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    I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control
    “I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
    ― Marilyn Monroe
    tags: attributed-no-source, best, life, love, misattributed-marilyn-monroe, mistakes, out-of-control, truth, worst
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    Bernard M. Baruch
    “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
    ― Bernard M. Baruch
    tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, confidence, fitting-in, individuality, misattributed-dr-seuss, those-who-matter
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    J.K. Rowling
    “If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
    tags: charles-bayard-mitchell
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    It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our
    “It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
    tags: abilities
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    J.K. Rowling
    “It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
    tags: albus-dumbledore, courage, friends
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    J.K. Rowling
    “It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all—in which case, you fail by default.”
    ― J.K. Rowling
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    J.K. Rowling
    “It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
    tags: dumbledore
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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “Not all those who wander are lost.”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
    tags: bilbo, journey, lost, quest, travel, wander
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    Harper Lee
    “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.”
    ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
    tags: better-life-empathy
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    J.K. Rowling
    “The truth." Dumbledore sighed. "It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
    tags: truth
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    J.K. Rowling
    “Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
    tags: pain
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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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    Harper Lee
    “I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.”
    ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
    tags: atticus-finch, courage
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    J.K. Rowling
    “It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
    tags: dreams, life
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    Katharine McGee
    “Connor wanted to charge in like a knight in shining amour, offering to rescue her. Whereas Teddy gave her the confidence to rescue herself.”
    ― katharine mcgee, Majesty
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    Katharine McGee
    “Oh, ‘it had to be done’?” he repeated. “Daphne, some of us actually want to keep our best friends, not push them down staircases”
    ― Katharine McGee, Majesty
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    Katharine McGee
    “There was something heady about walking up to the mirror as a single person, only to find that when you stood a certain way, you were multiplied into an army.”
    ― Katharine McGee, Majesty
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    Katharine McGee
    “It’s not my fault that most things worth doing are against the rules”
    ― Katharine McGee, Majesty
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    Katharine McGee
    “You are as strong as you need to be.”
    ― Katharine McGee, Majesty
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    Katharine McGee
    “The future didn’t belong to people like Robert anymore. It belonged to her and Teddy, to Samantha and Jeff. To their entire generation of people, who were all dreaming and fighting and doing their best to make the world a better place.”
    ― Katharine McGee, Majesty
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    Katharine McGee
    “Underneath that skin they were the same, a frame of bones supporting a tangle of nerves and muscles and a steadily beating heart. It seemed ridiculous that anyone should care what color wrapped around it all.”
    ― Katharine McGee, American Royals II: Majesty
    tags: marshall, racism, sam
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    Katharine McGee
    “Who said anything about forgetting? The point of forgiveness is to recognize that someone has hurt you, and to still love them in spite of it.”
    ― Katharine McGee, American Royals
    tags: forgiveness, love
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    Katharine McGee
    “That was the thing about success, it could be even more draining than failure.”
    ― Katharine McGee, American Royals
    tags: successful-living
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    Katharine McGee
    “Writers got to pick the endings of their novels, but Beatrice wasn’t living a story. She was living history, and history went on forever.”
    ― Katharine McGee, American Royals
    tags: history, queen, royals, stories
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    Katharine McGee
    “Tell no one your secrets, Daphne's mom always said, but make them think that you have. It creates the illusion of intimacy.”
    ― Katharine McGee, American Royals
    tags: hidden, illusion, secrets
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    Katharine McGee
    “I expect you to give her your support when she's earned it and your criticism when she deserves it. That's what siblings are for, after all.”
    ― Katharine McGee, American Royals
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    Katharine McGee
    “Sorry isn't a magic eraser that undoes whatever wrong thing you did! You can't just say sorry and expect everything to be the way it was, not when people have been hurt!”
    ― Katharine McGee, American Royals
    tags: apologies, forgiveness
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    Katharine McGee
    “Samantha, criticism is a good thing. It means you've fought for something.”
    ― Katharine McGee, American Royals
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    Katharine McGee
    “Yes, exactly, because you’re a woman, and the world will make everything exponentially more difficult for you. It isn’t right, or fair, but it is the truth.”
    ― Katharine McGee, American Royals
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    Jane Austen
    “I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.”
    ― Jane Austen, Jane Austen's Letters
    tags: friends, humor, people
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