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    Ian Fleming
    “The stars winked down their cryptic morse and he had no key to their cipher.”
    ― Ian Fleming
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    William Shakespeare
    “Dispute not with her: she is lunatic.”
    ― William Shakespeare, Richard III
    tags: insanity, women
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    H.P. Lovecraft
    “Almost nobody dances sober, unless they happen to be insane.”
    ― Howard Phillips Lovecraft
    tags: dance, dancing, life
    1786 likes

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    Patrick Rothfuss
    “Bones mend. Regret stays with you forever.”
    ― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind
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    Patrick Rothfuss
    “You see, women are like fires, like flames. Some women are like candles, bright and friendly. Some are like single sparks, or embers, like fireflies for chasing on summer nights. Some are like campfires, all light and heat for a night and willing to be left after. Some women are like hearthfires, not much to look at but underneath they are all warm red coal that burns a long, long while.”
    ― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind
    tags: women
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    Patrick Rothfuss
    “Call a jack a jack. Call a spade a spade. But always call a whore a lady. Their lives are hard enough, and it never hurts to be polite.”
    ― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind
    tags: labels, manners
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    Patrick Rothfuss
    “We understand how dangerous a mask can be. We all become what we pretend to be.”
    ― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind
    tags: masks, pretending, pretense
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    Patrick Rothfuss
    “You have to be a bit of a liar to tell a story the right way.”
    ― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind
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    Patrick Rothfuss
    “When we are children we seldom think of the future. This innocence leaves us free to enjoy ourselves as few adults can. The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind.”
    ― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind
    tags: childhood, growing-up, innocence
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    Patrick Rothfuss
    “It gets tiresome being spoken to as if you are a child, even if you happen to be one.”
    ― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind
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    Patrick Rothfuss
    “There are two sure ways to lose a friend, one is to borrow, the other is to lend.”
    ― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind
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    Patrick Rothfuss
    “Are you hurt?"
    "Absolutely," I said. "Especially in my everywhere.”
    ― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind
    tags: hurt, hurt-everywhere, sore
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    Patrick Rothfuss
    “Too much truth confuses the facts. Too much honesty makes you sound insincere”
    ― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind
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    Patrick Rothfuss
    “If you are going to impose your will on the world, you must have control over what you believe.”
    ― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind
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    Patrick Rothfuss
    “Fear tends to come from ignorance. Once I knew what the problem was, it was just a problem, nothing to fear.”
    ― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind
    tags: inspirational
    288 likes

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    Libba Bray
    “I should never be left alone with my mind for too long.”
    ― Libba Bray
    tags: blog-post, humor, insanity
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    Robert M. Pirsig
    “When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called a Religion.”
    ― Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
    tags: atheism, god, religion
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    Darynda Jones
    “Genius has its limitations.
    Insanity...not so much" -Bumper Sticker”
    ― Darynda Jones, First Grave on the Right
    tags: paraphrased
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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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    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    “A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
    ― Marcus Tullius Cicero
    tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul
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    Oscar Wilde
    “Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: attributed-no-source, enemies, forgiveness, strategy
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    Oscar Wilde
    “I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
    ― Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Stories
    tags: intelligence, self-deprecation
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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
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    André Gide
    “It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”
    ― Andre Gide, Autumn Leaves
    tags: life, love
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    Marilyn Monroe
    “Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.”
    ― Marilyn Monroe
    tags: attributed-no-source, be-yourself, inspirational
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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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    Mark Twain
    “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: individuality, majority, minority, pause, reflect, wisdom
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    Mark Twain
    “Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well.”
    ― Mark Twain
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    Douglas Adams
    “I'd take the awe of understanding over the awe of ignorance any day.”
    ― Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time
    tags: atheism, intelligence
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    Douglas Adams
    “This must be Thursday,' said Arthur to himself, sinking low over his beer. 'I never could get the hang of Thursdays.”
    ― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
    tags: life, sci-fi
    1722 likes



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