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    Jim Henson
    “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.”
    ― Jim Henson
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    Albert Camus
    “Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
    Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
    Walk beside me… just be my friend”
    ― Albert Camus
    tags: attributed-no-source, friends, friendship, misattributed-albert-camus
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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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    Rachel Haimowitz
    “While that mouth clearly deserves an opportunity to worship as many various bits of me and my shoe collection as I can shove in there, we're not done talking yet.”
    ― Rachel Haimowitz, Master Class
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  • #5
    Terry Pratchett
    “The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Diggers
    tags: humor, open-mind, thinking
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    H.L. Mencken
    “Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. No one in this world, so far as I know—and I have researched the records for years, and employed agents to help me—has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby.”
    ― H.L. Mencken, Notes on Democracy
    tags: belief, democracy, government, humor, ignorance, intelligence, pathetic, political-commentary, politics, public-office
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  • #7
    Josh Lanyon
    “I dug out the powder blue cashmere cardigan my mother Lisa gave me the Christmas before last, pulled on my oldest, softest Levi’s. Comfort clothes; the next best thing to a hug from a warm, living body. Lately there had been a shortage of hugs in my life. Lately there had been a shortage of warm, living bodies.”
    ― Josh Lanyon, Fatal Shadows
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  • #8
    Walt Whitman
    “Do I contradict myself?
    Very well then I contradict myself,
    (I am large, I contain multitudes.)”
    ― Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass
    tags: change
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    Garrison Keillor
    “Anyone who thinks sitting in church can make you a Christian must also think that sitting in a garage can make you a car.”
    ― Garrison Keillor
    tags: humor, religion
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    Mark Twain
    “Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: truth
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    Dorothy Parker
    “Heterosexuality is not normal, it's just common.”
    ― Dorothy Parker
    tags: dorothy-parker, heterosexuality, homosexuality, humor, wit
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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “Never laugh at live dragons.”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien
    tags: dragons, wisdom
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    Mahatma Gandhi
    “I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.”
    ― Mahatma Gandhi
    tags: anti-christian, christianity, christians, jesus-christ
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    Mark Twain
    “The test of any good fiction is that you should care something for the characters; the good to succeed, the bad to fail. The trouble with most fiction is that you want them all to land in hell together, as quickly as possible.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: writing
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    Amanda Lovelace
    “once upon a time, the princess rose from the ashes her dragon lovers made of her & crowned herself the mother-fucking queen of herself.   - how’s that for a happily ever after?”
    ― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in this One
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    Amanda Lovelace
    “silence has always been my loudest scream.”
    ― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in this One
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  • #17
    Amanda Lovelace
    “ah, life—
    the thing
    that happens
    to us
    while we’re off
    somewhere else
    blowing on
    dandelions
    & wishing
    ourselves into
    the pages of
    our favorite
    fairy tales.”
    ― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in This One
    tags: books, fairy-tale, fairy-tales, life
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    Amanda Lovelace
    “repeat after me:
    you owe
    no one
    your forgiveness.

    - except maybe yourself.”
    ― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in This One
    tags: inspiration, poetry
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    Amanda Lovelace
    “i’m not scared
    of the monsters

    hidden underneath
    my bed.

    i’m much more scared
    of the boys

    with messy brown hair,
    sleepy eyes,

    & mouths
    that only know

    how to form
    half-truths.”
    ― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in This One
    tags: love, relationships
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  • #20
    Amanda Lovelace
    “the only thing
    required
    to be
    a woman
    is to
    identify
    as one.

    - period, end of story.”
    ― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in This One
    tags: amanda-lovelace, feminism, poetry
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  • #21
    Amanda Lovelace
    “that is what abuse is: knowing you are going to get salt but still hoping for sugar for nineteen years.   -”
    ― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in this One
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    Amanda Lovelace
    “i’m pretty sure you have s t a r d u s t running through those v e i n s.   - women are some kind of magic.”
    ― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in this One
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    Amanda Lovelace
    “fiction:
    the ocean
    i dive
    headfirst
    into
    when i
    can
    no longer
    breathe
    in
    reality.

    - a mermaid escapist II.”
    ― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in This One
    tags: fiction
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    Amanda Lovelace
    “women
    don't endure
    simply because
    we can;

    no,

    women endure
    because we aren't
    given any other
    choice.

    - they wanted us weak but forced us to be strong.”
    ― Amanda Lovelace, The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One
    tags: strength, strong, strong-women, weakness, women, women-s-strength
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    Amanda Lovelace
    “the princess locked herself away in the highest tower, hoping a knight in shining armor would come to her rescue.   - i didn’t realize i could be my own knight.”
    ― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in this One
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    Amanda Lovelace
    “if i ever have a daughter, the first thing i will teach her to love will be the word “no” & i will not let her feel guilty for using it.   - “no” is short for “fuck off.”  ”
    ― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in this One
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  • #27
    Amanda Lovelace
    “raid your library. read everything you can get your hands on & then some.   go on, collect words & polish them up until they shine like starlight in your palm.   make words your finest weapons— a gold-hilted sword to cut your enemies d o w n.   - a survival plan of sorts.”
    ― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in this One
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    Amanda Lovelace
    “sticks & stones never broke my bones, but words made me starve myself until you could see all of them.   -”
    ― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in this One
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  • #29
    Amanda Lovelace
    “he
    opened me up
    like a book
    & poured the
    poetry
    back into
    me.

    -my personal pen and paper”
    ― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in This One
    tags: poetry-quotes
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  • #30
    Amanda Lovelace
    “the love
    some girls
    have for
    other girls
    is
    so gentle
    & so soft
    & so fucking
    beautiful,
    &
    these girls
    deserve
    to have
    better stories
    than the ones
    where they
    are murdered
    because they love
    with too much
    of their
    hearts.

    -love is never a weakness.”
    ― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in This One
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