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    Stephen Chbosky
    “Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn't stop for anybody.”
    ― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
    tags: change, life
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    Khaled Hosseini
    “Was there happiness at the end [of the movie], they wanted to know.
    If someone were to ask me today whether the story of Hassan, Sohrab, and me ends with happiness, I wouldn't know what to say.
    Does anybody's?
    After all, life is not a Hindi movie. Zendagi migzara, Afghans like to say: Life goes on, undmindful of beginning, en, kamyab, nah-kam, crisis or catharsis, moving forward like a slow, dusty caravan of kochis. ”
    ― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner
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    Sylvia Townsend Warner
    “It is best as one grows older to strip oneself of possessions, to shed oneself downward like a tree, to be almost wholly earth before one dies.”
    ― Sylvia Townsend Warner, Lolly Willowes
    tags: aging, death-and-dying
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    Stephen Chbosky
    “So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.”
    ― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
    tags: charlie, favourite-books, inspirational, sad, soul-searching, wallflower
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    Stephen Chbosky
    “And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.”
    ― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
    tags: infinity
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  • #6
    Hal Borland
    “No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.”
    ― Hal Borland
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    John Boyne
    “There's things that happen in a person's life that are so scorched in the memory and burned into the heart that there's no forgetting them.”
    ― John Boyne
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    Orhan Pamuk
    “Books, which we mistake for consolation, only add depth to our sorrow. ”
    ― Orhan Pamuk, My Name Is Red
    tags: books, insight, sorrow
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    Haruki Murakami
    “Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.”
    ― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
    tags: memories
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    Margaret Mitchell
    “With enough courage, you can do without a reputation.”
    ― Margaret Mitchell
    tags: courage, reputation
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    Hermann Hesse
    “Learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest.”
    ― Herman Hesse
    tags: steppenwolf
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  • #12
    David Hockney
    “I think I’m greedy, but I’m not greedy for money - I think that can be a burden - I’m greedy for an exciting life.”
    ― David Hockney
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    “We can’t jump off bridges anymore because our iPhones will get ruined. We can’t take skinny dips in the ocean because there’s no service on the beach and adventures aren’t real unless they’re on Instagram. Technology has doomed the spontaneity of adventure and we’re helping destroy it every time we Google, check-in, and hashtag.”
    ― Jeremy Glass
    tags: adventure, life-and-living, spontaneity, technology, travel
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    “I was the Titanic and the iceberg all at once.”
    ― Jeremy Glass
    tags: life-philosophy, love, relationships
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    Cassandra Clare
    “Have you fallen in love with the wrong person yet?'
    Jace said, "Unfortunately, Lady of the Haven, my one true love remains myself."
    ..."At least," she said, "you don't have to worry about rejection, Jace Wayland."
    "Not necessarily. I turn myself down occasionally, just to keep it interesting.”
    ― Cassandra Clare, City of Bones
    tags: city-of-bones, jace
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    Anne Rice
    “None of us really changes over time. We only become more fully what we are.”
    ― Anne Rice, The Vampire Lestat
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    Cassandra Clare
    “to love is to destroy, and that to be loved is to be the one destroyed.”
    ― Cassandra Clare, City of Bones
    tags: destruction, love
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    Yann Martel
    “Misery loves company, and madness calls it forth.”
    ― Yann Martel, Life of Pi
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    Chuck Palahniuk
    “If death meant just leaving the stage long enough to change costume and come back as a new character...Would you slow down? Or speed up?”
    ― Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters
    tags: death
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    Bob Marley
    “The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.”
    ― Bob Marley
    tags: friendship
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    Mae West
    “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
    ― Mae West
    tags: humor, life
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    Mark Twain
    “Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: books, contentment, friends, friendship, life
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    L.J. Smith
    “I do believe in shooting the messenger.
    You know why? Because it sends a message.”
    ― L.J. Smith, The Awakening / The Struggle
    tags: humorous
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  • #24
    William Shakespeare
    “When he shall die,
    Take him and cut him out in little stars,
    And he will make the face of heaven so fine
    That all the world will be in love with night
    And pay no worship to the garish sun.”
    ― William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
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    Victor Hugo
    “What Is Love? I have met in the streets a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, the water passed through his shoes and the stars through his soul”
    ― Victor Hugo , Les Misérables
    tags: love, soul, stars
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  • #26
    John Green
    “there is no shortage of fault to be found amid our stars”
    ― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
    tags: fault, human-nature, john-green, stars, the-fault-in-our-stars
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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
    tags: light, moon, sense-of-wonder, stars
    2441 likes

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  • #28
    Ayn Rand
    “If it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing.”
    ― Ayn Rand
    tags: excess, over-indulgence, overdoing
    512 likes

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  • #29
    Mae West
    “Too much of a good thing can be wonderful!”
    ― Mae West
    tags: appreciation, decadence, excess, indulgence, innuendo, over-indulgence, risque
    875 likes

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  • #30
    Jamie McGuire
    “It's over. Go home.
    You're my home.”
    ― Jamie McGuire, Beautiful Disaster
    1816 likes



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