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    Allen Ginsberg
    “Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness.”
    ― Allen Ginsberg
    tags: be-yourself, self-expression
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    Octavia E. Butler
    “In order to rise
    From its own ashes
    A phoenix
    First
    Must
    Burn.”
    ― Octavia Butler, Parable of the Talents
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    John Green
    “Oh, I wouldn't mind, Hazel Grace. It would be a privilege to have my heart broken by you.”
    ― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
    tags: augustus-waters, hazel, heartbreak, privilege
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    John Green
    “The world is not a wish-granting factory.”
    ― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
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    Frank McCourt
    “You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace.”
    ― Frank McCourt, Angela’s Ashes
    tags: intelligence, mind, poverty
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    George Burns
    “If you live to be one hundred, you've got it made. Very few people die past that age. ”
    ― George Burns
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    David Nicholls
    “You're gorgeous, you old hag, and if I could give you just one gift ever for the rest of your life it would be this. Confidence. It would be the gift of confidence. Either that or a scented candle”
    ― David Nicholls, One Day
    tags: gifts, love, self-confidence
    874 likes

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    John Green
    “Some infinities are bigger than other infinities.”
    ― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
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    Henry Miller
    “A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition.”
    ― Henry Miller, The Books in My Life
    tags: books, power
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  • #11
    Books. Cats. Life is Good.
    “Books. Cats. Life is Good.”
    ― Edward Gorey
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    John Irving
    “You've got to get obsessed and stay obsessed.”
    ― John Irving, The Hotel New Hampshire
    tags: humor, life-lessons, wrestling
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    George R.R. Martin
    “I will hurt you for this. I don't know how yet, but give me time. A day will come when you think yourself safe and happy, and suddenly your joy will turn to ashes in your mouth, and you'll know the debt is paid.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings
    tags: revenge
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    George R.R. Martin
    “Power resides only where men believe it resides. [...] A shadow on the wall, yet shadows can kill. And ofttimes a very small man can cast a very large shadow.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings
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    George R.R. Martin
    “So many vows... they make you swear and swear. Defend the king. Obey the king. Keep his secrets. Do his bidding. Your life for his. But obey your father. Love your sister. Protect the innocent. Defend the weak. Respect the gods. Obey the laws. It’s too much. No matter what you do, you’re forsaking one vow or the other.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings
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    George R.R. Martin
    “He who hurries through life hurries to his grave.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings
    tags: kindlehighlight
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    George R.R. Martin
    “I want to weep, she thought. I want to be comforted. I’m so tired of being strong. I want to be foolish and frightened for once. Just for a small while, that’s all …a day … an hour ...
    ...One day, she promised herself as she lay abed, one day she would allow herself to be less than strong.
    But not today. It could not be today.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings
    tags: crying, sorrow
    562 likes

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    George R.R. Martin
    “Crowns do queer things to the heads beneath them.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings
    tags: crowns
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    George R.R. Martin
    “A good act does not wash out the bad, nor a bad act the good. Each should have its own reward.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings
    tags: crime, justice, morality, redemption
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    George R.R. Martin
    “Will you make a song for him?' the woman asked.
    'He has a song,' the man replied. 'He is the prince that was promised, and his is the song of ice and fire.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings
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    George R.R. Martin
    “Only a fool humbles himself when the world is so full of men eager to do that job for him.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings
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    George R.R. Martin
    “A hound will die for you, but never lie to you. And he'll look you straight in the face.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings
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    Edgar Allan Poe
    “I remained too much inside my head and ended up losing my mind”
    ― Edgar Allen Poe
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    George R.R. Martin
    “‎[Melisandre] "His Grace is growing fond of you."
    [Jon] "I can tell. He only threatened to behead me twice."
    Page 58”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
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    George R.R. Martin
    “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
    tags: read, readers, reading, reading-books
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    John Green
    “As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”
    ― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
    tags: love
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    George R.R. Martin
    “Why is it that when one man builds a wall, the next man immediately needs to know what's on the other side?”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: a-game-of-thrones, a-song-of-ice-and-fire, curiosity, george-r-r-martin, tyrion-lannister, wall
    2318 likes

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    George R.R. Martin
    “Kind? How boring that would be. I aspire to be wicked.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Feast for Crows
    tags: asoiaf, myranda-royce
    160 likes

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    George R.R. Martin
    “Better to mock the game than to play and lose.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Feast for Crows
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    George R.R. Martin
    “Before he had lost his sight, the maester had loved books as much as Samwell Tarly did. He understood the way that you could sometimes fall right into them, as if each page was a hole into another world.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Feast for Crows
    tags: books, maester-aemon, reading, samwell-tarly
    102 likes

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    George R.R. Martin
    “I love you too, sweet sister. But you're a fool. A beautiful golden fool.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Feast for Crows
    22 likes



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