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    George R.R. Martin
    “For herself, she wanted sleet and ice, howling winds, thunder to shake the very stones of the Red Keep. She wanted a storm to match her rage.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Feast for Crows
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    Charlotte Brontë
    “Let her be taken care of; let her be treated as tenderly as may be:”
    ― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
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    “Men are hateful, contrary creatures who say they want goddesses to put on pedestals. Once they have them up there, they rip off the halo, tear off the gown, slice off the wings so they can’t fly and then kick the pedestal away so the woman falls at his feet and he can scream out as he kicks her, tramp!—or worse.”
    ― V.C. Andrews, My Sweet Audrina
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    Jean Rhys
    “If I was bound for hell, let it be hell. No more false heavens. No more damned magic. You hate me and I hate you. We’ll see who hates best. But first, first I will destroy your hatred. Now. My hate is colder, stronger, and you’ll have no hate to warm yourself. You will have nothing.”
    ― Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea
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    Shirley Jackson
    “An odd thought crossed her mind: she would pick up the heavy glass ashtray and smash her husband over the head with it.”
    ― Shirley Jackson, Dark Tales
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    Agatha Christie
    “Servants must be treated with the utmost courtesy. They are doing skilled work which you could not possibly do yourself without long training. And remember they cannot answer back. You must always be polite to people whose position forbids them to be rude to you. If you are impolite, they will despise you, and rightly, because you have not acted like a lady.”
    ― Agatha Christie, Agatha Christie: An Autobiography
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    Margaret Atwood
    “Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.”
    ― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale
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    Arthur Conan Doyle
    “Dr. Watson, Mr. Sherlock Holmes,’ said Stamford, introducing us.”
    ― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Complete Sherlock Holmes
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    Daphne du Maurier
    “But luxury has never appealed to me, I like simple things, books, being alone, or with somebody who understands.”
    ― Daphne du Maurier
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    L.M. Montgomery
    “Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?”
    ― L.M. Montgomery
    tags: beginnings, fresh-start, inspirational, mistake, mistakes, new-day, start-over, tomorrow
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  • #11
    “The things I do for love...”
    ― Jaime Lannister
    tags: a-song-of-ice-and-fire, grrm, jaime-lannister
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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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    Oscar Wilde
    “The truth is rarely pure and never simple.”
    ― Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
    tags: truth
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    Daphne du Maurier
    “Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.”
    ― Daphne Du Maurier, Rebecca
    tags: dream, first-sentence
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    George Carlin
    “The reason I talk to myself is because I’m the only one whose answers I accept.”
    ― George Carlin
    tags: humor, insanity, lies, lying, self-indulgence, truth
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    Virginia Woolf
    “Why are women... so much more interesting to men than men are to women?”
    ― Virginia Woolf
    tags: men, rescuing, women
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    Charles Bukowski
    “Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.”
    ― Charles Bukowski
    tags: humor
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    George R.R. Martin
    “Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: identity
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    Anaïs Nin
    “How wrong is it for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself?”
    ― Anais Nin
    tags: independence, women
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    L.M. Montgomery
    “I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”
    ― L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
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    “It is more the lack of emotional support from my closest community that breaks my heart.”
    ― Elena Remigi, In Limbo: Brexit testimonies from EU citizens in the UK
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    Margaret Atwood
    “That was when they suspended the Constitution. They said it would be temporary. There wasn't even any rioting in the streets. People stayed home at night, watching television, looking for some direction. There wasn't even an enemy you could put your finger on.”
    ― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale
    tags: constitution, dystopia, enemy, government
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    George R.R. Martin
    “... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: books, mind
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    Charles Bukowski
    “My ambition is handicapped by laziness”
    ― Charles Bukowski, Factotum
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    Mikhail Bulgakov
    “FOLLOW ME, READER! Who told you that there is no such thing as real, true, eternal love? Cut out his lying tongue! Follow me, reader, and only me and I will show you that love!”
    ― Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita
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    Mark Twain
    “If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: lies, lying, memory, truth
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    Neil Gaiman
    “I would like to see anyone, prophet, king or God, convince a thousand cats to do the same thing at the same time.”
    ― Neil Gaiman
    tags: cats, chaos, cooperation, organization, persuasion, pets, willfullness
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    Mimi Matthews
    “I have no family. Isn’t that why you chose me? Because I had no one to protect me? No one to care if I died in mysterious circumstances?”
    ― Mimi Matthews, John Eyre: A Tale of Darkness and Shadow
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    Bernard M. Baruch
    “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
    ― Bernard M. Baruch
    tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, confidence, fitting-in, individuality, misattributed-dr-seuss, those-who-matter
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    “For years, this has been my allotted role within the group: to provide them with vicarious stories of sexual disasters that make them feel they haven’t completely left all that behind, while simultaneously reassuring them that they’re much better off as they are.”
    ― J.P. Delaney, The Girl Before
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