Jane Valentini

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Jane’s Quotes

“The happy people are failures because they are on such good terms with themselves they don't give a damn.”
― Agatha Christie

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“Hunger and a lack of blood-corpuscles take all the manhood from a man.”
― H.G. Wells, The Island of Dr. Moreau

tags: hunger, man

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“Where do you get your ideas? people ask. Sometimes they’re at the bottoms of cups of tea. Sometimes they’re lurking in my shower. Sometimes they’re waiting patiently in glass cases in museums.”
― Erin Morgenstern

tags: inspirational, writing

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“Move not unless you see an advantage; use not your troops unless there is something to be gained; fight not unless the position is critical.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

tags: business, strategy, war

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“The craggy lines that made up the character in his face now seemed like scars of defeat, inflicted on him over time.”
― R.D. Ronald, The Elephant Tree

tags: defeated, philosophical-reflection

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