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    Bernard M. Baruch
    “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
    ― Bernard M. Baruch
    tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, confidence, fitting-in, individuality, misattributed-dr-seuss, those-who-matter
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    Jane Austen
    “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
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    J.K. Rowling
    “Not my daughter, you bitch!”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
    tags: anger, molly-weasley-anger
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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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    William Shakespeare
    “Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind. Nor hath love's mind of any judgment taste; Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste: And therefore is love said to be a child, Because in choice he is so oft beguil'd.”
    ― William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
    tags: love
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    Jane Austen
    “There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.”
    ― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey
    tags: friendship, love
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    Maurice Switzer
    “It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.”
    ― Maurice Switzer, Mrs. Goose, Her Book
    tags: misattributed-to-abraham-lincoln, misattributed-to-mark-twain, remaining-silent, wisdom
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    Stephenie Meyer
    “About three things I was absolutely positive. First, Edward was a vampire. Second, there was a part of him-and I didn’t know how potent that part might be-that thirsted for my blood. And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him.”
    ― Stephenie Meyer, Twilight
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    Stephenie Meyer
    “Did you know that 'I told you so' has a brother,Jacob?" she asked cutting me off. "His name is 'Shut the hell up'.”
    ― Stephenie Meyer, Breaking Dawn
    tags: bella, jacob, meyer, quotes
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    Stephenie Meyer
    “I decided as long as I'm going to hell, I might as well do it thoroughly.”
    ― Stephenie Meyer, Twilight
    tags: host, ian, jamie, jared, melanie, uncle-jeb, wanda
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    Stephenie Meyer
    “And, by the way, I adore you.... in frightening, dangerous ways.”
    ― Stephenie Meyer, Midnight Sun [2008 Draft]
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    Oscar Wilde
    “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
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    Eleanor Roosevelt
    “A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.”
    ― Eleanor Roosevelt
    tags: attributed-no-source, misattributed-eleanor-roosevelt
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    Mark Twain
    “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: individuality, majority, minority, pause, reflect, wisdom
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    Jim Henson
    “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.”
    ― Jim Henson
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    Oscar Wilde
    “It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: books, reading
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    If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use
    “If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: books, reading
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    L.J. Smith
    “You don't love a girl because of beauty. You love her because she sings a song only you can understand.”
    ― L.J. Smith, Secret Vampire
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    Cassandra Clare
    “Have you fallen in love with the wrong person yet?'
    Jace said, "Unfortunately, Lady of the Haven, my one true love remains myself."
    ..."At least," she said, "you don't have to worry about rejection, Jace Wayland."
    "Not necessarily. I turn myself down occasionally, just to keep it interesting.”
    ― Cassandra Clare, City of Bones
    tags: city-of-bones, jace
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    Cassandra Clare
    “There is no pretending," Jace said with absolute clarity. "I love you, and I will love you until I die, and if there is life after that, I'll love you then.”
    ― Cassandra Clare, City of Glass
    tags: mortal-instruments, romance, teen-fantasy
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    Cassandra Clare
    “Not everything is about you," Clary said furiously.
    "Possibly," Jace said, "but you do have to admit that the majority of things are.”
    ― Cassandra Clare, City of Glass
    tags: clary-fray, ego, jace-wayland
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    Cassandra Clare
    “Don't touch any of my weapons without my permission."
    "Well, there goes my plan for selling them all on eBay," Clary muttered.
    "Selling them on what?"
    Clary smiled blandly at him. "A mythical place of great magical power.”
    ― Cassandra Clare, City of Bones
    tags: clary-fray, ebay, jace-wayland, myth
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    Cassandra Clare
    “It means 'Shadowhunters: Looking Better in Black Than the Widows of our Enemies Since 1234'.”
    ― Cassandra Clare, City of Bones
    tags: humor, jace-wayland, sarcasm
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    Cassandra Clare
    “Sarcasm is the last refuge of the imaginatively bankrupt.”
    ― Cassandra Clare, City of Bones
    tags: clary, jace, sarcasm
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    Cassandra Clare
    “Don't order any of the faerie food," said Jace, looking at her over the top of his menu. "It tends to make humans a little crazy. One minute you're munching a faerie plum, the next minute you're running naked down Madison Avenue with antlers on your head. Not," he added hastily, "that this has ever happened to me.”
    ― Cassandra Clare, City of Bones
    tags: cassandra-clare, city-of-bones, jace, mortal-instruments
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    Cassandra Clare
    “The boy never cried again, and he never forgot what he'd learned: that to love is to destroy, and that to be loved is to be the one destroyed.”
    ― Cassandra Clare, City of Bones
    tags: city-of-bones, jace-wayland
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    L.J. Smith
    “People die . . . so love them every day.
    Beauty fades . . . so look before it's gone.
    Love changes . . . but not the love you give.
    And if you love, you'll never be alone.”
    ― L.J. Smith, Witchlight
    tags: night-world
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    Carrie Jones
    “The secret of happiness is freedom, the secret of freedom is courage.”
    ― Carrie Jones, Need
    tags: courage, freedom, happiness
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    Carrie Jones
    “I like a lot of things that aren't good for me.”
    ― Carrie Jones, Need
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    Carrie Jones
    “There is no easy off button for your brain.It would be really really nice if there were.”
    ― Carrie Jones, Need
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