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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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    Mark Twain
    “′Classic′ - a book which people praise and don't read.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: books, classic, reading
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    Ray Bradbury
    “You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.”
    ― Ray Bradbury
    tags: culture, reading
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    Fran Lebowitz
    “Think before you speak. Read before you think.”
    ― Fran Lebowitz, The Fran Lebowitz Reader
    tags: advice-for-daily-living, books, reader, reading, speaking, thinking, wisdom
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    John Waters
    “If you go home with somebody, and they don't have books, don't fuck 'em!”
    ― John Waters
    tags: books, fuck, profanity, reading
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    The world was hers for the reading.
    “The world was hers for the reading.”
    ― Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
    tags: books, feminist, reading
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    Joseph Brodsky
    “There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.”
    ― Joseph Brodsky
    tags: books, censorship, illiteracy, reading
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    Stendhal
    “A good book is an event in my life.”
    ― Stendhal, The Red and the Black
    tags: books, literature, reading
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    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    “I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.”
    ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
    tags: books, reading, we-are-what-we-eat, we-are-what-we-read, you-are-what-you-eat, you-are-what-you-read
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    Dr. Seuss
    “You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
    ― Dr. Seuss
    tags: attributed-no-source, dreams, love, reality, sleep
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    J.K. Rowling
    “I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
    tags: mischief
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    Khaled Hosseini
    “But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.”
    ― Khaled Hosseini
    tags: life
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    Katharine Hepburn
    “If you obey all of the rules, you miss all of the fun.”
    ― Katharine Hepburn
    tags: katharine-hepburn
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  • #14
    “Do your thing and don't care if they like it.”
    ― Tina Fey, Bossypants
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    Suzanne Collins
    “I wish I could freeze this moment, right here, right now and live in it forever.”
    ― Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire
    tags: peeta
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    Suzanne Collins
    “You know, you could live a thousand lifetimes and not deserve him.”
    ― Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire
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    Sherman Alexie
    “I grabbed my book and opened it up.

    I wanted to smell it.

    Heck, I wanted to kiss it.

    Yes, kiss it.

    That's right, I am a book kisser.

    Maybe that's kind of perverted or maybe it's just romantic and highly intelligent.”
    ― Sherman Alexie, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
    tags: bibliophile, books
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    Sherman Alexie
    “I think all of us are always five years old in the presence and absence of our parents.”
    ― Sherman Alexie, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
    tags: age, childhood, family, parents
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    Sherman Alexie
    “Poverty doesn’t give you strength or teach you lessons about perseverance. No, poverty only teaches you how to be poor.”
    ― Sherman Alexie, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
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    W.H. Auden
    “We must love one another or die”
    ― W.H. Auden
    tags: love
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    Sophie Jordan
    “A hunter in love with his prey.”
    ― Sophie Jordan, Firelight
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    Sherman Alexie
    “What kind of life can you have in a house without books?”
    ― Sherman Alexie, Flight
    tags: books, boredom, dullness, inspiration, life, necessity, reading
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    Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.
    “Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.”
    ― C.S. Lewis
    tags: eating-reading
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    Geraldine Brooks
    “For to know a man's library is, in some measure, to know his mind.”
    ― Geraldine Brooks, March
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    Sherman Alexie
    “If you let people into your life a little bit, they can be pretty damn amazing.”
    ― Sherman Alexie, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
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    Harvey Pekar
    “Ordinary life is pretty complex stuff.”
    ― Harvey Pekar
    tags: life, writing
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  • #27
    “I think there should be a rule that everyone in the world should get a standing ovation at least once in their lives.”
    ― R.J. Palacio, Wonder
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    Colette
    “You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.”
    ― Colette
    tags: enthusiasm, foolishness, silliness, wisdom
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    Daryl Banner
    “We'll make a new game of it," he offers. "Rule is, when you want me naked, you just ask. When you want to kiss me, you just fucking go for it.”
    ― Daryl Banner, Dorm Game
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    Jay Crownover
    “Love isn’t something you can negotiate, Nash. When it happens, it becomes everything.”
    ― Jay Crownover, Nash
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