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#1

“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

tags: aliteracy, books, classic, humor

51629 likes

#2

“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”
― Mark Twain

tags: aliteracy, attributed-no-source, literacy

41029 likes

#3

“Reality continues to ruin my life.”
― Bill Watterson, The Complete Calvin and Hobbes

tags: calvin-and-hobbes, humor, life

21199 likes

#4

“But luxury has never appealed to me, I like simple things, books, being alone, or with somebody who understands.”
― Daphne du Maurier

6491 likes

#5

“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
― George Orwell, 1984

tags: inspirational

10994 likes

#6

“I'd rather die my way than live yours.”
― Lauren Oliver, Delirium

tags: independence, lena-holoway, self-determination, self-reliance

2796 likes

#7

“District 12: Where you can starve to death in safety.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

tags: young-adult-fiction

2606 likes

#8

“People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.”
― Bill Watterson, The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book

tags: idiots, life-humor

2366 likes

#9

“Yes, and I’m sure the arena will be full of bags of flour for me to chuck at people.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

2087 likes

#10

“So many things become beautiful when you really look.”
― Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall

3168 likes

#11

“Got that gun?” Peter says to Tobias. “No,” says Tobias, “I figured I would shoot the bullets out of my nostrils, so I left it upstairs.”
― Veronica Roth, Insurgent

2014 likes

#12

“I wish I had more friends, but people are such jerks. If you can just get most people to leave you alone, you're doing good. If you can find even one person you really like, you're lucky. And if that person can also stand you, you're really lucky.”
― Bill Watterson, The Complete Calvin and Hobbes

tags: friends

1679 likes

#13

“Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind. ”
― George Orwell

tags: politics-language

2170 likes

#14

“When I looked at you, my life made sense. Even the bad things made sense. They were necessary to make you possible.”
― Jonathan Safran Foer

1304 likes

#15

“You have a... remarkable memory."
"I remember everything about you. You're the one who wasn't paying attention.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

tags: katniss, love, peeta

1377 likes

#16

“I guess this is a bad time to mention I hung a dummy and painted Seneca Crane's name on it...”
― Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire

1204 likes

#17

“I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.”
― Veronica Roth, Allegiant

tags: fear, love, power, powerful

1723 likes

#18

“What did you do, memorize a map of the city for fun?” says Christina.
“Yes,” says Will, looking puzzled. “Didn’t you?”
― Veronica Roth, Divergent

tags: christina, will

1094 likes

#19

“It's the tragedy of loving, you can't love anything more than something you miss.”
― Jonathan Safran Foer

1147 likes

#20

“You know what's weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change, but pretty soon...everything's different.”
― Bill Watterson

tags: change-life

1298 likes

#21

“Why do people want to pretend that death is sleep? It isn't. It isn't.”
― Veronica Roth, Divergent

1001 likes

#22

“There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want.”
― Bill Watterson

tags: idleness, time, wasting-time

1549 likes

#23

“But collective thinking is usually short-lived. We're fickle, stupid beings with poor memories and a great gift for self-destruction.”
― Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay

tags: democracy, humanity, public-opinion

1213 likes

#24

“If only there could be an invention that bottled up a memory, like scent. And it never faded, and it never got stale. And then, when one wanted it, the bottle could be uncorked, and it would be like living the moment all over again.”
― Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca

tags: books, fiction

2203 likes

#25

“In my opinion, we don't devote nearly enough scientific research to finding a cure for jerks.”
― Bill Watterson

tags: humor, jerks, science

1289 likes

#26

“No. Now, shut up and eat your pears.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

tags: humor, katniss, peeta

937 likes

#27

“I don't think he meant to kiss me," I said finally.
"What? Did he slip and fall on your mouth? Those things are known to happen.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, Obsidian

tags: katy, lesa

1159 likes

#28

“I always liked you. From the moment you first flipped me off.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, Onyx

1148 likes

#29

“The truth has a way of changing people's plans.”
― Veronica Roth, Insurgent

982 likes

#30

“Who was the guy who first looked at a cow and said 'I think I’ll drink whatever comes out of these when I squeeze ’em?”
― Bill Watterson

tags: humor

937 likes