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    Jay Kristoff
    “Too many books. Too few centuries.”
    ― Jay Kristoff, Nevernight
    tags: books, chronicler
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    Tim O'Brien
    “That's what fiction is for. It's for getting at the truth when the truth isn't sufficient for the truth.”
    ― Tim O'Brien
    tags: fiction, on-fiction, stories, truth, writing
    2418 likes

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    Terry Pratchett
    “It's not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren't doing it.”
    ― Terry Pratchett
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    Jay Kristoff
    “Don't fuck with librarians, young lady. We know the power of words.”
    ― Jay Kristoff, Darkdawn
    tags: aelius
    106 likes

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  • #5
    Erin Morgenstern
    “We are all stardust and stories.”
    ― Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea
    920 likes

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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
    177083 likes

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    Trudi Canavan
    “It is said, in Imardin, that the wind has a soul, and that it wails through the narrow streets because it is grieved by what it finds there.”
    ― Trudi Canavan, The Magicians' Guild
    tags: spiritual
    131 likes

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  • #8
    Anne Rice
    “None of us really changes over time. We only become more fully what we are.”
    ― Anne Rice, The Vampire Lestat
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  • #9
    Anne Rice
    “To write something you have to risk making a fool of yourself.”
    ― Anne Rice
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  • #10
    Dan Abnett
    “In my experience, the heavy-handed, terror-inspiring approach closes as many doors as it smashes open.”
    ― Dan Abnett, Xenos
    tags: doors, eisenhorn, inquisitor
    24 likes

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  • #11
    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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    Christopher Paolini
    “Books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh and cry and find meaning in life.”
    ― Christopher Paolini, Eragon
    tags: books, christopher-paolini, eragon, good-reads
    6287 likes

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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “Not all those who wander are lost.”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
    tags: bilbo, journey, lost, quest, travel, wander
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    Christopher Paolini
    “Live in the present, remember the past, and fear not the future, for it doesn't exist and never shall. There is only now.”
    ― Christopher Paolini, Eldest
    tags: inspirational
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    Dan Abnett
    “I know that words cannot move mountains, but they can move the multitude - we've proven that time and time again. People are more ready to fight and die for a word than for anything else. Words shape thought, stir feeling, and force action. They kill and revive, corrupt and cure.”
    ― Dan Abnett, Horus Rising
    tags: the-power-of-words
    49 likes

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    Christopher Paolini
    “Keep in mind that many people have died for their beliefs; it's actually quite common. The real courage is in living and suffering for what you believe.”
    ― Christopher Paolini, Eragon
    tags: bravery, courage, nobility
    1460 likes

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  • #17
    Christopher Paolini
    “It's amazing that a man who is dead can talk to people through these pages. As long as this books survives, his ideas live.”
    ― Christopher Paolini, Eragon
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    Trudi Canavan
    “So what were you [Sonea] and Dorrien discussing before?' Akkarin asked.
    She turned to regard him. 'Discussing?'
    'Outside the farmhouse when I was buying the food.'
    'Oh. Then. Nothing.'
    He smiled and nodded. 'Nothing. Amazing subject, that one. Produces such fascinating reactions in people.”
    ― Trudi Canavan, The High Lord
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    Trudi Canavan
    “Wisdom and knowledge is everywhere, but so is stupity.”
    ― Trudi Canavan, Voice of the Gods
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    Trudi Canavan
    “Unquestioning obedience is for slaves, the uneducated and the pathetic.”
    ― Trudi Canavan, The Magician's Apprentice
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    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
    ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
    tags: accomplishment, attributed-no-source, be-yourself, conformity, individuality
    69680 likes

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    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
    tags: bravery, courage, fear
    7258 likes

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  • #23
    Anne Rice
    “Evil is always possible. And goodness is eternally difficult.”
    ― Anne Rice, Interview with the Vampire
    tags: good-evil
    2866 likes

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    Terry Pratchett
    “Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Jingo
    tags: humor, proverb
    12933 likes

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  • #25
    Terry Pratchett
    “Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.”
    ― Terry Pratchett
    tags: fantasy, humor, imagination, literature, stories
    6661 likes

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  • #26
    Terry Pratchett
    “In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.”
    ― Terry Pratchett
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    Erin Morgenstern
    “Not all stories speak to all listeners, but all listeners can find a story that does, somewhere, sometime. In one form or another.”
    ― Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea
    676 likes

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    Jay Kristoff
    “The books we love, they love us back. And just as we mark our places in the pages, those pages leave their marks on us. I can see it in you, sure as I see it in me. You're a daughter of the words. A girl with a story to tell.”
    ― Jay Kristoff, Nevernight
    966 likes

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    Jay Kristoff
    “You've got the look of a girl who's no stranger to the page. I can tell. You've got words in your soul.”
    ― Jay Kristoff, Nevernight
    tags: book, bookworm, girl, read, reading, soul, words
    456 likes

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  • #30
    Jay Kristoff
    “The brighter the light, the deeper the shadow.”
    ― Jay Kristoff, Nevernight
    tags: light, mercurio, shadow
    377 likes



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