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    Jane Austen
    “Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been theirs in so much higher a degree; the pen has been in their hands. I will not allow books to prove anything.”
    ― Jane Austen, Persuasion
    tags: books, life, men
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    William Arthur Ward
    “The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.”
    ― William Arthur Ward
    tags: curiosity, leadership, mentoring, teachers, teaching
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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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    Robert Frost
    “In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
    ― Robert Frost
    tags: life
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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
    32144 likes

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    Dr. Seuss
    “Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!”
    ― Dr. Seuss
    tags: humor, philosophy
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    L.M. Montgomery
    “I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”
    ― L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
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    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    “For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.”
    ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
    tags: happiness
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    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    “Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.”
    ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
    tags: advice-for-daily-living, inspirational, live-in-the-moment, optimism, wonder
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    Bruce Lee
    “Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one”
    ― Bruce Lee
    tags: advice-for-daily-living, prayer
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    Jane Austen
    “Ah! There is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort.”
    ― Jane Austen
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    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    “Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.”
    ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
    tags: motivational, work
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    W.H. Auden
    “Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can; all of them make me laugh.”
    ― W.H. Auden
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    Marguerite Duras
    “Our mothers always remain the strangest, craziest people we've ever met.”
    ― Marguerite Duras
    tags: mothers
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    Washington Irving
    “A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.”
    ― Washington Irving
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    Maya Angelou
    “Be present in all things and thankful for all things.”
    ― Maya Angelou
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  • #17
    C.S. Lewis
    “God allows us to experience the low points of life in order to teach us lessons that we could learn in no other way.”
    ― C.S. Lewis
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    Paulo Coelho
    “What is a teacher? I'll tell you: it isn't someone who teaches something, but someone who inspires the student to give of her best in order to discover what she already knows.”
    ― Paulo Coelho, The Witch of Portobello
    tags: love-of-learning, mentoring, teacher
    1277 likes

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    Aristotle
    “Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach.”
    ― Aristotle
    tags: teaching, understanding
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    Stephen Chbosky
    “There's nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons.”
    ― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
    tags: happiness
    11982 likes

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    Lemony Snicket
    “Reading is one form of escape. Running for your life is another.”
    ― Lemony Snicket
    tags: humor-reading
    8492 likes

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  • #22
    “Silence make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying, but the never needing to say that counts.”
    ― Margaret Lee Runbeck
    tags: friendship
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    F. Scott Fitzgerald
    “Whenever you feel like criticizing any one...just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.”
    ― F. Scott Fitzgerald
    tags: empathy, thankful, understanding, understanding-others
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    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    “Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.”
    ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
    tags: gratitude
    1947 likes

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    Shel Silverstein
    “There are no happy endings.
    Endings are the saddest part,
    So just give me a happy middle
    And a very happy start.”
    ― Shel Silverstein, Every Thing on It
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    Roald Dahl
    “I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with a book, not daunted. Books shouldn't be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful; and learning to be a reader gives a terrific advantage.”
    ― Roald Dahl
    tags: books, kids, readers, reading
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    Edgar Allan Poe
    “We loved with a love that was more than love.”
    ― Edgar Allen Poe
    tags: logic, love
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  • #28
    Lemony Snicket
    “The world is quiet here.”
    ― Lemony Snicket
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    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    “Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”
    ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
    tags: life, regrets
    18610 likes

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    Jane Austen
    “There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.”
    ― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey
    tags: friendship, love
    23057 likes



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