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#1

“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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#2

“Have you ever heard the phrase, it is better to keep your mouth closed and have people wonder if you are stupid than open it and remove all doubt? (Hakim al Harbi)”
― Vince Flynn, Pursuit of Honor

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#3

“It’s much harder to twist the charitable arm of a lottery winner compared to that of a man at his lowest ebb. It sounds like the wrong way round at first, but when you really put your nut to it, people are more frightened of losing the big shit than of having fuck all to begin with and losing a bit of that.”
― Carla H Krueger, The Social Worker

tags: advantage, behavioural-psychology, carla-h-krueger, charity, lottery, money, social-worker, unexpected, winning

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#4

“Reality was dawning on him and he hated reality. If you were him, so would you.”
― Carla H Krueger, The Social Worker

tags: addiction, carla-h-krueger, disadvantaged, escape, poverty, reality, social-worker, unfortunate

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#5

“It’s hard to stop people comparing their world with the world they imagine you to have.”
― Carla H Krueger, The Social Worker

tags: carla-h-krueger, comparison, philosophy-quotes, professional, social-worker

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#6

“She breathed deeply of the scent of decaying fiction, disintegrating history, and forgotten verse, and she observed for the first time that a room full of books smelled like dessert: a sweet snack made of figs, vanilla, glue, and cleverness.”
― Joe Hill, NOS4A2

tags: books, smell-of-books

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#7

“The most important things are the hardest to say. They are the things you get ashamed of, because words diminish them -- words shrink things that seemed limitless when they were in your head to no more than living size when they're brought out. But it's more than that, isn't it? The most important things lie too close to wherever your secret heart is buried, like landmarks to a treasure your enemies would love to steal away. And you may make revelations that cost you dearly only to have people look at you in a funny way, not understanding what you've said at all, or why you thought it was so important that you almost cried while you were saying it. That's the worst, I think. When the secret stays locked within not for want of a teller but for want of an understanding ear.”
― Stephen King

tags: writing

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#8

“So much of what we read nowadays is there one moment and gone the next. When you read something good, cherish it.”
― Carla H Krueger

tags: best-writing, book-quote, good-writing, great-fiction, love-reading, reading

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#9

“I’ve always thought that the best moments can come from the worst times.”
― Carla H Krueger

tags: author-carla-h-krueger, author-quote, best-moments, carla-krueger, emotional-intelligence, emotional-pain, human-nature

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#10

“I always feel anxious if anyone’s close to uncovering my secrets.”
― Carla H Krueger, The Social Worker

tags: anxiety, carla-h-krueger, discovery, lies, manipulation, secrets, social-worker

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#11

“I’m much more than a writer – I’m someone who puts different words together in an interesting way.”
― Carla H Krueger

tags: author-quote, carla-h-krueger, comedy-quote, funny-quote, writing-life

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#12

“A false friend is more dangerous than an open enemy”
― Francis Bacon

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#13

“When I write, it feels like there are two little creatures that sit on each of my shoulders. One whispers, "You can do this. You've got what it takes." The other sounds like my mother-in-law.”
― Carla H Krueger

tags: confidence-and-attitude, doubting-thomas, funny-quote, humor, humour, writing-conflict, writing-creative-process, writing-life, writing-process

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#14

“I became a physicist to understand the world, then I became a writer to try and change it.”
― Carla H Krueger

tags: change, change-the-world, physics, understanding, writers-quotes, writing-life

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#15

“One day, I decided I was going to write books forever.”
― Carla H Krueger

tags: author-carla-h-krueger, heart, life-changing, love, writing, writing-life, writing-philosophy

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#16

“First time I ever put pen to paper, I had one goal – to build something no one had ever thought of before.”
― Carla H. Krueger

tags: carla-h-krueger, creative-writing, fiction, free, goals, ideas, spirit, writing-life, writing-process, writing-quote

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#17

“I’m proud to be a writer. I’m doing the job all my heroes did.”
― Carla H. Krueger

tags: book, carla-h-krueger, hero, pride, quote, writing-life, writing-philosophy, writing-quote

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#18

“People who love reading get an instantly warm feeling in their bellies when they hear others describe getting comfortable with a good book.”
― Carla H. Krueger

tags: book-quote, carla-h-krueger, good-book, reading-books, reading-secrets

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#19

“Lyrics paved my teenage route to loving words. I take those passionate mini-stories with me everywhere.”
― Carla H. Krueger

tags: carla-h-krueger, inspiration, lyrics, writing, writing-life, writing-process, writing-quote

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#20

“Books are readable drugs.”
― Carla H. Krueger

tags: books-quotes, carla-h-krueger, drugs, words, words-have-power, writing-quote

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#21

“Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.”
― Terry Pratchett, Jingo

tags: humor, proverb

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#22

“I meant," said Ipslore bitterly, "what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?"
Death thought about it.
CATS, he said eventually. CATS ARE NICE.”
― Terry Pratchett, Sourcery

tags: cats, death, life

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#23

“There are books that change our perspectives and books that change our personalities.”
― Carla H. Krueger

tags: books-quotes, books-reading, carla-h-krueger, change-life, reading-books, reading-for-life, reading-habits, reading-motivation, reading-quotes, writers-quotes

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#24

“Someone asked me, 'How do you write a book?' I said, 'I live with a pen in one hand.”
― Carla H. Krueger

tags: carla-h-krueger, writers-on-writing, writers-quotes, writing-advice, writing-books, writing-life, writing-process, writing-tips

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#25

“Nothing in her life makes sense.
All she craves is for the pieces of the puzzle to fit together again.
She is sure one day it will happen. She just doesn’t know when.
She can’t fight injustice alone
– for that, she needs her friends.”
― Carla H. Krueger, Sex Media

tags: chatrooms, china, fight-back, fighting-spirit, fighting-to-survive, freedom, friendship, hardship, injustice, love, online-porn, prostitution, sex-slave, sex-trade, sorrow, webcams

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#26

“Welcome to Sex Media, Where Fantasy Becomes Reality!”
― Carla H. Krueger, Sex Media

tags: betrayal-quotes, chatrooms, china, fight-back, fighting-spirit, fighting-to-survive, freedom, friendship-quotes, hardship, injustice, love-quote, online-porn, prostitution, sex-slave, sex-trade, sorrow, webcams

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#27

“You’re my prey tonight.”
― Carla H. Krueger, Sex Media

tags: betrayal, chatrooms, china, fight-back, fighting-spirit, fighting-to-survive, freedom, friendship, hardship, injustice, love, online-porn, prostitution, sex-slave, sex-trade, sorrow, webcams

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#28

“Bravery isn't brandishing a sword. It's standing your moral ground and letting others try their best to take you down.”
― Carla H. Krueger

tags: books-quotes, books-reading, carla-h-krueger, reading-books, reading-for-life, reading-habits, reading-motivation, reading-quotes, writers-quotes

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#29

“There are some great, subversive female writers out there. Gender should not affect anything. It does, but it shouldn't.”
― Carla H. Krueger

tags: books-quotes, books-reading, carla-h-krueger, reading-books, reading-for-life, reading-habits, reading-motivation, reading-quotes, writers-quotes

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#30

“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'”
― Isaac Asimov

tags: democracy, elite, elitism, elitist, voter, voting

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