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"A room without books is like a body without a soul."
— Marcus Tullius Cicero

tags: books, soul
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"So many books, so little time."
— Frank Zappa

tags: books, humor
9,168 people liked it

"A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you."
— Elbert Hubbard

tags: friend, friendship, knowledge, love
6,220 people liked it

"Without music, life would be a mistake."
— Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

tags: inspirational, music, philosophy
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"A day without sunshine is like, you know, night."
— Steve Martin

tags: humor, obvious
5,284 people liked it

"Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why we call it 'The Present'."
— Eleanor Roosevelt

tags: inspirational
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"Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one. "
— Bill Gates

tags: humor, work
3,654 people liked it

"Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none."
— William Shakespeare (All's Well That Ends Well)

tags: do-wrong, love, trust, wrong
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"We read to know that we are not alone."
— C.S. Lewis

tags: reading
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"Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind. 'Pooh?' he whispered.
'Yes, Piglet?'
'Nothing,' said Piglet, taking Pooh's hand. 'I just wanted to be sure of you.'"
— A.A. Milne (Winnie-the-Pooh)

tags: friendship
2,978 people liked it

"All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt."
— Charles M. Schulz

tags: chocolate, food, humor
2,810 people liked it

"When life offers you a dream so far beyond any of your expectations, is it not reasonable to grieve when it comes to an end?"
— Stephenie Meyer

2,615 people liked it

"I'll be back so soon you won't have time to miss me. Look after my heart - I've left it with you."
— Stephenie Meyer (Eclipse)

tags: edward-s-note-to-bella, love-notes
2,641 people liked it

"You were. You are
The brightest thing in the shop window
And the most beautiful seldom I ever saw"
— Mary Jo Bang

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"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."
— Theodore Roosevelt

tags: inspirational
4,903 people liked it

"My brain? That's my second favorite organ."
— Woody Allen

tags: humor
69 people liked it

"You can fix anything but a blank page."
— Nora Roberts

tags: writing
74 people liked it

"A great writer reveals the truth even when he or she does not wish to."
— Tom Bissell

tags: truth, writers, writing
28 people liked it

"It takes a heap of sense to write good nonsense."
— Mark Twain

tags: intellect, writing
51 people liked it

"I give myself to adjectives body and soul, I die with pleasure for them."
— Violette Leduc (Mad in Pursuit)

tags: writing
3 people liked it

"The scariest moment is always just before you start."
— Stephen King (On Writing)

tags: writing
106 people liked it

"Two people in love, alone, isolated from the world, that's beautiful."
— Milan Kundera

tags: love
635 people liked it

"Wherever you will go,
I will let you down,
But this lullaby goes on. "
— Sarah Dessen (Someone Like You)

tags: abandonment, love, lullaby, song
212 people liked it

"I never understood why Clark Kent was so hell bent on keeping Lois Lane in the dark."
— Audrey Niffenegger (The Time Traveler's Wife)

tags: love, secrets, trust
100 people liked it

"Life is an awful, ugly place to not have a best friend."
— Sarah Dessen (Someone Like You)

tags: friendship
1,285 people liked it

"Love is needing someone. Love is putting up with someone's bad qualities because they somehow complete you."
— Sarah Dessen (This Lullaby)

tags: love
1,031 people liked it

"There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment."
— Sarah Dessen (The Truth About Forever)

tags: love
2,373 people liked it

"I am coming to terms with the fact that loving someone requires a leap of faith, and that a soft landing is never guaranteed. "
— Sarah Dessen

557 people liked it

"There comes a time in every life when the world gets quiet and the only thing left is your heart."
— Sarah Dessen

369 people liked it

"You should never be surprised when someone treats you with respect, you should expect it."
— Sarah Dessen (Keeping the Moon)

tags: inspirational
248 people liked it

"You know, when it works, love is pretty amazing. It's not overrated. There's a reason for all those songs."
— Sarah Dessen (This Lullaby)

263 people liked it

"If this was my forever, I wouldn't want to spend it here. "
— Sarah Dessen (The Truth About Forever)

130 people liked it

"Silence is so freaking loud
- Owen"
— Sarah Dessen (Just Listen)

101 people liked it

"Shoulda, coulda, woulda. It's so easy in the past tense. "
— Sarah Dessen (The Truth About Forever)

86 people liked it

"The fate of your heart is your choice and no one else gets a vote"
— Sarah Dessen (This Lullaby)

tags: love
61 people liked it

"Fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant filled with odd little waiters who bring you things you never asked for and don't always like."
— Lemony Snicket

tags: fate, humor
1,023 people liked it

"Reading is one form of escape. Running for your life is another."
— Lemony Snicket

tags: humor, reading
781 people liked it

"I suppose I'll have to add the force of gravity to my list of enemies."
— Lemony Snicket (The Penultimate Peril)

tags: humor
413 people liked it

"Well-read people are less likely to be criminals."
— Lemony Snicket

tags: humor, reading
326 people liked it

"All the secrets of the world are contained in books. Read at your own risk."
— Lemony Snicket

tags: reading, secrets
325 people liked it

"The moral of Snow White is never eat apples."
— Lemony Snicket

281 people liked it

"The sad truth is the truth is sad."
— Lemony Snicket (The Hostile Hospital)

185 people liked it

"I don't know if you've ever noticed this, but first impressions are often entirely wrong."
— Lemony Snicket (The Bad Beginning)

172 people liked it

"The key to good eavesdropping is not getting caught."
— Lemony Snicket (The Blank Book)

tags: eavesdropping, gossip
136 people liked it

"Pietrisycamollaviadelrechiotemexity."
— Lemony Snicket

tags: humor
111 people liked it

"Just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't so."
— Lemony Snicket (The Blank Book)

tags: understanding
98 people liked it

"They're book addicts."
— Lemony Snicket (The Miserable Mill)

tags: books, humor, reading
87 people liked it

"Wicked people never have time for reading. It's one of the reasons for their wickedness."
— Lemony Snicket

tags: humor, reading, wicked
767 people liked it

"You've won the evolutionary lottery: You're a vampire. Let's go to Disneyland!"
— J.R. Ward (Dark Lover)

tags: paranormal, romance
131 people liked it

"It's hard to be a bright light in a dim world."
— Gary Starta

tags: humor, paranormal, scifi
78 people liked it

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