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#1

“When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.”
― Mark Twain

tags: arrogance, humor, ignorance

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#2

“There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls. ”
― George Carlin

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#3

“A man is whole only when he takes into account his shadow.”
― Djuna Barnes

tags: jungism, personhood, shadow-self

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#4

“Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.”
― George Orwell, 1984

tags: truth

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#5

“So many things are possible just as long as you don't know they're impossible.”
― Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth

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#6

“Never forget, Caelius, that a great man makes his luck. Luck is there for everyone to seize. Most of us miss our chances; we're blind to our luck. He never misses a chance because he's never blind to the opportunity of the moment.”
― Colleen McCullough, Caesar

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#7

“There is no secret to success except hard work and getting something indefinable which we call 'the breaks.”
― Countee Cullen

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#8

“In love, no question is ever preposterous.”
― Andre Brink, Before I Forget

tags: love

1589 likes

#9

“Never say 'no' to adventures. Always say 'yes,' otherwise you'll lead a very dull life.”
― Ian Fleming

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#10

“I've been homesick for countries I've never been, and longed to be where I couldn't be.”
― John Cheever

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#11

“God save us from people who mean well.”
― Vikram Seth, A Suitable Boy

tags: god, good-intentions, humanity, religion

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#12

“Many people lose the small joys in the hope for the big happiness.”
― Pearl S. Buck

tags: contentment

4352 likes

#13

“What a long strange trip it's been.”
― Jerry Garcia

1427 likes

#14

“Great minds are always feared by lesser minds.”
― Dan Brown, The Lost Symbol

tags: knowledge

3585 likes

#15

“You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.”
― Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

tags: imagination

3634 likes

#16

“Cynicism is what passes for insight among the mediocre.”
― Joe Klein, Primary Colors

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#17

“I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot. ”
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

tags: holden

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#18

“Like all magnificent things, it's very simple.”
― Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting

tags: elegance, philosophy, simplicity

2331 likes

#19

“We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all the power we need inside ourselves already.”
― J.K. Rowling

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#20

“We must never confuse elegance with snobbery”
― Yves Saint Laurent

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#21

“Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.”
― James Baldwin

tags: parenting, role-models

3058 likes

#22

“Learn the rules, break the rules, make up new rules, break the new rules.”
― Marvin Bell

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#23

“Nobody said not to go.”
― Emily Hahn

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#24

“Books are the carriers of civilization...They are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind. Books are humanity in print.”
― Barbara W. Tuchman

3306 likes

#25

“What I am
is tired of jam.”
― Russell Hoban

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#26

“You might as well answer the door, my child,
the truth is furiously knocking.”
― Lucille Clifton, Good Woman: Poems and a Memoir 1969-1980

tags: inspirational

1868 likes

#27

“Everyone forgets Icarus also flew.”
― Jack Gilbert, Refusing Heaven: Poems

1783 likes

#28

“Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.”
― Steve Jobs

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#29

“Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you.”
― Joseph Heller, Catch-22

tags: misattributed-kurt-cobain

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#30

“So, what can't you take? Decide which of the two options is harder, and do the other. That way, no matter how hard your choice turns out to be, at least you can find comfort in knowing you're avoiding something even worse.”
― Josephine Angelini, Starcrossed

tags: choices-and-consequences, decision-making

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