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#1

“A girl whose spirits have not been dampened by inactivity,
or innocence tainted by false shame, will always
be a romp…”
― Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects

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#3

“ثم إنك تعوزك البساطة.. إنك تنتقد، تُسرف في التفكير ..رأسك هو وحده الذي يعمل !! وإن كبريائك قوية، ولكنك لا تجرؤ على تحقيق شئ”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Netochka Nezvanova

tags: التفكير, الكبرياء, النفس

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#4

“ارسم حلمك..لونه..واصنع منه مقاسا كبيرا لجدار غرفتك..

ونسخة صغيرة لمكتبك اكتبه علي المرآة كي تراه صباحا..

وأعلي فراشك كي يلقي عليك تحية المساء قبل ان تنام...”
― كريم الشاذلي, أفكار صغيرة لحياة كبيرة

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#5

“All pleasures must be paid for, do not despise those that state their price.”
― Amin Maalouf, The Rock of Tanios

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#6

“The book to read is not the one that thinks for you but the one which makes you think.”
― Harper Lee

tags: books, reading, thinking

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#7

“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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#8

“A fool may buy all the books in the world, and they will be in his library; but he will be able to read only those that he deserves to.”
― Swami Vivekananda, Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, 9 Vols.

tags: books, reading

95 likes

#9

“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

20732 likes

#10

“She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Work: A Story of Experience

tags: books

5874 likes

#11

“If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin.”
― Ivan Turgenev

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#12

“Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.”
― Henry David Thoreau

tags: characters, dreams, touchstones

2395 likes

#13

“Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren't. I'm not surprised some people prefer books.”
― Julian Barnes, Flaubert's Parrot

tags: books, life

3685 likes

#14

“Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.”
― Corrie Ten Boom, Clippings from My Notebook

tags: strength, worry

4873 likes

#15

“Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and they’ll wait for you forever; pay attention to them and they always love you back.”
― John Green, An Abundance of Katherines

tags: books, reading

16486 likes

#16

“Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: imagination, life, money

9088 likes

#17

“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”
― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

tags: books, reading

27728 likes

#18

“I don’t know what’s worse: to not know what you are and be happy, or to become what you’ve always wanted to be, and feel alone.”
― Daniel Keyes, Flowers for Algernon

tags: happiness, loneliness, melancholy, philosophy, psychology

2705 likes

#19

“Reading is a private pursuit; one that takes place behind closed doors.”
― Siri Hustvedt, The Summer Without Men

tags: book-lovers, privacy, reading-secrets

41 likes

#20

“You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts.”
― Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet

tags: philosophy, poetry

11439 likes

#21

“There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.”
― Bertrand Russell

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#22

“I am not deep, but I am very wide.”
― Balzac

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#23

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

6487 likes

#24

“Tomorrow's life is too late. Live today.”
― Marcus Valerius Martialis

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#25

“We write in response to what we read and learn; and in the end we write out of our deepest selves.”
― Andrea Barrett

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#26

“The more you know who you are and what you want, the less let things upset you”
― Sofia Coppola, Lost in Translation

tags: inspirational-attitude

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#27

“I can hardly bear to look at him; it's like staring into the brightness and warmth of the sun, knowing that it's burning you while understanding that it makes your whole life possible.”
― Claudia Gray, A Thousand Pieces of You

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#28

“It's not denial. I'm just selective about the reality I accept.”
― Bill Watterson

5430 likes

#29

“Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

tags: books, literature, philosphy, poetry, reading

15847 likes

#30

“You deserve every star in the galaxy laid out at your feet and a thousand diamonds in your hair. You deserve someone who'll run with you as far and as fast as you want to. Holding your hand, not holding you back.”
― Jay Kristoff, Illuminae

tags: illuminae

644 likes

#31

“Aging is not 'lost youth' but a new stage of opportunity and strength.”
― Betty Friedan

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