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Iron Gold (Red Rising Saga, #4)

by Pierce Brown (Goodreads Author)

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Olly’s Quotes

“On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom.”
― Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays

tags: humility, throne

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“I'm not good at relationships
I always manage to find the flaws
sometimes in others
but mostly my own.
I foretell the ending
then go and create the cause
save myself
and end up alone”
― David Levithan, The Realm of Possibility

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“Have you ever heard the wonderful silence just before the dawn? Or the quiet and calm just as a storm ends? Or perhaps you know the silence when you haven't the answer to a question you've been asked, or the hush of a country road at night, or the expectant pause of a room full of people when someone is just about to speak, or, most beautiful of all, the moment after the door closes and you're alone in the whole house? Each one is different, you know, and all very beautiful if you listen carefully.”
― Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth

tags: alone, quiet, silence

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“I'm choosing happiness over suffering, I know I am. I'm making space for the unknown future to fill up my life with yet-to-come surprises.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

tags: future, happiness, space

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“Къде отиват ненаписаните стихове, неродените образи?
Въздухът е пълен със зародиши на неосъществени творби. Може би те са онази съставка на земната атмосфера, която дава живот на планетата.
Ние вдишваме поезията от въздуха, без да усетим.
Тя прониква в нас чрез ритъм на заглъхнали стъпки, чрез излъчвания от фантазията на непознати поети, отдавна мъртви, чрез душевни вибрации, които не могат да пресекнат.
Слепи и глухи минаваме през света, без да доловим поезията наоколо. Само когато кожата ни се провре през огъня и леда на някакво страдание, в нея се отварят рани като очи и уши. И докато раните не са още заръбнали, ние поемаме през тях на парещи глътки поезията на света.”
― Blaga Dimitrova, Лавина

tags: poetry

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