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#1

“Funny how women are ashamed of their inner fairy whereas men are forever proudly displaying their inner cowboy or fireman”
― Dawn French, A Tiny Bit Marvellous

tags: cowboy, fairy, fireman, men, women

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#2

“If I ever saw my muse she would be an old woman with a tight bun and spectacles poking me in the middle of the back and growling, "Wake up and write the book!”
― Kerry Greenwood

tags: muse, writing

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#3

“...I tell myself it does not matter what one reads--favorite authors, particular themes--as long as we read something. It is not even important to own the books.”
― Helen Simonson, Major Pettigrew's Last Stand

tags: books, reading

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#4

“Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?”
― L.M. Montgomery

tags: beginnings, fresh-start, inspirational, mistake, mistakes, new-day, start-over, tomorrow

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#5

“You are a wise man, Major, and I will consider your advice with great care—and humility." He finished his tea and rose from the table to go to his room. "But I must ask you, do you really understand what it means to be in love with an unsuitable woman?"

"My dear boy," said the Major. "Is there really any other kind?”
― Helen Simonson, Major Pettigrew's Last Stand

tags: humor, love, women

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#6

“There is only one page left to write on. I will fill it with words of only one syllable. I love. I have loved. I will love.”
― Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle

tags: love

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#7

“She generally gave herself very good advice, (though she very seldom followed it).”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass

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#8

“It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.”
― Lewis Carroll

tags: alice, humor, inspirational, philosophy-of-life, psychological, yesterday

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#9

“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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#10

“The beginning is always today.”
― Mary Wollstonecraft

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#11

“Whenever I feel the need to exercise, I lie down until it goes away.”
― Paul Terry

tags: exercise, humor, laziness, misattributed-to-hutchins

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#12

“A woman has to live her life, or live to repent not having lived it.”
― D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover

tags: life, living, philosophy, women

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#13

“Failed relationships can be described as so much wasted make-up.”
― Marian Keyes, Watermelon

tags: funny, humour, love, relationships, women

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#14

“Well, my dear, take heart. Some day, I will kiss you and you will like it. But not now, so I beg you not to be too impatient.”
― Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind

tags: rhett-butler-to-scarlett

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#15

“Every savage can dance.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

tags: dancing

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#16

“Then let us go and be terrible.”
― Brom, Krampus: The Yule Lord

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#17

“It's now very common to hear people say, 'I'm rather offended by that.' As if that gives them certain rights. It's actually nothing more... than a whine. 'I find that offensive.' It has no meaning; it has no purpose; it has no reason to be respected as a phrase. 'I am offended by that.' Well, so fucking what."

[I saw hate in a graveyard -- Stephen Fry, The Guardian, 5 June 2005]”
― Stephen Fry

tags: censorship, free-speech, humor, libel, offense, philosophical, politics, sarcasm, slander, wisdom

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#18

“Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won't have as much censorship because we won't have as much fear.”
― Judy Blume

tags: books, censor, communication, freedom, philosophy

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#19

“Your now is not your forever.”
― John Green, Turtles All the Way Down

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#20

“True terror isn’t being scared; it’s not having a choice on the matter.”
― John Green, Turtles All the Way Down

tags: john-green, turtles-all-the-way-down

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#21

“Censors never go after books unless kids already like them. I don’t even think they know to go after books until they know that children are interested in reading this book, therefore there must be something in it that’s wrong.”
― Judy Blume

tags: censor, censoring, censors, censorship, censure, first-amendment, freedom-of-speech, freedom-to-express

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#22

“Librarians save lives: by handing the right book, at the right time, to a kid in need”
― Judy Blume

tags: blume, book, judy, kid, librarian, librarians, mostique

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