!" So up he got, and trotted along with his little sword held in front of him and one hand feeling the wall, and his heart all of a patter and a pitter.”
    J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

  • #18
    George R.R. Martin
    “Bran thought about it. 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?'
    'That is the only time a man can be brave,' his father told him.”
    George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

  • #19
    Charles Dickens
    “Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.”
    Charles Dickens

  • #20
    C.S. Lewis
    “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”
    C.S. Lewis

  • #21
    Charles Nodier
    “A writer should read until he is filled to the brim and like a pitcher which is over-filled over flows. And then he should write.”
    Charles Nodier

  • #22
    Leo Tolstoy
    “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”
    Leo Tolstoy

  • #23
    If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use
    “If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.”
    Oscar Wilde

  • #24
    J.K. Rowling
    “If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
    J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

  • #25
    Daniel Pennac
    “Reader's Bill of Rights

    1. The right to not read

    2. The right to skip pages

    3. The right to not finish

    4. The right to reread

    5. The right to read anything

    6. The right to escapism

    7. The right to read anywhere

    8. The right to browse

    9. The right to read out loud

    10. The right to not defend your tastes”
    Daniel Pennac

  • #26
    Elisabeth Elliot
    “There is nothing worth living for, unless it is worth dying for.”
    Elisabeth Elliot

  • #27
    George R.R. Martin
    “Needle was Robb and Bran and Rickon, her mother and her father, even Sansa. Needle was Winterfell's grey walls, and the laughter of its people. Needle was the summer snows, Old Nan's stories, the heart tree with its red leaves and scary face, the warm earthy smell of the glass gardens, the sound of the north wind rattling the shutters of her room. Needle was Jon Snow's smile. He used to mess my hair and call me "little sister," she remembered, and suddenly there were tears in her eyes.”
    George R.R. Martin, A Feast for Crows

  • #28
    Elisabeth Elliot
    “Where does your security lie? Is God your refuge, your hiding place, your stronghold, your shepherd, your counselor, your friend, your redeemer, your saviour, your guide? If He is, you don't need to search any further for security.”
    Elisabeth Elliot

  • #29
    John Ruskin
    “I believe that the first test of a great man is his humility. I don't mean by humility, doubt of his power. But really great men have a curious feeling that the greatness is not of them, but through them. And they see something divine in every other man and are endlessly, foolishly, incredibly merciful.”
    John Ruskin

  • #30
    Elisabeth Elliot
    “To be a follower of the Crucified means, sooner or later, a personal encounter with the cross. And the cross always entails loss. The great symbol of Christianity means sacrifice and no one who calls himself a Christian can evade this stark fact.”
    Elisabeth Elliot, These Strange Ashes



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