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    If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use
    “If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: books, reading
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    Oscar Wilde
    “The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.”
    ― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
    tags: books, morality, reading
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    Oscar Wilde
    “Yes: I am a dreamer. For a dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.”
    ― Oscar Wilde, The Critic As Artist: With Some Remarks on the Importance of Doing Nothing and Discussing Everything
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    Oscar Wilde
    “Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.”
    ― Oscar Wilde, De Profundis
    tags: identity, opinions
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  • #5
    Mahatma Gandhi
    “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
    ― Mahatma Gandhi
    tags: action, change, inspirational, misattributed-to-gandhi, philosophy, wish
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  • #6
    Mahatma Gandhi
    “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
    ― Mahatma Gandhi
    tags: carpe-diem, education, inspirational, learning
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  • #7
    We accept the love we think we deserve.
    “We accept the love we think we deserve.”
    ― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
    tags: inspirational, love
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    Laurence J. Peter
    “If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?”
    ― Laurence J. Peter
    tags: misattributed-einstein
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  • #9
    Ernest Hemingway
    “There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”
    ― Ernest Hemingway
    tags: good, writing
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  • #10
    Toni Morrison
    “If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
    ― Toni Morrison
    tags: books, writing
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  • #11
    Lloyd Alexander
    “Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.”
    ― Lloyd Alexander
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  • #12
    Ray Bradbury
    “You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.”
    ― Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You
    tags: writing
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  • #13
    Anton Chekhov
    “Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.”
    ― Anton Chekhov
    tags: broken-glass, glass, moon, moonshine, show-don-t-tell, writing
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  • #14
    E.L. Doctorow
    “Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.”
    ― E.L. Doctorow
    tags: writing
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  • #15
    “Today’s tangents will become tomorrow’s arcs, and unforeseen connections will tie up your loose ends in a way that will make you want to slap your head and holler at your accidental brilliance.”
    ― Chris Baty
    tags: arcs, tangents, writing, writing-process
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  • #16
    J.K. Rowling
    “Mr. Moony presents his compliments to Professor Snape, and begs him to keep his abnormally large nose out of other people's business.
    Mr. Prongs agrees with Mr. Moony, and would like to add that Professor Snape is an ugly git.
    Mr. Padfoot would like to register his astonishment that an idiot like that ever became a professor.
    Mr. Wormtail bids Professor Snape good day, and advises him to wash his hair, the slimeball.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
    tags: harry-potter, humor, james-potter, remus-lupin, sirius-black, snape, wormtail
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  • #17
    J.K. Rowling
    “Why were you lurking under our window?"
    "Yes - yes, good point, Petunia! What were you doing under our windows, boy?"
    "Listening to the news," said Harry in a resigned voice.
    His aunt and uncle exchanged looks of outrage.
    "Listening to the news! Again?"
    "Well, it changes every day, you see," said Harry.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
    tags: dursley, harry-potter, humor, news, sarcasm
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  • #18
    J.K. Rowling
    “I want to commit the murder I was imprisoned for.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
    tags: anger, azkaban, harry-potter, justice, murder, revenge, sirius-black, wormtail
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  • #19
    J.K. Rowling
    “The world isn’t split into good people and Death Eaters.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
    tags: black, choices, harry-potter, inside-us, light, sirius, sirius-black
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  • #20
    J.K. Rowling
    “Whether you come back by page or by the big screen, Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home.”
    ― J.K. Rowling
    tags: harry-potter, hogwarts, j-k-rowling
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  • #21
    J.K. Rowling
    “Swish and flick.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
    tags: harry-potter, sorcer, stone
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  • #22
    J.K. Rowling
    “What's that?" he snarled, staring at the envelope Harry was still clutching in his hand. "If it's another form for me to sign, you've got another -"
    "It's not," said Harry cheerfully. "It's a letter from my godfather."
    "Godfather?" sputtered Uncle Vernon. "You haven't got a godfather!"
    "Yes, I have," said Harry brightly. "He was my mum and dad's best friend. He's a convicted murderer, but he's broken out of wizard prison and he's on the run. He likes to keep in touch with me, though...keep up with my news...check if I'm happy....”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
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    J.K. Rowling
    “No story lives unless someone wants to listen. The stories we love best do live in us forever. So whether you come back by page or by the big screen, Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home.”
    ― J.K. Rowling
    tags: end-times, harry-potter
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  • #24
    J.K. Rowling
    “I've never stunned anyone except in our D.A. lessons," said Luna, sounding mildly interested. "That was noisier than I thought it would be.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
    tags: carrow, harry-potter, humor, luna-lovegood, stun
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  • #25
    J.K. Rowling
    “Harry witnessed Professor McGonagall walking right past Peeves who was determinedly loosening a crystal chandelier and could have sworn he heard her tell the poltergeist out of the corner of her mouth, 'It unscrews the other way.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
    tags: harry-potter, j-k-rowling, mcgonagall, peeves, poltergeist
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  • #26
    J.K. Rowling
    “The ministry has fallen. Scrimgeour is dead. They are coming.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
    tags: harry-potter
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  • #27
    J.K. Rowling
    “And it’s Johnson, Johnson with the Quaffle, what a player that girl is, I’ve been saying it for years but she still won’t go out with me —'
    'JORDAN!' yelled Professor McGonagall.
    'Just a fun fact, Professor, adds a bit of interest —”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
    tags: harry-potter, j-k-rowling, jordan, order-of-the-phoenix, professor-mcgonagall, quidditch
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  • #28
    J.K. Rowling
    “Of course we still want to know you!" Harry said, staring at Hagrid.
    "You don't think anything that Skeeter cow - sorry, Professor," he added quickly, looking at Dumbledore.
    "I have gone temporarily deaf and haven't any idea what you said, Harry," said Dumbledore, twiddling his thumbs and staring at the ceiling.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
    tags: albus-dumbledore, harry-potter, hp
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  • #29
    J.K. Rowling
    “Give her hell from us, Peeves.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
    tags: fred-weasley, george-weasley, hell, mischief, peeves, umbridge
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  • #30
    J.K. Rowling
    “In dreams, we enter a world that’s entirely our own.”
    ― J.K. Rowling
    tags: albus-dumbledore, harry-potter
    166 likes



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