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    Laura Hillenbrand
    “His books were the closest thing he had to furniture and he lived in them the way other men live in easy chairs.”
    ― Laura Hillenbrand, Seabiscuit: An American Legend
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    Alexander Pope
    “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.”
    ― Alexander Pope, An Essay On Criticism
    tags: angels, caution, delicacy, fearlessness, fools, indiscretion
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    Margaret Wise Brown
    “Goodnight stars, goodnight air, goodnight noises everywhere.”
    ― Margaret Wise Brown, Goodnight Moon
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    Rachel Carson
    “The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction.”
    ― Rachel Carson
    tags: destruction, ecology, reality, universe, wonder
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    T.H. White
    “The bravest people are the ones who don’t mind looking like cowards.”
    ― T.H. White, The Once and Future King
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    Christopher Marlowe
    “Make me immortal with a kiss.”
    ― Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus and Other Plays
    tags: kiss
    1684 likes

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    Marilyn Monroe
    “I am not interested in money, I just want to be wonderful.”
    ― Marilyn Monroe
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    Anderson Cooper
    “The farther you go...the harder it is to return. The world has many edges and it's easy to fall off.”
    ― Anderson Cooper, Dispatches from the Edge: A Memoir of War, Disasters, and Survival
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    Dan Brown
    “Men go to far greater lengths to avoid what they fear than to obtain what they desire.”
    ― Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code
    tags: desire, fear, human-nature
    2708 likes

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    Orhan Pamuk
    “I read a book one day and my whole life was changed.”
    ― Orhan Pamuk, The New Life
    tags: books, orhan-pamuk, reading, the-new-life
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    Erin Morgenstern
    “You need to understand your limitations so you can overcome them.”
    ― Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus
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  • #12
    Benjamin Franklin
    “Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.”
    ― Benjamin Franklin
    tags: hmmm
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  • #13
    Mae West
    “A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up.”
    ― Mae West
    tags: confidence, relationships, women
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    Dan Brown
    “Everything is possible. The impossible just takes longer.”
    ― Dan Brown, Digital Fortress
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    David Hockney
    “I think I’m greedy, but I’m not greedy for money - I think that can be a burden - I’m greedy for an exciting life.”
    ― David Hockney
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    Kyra Gregory
    “You can do what you want. You can fly as far as you want, be as determined as you want, but sooner or later you have to ask yourself, or the person with you, ‘will there be everything we have hoped for?’ When you realise there’s so little hope left, it is like seeing an entire shadow all over the world.”
    ― Kyra Gregory, Secrets Clad in Light
    tags: happiness, inspirational, life-lessons, living, love, optimism, pessimism, sadness
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    Kyra Gregory
    “Have we become so defensive that we cannot even tolerate a kind act?”
    ― Kyra Gregory, Butterfly
    tags: anger, angst, defensive, defensiveness, frustration, pain
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    Yasunari Kawabata
    “After he became the Master, the world believed that he could not lose, and he had to believe it himself. Therein was the tragedy.”
    ― Yasunari Kawabata, The Master of Go
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    Margaret Cho
    “I urge you all today, especially today during these times of chaos and war, to love yourself without reservations and to love each other without restraint. Unless you're into leather.”
    ― Margaret Cho
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    Lisa See
    “My heart is empty & my life has no value anymore. Each moment a thousand tears.”
    ― Lisa See, Peony in Love
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    W.G. Sebald
    “It is thanks to my evening reading alone that I am still more or less sane.”
    ― W.G. Sebald, Vertigo
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    Flannery O'Connor
    “The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.”
    ― Flannery O'Connor
    tags: truth
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    Flannery O'Connor
    “Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a best-seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.”
    ― Flannery O'Connor
    tags: criticism, humor, writing
    2049 likes

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    Beryl Markham
    “A map says to you.
    Read me carefully, follow me closely, doubt me not...
    I am the earth in the palm of your hand.”
    ― Beryl Markham
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    Edward Abbey
    “May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view.”
    ― Edward Abbey
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    Kaori Yuki
    “In my crazy world, above all others...you were the only one who was the ugliest. And you were the only one...who was the most beautiful.... This is the unspoken truth.”
    ― Kaori Yuki
    tags: love, manga, together
    154 likes

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    William Goldman
    “Inconceivable!"
    "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.”
    ― William Goldman, The Princess Bride
    tags: bride, funny, humor, movie, princess
    1930 likes

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  • #28
    Vandana Shiva
    “You are not Atlas carrying the world on your shoulder. It is good to remember that the planet is carrying you.”
    ― Vandana Shiva
    1890 likes



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