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    Leo Tolstoy
    “Life did not stop, and one had to live.”
    ― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
    tags: inspirational, life
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    Margaret Mitchell
    “Hardships make or break people.”
    ― Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind
    tags: adversity, courage, life, perseverance
    823 likes

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    Benjamin Franklin
    “Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.”
    ― Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack
    tags: secrets
    3579 likes

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    Ernest Hemingway
    “There is no friend as loyal as a book.”
    ― Ernest Hemingway
    tags: books, friends, novelist-quotes
    23582 likes

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  • #5
    Frank Zappa
    “So many books, so little time.”
    ― Frank Zappa
    tags: books, humor
    151397 likes

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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
    148388 likes

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    W.C. Fields
    “I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally. ”
    ― W.C. Fields
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    William Wordsworth
    “The best portion of a good man's life: his little, nameless unremembered acts of kindness and love.”
    ― William Wordsworth, Lyrical Ballads
    tags: finale-of-middlemarch, tintern-abbey
    3562 likes

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  • #9
    Dale Carnegie
    “Don't be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.”
    ― Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends & Influence People
    tags: dishonesty, general-obregon-s-philosophy, inspirational, life, people
    1873 likes

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  • #10
    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    “A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
    ― Marcus Tullius Cicero
    tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul
    135500 likes

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    Sarah J. Maas
    “Libraries were full of ideas—perhaps the most dangerous and powerful of all weapons.”
    ― Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass
    tags: ideas, libraries, sarah-j-maas, throne-of-glass
    10880 likes

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    Sarah J. Maas
    “Don't feel bad for one moment about doing what brings you joy.”
    ― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses
    3822 likes

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    Mark Twain
    “Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: books, contentment, friends, friendship, life
    47067 likes

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    Ransom Riggs
    “I used to dream about escaping my ordinary life, but my life was never ordinary. I had simply failed to notice how extraordinary it was.”
    ― Ransom Riggs, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
    2982 likes

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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
    20726 likes

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    Sarah J. Maas
    “No. I can survive well enough on my own— if given the proper reading material.”
    ― Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass
    tags: reading, survival
    5302 likes

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    Cassandra Clare
    “Jesus!" Luke exclaimed.
    "Actually, it's just me," said Simon. "Although I've been told the resemblance is startling.”
    ― Cassandra Clare
    tags: humor, jace-wayland, simon-lewis
    13662 likes

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  • #18
    John Steinbeck
    “There ain't no sin and there ain't no virtue. There's just stuff people do.”
    ― John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath
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    J.K. Rowling
    “The truth." Dumbledore sighed. "It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
    tags: truth
    16391 likes

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    J.K. Rowling
    “If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
    tags: charles-bayard-mitchell
    101561 likes

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    Sarah J. Maas
    “Because I am lost," she whispered onto the earth. "And I do not know the way.”
    ― Sarah J. Maas, Heir of Fire
    tags: celaena-sardothien
    1875 likes

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    Sarah J. Maas
    “Pity those who don't feel anything at all.”
    ― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses
    tags: emotions, pity
    2877 likes

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    Sarah J. Maas
    “...her dearest friends are characters in books.”
    ― Sarah J. Maas, Heir of Fire
    2201 likes

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    Sarah J. Maas
    “We all bear scars,... Mine just happen to be more visible than most.”
    ― Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass
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    Leon Uris
    “Who here wants to be a writer?' I asked. Everyone in the room raised his hand. 'Why the hell aren't you home writing?' I said, and left the stage.”
    ― Leon Uris, Qb VII
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    Leon Uris
    “Why must we fight for the right to live, over and over, each time the sun rises?”
    ― Leon Uris, Exodus
    tags: ari, exodus, israel, judiasm
    36 likes

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    Leon Uris
    “Pride is a fool's fortress”
    ― Leon Uris, Topaz
    19 likes

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  • #28
    Horace Mann
    “A house without books is like a room without windows.”
    ― Horace Mann
    tags: books, house, simile, windows
    3194 likes

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  • #29
    Neil Gaiman
    “I hope you'll make mistakes. If you're making mistakes, it means you're out there doing something.”
    ― Neil Gaiman, Make Good Art
    603 likes

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  • #30
    Warsan Shire
    “two people who were once very close can
    without blame
    or grand betrayal
    become strangers.
    perhaps this is the saddest thing in the world.”
    ― Warsan Shire
    1503 likes



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