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    C.S. Lewis
    “If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.”
    ― C.S. Lewis
    tags: god, world
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    Voltaire
    “Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.”
    ― Voltaire
    tags: absurdities, atheism, atrocities, barbarity, injustice, religion, skepticism
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    Isaac Asimov
    “The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not "Eureka!" (I found it!) but 'That's funny...”
    ― Isaac Asimov
    tags: attributed-no-source
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    Susanna Clarke
    “I have a scholar's love of silence and solitude. To sit and pass hour after hour in idle chatter with a roomful of strangers is to me the worst sort of torment.”
    ― Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
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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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    George Orwell
    “Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.”
    ― George Orwell, 1984
    tags: 1984, future, history, past, present
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    Charles William Eliot
    “Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.”
    ― Charles W. Eliot
    tags: books, friends, reading, teachers
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    Wilkie Collins
    “Silence is safe.”
    ― Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White
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    Michael J. Sullivan
    “Fools believe silence is a void needing to be filled; the wise understand there's no such thing as silence.”
    ― Michael J. Sullivan, Age of Myth
    tags: mystic, quiet, suri, wisdom
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    Michael J. Sullivan
    “When you expect nothing from the world - not the light of the sun, the wet of water, nor the air to breathe - everything is a wonder and every moment a gift.”
    ― Michael J. Sullivan, Percepliquis
    tags: inspirational, life
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    Brandon Mull
    “Smart people learn from their mistakes. But the real sharp ones learn from the mistakes of others.”
    ― Brandon Mull, Fablehaven
    tags: mistakes
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    Brandon Mull
    “We humans are conflicted beings. Our beliefs don't always harmonize with our instincts, and our behavior doesn't always reflect our beliefs. ... We wage war between the person we are and the person we hope to become.”
    ― Brandon Mull
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    C.S. Lewis
    “I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.”
    ― C.S. Lewis
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    William Golding
    “Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill!”
    ― William Golding, Lord of the Flies
    tags: human-nature
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    Michael J. Sullivan
    “We are more than the bodies we inhabit," Fawkes said. "They're little more than clothes, and yet we judge so much by them.”
    ― Michael J. Sullivan, The Death of Dulgath
    tags: bodies, clothes, judging-others
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    Brandon Mull
    “....there is a difference between hearing and listening. You can't always help what you hear. But you can control what holds your interest, what you choose to dwell on.”
    ― Brandon Mull, Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary
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    Brandon Mull
    “Excruciating agony makes me cranky.”
    ― Brandon Mull, Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary
    tags: humor, pain
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    “Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”
    ― Carter Crocker
    tags: misattributed-a-a-milne
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    John Flanagan
    “People will think what they want to," he said quietly. Never take too much notice of it.”
    ― John Flanagan, The Ruins of Gorlan
    tags: halt
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    William Shakespeare
    “Lord, we know what we are, but know not what we may be.”
    ― William Shakespeare, Hamlet
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    Gerald Morris
    “No one would speak, so Terence took a deep breath, let it out slowly, and said, "My liege?"
    "Yes, Terence?"
    "Twenty years ago I decided I would die for you. I may not be able to do that tomorrow, but if I can't, I can at least die beside you.”
    ― Gerald Morris, The Legend of the King
    tags: commitment, courage, death, king
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    John Flanagan
    “Failure is just a few seconds away from success.”
    ― John Flanagan, The Battle for Skandia
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    John Flanagan
    “Always expect something to go wrong," he told him. "Believe me, if you're wrong, you're not dissapointed. If you're right, you're ready for it.”
    ― John Flanagan, Erak's Ransom
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    John Flanagan
    “Strange, he thought, how seldom people tend to look up”
    ― John Flanagan, The Ruins of Gorlan
    tags: the-ruins-of-gorlan
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    Brandon Mull
    “When jumping is the sole option, you jump, and try to make it work.”
    ― Brandon Mull, Grip of the Shadow Plague
    tags: humor
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    Brandon Mull
    “Choices determine character.”
    ― Brandon Mull, Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary
    tags: character, choice, graulas
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    Oscar Wilde
    “Yes: I am a dreamer. For a dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.”
    ― Oscar Wilde, The Critic As Artist: With Some Remarks on the Importance of Doing Nothing and Discussing Everything
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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
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    J.K. Rowling
    “I don't believe in the kind of magic in my books. But I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book.”
    ― J.K. Rowling
    tags: books, magic, magic-books
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    Michael J. Sullivan
    “Happiness comes from moving toward something. When you run away, ofttimes you bring your misery with you.”
    ― Michael J. Sullivan, Heir of Novron
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