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    John Wyndham
    “If you run away from a thing just because you don't like it, you don't like what you find either.”
    ― John Wyndham, The Chrysalids
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    Bernard M. Baruch
    “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
    ― Bernard M. Baruch
    tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, confidence, fitting-in, individuality, misattributed-dr-seuss, those-who-matter
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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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    William Shakespeare
    “The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
    ― William Shakespeare, As You Like It
    tags: wisdom
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  • #5
    “I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.”
    ― Daphne Rae, Love Until It Hurts: The Work of Mother Teresa and Her Missionaries of Charity
    tags: misattributed-to-mother-teresa
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    C.S. Lewis
    “A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.”
    ― C.S. Lewis
    tags: books, children-s-books, reading
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    Leonardo da Vinci
    “A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.”
    ― Leonardo da Vinci
    tags: art, inspirational
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    Vincent van Gogh
    “It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done.”
    ― Vincent Van Gogh
    tags: art, inspiration, love, strength
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  • #9
    We read to know we're not alone.
    “We read to know we're not alone.”
    ― William Nicholson, Shadowlands: A Play
    tags: misattributed-to-c-s-lewis, reading
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    Maya Angelou
    “I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
    ― Maya Angelou
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    Virginia Woolf
    “I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.”
    ― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own
    tags: women
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    Marie Antoinette
    “Let them eat cake.”
    ― Marie Antoinette
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  • #13
    Henry Ford
    “Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right.”
    ― Henry Ford
    tags: thinking
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    Andrew Miller
    “First ambitions are best. We are less brave later.”
    ― Andrew Miller, Pure
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    Neil Gaiman
    “When I was a child, adults would tell me not to make things up, warning me of what would happen if I did. As far as I can tell so far, it seems to involve lots of foreign travel and not having to get up too early in the morning.”
    ― Neil Gaiman, Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions
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    Umberto Eco
    “We live for books.”
    ― Umberto Eco
    tags: bibliophiles, book-lovers, books, reading
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    Umberto Eco
    “Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry. When we consider a book, we mustn't ask ourselves what it says but what it means...”
    ― Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose
    tags: books
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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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    Karen Maitland
    “They all wait impatiently for the blessed cloak of darkness to cover their wretched little deeds, but the sun will not be hurried by the whims of men.”
    ― Karen Maitland, The Gallows Curse
    tags: 2011, p-119
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    Patrick Rothfuss
    “Why would I want to win anything other than a beautiful game?”
    ― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear
    tags: winning
    146 likes

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    Sharon Kay Penman
    “Poor Wales. So far from Heaven, so close to England.”
    ― Sharon Kay Penman, Here Be Dragons
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    Sharon Kay Penman
    “Edward was now expressing himself on the subject of the French King, drawing upon a vocabulary that a Southwark brothel-keeper might envy. Some of what he was saying was anatomically impossible, much of it was true and all of it envenomed.”
    ― Sharon Kay Penman, The Sunne in Splendour
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    Margaret Atwood
    “War is what happens when language fails.”
    ― Margaret Atwood
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  • #24
    “We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.”
    ― Stephen Hawking
    tags: inspirational, science
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    F. Scott Fitzgerald
    “She wanted to exist only as a conscious flower, prolonging and preserving herself”
    ― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned
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    F. Scott Fitzgerald
    “Here's to alcohol, the rose colored glasses of life.”
    ― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned
    tags: drinking
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    Robin Hobb
    “Home is people. Not a place. If you go back there after the people are gone, then all you can see is what is not there any more.”
    ― Robin Hobb, Fool's Fate
    tags: family, home
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    Robin Hobb
    “When you cut pieces out of the truth to avoid looking like a fool you end up looking like a moron instead.”
    ― Robin Hobb, Assassin's Apprentice
    tags: truth
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    Karen Maitland
    “You've heard tales of beauty and the beast. How a fair maid falls in love with a monster and sees the beauty of his soul beneath the hideous visage. But you've never heard the tale of the handsome man falling for the monstrous woman and finding joy in her love, because it doesn't happen, not even in a story-teller's tale.”
    ― Karen Maitland, Company of Liars
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    Karen Maitland
    “Rain slips through your fingers as easily as words blow away in the wind, and yet it has the power to destroy your whole world.”
    ― Karen Maitland, Company of Liars
    tags: power, rain, words
    45 likes



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