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    Jane Austen
    “The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
    ― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey
    tags: aliteracy, books, classic, humor
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    Bil Keane
    “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.”
    ― Bill Keane
    tags: attributed-no-source, hope, inspirational, misattributed-eleanor-roosevelt, past, present, widely-misattributed
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    Madeleine L'Engle
    “You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
    ― Madeleine L'Engle
    tags: books, children, difficult, grown-ups, write, writers, writing
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    Mark Twain
    “Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well.”
    ― Mark Twain
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    Lemony Snicket
    “Reading is one form of escape. Running for your life is another.”
    ― Lemony Snicket
    tags: humor-reading
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    Mark Twain
    “Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: books, contentment, friends, friendship, life
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    William W. Purkey
    “You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
    Love like you'll never be hurt,
    Sing like there's nobody listening,
    And live like it's heaven on earth.”
    ― William W. Purkey
    tags: dance, heaven, hurt, inspirational, life, love, sing
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    Robert Frost
    “In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
    ― Robert Frost
    tags: life
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    Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another What! You
    “Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
    ― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves
    tags: friendship
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    Albert Camus
    “Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
    Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
    Walk beside me… just be my friend”
    ― Albert Camus
    tags: attributed-no-source, friends, friendship, misattributed-albert-camus
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    Mark Twain
    “If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: lies, lying, memory, truth
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    Elbert Hubbard
    “A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”
    ― Elbert Hubbard
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    Oscar Wilde
    “I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
    ― Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Stories
    tags: intelligence, self-deprecation
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    Martin Luther King Jr.
    “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
    ― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
    tags: darkness, drive-out, hate, inspirational, light, love, peace
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    Friedrich Nietzsche
    “Without music, life would be a mistake.”
    ― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols
    tags: inspirational, music, philosophy
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    Eleanor Roosevelt
    “A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.”
    ― Eleanor Roosevelt
    tags: attributed-no-source, misattributed-eleanor-roosevelt
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    Mark Twain
    “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: individuality, majority, minority, pause, reflect, wisdom
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    Mark Twain
    “The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: aliteracy, attributed-no-source, literacy
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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “All that is gold does not glitter,
    Not all those who wander are lost;
    The old that is strong does not wither,
    Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

    From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
    A light from the shadows shall spring;
    Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
    The crownless again shall be king.”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
    tags: frost, glitter, gold, lost, poetry, roots, strength, strong, wander, wither
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    Walter M. Miller Jr.
    “You don’t have a soul, Doctor. You are a soul. You have a body, temporarily.”
    ― Walter M. Miller Jr., A Canticle for Leibowitz
    tags: body-soul, misattributed-to-c-s-lewis
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    Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.
    “Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”
    ― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
    tags: books, reading
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    C.S. Lewis
    “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”
    ― C.S. Lewis
    tags: books, inspirational, reading, tea
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    Jane Austen
    “A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”
    ― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
    tags: humor, love, romantic, women
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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
    "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
    tags: adventuring, death, time
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    Jane Austen
    “I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.”
    ― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
    tags: books, library, reading
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    Suzanne Collins
    “I wish I could freeze this moment, right here, right now and live in it forever.”
    ― Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire
    tags: peeta
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    C.S. Lewis
    “The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.”
    ― C.S. Lewis
    tags: christianity, god, religion
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    Lemony Snicket
    “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, simile
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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “Never laugh at live dragons.”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien
    tags: dragons, wisdom
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    Trenton Lee Stewart
    “May your adventures bring you closer together, even as they take you far away from home.”
    ― Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey
    tags: adventure, friendship, teamwork
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