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#1

“Children are dying."
Lull nodded. "That's a succinct summary of humankind, I'd say. Who needs tomes and volumes of history? Children are dying. The injustices of the world hide in those three words.”
― Steven Erikson, Deadhouse Gates

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#2

“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.”
― Arthur C. Clarke

tags: distance, life, loneliness, qotd, sense-of-wonder, universe

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#3

“I have great faith in fools - self-confidence my friends will call it.”
― Edgar Allan Poe, Marginalia

tags: faith, fool, humor, self-confidence, self-irony

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#4

“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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#5

“Books may well be the only true magic.”
― Alice Hoffman

tags: books

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#6

“I have never been convinced there's anything inherently wrong in having fun. ”
― George Plimpton

tags: living

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#7

“Be clearly aware of the stars and infinity on high. Then life seems almost enchanted after all.”
― Vincent Van Gogh

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#8

“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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#9

“All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.”
― Edgar Allan Poe

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#10

“Everything is possible. The impossible just takes longer.”
― Dan Brown, Digital Fortress

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#11

“Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.”
― Euripides, The Bacchae

tags: foolishness, rationality, reason, sense, stupidity, understanding

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#12

“You can't get a suit of armour and a rubber chicken just like that. You have to plan ahead.”
― Michael Palin

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#13

“I'll make him an offer he can't refuse.”
― Mario Puzo, The Godfather

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#14

“Numbers constitute the only universal language.”
― Nathanael West

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#15

“I read so I can live more than one life in more than one place.”
― Anne Tyler

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#16

“The past is always tense, the future perfect.”
― Zadie Smith

tags: future, grammar, language, past

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#17

“The men who cannot laugh at themselves frighten me even more than those who laugh at everything.”
― Anne Perry, The Whitechapel Conspiracy

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#18

“The future has an ancient heart.”
― Carlo Levi

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#19

“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx

tags: animals, books, dogs, friends, humor

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#20

“Wise words are like arrows flung at your forehead. What do you do? Why, you duck of course.”
― Steven Erikson, House of Chains

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#21

“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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