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#1

“I felt the pain and the glory of growth, was straining and shuddering with it.”
― Nnedi Okorafor, Home

tags: growth

10 likes

#2

“In order to rise
From its own ashes
A phoenix
First
Must
Burn.”
― Octavia Butler, Parable of the Talents

3102 likes

#3

“She was fascinated with words. To her, words were things of beauty, each like a magical powder or potion that could be combined with other words to create powerful spells.”
― Dean Koontz, Lightning

tags: books, literature, reading, words

485 likes

#4

“human beings dream of life everlasting, that's the reason! But most of them want it on earth and not in heaven.”
― Tennessee Williams, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

20 likes

#5

“All that you touch
You Change.

All that you Change
Changes you.

The only lasting truth
is Change.

God
is Change.”
― Octavia E. Butler

tags: change, god

1396 likes

#6

“Every life is complicated, every mind a kingdom of unmapped mysteries.”
― Dean Koontz, Forever Odd

100 likes

#7

“Open your heart. Someone will come. Someone will come for you. But first you must open your heart.”
― Kate DiCamillo, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

tags: edward

3193 likes

#8

“I've got the guts to die. What I want to know is, have you got the guts to live?”
― Tennessee Williams, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

2997 likes

#9

“Stories can conquer fear, you know. They can make the heart bigger.”
― Ben Okri

tags: stories

2840 likes

#10

“We prefer to explore the universe by traveling inward, as opposed to outward.”
― Nnedi Okorafor, Binti

45 likes

#11

“But what do you believe? I don't just mean religion. What are you sure of?"

"That once I was not and that now I am. That one day I shall no longer be.”
― P.D. James, The Children of Men

43 likes

#12

“If from infancy you treat children as gods, they are liable in adulthood to act as devils.”
― P.D. James

35 likes

#13

“Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.”
― Benjamin Spock

tags: parenting, philosophy, self-assurance

5377 likes

#14

“Do not be afraid; our fate
Cannot be taken from us; it is a gift.”
― Dante Alighieri, Inferno

tags: faith, fate, fear

3289 likes

#15

“Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.”
― George Orwell, 1984

tags: truth

16206 likes

#16

“I address you all tonight for who you truly are: wizards, mermaids, travelers, adventurers, and magicians. You are the true dreamers.”
― Brian Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret

tags: dreamers, magic, mermaids, travel, wizard

2413 likes

#17

“Life is like a prism. What you see depends on how you turn the glass.”
― Jonathan Kellerman

2439 likes

#18

“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

tags: ataraxy, inner-strength, inspiration, self-control, strength

5973 likes

#19

“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.”
― Marcus Aurelius , Meditations

tags: truth

3998 likes

#20

“Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

tags: inspirational-life

261 likes

#21

“In the wake of that, Sunandi could do nothing but allow a moment of proper Gujaareen silence. There was something to the custom, she had decided some years ago, of letting a brief passage of time cleanse the air, after dangerous words and thoughts had tainted it.”
― N.K. Jemisin, The Shadowed Sun

3 likes

#22

“Any woman can face the world alone, but why should we have to?”
― N.K. Jemisin, The Shadowed Sun

tags: women

36 likes

#23

“Read every day and learn from what you read.”
― Octavia E. Butler, Bloodchild and Other Stories

tags: octavia-butler, read, reading, reads

18 likes

#24

“First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you're inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won't. Habit is persistence in practice.”
― Octavia Butler, Bloodchild and Other Stories

tags: creative-process, habit, inspiration, persistence, writing

556 likes

#25

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

tags: 1970, inspirational, stories, writing

31523 likes

#26

“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

101562 likes

#27

“Even the smallest act of peace is a blessing upon the world.”
― N.K. Jemisin, The Shadowed Sun

4 likes

#28