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    Frank Zappa
    “So many books, so little time.”
    ― Frank Zappa
    tags: books, humor
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    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    “A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
    ― Marcus Tullius Cicero
    tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul
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    Mae West
    “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
    ― Mae West
    tags: humor, life
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    George R.R. Martin
    “Why would the stars want to look down on such as me?”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords: Steel and Snow
    tags: a-storm-of-swords-steel-and-snow, asoiaf, george-r-r-martin, jaime-lannister, stars
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    George R.R. Martin
    “Once you’ve accepted your flaws, no one can use them against you.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: game-of-thrones, george-r-r-martin, song-of-ice-and-fire, tyrion-lannister
    2044 likes

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    George R.R. Martin
    “Why is it that when one man builds a wall, the next man immediately needs to know what's on the other side?”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: a-game-of-thrones, a-song-of-ice-and-fire, curiosity, george-r-r-martin, tyrion-lannister, wall
    2308 likes

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    George Orwell
    “Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
    ― George Orwell, 1984
    tags: inspirational
    10856 likes

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    George Orwell
    “Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.”
    ― George Orwell, 1984
    tags: truth
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    George Orwell
    “War is peace.
    Freedom is slavery.
    Ignorance is strength.”
    ― George Orwell, 1984
    tags: freedom, ignorance, inspirational, war
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    George Orwell
    “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”
    ― George Orwell, Animal Farm
    tags: animal-farm
    7588 likes

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    George Orwell
    “The best books... are those that tell you what you know already.”
    ― George Orwell, 1984
    tags: books, reading
    4381 likes

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    George Orwell
    “If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.”
    ― George Orwell, 1984
    tags: secrets
    3536 likes

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    George Orwell
    “We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.”
    ― George Orwell, 1984
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    George Orwell
    “But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.”
    ― George Orwell, Politics and the English Language
    tags: 1946, language, power-of-words, propaganda, thought
    2890 likes

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    George Orwell
    “If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.”
    ― George Orwell
    tags: freedom-of-speech, liberty
    2239 likes

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    George Orwell
    “In the face of pain there are no heroes.”
    ― George Orwell, 1984
    tags: 1984
    1753 likes

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    George Orwell
    “Big Brother is Watching You.”
    ― George Orwell, 1984
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    George Orwell
    “Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.”
    ― George Orwell, 1984
    tags: political
    1551 likes

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    George Orwell
    “We do not merely destroy our enemies; we change them.”
    ― George Orwell, 1984
    tags: enemies
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    George Orwell
    “Sanity is not statistical.”
    ― George Orwell, 1984
    761 likes

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    George Orwell
    “To die hating them, that was freedom.”
    ― George Orwell, 1984
    tags: die, freedom, hate
    713 likes

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    George Orwell
    “Winston Smith: Does Big Brother exist?
    O'Brien: Of course he exists.
    Winston Smith: Does he exist like you or me?
    O'Brien: You do not exist.”
    ― George Orwell, 1984
    tags: 1984, big-brother, george, george-orwell, government, orwell
    458 likes

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    Mikhail Bulgakov
    “You're not Dostoevsky,' said the citizeness, who was getting muddled by Koroviev. Well, who knows, who knows,' he replied.
    'Dostoevsky's dead,' said the citizeness, but somehow not very confidently.
    'I protest!' Behemoth exclaimed hotly. 'Dostoevsky is immortal!”
    ― Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita
    tags: dostoevsky, fame, immortality, reputation
    892 likes

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    Mikhail Bulgakov
    “But what can be done, the one who loves must share the fate of the one he loves.”
    ― Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita
    tags: devotion, fate, love
    540 likes

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    Mikhail Bulgakov
    “Yes, man is mortal, but that would be only half the trouble. The worst of it is that he's sometimes unexpectedly mortal—there's the trick!”
    ― Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita
    tags: mortality
    414 likes

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    Mikhail Bulgakov
    “The tongue may hide the truth but the eyes—never!”
    ― Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita
    tags: eyes, lies, tongue, truth
    254 likes

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    George R.R. Martin
    “... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: books, mind
    16625 likes

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    George R.R. Martin
    “Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: identity
    12841 likes

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    George R.R. Martin
    “Sleep is good, he said, and books are better.”
    ― George R. R. Martin
    tags: books, reading
    9862 likes

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    George R.R. Martin
    “Bran thought about it. 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?'
    'That is the only time a man can be brave,' his father told him.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: bravery, courage, fear
    7234 likes



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