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    James Dean
    “Dream as if you will live forever; Live as if you will die today.”
    ― James Dean
    tags: advice-for-daily-living, aspirations, carpe-diem, inspirational
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    Toni Morrison
    “If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
    ― Toni Morrison
    tags: books, writing
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  • #3
    Lemony Snicket
    “The world is quiet here.”
    ― Lemony Snicket
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    Vincent van Gogh
    “There may be a great fire in our soul, yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it, and the passers-by see only a wisp of smoke.”
    ― Vincent van Gogh
    tags: fire, smoke, soul, van-gogh
    413 likes

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  • #5
    William Goldman
    “We’ll never survive!”
    “Nonsense. You’re only saying that because no one ever has.”
    ― William Goldman, The Princess Bride
    tags: doubt, humor, optimism, survival
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  • #6
    Shel Silverstein
    “If the track is tough and the hill is rough,
    THINKING you can just ain't enough!”
    ― Shel Silverstein, Where the Sidewalk Ends
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  • #7
    Benjamin Franklin
    “Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.”
    ― Benjamin Franklin
    tags: hmmm
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  • #8
    William Goldman
    “You think this is a trap then?" the Count asked.
    "I always think everything is a trap until proven otherwise," the Prince answered. "Which is why I'm still alive.”
    ― William Goldman, The Princess Bride
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  • #9
    “Will Turner: This is either madness... or brilliance.

    Jack Sparrow: It's remarkable how often those two traits coincide.”
    ― Captain Jack Sparrow
    tags: movie, pirates-of-the-caribbean
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    Neal Shusterman
    “It’s my pleasure to be your displeasure.”
    ― Neal Shusterman, Thunderhead
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  • #11
    Neil Gaiman
    “What's your name,' Coraline asked the cat. 'Look, I'm Coraline. Okay?'
    'Cats don't have names,' it said.
    'No?' said Coraline.
    'No,' said the cat. 'Now you people have names. That's because you don't know who you are. We know who we are, so we don't need names.”
    ― Neil Gaiman, Coraline
    tags: cats, names, self-knowledge
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  • #12
    William Shakespeare
    “Conscience doth make cowards of us all.”
    ― William Shakespeare, Hamlet
    tags: shakespeare
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    Neal Shusterman
    “Wailing that the sky is falling does nothing to stop it.”
    ― Neal Shusterman, Thunderhead
    tags: crying-about-your-problems, do-something, scythe, thunderhead
    57 likes

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  • #14
    Cormac McCarthy
    “Keep a little fire burning; however small, however hidden.”
    ― Cormac McCarthy, The Road
    tags: attitude, fire, hope, inspirational, persistence
    872 likes

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    Dean Koontz
    “Human beings are such knotted, desperate pieces of work-it's a rare thing to know one completely, to the core, and still love him.”
    ― Dean Koontz, Your Heart Belongs to Me
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  • #16
    Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.
    “Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”
    ― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
    tags: books, reading
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    Markus Zusak
    “My arms are killing me.
    I didn't know words could be so heavy.”
    ― Markus Zusak, I Am the Messenger
    tags: books, reading
    518 likes

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    Libba Bray
    “People have a habit of inventing fictions they will believe wholeheartedly in order to ignore the truth they cannot accept.”
    ― Libba Bray, The Sweet Far Thing
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    Shel Silverstein
    “My skin is kind of sort of brownish pinkish yellowish white. My eyes are greyish blueish green, but I'm told they look orange in the night. My hair is reddish blondish brown, but its silver when its wet, and all the colors I am inside have not been invented yet.”
    ― Shel Silverstein, Where the Sidewalk Ends
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    William Goldman
    “The enemy is always in the mind.”
    ― William Goldman, The Princess Bride
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  • #21
    Leigh Bardugo
    “But if you couldn’t open a door, you just had to make a new one.”
    ― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom
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    Leigh Bardugo
    “You can only sharpen a blade so far,” Kaz said as he joined them at the front of the church. “In the end, it comes down to the quality of the metal.”
    ― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom
    tags: kaz-brekker, sharp
    597 likes

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  • #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
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  • #24
    William Shakespeare
    “We know what we are, but not what we may be.”
    ― William Shakespeare
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  • #25
    Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.
    “Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.”
    ― C.S. Lewis
    tags: eating-reading
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    Leigh Bardugo
    “I would have come for you. And if I couldn't walk, I'd crawl to you, and no matter how broken we were, we'd fight our way out together-knives drawn, pistols blazing. Because that's what we do. We never stop fighting.”
    ― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom
    tags: crooked-kingdom, inej-ghafa, kaz-brekker, six-of-crows
    8941 likes

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    Dean Koontz
    “...he knew human lives were free of the chains of fate except in one regard: It was the human destiny to be free.”
    ― Dean Koontz, Dark Rivers of the Heart
    tags: destiny, fate, freedom
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    Austin Kleon
    “If you ever find that you're the most talented person in the room, you need to find another room.”
    ― Austin Kleon, Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
    tags: creativity, gigo, learn, talent
    366 likes

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  • #29
    Joe Hill
    “People were entranced by flame and repelled by human suffering, and wasn't that some kind of design flaw?”
    ― Joe Hill
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  • #30
    Stephen King
    “you can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.”
    ― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
    3880 likes



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