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    Alan Moore
    “Artists use lies to tell the truth. Yes, I created a lie. But because you believed it, you found something true about yourself.”
    ― Alan Moore, V for Vendetta
    tags: on-fiction, parables, storytelling
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    Alan Moore
    “Behind this mask there is more than just flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea... and ideas are bulletproof.”
    ― Alan Moore, V for Vendetta
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    Alan Moore
    “People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.”
    ― Alan Moore, V for Vendetta
    tags: democracy, equality, government, misattributed
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    Alan Moore
    “Everybody is special. Everybody. Everybody is a hero, a lover, a fool, a villain. Everybody. Everybody has their story to tell.”
    ― Alan Moore, V for Vendetta
    tags: favourite-quote, inspirational
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    Alan Moore
    “You wear a mask for so long, you forget who you were beneath it.”
    ― Alan Moore, V for Vendetta
    tags: honesty, pretense, truthfulness
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    Edna St. Vincent Millay
    “My candle burns at both ends;
    It will not last the night;
    But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends—
    It gives a lovely light!”
    ― Edna St. Vincent Millay, A Few Figs from Thistles
    tags: intensity, poetry, zeal
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    Alfred Tennyson
    “If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever.”
    ― Alfred Tennyson
    tags: friendship, love
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    F. Scott Fitzgerald
    “When a girl feels that she’s perfectly groomed and dressed she can forget that part of her. That’s charm”
    ― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Short Stories
    tags: appearances, charm, fashion
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    Stephenie Meyer
    “I like the night. Without the dark, we'd never see the stars.”
    ― Stephenie Meyer, Twilight
    tags: bella-swan, dreams, edward, hope, night, stars
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    Bernard M. Baruch
    “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
    ― Bernard M. Baruch
    tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, confidence, fitting-in, individuality, misattributed-dr-seuss, those-who-matter
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    Dr. Seuss
    “Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.”
    ― Dr. Seuss
    tags: attributed-no-source
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    Dr. Seuss
    “You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
    ― Dr. Seuss
    tags: attributed-no-source, dreams, love, reality, sleep
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    William Shakespeare
    “Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind. Nor hath love's mind of any judgment taste; Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste: And therefore is love said to be a child, Because in choice he is so oft beguil'd.”
    ― William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
    tags: love
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    John Lennon
    “You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us. And the world will live as one.”
    ― John Lennon
    tags: beatles, connection, dreamers, dreaming, dreams, hope, inspirational, peace
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    Francis of Assisi
    “All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.”
    ― St. Francis Of Assisi, The Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assisi
    tags: inspirational
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    Helen Keller
    “I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.”
    ― Helen Keller
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    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    “When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.”
    ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
    tags: dark, stars
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    Sherrilyn Kenyon
    “I don't suffer from my insanity -- I enjoy every minute of it.”
    ― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Dance with the Devil
    tags: zarek
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    Robert Frost
    “These woods are lovely, dark and deep,
    But I have promises to keep,
    And miles to go before I sleep,
    And miles to go before I sleep.”
    ― Robert Frost, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
    tags: life
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    Tamora Pierce
    “A crow may put on human shape or crow shape, but we remain crows,” he replied firmly. “Hawks, too, are the same, whether they are born in human nests or hawk ones. The nestlings must always be protected. Since you have chosen to protect these, I and mine will protect you.”
    ― Tamora Pierce, Trickster's Choice
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    Lewis Carroll
    “Mad Hatter: “Why is a raven like a writing-desk?”
    “Have you guessed the riddle yet?” the Hatter said, turning to Alice again.
    “No, I give it up,” Alice replied: “What’s the answer?”
    “I haven’t the slightest idea,” said the Hatter”
    ― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
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    Edgar Allan Poe
    “I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.”
    ― Edgar Allan Poe
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    Edgar Allan Poe
    “Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.”
    ― Edgar Allan Poe, Eleonora
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    Stephen Chbosky
    “So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.”
    ― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
    tags: charlie, favourite-books, inspirational, sad, soul-searching, wallflower
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    William Shakespeare
    “I like this place and could willingly waste my time in it.”
    ― William Shakespeare
    tags: as-you-like-it, celia, nature, poetry
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    William Shakespeare
    “The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
    ― William Shakespeare, As You Like It
    tags: wisdom
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    William Shakespeare
    “Good night, good night! parting is such sweet sorrow,
    That I shall say good night till it be morrow.”
    ― William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
    tags: infatuation, love, passion
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    Chris Bradford
    “When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.”
    ― Chris Bradford, The Way of the Dragon
    tags: hope, hopeful
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    Chris Bradford
    “In order to know your enemy, you must become your enemy.”
    ― Chris Bradford, The Way of the Dragon
    tags: enemies, enemy
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  • #30
    Chris Bradford
    “A single tree doesn't make a forest.”
    ― Chris Bradford, The Ring of Earth
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