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    Albert Einstein
    “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: attributed-no-source, human-nature, humor, infinity, philosophy, science, stupidity, universe
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    Rachel Hill
    “Yes, boys are a little like shoes. Why? Well...They can be useful. But mainly...They are nice to look at. Getting the right one can be a lovely accessory to an outfit. There are times when you couldn't do without them. And there are times when you'd rather do without them. Get the wrong ones and they can hurt. There are many types and often the ones that look the nicest are completely unpractical.”
    ― Rachel Hill, A Girl's Guide to Guys: Meeting Them, Managing Them and All That Love Stuff
    tags: boyfriends, boys, chocolate, girls, humor, manga, reardon, simile, young-adult
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    Virginia Woolf
    “I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.”
    ― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own
    tags: women
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    Joseph Conrad
    “Being a woman is a terribly difficult trade since it consists principally of dealings with men.”
    ― Joseph Conrad, Chance
    tags: women
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    Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
    “Well-behaved women seldom make history.”
    ― Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History
    tags: inspirational, misattributed-eleanor-roosevelt, women
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    Alice Hoffman
    “She was disappearing a little more each day, so thin, so frail, a wisp of smoke. One day she would surely vanish altogether, and there was no way to stop her.”
    ― Alice Hoffman, Green Heart
    tags: disappear, frail, green-heart, vanish, weak
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    Robert Louis Stevenson
    “We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.”
    ― Robert Louis Stevenson
    tags: friend, honesty
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    Chuck Palahniuk
    “I don't want to die without any scars.”
    ― Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club
    tags: death, scars, tyler-durden
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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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    Bette Davis
    “When a man gives his opinion, he's a man. When a woman gives her opinion, she's a bitch.”
    ― Bette Davis
    tags: clichés, double-standards, empowerment, feminism, gender, hypocrisy, misogyny, opinions, speaking-out, stereotypes, women
    6174 likes

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    Irina Dunn
    “A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.”
    ― Irina Dunn
    tags: feminism, humour, misattributed-gloria-steinem
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    Margaret Atwood
    “Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.”
    ― Margaret Atwood
    tags: apocryphal, feminism
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    Warsan Shire
    “It's not my responsibility to be beautiful. I'm not alive for that purpose. My existence is not about how desirable you find me.”
    ― Warsan Shire
    tags: beautiful, existence, feminism, self-esteem
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    Kobayashi Issa
    “What a strange thing!
    to be alive
    beneath cherry blossoms.”
    ― Kobayashi Issa, Poems
    tags: blossoms, cherry-blossoms, haiku, japan, life, poetry, spring
    2370 likes

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    Ansel Adams
    “When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.”
    ― Ansel Adams
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    Jodi Picoult
    “Seeing her sitting there unresponsive makes me realize that silence has a sound.”
    ― Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper
    tags: remaining-silent, silence
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  • #17
    “There comes a time for everybody when words and reasons can become such a great weariness.”
    ― Christopher Pike, Sati
    tags: peace, quietness, serenity
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    Albert Einstein
    “Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: reality
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    Lewis Carroll
    “I don't think..." then you shouldn't talk, said the Hatter.”
    ― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
    tags: mad-hatter, remaining-silent, reticence, silence
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    Brian Tracy
    “Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses.”
    ― Brian Tracy
    tags: be-yourself, life, remaining-silent, reticence, wisdom
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    George Orwell
    “If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.”
    ― George Orwell, 1984
    tags: secrets
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    Douglas Adams
    “I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”
    ― Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time
    tags: deadlines, humor, humour, work, writing
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    Ernest Hemingway
    “There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”
    ― Ernest Hemingway
    tags: good, writing
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    Isaac Asimov
    “The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”
    ― Isaac Asimov
    tags: life, science, wisdom
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    Madeleine L'Engle
    “You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
    ― Madeleine L'Engle
    tags: books, children, difficult, grown-ups, write, writers, writing
    16943 likes

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    Carl Sagan
    “Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.”
    ― Carl Sagan
    tags: astronomer, science, writer
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    Toni Morrison
    “If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
    ― Toni Morrison
    tags: books, writing
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    Sun Tzu
    “Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.”
    ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
    tags: deception, life, war
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    Haruki Murakami
    “Listen up - there's no war that will end all wars.”
    ― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
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    Philip K. Dick
    “It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.”
    ― Philip K. Dick, VALIS
    tags: qotd
    9084 likes



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