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    Honoré de Balzac
    “Solitude is fine but you need someone to tell that solitude is fine.”
    ― Honoré de Balzac
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    Michel de Montaigne
    “The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.”
    ― Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays
    tags: ataraxy, independence, individuality, inspirational, self-assurance, self-awareness, self-containment, self-determination, self-esteem, self-reliance, self-respect, self-sufficiency, self-trust, solitude
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    “You have little control over the world around you, but full control over the world within you.”
    ― Matshona Dhliwayo
    tags: control-quotes, faith-quotes, hope-quotations, hope-quotes, inner-peace-quotes, inner-power-quotes, inner-strength-quotes, inspirational-quotations, inspirational-quotes, inspirational-quotes-about-life, inspirational-quotes-motivation, life-lesson-quotes, life-lessons-quotations, life-lessons-quotes, life-quotations, life-quote, life-quotes, life-quotes-and-sayings, life-quotes-inspirational-quotes, look-within, positive-quotes, positive-thinking-quotes, positive-thoughts-quotes, positivity-quotes, strength-quotations, strength-quotes, within-quotes
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    “Terrible errors are rarely made all at once. Usually they are performed one small misstep at a time.”
    ― A. Lee Martinez, A Nameless Witch
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    “Being a good person is more than just not being a bad person.”
    ― A. Lee Martinez, Monster
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    “Death should take more care with his paperwork.”
    ― A. Lee Martinez, A Nameless Witch
    tags: fantasy
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    “The universe was filled with secrets, and he understood now that one of the biggest was that no one needed to know them all.”
    ― A. Lee Martinez, Monster
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  • #8
    “Mortal life is too short to be worried all the time.”
    ― A. Lee Martinez, Divine Misfortune
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    “Humans... You want a nice warm hug from a cold, indifferent universe.”
    ― A. Lee Martinez, Chasing the Moon
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    “But all memories, no matter how distant, no matter how distorted, have the shadow of truth underneath. Even the most imperfect memory is a window—”
    ― A. Lee Martinez, Divine Misfortune
    tags: memories, truth
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  • #11
    “To quote a great sage... answer unclear, try again later.”
    ― A. Lee Martinez, Helen and Troy's Epic Road Quest
    tags: seer
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  • #12
    “I lied, therefore I thought.”
    ― A. Lee Martinez, The Automatic Detective
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  • #13
    “Without limitations, how does one find satisfaction?”
    ― A. Lee Martinez, Emperor Mollusk versus The Sinister Brain
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    “I'm sorry, Mr. Whiteleaf. I'm not going to let a monster eat me for minimum wage.”
    ― A. Lee Martinez, Helen and Troy's Epic Road Quest
    tags: humor, minimum-wage
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    “Damn, some days I wished I'd been made a toaster.”
    ― A. Lee Martinez, The Automatic Detective
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  • #16
    “Most magic wasn't even magic. It just was.”
    ― A. Lee Martinez, A Nameless Witch
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    Christopher Moore
    “If you think anyone is sane you just don't know enough about them.”
    ― Christopher Moore, Practical Demonkeeping
    tags: humor, insanity, sanity
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    Christopher Moore
    “Blessed are the dumbfucks.”
    ― Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal
    tags: beatitudes
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  • #19
    Christopher Moore
    “I love you above all things, even pie.”
    ― Christopher Moore, Fool
    tags: humor
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    Christopher Moore
    “She's so small, yet she contains so much evil.”
    ― Christopher Moore, Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings
    tags: humor
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    Christopher Moore
    “Canada is a myth people made up to entertain children, like the Tooth Fairy. There’s no such place.”
    ― Christopher Moore
    tags: humor
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    Christopher Moore
    “Only cops and vampires have to have an invitation to enter.”
    ― Christopher Moore
    tags: dicta, law, welcome
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    Christopher Moore
    “She knew it should bother her more, being evil and all, but after she put on a little mascara and some lipstick and poured herself another cup of blood-laced coffee, she found that she was okay with it.”
    ― Christopher Moore, You Suck
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    Christopher Moore
    “He had tapped into the Zen of ignorance, the enlightenment of absurdity.”
    ― Christopher Moore, Practical Demonkeeping
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    Christopher Moore
    “Why is it one can busta rhyme or busta move anywhere, but one must busta cap in someone's ass?”
    ― Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal
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  • #26
    Christopher Moore
    “Faith isn't an act of intelligence, it's an act of imagination.”
    ― Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal
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  • #27
    Christopher Moore
    “God is a comedian playing to an audience that is afraid to laugh.”
    ― Christopher Moore, Lamb: A Novel
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  • #28
    Kevin Hearne
    “That's right, there's free beer in Irish paradise. Everyone's jealous.”
    ― Kevin Hearne, Hammered
    tags: beer, irish, paradise
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  • #29
    Kevin Hearne
    “Winning ugly is still winning.”
    ― Kevin Hearne, Hounded
    tags: atticus
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  • #30
    Kevin Hearne
    “I didn't respond, because naked people never win arguments.”
    ― Kevin Hearne, Clan Rathskeller
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