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  • #1
    Julian Barnes
    “Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren't. I'm not surprised some people prefer books.”
    Julian Barnes, Flaubert's Parrot

  • #2
    Julian Barnes
    “History is that certainty produced at the point where the imperfections of memory meet the inadequacies of documentation.”
    Julian Barnes, The Sense of an Ending

  • #3
    Douglas Adams
    “For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on—whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man—for precisely the same reasons.”
    Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

  • #4
    Douglas Adams
    “The story so far:
    In the beginning the Universe was created.
    This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”
    Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

  • #5
    Douglas Adams
    “A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.”
    Douglas Adams, Mostly Harmless

  • #6
    Douglas Adams
    “If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now.”
    Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

  • #7
    “When you blame others, you give up your power to change.”
    Robert Anthony

  • #8
    Douglas Adams
    “If I ever meet myself,' said Zaphod, 'I'll hit myself so hard I won't know what's hit me.”
    Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

  • #9
    Douglas Adams
    “He attacked everything in life with a mix of extraordinary genius and naive incompetence, and it was often difficult to tell which was which.”
    Douglas Adams

  • #10
    Gregory Maguire
    “People who claim that they're evil are usually no worse than the rest of us... It's people who claim that they're good, or any way better than the rest of us, that you have to be wary of.”
    Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

  • #11
    Richard P. Feynman
    “Science is like sex: sometimes something useful comes out, but that is not the reason we are doing it. ”
    Richard P. Feynman

  • #12
    Richard P. Feynman
    “I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.”
    Richard P. Feynman

  • #13
    Martin Luther King Jr.
    “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
    Martin Luther King Jr.

  • #14
    Mark Twain
    “Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well.”
    Mark Twain

  • #15
    Robert A. Heinlein
    “Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.”
    Robert A. Heinlein

  • #16
    Bill Watterson
    “Sometimes when I'm talking, my words can't keep up with my thoughts. I wonder why we think faster than we speak. Probably so we can think twice.”
    Bill Watterson

  • #17
    Bill Watterson
    “You know what's weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change, but pretty soon...everything's different.”
    Bill Watterson

  • #18
    Bill Watterson
    “As far as I'm concerned, if something is so complicated that you can't explain it in 10 seconds, then it's probably not worth knowing anyway.”
    Bill Watterson, The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes

  • #19
    Bill Watterson
    “I'm a misunderstood genius."
    "What's misunderstood?"
    "Nobody thinks I'm a genius.”
    Bill Watterson

  • #20
    Bill Watterson
    “That's the difference between me and the rest of the world! Happiness isn't good enough for me! I demand euphoria!”
    Bill Watterson, Weirdos From Another Planet: Calvin & Hobbes Series: Book Six

  • #21
    Bill Watterson
    “Well, remember what you said, because in a day or two, I'll have a witty and blistering retort! You'll be devastated THEN”
    Bill Watterson

  • #22
    Mark Twain
    “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
    Mark Twain

  • #23
    George Orwell
    “Four legs good, two legs better! All Animals Are Equal. But Some Animals Are More Equal Than Others.”
    George Orwell, Animal Farm

  • #24
    Michael Crichton
    “I am certain there is too much certainty in the world.”
    Michael Crichton

  • #25
    Michael Crichton
    “We think we know what we are doing. We have always thought so.”
    Michael Crichton, Prey

  • #26
    Michael Crichton
    “In the corner store we pulled fat bottles of water from the shelves. No one thinks it's weird that we have to buy clean water, and that's how I know we're going to hell.”
    Michael Crichton

  • #27
    Michael Crichton
    “Absence of proof is not proof of absence.”
    Michael Crichton, The Lost World

  • #28
    Markus Zusak
    “When death captures me,' the boy vowed, 'he will feel my fist on his face.'

    Personally, I quite like that. Such stupid gallantry.

    Yes.

    I like that a lot.”
    Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

  • #29
    Markus Zusak
    “A DEFINITION NOT FOUND
    IN THE DICTIONARY
    Not leaving: an act of trust and love,
    often deciphered by children”
    Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

  • #30
    Markus Zusak
    “A snowball in the face is surely the perfect beginning to a lasting friendship.”
    Markus Zusak, The Book Thief



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