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    Charles Bukowski
    “Do you hate people?”

    “I don't hate them...I just feel better when they're not around.”
    ― Charles Bukowski, Barfly
    tags: humour, misanthropy, paraphrased
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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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    Joseph Conrad
    “We live as we dream--alone....”
    ― Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness
    tags: dream, loneliness
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    Dalai Lama XIV
    “Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.”
    ― Dalai Lama XIV
    tags: non-conformity, rules
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    Ilona Andrews
    “She crouched with her hand out. What the hell was she doing…
    "Here, kitty, kitty, kitty."
    Oh my God, she was retarded and I was going to kill Jim.”
    ― Ilona Andrews, Curran
    tags: curran, funny, kate
    485 likes

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    Frank Zappa
    “So many books, so little time.”
    ― Frank Zappa
    tags: books, humor
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    Terry Pratchett
    “And what would humans be without love?"
    RARE, said Death.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Sourcery
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    Terry Pratchett
    “DON'T THINK OF IT AS DYING, said Death. JUST THINK OF IT AS LEAVING EARLY TO AVOID THE RUSH.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
    tags: death, humor
    3471 likes

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    “The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.”
    ― Joe Klaas, The Twelve Steps to Happiness: A Practical Handbook for Understanding and Working the Twelve Step Programs for Alcoholism, Codependency, Eating Disorders, and Other Addictions
    tags: anger, freedom, misattributed-gloria-steinem, truth
    13226 likes

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    George R.R. Martin
    “They can keep their heaven. When I die, I’d sooner go to Middle-earth.”
    ― George R.R. Martin
    tags: fantasy, heaven
    1692 likes

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    Brian Lumley
    “The future is a devious thing.”
    ― Brian Lumley
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    Brian Lumley
    “Blood is the life.”
    ― Brian Lumley, Necroscope
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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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    Dalai Lama XIV
    “If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.”
    ― Dalai Lama XIV
    tags: inspirational
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    Ilona Andrews
    “It's a reflex. Hear a bell, get food. See an undead, throw a knife. Same thing, really.”
    ― Ilona Andrews, Magic Bites
    tags: books, humor
    552 likes

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    Ilona Andrews
    “You don't cause problems. You cause catastrophes.”
    ― Ilona Andrews, Magic Burns
    tags: curran-to-kate
    515 likes

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    Steve Martin
    “A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.”
    ― Steve Martin
    tags: humor, obvious, simile
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    Jiří Kulhánek
    “Kdo jsi bez miny, hoď kamenem.”
    ― Jiří Kulhánek, Temný prorok
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    Philip K. Dick
    “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.”
    ― Philip K. Dick, I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon
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    Oscar Wilde
    “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “Never laugh at live dragons.”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien
    tags: dragons, wisdom
    8737 likes

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    Mitch Albom
    “Death ends a life, not a relationship.”
    ― Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
    tags: death, life
    11451 likes

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    Neil Young
    “It's better to burn out than to fade away.”
    ― Neil Young
    tags: death, end, life
    1345 likes

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    Steven Brust
    “Always speak politely to an enraged dragon.”
    ― Steven Brust, Jhereg
    tags: advice, dragons, manners, misattributed-to-tolkien
    626 likes

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    Pablo Picasso
    “Everything you can imagine is real.”
    ― Pablo Picasso
    tags: art, imagination, inspirational, life
    30018 likes

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    Henri Matisse
    “Creativity takes courage. ”
    ― Henri Matisse
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    Jonathan Swift
    “Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.”
    ― Jonathan Swift
    tags: imagination
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    Robert Frost
    “In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
    ― Robert Frost
    tags: life
    109520 likes

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    Terry Pratchett
    “Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.”
    ― Terry Pratchett
    tags: fantasy, humor, imagination, literature, stories
    6691 likes

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    Ted Chiang
    “Despite knowing the journey and where it leads, I embrace it and welcome every moment”
    ― Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others
    154 likes



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