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    George R.R. Martin
    “Not all men were meant to dance with dragons.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
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    George R.R. Martin
    “He'll be down with the books. My old septon used to say books are dead men talking. Dead men should keep quiet is what I say. No one wants to hear a dead man's yabber.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
    tags: books
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    Vincent van Gogh
    “If you don’t have a dog--at least one--there is not necessarily anything wrong with you, but there may be something wrong with your life.”
    ― Vincent van Gogh
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    Oscar Wilde
    “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: attributed-no-source, be-yourself, gilbert-perreira, honesty, inspirational, misattributed-oscar-wilde, quote-investigator
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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
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    Frank Zappa
    “So many books, so little time.”
    ― Frank Zappa
    tags: books, humor
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    Mae West
    “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
    ― Mae West
    tags: humor, life
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    Robert Frost
    “In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
    ― Robert Frost
    tags: life
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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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    Adib Khorram
    “Being depressed doesn’t mean I’m not happy. It’s like, happy is one color. And depressed is another color. And you can paint happy, and then paint a little depression around the edges.”
    ― Adib Khorram, Darius the Great Deserves Better
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    Pat Barker
    “We’re going to survive–our songs, our stories. They’ll never be able to forget us. Decades after the last man who fought at Troy is dead, their sons will remember the songs their Trojan mothers sang to them. We’ll be in their dreams–and in their worst nightmares too.”
    ― Pat Barker, The Silence of the Girls
    tags: briseis, pat-barker, queen-briseis, slavery, suvival, the-silence-of-the-girls, trojan-war
    120 likes

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    Pat Barker
    “Grief's only ever as deep as the love it's replaced.”
    ― Pat Barker, The Silence of the Girls
    tags: grief, grief-and-loss, historical-fiction, love, war
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    Sarah J. Maas
    “To the people who look at the stars and wish, Rhys."
    Rhys clinked his glass against mine. “To the stars who listen— and the dreams that are answered.”
    ― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury
    tags: a-court-of-mist-and-fury, acomaf, feyre, rhysand
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    Sarah J. Maas
    “I am broken and healing, but every piece of my heart belong to you.”
    ― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury
    tags: a-court-of-mist-and-fury
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    Sarah J. Maas
    “I was not a pet, not a doll, not an animal.
    I was a survivor, and I was strong.
    I would not be weak, or helpless again
    I would not, could not be broken. Tamed.”
    ― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury
    tags: a-court-of-mist-and-fury, acomaf, feyre
    3011 likes

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    Pat Barker
    “Men carve meaning into women’s faces; messages addressed to other men.”
    ― Pat Barker, The Silence of the Girls
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    Mindee Arnett
    “There is no greater weapon than knowledge.”
    ― Mindee Arnett, Onyx & Ivory
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    Mindee Arnett
    “The world is black and white and all the shades of grey in between.”
    ― Mindee Arnett, Onyx and Ivory
    tags: inspirational, true
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    Mindee Arnett
    “It's always a choice, to do right or wrong, no matter the power.”
    ― Mindee Arnett, Onyx and Ivory
    tags: choice, kate, magic, onyx-ivory
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    Mindee Arnett
    “Better to have two people whose love is true than a whole city of fair-weather friends.”
    ― Mindee Arnett, Onyx and Ivory
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    Madeline Miller
    “He showed me his scars, and in return he let me pretend that I had none.”
    ― Madeline Miller, Circe
    tags: circe, greek-mythology, intimacy, love, odysseus, scars, vulnerability
    1961 likes

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    Madeline Miller
    “I would say, some people are like constellations that only touch the earth for a season.”
    ― Madeline Miller, Circe
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    Madeline Miller
    “You threw me to the crows, but it turns out I prefer them to you.”
    ― Madeline Miller, Circe
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    Madeline Miller
    “The thought was this: that all my life had been murk and depths, but I was not a part of that dark water. I was a creature within it.”
    ― Madeline Miller, Circe
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    Madeline Miller
    “That is one thing gods and mortals share. When we are young, we think ourselves the first to have each feeling in the world.”
    ― Madeline Miller, Circe
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    Mindee Arnett
    “Be a good king, Corwin Tormane. As I was the worst of us, may you be the best.”
    ― Mindee Arnett, Shadow & Flame
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    Mindee Arnett
    “Never before had Corwin fully appreciated the magic of a library, and the magicians who wielded it's power – librarians.”
    ― Mindee Arnett, Shadow & Flame
    tags: librarian
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    Sarah J. Maas
    “Remember that you are a wolf. And you cannot be caged.”
    ― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin
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    Sarah J. Maas
    “I see all of you, Rhys. And there is not one part that I do not love with everything I am.”
    ― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin
    tags: a-court-of-wings-and-ruin, acowar, feyre, quotes, rhysand, yafantasy
    1138 likes

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    Sarah J. Maas
    “What we think to be our greatest weakness can sometimes be our biggest strength.”
    ― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin
    tags: acowar, fantasy, sarah-j-maas, trilogy
    1287 likes



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