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  • #1
    Ursula K. Le Guin
    “Go to bed; tired is stupid.”
    ― Ursula K. Le Guin, A Wizard of Earthsea
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    Lois McMaster Bujold
    “When the time comes to leap in faith whether you have your eyes open or closed or scream all the way down or not makes no practical difference.”
    ― Lois McMaster Bujold, The Warrior's Apprentice
    tags: humor
    87 likes

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  • #3
    Charles Bukowski
    “I wish to weep
    but sorrow is
    stupid.
    I wish to believe
    but belief is a
    graveyard.”
    ― Charles Bukowski, What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire
    tags: belief, life, perseverance, pessimism, sorrow, weeping
    753 likes

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  • #4
    Desmond Tutu
    “A person with ubuntu is open and available to others, affirming of others, does not feel threatened that others are able and good, for he or she has a proper self-assurance that comes from knowing that he or she belongs in a greater whole and is diminished when others are humiliated or diminished, when others are tortured or oppressed.”
    ― Desmond Tutu
    tags: belonging, community, oneness, togetherness, ubuntu
    118 likes

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  • #5
    James S.A. Corey
    “The massive radiation exposure had failed to give him superpowers.”
    ― James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Wakes
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  • #6
    “Fish and company start to smell after three days.”
    ― James S. A. Corey, Leviathan Wakes
    tags: humour
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    Andrew Solomon
    “The most important thing to remember about depression is this: you do not get the time back. It is not tacked on at the end of your life to make up for the disaster years. Whatever time is eaten by a depression is gone forever. The minutes that are ticking by as you experience the illness are minutes you will not know again.”
    ― Andrew Solomon, The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression
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  • #8
    John Hargrove
    “Captivity is always captivity, no matter how gentle the jailer.”
    ― John Hargrove, Beneath the Surface: Killer Whales, SeaWorld, and the Truth Beyond Blackfish
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  • #9
    Andy Weir
    “I guess you could call it a "failure", but I prefer the term "learning experience".”
    ― Andy Weir, The Martian
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  • #10
    John Scalzi
    “I've always liked swimming, so long as my head's above water.”
    ― John Scalzi, Old Man's War
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  • #11
    Chuck Palahniuk
    “You are not your job, you're not how much money you have in the bank. You are not the car you drive. You're not the contents of your wallet. You are not your fucking khakis. You are all singing, all dancing crap of the world.”
    ― Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club
    tags: identity
    3239 likes

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    Douglas Adams
    “What I need... is a strong drink and a peer group.”
    ― Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything
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  • #13
    Neal Stephenson
    “It was, of course, nothing more than sexism, the especially virulent type espoused by male techies who sincerely believe that they are too smart to be sexists.”
    ― Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash
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    Sheri S. Tepper
    “Boys play with death as though it were a game, cutting their teeth on daggers.”
    ― Sheri S. Tepper, The Gate to Women's Country
    tags: death, games
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  • #15
    Andrew Solomon
    “Listen to the people who love you. Believe that they are worth living for even when you don't believe it. Seek out the memories depression takes away and project them into the future. Be brave; be strong; take your pills. Exercise because it's good for you even if every step weighs a thousand pounds. Eat when food itself disgusts you. Reason with yourself when you have lost your reason.”
    ― Andrew Solomon, The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression
    tags: belief, bravery, courage, depression, eating, exercise, food, future, life, living, love, loved-ones, medication, memories, reason, strength
    2049 likes

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  • #16
    Andrew Solomon
    “If you wake up feeling no pain, you know you're dead. (Russian expression)”
    ― Andrew Solomon, The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression
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  • #17
    A.A. Milne
    “It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like "What about lunch?”
    ― A. A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh
    tags: friendship
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  • #18
    “Ninety percent of all problems are caused by people being assholes.”
    “What causes the other ten percent?” asked Kizzy.
    “Natural disasters,” said Nib.”
    ― Becky Chambers, The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
    tags: assholes
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  • #19
    “That’s such an incredibly organic bias, the idea that your squishy physical existence is some sort of pinnacle that all programs aspire to.”
    ― Becky Chambers, The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
    tags: organic-bias, programs, squishy-physical-existence
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  • #20
    “Perhaps the ache of homesickness was a fair price to pay for having so many good people in her life.”
    ― Becky Chambers, The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
    tags: friendship, homesickness
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  • #21
    “You Humans really do cripple yourselves with your belief that you all think in unique ways.”
    ― Becky Chambers, The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
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  • #22
    Frank Herbert
    “I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
    ― Frank Herbert, Dune
    tags: bene-gesserit, fear, litany-against-fear, motivational, scifi
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    Frank Herbert
    “The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action.”
    ― Frank Herbert
    tags: action, improve, life, lives, power, rule, ruling-government
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  • #24
    John Scalzi
    “Now, you may think that this is some sort of generalized hatred that I will carry for the lot of you. Let me assure you that this is not the case. Each of you will fail, but you will fail in your own unique way, and therefore I will dislike each of you on an individual basis.”
    ― John Scalzi, Old Man's War
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  • #25
    “Most sapients confuse working hard with being miserable.”
    ― Becky Chambers, A Closed and Common Orbit
    tags: sapients, working-hard
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  • #26
    Ann Leckie
    “Luxury always comes at someone else’s expense. One of the many advantages of civilization is that one doesn’t generally have to see that, if one doesn’t wish. You’re free to enjoy its benefits without troubling your conscience.”
    ― Ann Leckie, Ancillary Justice
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    Ann Leckie
    “Without feelings insignificant decisions become excruciating attempts to compare endless arrays of inconsequential things. It's just easier to handle those with emotions.”
    ― Ann Leckie, Ancillary Justice
    tags: emotion
    60 likes

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  • #28
    Ann Leckie
    “I didn't get where I am by having reasonable goals”
    ― Ann Leckie, Ancillary Justice
    tags: inspirational
    38 likes

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  • #29
    Susannah Cahalan
    “No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness,” Aristotle said.”
    ― Susannah Cahalan, Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
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  • #30
    John Scalzi
    “The failure mode of clever is “asshole.”
    ― John Scalzi
    tags: clever, failure, wisdom
    30 likes



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