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#1

“She could not then know that, even for the squarest peg, the right hole may ultimately be found”
― Henry Handel Richardson, The Getting of Wisdom

tags: australian-literature, comforting, fitting-in, inspirational, self-discovery, social-isolation

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#2

“The people who are trying to be on our side have reduced us to a mere calculation”
― Sarah Kurchak, I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir

tags: ableism, advocacy, autism, disability

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#3

“Laura tried her utmost, with an industry born of despair.”
― Henry Handel Richardson, The Getting of Wisdom

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#4

“After all, there was something rather pleasant in knowing that you were misunderstood. It made you feel different from everyone else.”
― Henry Handel Richardson, The Getting of Wisdom

tags: adolescence, angst, humour, misunderstood

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#5

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
― Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan

tags: inspirational, optimism, perception, pessimism

46504 likes

#6

“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

71709 likes

#7

“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: attributed-no-source, enemies, forgiveness, strategy

81839 likes

#8

“The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

tags: books, morality, reading

20174 likes

#9

“A good friend will always stab you in the front.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: friends-betrayal

10309 likes

#10

“You don't love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear.”
― oscar wilde

tags: attributed-no-source

7826 likes

#11

“I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

tags: drama, humor, plays

6301 likes

#12

“I have forgotten my umbrella. ”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

tags: aphorism, derrida, interpretation, philosophy

87 likes

#13

“An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work of art and complete in itself like a hedgehog.”
― Friedrich Von Schlegel

tags: aphorism, hedgehog

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