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    C.S. Lewis
    “I'm on Aslan's side even if there isn't any Aslan to lead it. I'm going to live as like a Narnian as I can even if there isn't any Narnia.”
    ― C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair
    tags: hell, love, safe
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    C.S. Lewis
    “I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.”
    ― C.S. Lewis
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    C.S. Lewis
    “God can't give us peace and happiness apart from Himself because there is no such thing.”
    ― C.S. Lewis
    tags: god-religion-happiness
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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “What do you mean?" he said. "Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “I have... I have never used a sword in my life.

    And I hope you never have to. But if you do, remember this: true courage is about knowing not when to take a life, but when to spare one.”
    ― J.R.R Tolkien
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    James Patterson
    “Every masterpiece comes at the end of a long line of failures.”
    ― James Patterson, The Worst Years of My Life
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    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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    Oscar Wilde
    “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: attributed-no-source, be-yourself, gilbert-perreira, honesty, inspirational, misattributed-oscar-wilde, quote-investigator
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    Mahatma Gandhi
    “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
    ― Mahatma Gandhi
    tags: action, change, inspirational, misattributed-to-gandhi, philosophy, wish
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    Frank Zappa
    “So many books, so little time.”
    ― Frank Zappa
    tags: books, humor
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    Albert Camus
    “Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
    Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
    Walk beside me… just be my friend”
    ― Albert Camus
    tags: attributed-no-source, friends, friendship, misattributed-albert-camus
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    Martin Luther King Jr.
    “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
    ― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
    tags: darkness, drive-out, hate, inspirational, light, love, peace
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    Bil Keane
    “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.”
    ― Bill Keane
    tags: attributed-no-source, hope, inspirational, misattributed-eleanor-roosevelt, past, present, widely-misattributed
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  • #14
    Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another What! You
    “Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
    ― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves
    tags: friendship
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    C.S. Lewis
    “The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.”
    ― C.S. Lewis
    tags: christianity, god, religion
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    C.S. Lewis
    “A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.”
    ― C.S. Lewis
    tags: books, children-s-books, reading
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    C.S. Lewis
    “I can't imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once.”
    ― C.S. Lewis
    tags: books-reading
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    C.S. Lewis
    “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”
    ― C.S. Lewis
    tags: books, inspirational, reading, tea
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  • #19
    “Wise men say, 'Forgiveness is divine, but never pay full price for late pizza.”
    ― Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
    tags: teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles
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    Leonardo da Vinci
    “Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.”
    ― Leonardo da Vinci
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    James Patterson
    “Basically, I have two speeds.... Hostile or smart-aleck. Your choice.”
    ― James Patterson, Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports
    tags: humor
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    Rick Riordan
    “How did you die?"
    "We er....drowned in a bathtub."
    "All three of you?"
    "It was a big bathtub.”
    ― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief
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  • #23
    Rick Riordan
    “Ever had a flying burrito hit you? Well, it's a deadly projectile, right up there with cannonballs and grenades.”
    ― Rick Riordan, The Titan’s Curse
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    Rick Riordan
    “You are okay?" he asked. "Not eaten by monsters?"
    "Not even a little bit." I showed him that I still had both arms and both legs, and Tyson clapped happily.
    "Yay!" he said. "Now we can eat peanut butter sandwiches and ride fish ponies! We can fight monsters and see Annabeth and make things go BOOM!"
    I hoped he didn't mean all at the same time, but I told him absolutely, we'd have a lot of fun this summer.”
    ― Rick Riordan, The Battle of the Labyrinth
    tags: annabeth-chase, olympians, peanut-butter, percy-jackson, tyson
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    James Patterson
    “YOU COULD LOCK the Gasman in a padded cell with some dental floss and a bowl of Jell-O, and he'd find a way to make something to explode.”
    ― James Patterson, Max
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    Stan Lee
    “HULK SMASH!”
    ― Stan Lee
    tags: comics, hulk, marvel, marvel-comics, stan-le
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    Stan Lee
    “Whosoever holds this hammer, if he be worthy, shall possess the power of Thor.”
    ― Stan Lee
    tags: comics, graphic-novel, lee, marvel, mjolnirm, mythology, stan-lee, the-avengers, thor
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  • #28
    Stan Lee
    “Coming from your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man!”
    ― Stan Lee
    tags: comics, inspirational, marvel, marvel-comics, spiderman, stan-lee
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  • #29
    Stan Lee
    “Nuff said!”
    ― Stan Lee
    tags: comics, inspirational, marvel, marvel-comics, stan-lee
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  • #30
    Stan Lee
    “Of what import are brief, nameless lives . . . to Galactus?”
    ― Stan Lee
    tags: comics, inspirational, marvel, marvel-comics, stan-lee
    35 likes



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