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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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    Augustine of Hippo
    “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.”
    ― St. Augustine
    tags: allegory, books, broad-mindedness, classic, education, imagery, travel, world
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    Isaac Asimov
    “Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.”
    ― Isaac Asimov, Foundation
    tags: humor, inspirational, philosophy, wisdom
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    Kahlil Gibran
    “You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts.”
    ― Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet
    tags: philosophy, poetry
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    Lloyd Alexander
    “Child, child, do you not see? For each of us comes a time when we must be more than what we are.”
    ― Lloyd Alexander, The Black Cauldron
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    Laura Frantz
    “I've been thinking of something your father said - that the true measure of love is what one is willing to give up for it. He was talking about freedom - fighting for liberty. But I believe 'tis the same for love as war.”
    ― Laura Frantz, The Colonel's Lady
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    “Love is a rebellious bird,
    that nobody can tame,
    and you call him quite in vain,
    if it suits him not to come.”
    ― Ludovic Halévy
    tags: love, opera
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    Gabriel García Márquez
    “No medicine cures what happiness cannot.”
    ― Gabriel García Márquez
    tags: happiness
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    Flannery O'Connor
    “She looked at nice young men as if she could smell their stupidity.”
    ― Flannery O'Connor
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    Eudora Welty
    “All serious daring starts from within.”
    ― Eudora Welty, On Writing
    tags: daring
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    Cynthia Ozick
    “We take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.”
    ― Cynthia Ozick
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    Deeanne Gist
    “He wants a fifteen thousand pound settlement."
    "Fifteen thousand!"
    "He says you're a great deal of trouble."
    She hesitated for one startled moment before choking back a laugh.
    "I am."
    "I thought so." He leveled Drew a look. "If I pay you the fifteen thousand, do you swear to keep her?"
    Drew reared back his head. "Forever?"
    Her father scowled. "Forever."
    "Oh, I suppose." He gave a long-suffering sigh. "If I must."
    She bit the insides of her cheeks to keep from laughing outright.”
    ― Deeanne Gist, A Bride Most Begrudging
    tags: a-bride-most-begrudging, bride, brides, christian, christian-romance, connie, constance, constance-morrow, deeanne-gist, drew, drew-o-conner, historical, historical-romance, inspirational, inspirational-romance, romance
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    Deeanne Gist
    “That first scream, my lord, was indeed your daughter, my wife, and if you kill me, your grandchild will be quite without a father. Won't you come in?”
    ― Deeanne Gist, A Bride Most Begrudging
    tags: a-bride-most-begrudging, bride, brides, christian, christian-romance, connie, constance, constance-morrow, deeanne-gist, drew, drew-o-conner, historical, historical-romance, inspirational, inspirational-romance, romance
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    Katharine Hepburn
    “If you obey all of the rules, you miss all of the fun.”
    ― Katharine Hepburn
    tags: katharine-hepburn
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    Katharine Hepburn
    “Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything”
    ― Katharine Hepburn, Me: Stories of My Life
    tags: love
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    Hergé
    “Hooray! Hooray! The end of the world has been postponed! ”
    ― Hergé, The Shooting Star
    tags: end-of-the-world, funny, tintin
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    Lynn Austin
    “That's absurd," I said with a little laugh. "Nobody can read too much. That's like saying someone breathes too much.”
    ― Lynn Austin, Wonderland Creek
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    Charles M. Schulz
    “All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.”
    ― Charles M. Schulz
    tags: chocolate, food, humor
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    I love mankind ... it's people I can't stand!!
    “I love mankind ... it's people I can't stand!!”
    ― Charles M. Schulz
    tags: humor, mankind, people
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    Nicholson Baker
    “I woke up thinking a very pleasant thought. There is lots left in the world to read.”
    ― Nicholson Baker, The Anthologist
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    Jane Austen
    “Do not be in a hurry, the right man will come at last”
    ― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
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    L.M. Montgomery
    “Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?”
    ― L.M. Montgomery
    tags: beginnings, fresh-start, inspirational, mistake, mistakes, new-day, start-over, tomorrow
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    L.M. Montgomery
    “It's been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will.”
    ― Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
    tags: happiness
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    L.M. Montgomery
    “Kindred spirits are not so scarce as I used to think. It's splendid to find out there are so many of them in the world.”
    ― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
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    L.M. Montgomery
    “Isn't it better to have your heart broken than to have it wither up? Before it could be broken it must have felt something splendid. That would be worth the pain.”
    ― L.M. Montgomery, The Blue Castle
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    Sigmund Freud
    “Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.”
    ― Sigmund Freud
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  • #27
    Marilynne Robinson
    “There's so much to be grateful for, words are poor things.”
    ― Marilynne Robinson, Home
    tags: faith, inspirational
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    Noël Coward
    “It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.”
    ― Noël Coward, Blithe Spirit
    tags: deceit, honesty, hypocrisy, morality, shock, top-8
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    Charles Dickens
    “There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.”
    ― Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
    tags: humor, laughter
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    George Eliot
    “What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?”
    ― George Eliot
    tags: inspirational
    3115 likes



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