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#1

“Sometimes letting things go is an act of far greater power than defending or hanging on.”
― Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose

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“When I only begin to read, I forget I'm on this world. It lifts me on wings with high thoughts.”
― Anzia Yezierska

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#3

“The nicest thing about feeling happy is that you think you'll never be unhappy again.

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― Manuel Puig, Kiss of the Spider Woman and Two Other Plays

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#4

“Years fly by, but the heart stays in the same place.”
― Harlan Coben, Promise Me

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#5

“So this is my Pathetic Loser’s confession: I am Oren Tenning, and I have fallen. Hard.”
― Linda Kage, A Perfect Ten

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#6

“Courage, dear heart.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

tags: aslan, narnia

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#7

“You're something between a dream and a miracle.”
― Elizabeth Barrett Browning

tags: dream

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#8

“If you ever find yourself in the wrong story, leave.”
― Mo Willems, Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs

tags: fairy-tales, humor, humorous, philosophy, psychology

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#9

“I know all those words, but that sentence makes no sense to me.”
― Matt Groening

tags: family, humor, language, satire, simpsons, social-commentary

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#10

“Laugh loudly, laugh often, and most important, laugh at yourself.”
― Chelsea Handler, Lies That Chelsea Handler Told Me

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#11

“Never be afraid to sit awhile and think.”
― Lorraine Hansberry

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#12

“Whenever I don’t know whether to fight or not, I fight.”
― Emily Murphy

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#13

“The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.”
― Ben Okri

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#14

“One can't fight with oneself, for this battle has only one loser.”
― Mario Vargas Llosa, Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter

tags: romance

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#15

“I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way.”
― Carl Sandburg

tags: progress

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#16

“Human nature. I don’t like human nature, but I do like human beings.”
― Ellen Glasgow, In This Our Life

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#17

“Reading is like thinking, like praying, like talking to a friend, like expressing your ideas, like listening to other people's ideas, like listening to music, like looking at the view, like taking a walk on the beach.”
― Roberto Bolaño, 2666

tags: books, reading

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#18

“People understand me so poorly that they don't even understand my complaint about them not understanding me.”
― Søren Kierkegaard, The Journals of Kierkegaard

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#19

“Be who you are. / Give what you have.”
― Rose Ausländer

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#20

“I owe everything I am and everything I will ever be to books.”
― Gary Paulsen, Shelf Life: Stories by the Book

tags: books, reading

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#21

“We all have a Monster within; the difference is in degree, not in kind.”
― Douglas Preston, The Monster of Florence

tags: evil, monster

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#22

“Trivia is mainstream. 'Nerd' is the new 'cool.”
― Ken Jennings

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#23

“Anyone can live in a house, but homes are created with patience, time and love.”
― Jane Green, The Beach House

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#24

“Write the book you want to read, the one you cannot find.”
― Carol Shields

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#25

“There is only one page left to write on. I will fill it with words of only one syllable. I love. I have loved. I will love.”
― Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle

tags: love

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#26

“Reading was a joy, a desperately needed escape -- I didn't read to learn, I was reading to read.”
― Christian Bauman

tags: learn, read, reading

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#27

“True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked.”
― Erich Segal

tags: love

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#28

“Don't get lost. Give it a try. Go find the place that you're wishing for.”
― Natsuki Takaya

tags: fruits-basket, haru, try

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#29

“No matter how nice the place is where you live, you need to experience life and the world.”
― Terri Irwin, MY STEVE

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#30

“Everybody counts, or nobody counts.”
― Michael Connelly

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