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    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
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    B.V. Larson
    “The fans are on, let's see which way the shit blows.”
    ― B.V. Larson, Conquest
    tags: humor, inspirational
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    Umberto Eco
    “We live for books.”
    ― Umberto Eco
    tags: bibliophiles, book-lovers, books, reading
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    “We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.”
    ― Stephen Hawking
    tags: inspirational, science
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    Thomas Paine
    “These are the times that try men's souls.”
    ― Thomas Paine, The American Crisis
    tags: adversity, american-revolution, trials
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    Emily Dickinson
    “A little Madness in the Spring Is wholesome even for the King.”
    ― Emily Dickinson
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    Paul Auster
    “Reading was my escape and my comfort, my consolation, my stimulant of choice: reading for the pure pleasure of it, for the beautiful stillness that surrounds you when you hear an author's words reverberating in your head.”
    ― Paul Auster, The Brooklyn Follies
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    George R.R. Martin
    “Winter is coming.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: forcasting, mottos, winter
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    George R.R. Martin
    “Sleep is good, he said, and books are better.”
    ― George R. R. Martin
    tags: books, reading
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    Mary Leakey
    “Basically, I have been compelled by curiosity.”
    ― Mary Leakey
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    Henry Adams
    “Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.”
    ― Henry Adams
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    Pierre Boulle
    “There's always some further action to take.”
    ― Pierre Boulle
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    Irwin Shaw
    “There are too many books I haven’t read, too many places I haven’t seen, too many memories I haven’t kept long enough.”
    ― Irwin Shaw
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    Jeffrey Eugenides
    “Biology gives you a brain. Life turns it into a mind.”
    ― Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex
    tags: brain, mind
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    Clare Boothe Luce
    “Money can't buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while you're being miserable.”
    ― Clare Boothe Luce
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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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    Jack Kerouac
    “The air was soft, the stars so fine, the promise of every cobbled alley so great, that I thought I was in a dream.”
    ― Jack Kerouac, On the Road: The Original Scroll
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    Joe Abercrombie
    “I have learned all kinds of things from my many mistakes. The one thing I never learn is to stop making them.”
    ― Joe Abercrombie, Last Argument of Kings
    tags: learning, life-lessons, mistakes
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    Erica Jong
    “Everyone has talent. What's rare is the courage to follow it to the dark places where it leads.”
    ― Erica Jong
    tags: courage, talent
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    Neil Gaiman
    “Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
    ― Neil Gaiman, Coraline
    tags: books, dragons, fairy-tales, inspirational, paraphrasing-g-k-chesterton
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    George R.R. Martin
    “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
    tags: read, readers, reading, reading-books
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    Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi
    “Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.”
    ― Rumi
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    Benjamin Spock
    “Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.”
    ― Benjamin Spock
    tags: parenting, philosophy, self-assurance
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    Eoin Colfer
    “It's like learning to ride a unicorn. You never forget.”
    ― Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl
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    William Styron
    “We're all in this game together.”
    ― William Styron
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    Suzanne Collins
    “May the odds be ever in your favor!”
    ― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games
    tags: benediction
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    Brandon Sanderson
    “The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.”
    ― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings
    tags: storytelling
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    Frederick Douglass
    “Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.”
    ― Frederick Douglass
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    J.S. Morin
    “Decisions can be hard things to make," Tiiba said. "The materials from which you build them can make them good or poor, no matter the skill that goes into crafting them.”
    ― J.S. Morin, Sourcethief
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    J.S. Morin
    “It takes use to make knowledge worthwhile.”
    ― J.S. Morin, Mad Tinker's Daughter
    tags: knowledge, sci-fi, steampunk
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