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    F. Scott Fitzgerald
    “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
    ― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
    tags: book, inspirational
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    F. Scott Fitzgerald
    “Angry, and half in love with her, and tremendously sorry, I turned away.”
    ― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
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    F. Scott Fitzgerald
    “I fell in love with her courage, her sincerity, and her flaming self respect. And it's these things I'd believe in, even if the whole world indulged in wild suspicions that she wasn't all she should be. I love her and it is the beginning of everything.”
    ― F. Scott Fitzgerald
    tags: love
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    F. Scott Fitzgerald
    “And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.”
    ― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
    tags: renewal, summer
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    Sarah J. Maas
    “To the people who look at the stars and wish, Rhys."
    Rhys clinked his glass against mine. “To the stars who listen— and the dreams that are answered.”
    ― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury
    tags: a-court-of-mist-and-fury, acomaf, feyre, rhysand
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    Sarah J. Maas
    “Don't feel bad for one moment about doing what brings you joy.”
    ― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses
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    Gaston Leroux
    “If I am the phantom, it is because man's hatred has made me so. If I am to be saved it is because your love redeems me.”
    ― Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera
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    Gaston Leroux
    “He had a heart that could have held the entire empire of the world; and, in the end, he had to content himself with a cellar.”
    ― Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera
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    Gaston Leroux
    “Little Lotte thought of everything and nothing. Her hair was as golden as the sun's rays, and her soul as clear and blue as her eyes. She wheedled her mother, was kind to her doll, took great care of her frock and her red shoes and her fiddle, but loved most of all, when she went to sleep, to hear the Angel of Music.”
    ― Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera
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    Gaston Leroux
    “In Paris, our lives are one masked ball.”
    ― Gaston Leroux
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    Morgan Rhodes
    “Even in the darkest and most cruel person, there is still a kernel of good. And within the most perfect champion, there is darkness. The question is, will one give in to the dark or the light? It's something we decide with every choice we make, every day that we exist. What might not be evil to you could be evil to someone else. Knowing this makes us powerful even without magic.”
    ― Morgan Rhodes, Falling Kingdoms
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    Morgan Rhodes
    “You're the same as you were yesterday and the day before. Nothing has changed. Not really. Forget what troubles you. Regret nothing, but learn from any mistakes you make. Tomorrow will be a brighter day, I promise.”
    ― Morgan Rhodes, Falling Kingdoms
    tags: mistakes
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    Victoria Schwab
    “I'd rather die on an adventure than live standing still.”
    ― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic
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    Victoria Schwab
    “She bent most of the rules. She broke the rest.”
    ― V.E. Schwab, A Gathering of Shadows
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    Victoria Schwab
    “As Athera. To grow.

    As Pyrata. To burn.

    As Illumae. To light.

    As Orense. To open.

    As Anase. To dispel.

    As Hasari. To heal.

    As Travars. To Travel.”
    ― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic
    tags: adsom
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    I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control
    “I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
    ― Marilyn Monroe
    tags: attributed-no-source, best, life, love, misattributed-marilyn-monroe, mistakes, out-of-control, truth, worst
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    Oscar Wilde
    “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: attributed-no-source, be-yourself, gilbert-perreira, honesty, inspirational, misattributed-oscar-wilde, quote-investigator
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    Albert Einstein
    “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: attributed-no-source, human-nature, humor, infinity, philosophy, science, stupidity, universe
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    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    “A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
    ― Marcus Tullius Cicero
    tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul
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    J.K. Rowling
    “If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
    tags: charles-bayard-mitchell
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  • #21
    Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another What! You
    “Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
    ― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves
    tags: friendship
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    Friedrich Nietzsche
    “Without music, life would be a mistake.”
    ― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols
    tags: inspirational, music, philosophy
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    André Gide
    “It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”
    ― Andre Gide, Autumn Leaves
    tags: life, love
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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “All that is gold does not glitter,
    Not all those who wander are lost;
    The old that is strong does not wither,
    Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

    From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
    A light from the shadows shall spring;
    Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
    The crownless again shall be king.”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
    tags: frost, glitter, gold, lost, poetry, roots, strength, strong, wander, wither
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    It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our
    “It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
    tags: abilities
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    Robin Sloan
    “Walking the stacks in a library, dragging your fingers across the spines -- it's hard not to feel the presence of sleeping spirits.”
    ― Robin Sloan, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
    tags: books, libraries
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    Robin Sloan
    “After that, the book will fade, the way all books fade in your mind. But I hope you will remember this:
    A man walking fast down a dark lonely street. Quick steps and hard breathing, all wonder and need. A bell above a door and the tinkle it makes. A clerk and a ladder and warm golden light, and then: the right book exactly, at exactly the right time.”
    ― Robin Sloan, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
    tags: books
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    Robin Sloan
    “Your life must be an open city, with all sorts of ways to wander in.”
    ― Robin Sloan, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
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    Robin Sloan
    “Neel takes a sharp breath and I know exactly what it means. It means: I have waited my whole life to walk through a secret passage built into a bookshelf.”
    ― Robin Sloan, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
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    Sarah J. Maas
    “Even when this world is a forgotten whisper of dust between the stars, I will always love you.”
    ― Sarah J. Maas, Empire of Storms
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