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    Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
    “I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center.”
    ― Kurt Vonnegut, Player Piano
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    William Blake
    “To see a World in a Grain of Sand
    And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
    Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
    And Eternity in an hour.”
    ― William Blake, Auguries of Innocence
    tags: inspirational, wonder
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    Dr. Seuss
    “You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
    ― Dr. Seuss
    tags: attributed-no-source, dreams, love, reality, sleep
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    Abraham H. Maslow
    “To the man who only has a hammer, everything he encounters begins to look like a nail.”
    ― Abraham Maslow
    tags: tools
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    Arundhati Roy
    “To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never to forget.”
    ― Arundhati Roy, The Cost of Living
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    W.C. Fields
    “I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally. ”
    ― W.C. Fields
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    William Arthur Ward
    “The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.”
    ― William Arthur Ward
    tags: realist
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    Jennifer Donnelly
    “Together in our house, in the firelight, we are the world made small.”
    ― Jennifer Donnelly, Revolution
    tags: family
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    Charles de Lint
    “Remember the quiet wonders. The world has more need of them than it has for warriors.”
    ― Charles de Lint, Moonheart
    tags: qotd, wonders
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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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    Martin Luther King Jr.
    “There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.”
    ― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
    tags: conscience, politics, right
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    Albert Einstein
    “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: attributed-no-source, human-nature, humor, infinity, philosophy, science, stupidity, universe
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    Mahatma Gandhi
    “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
    ― Mahatma Gandhi
    tags: action, change, inspirational, misattributed-to-gandhi, philosophy, wish
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    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    “A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
    ― Marcus Tullius Cicero
    tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul
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    Albert Camus
    “Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
    Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
    Walk beside me… just be my friend”
    ― Albert Camus
    tags: attributed-no-source, friends, friendship, misattributed-albert-camus
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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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    Edward Lear
    “And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand,
    They danced by the light of the moon.”
    ― Edward Lear, The Owl and the Pussycat
    tags: dance, happiness, nursery-rhymes
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    Judy Blume
    “My only advice is to stay aware, listen carefully, and yell for help if you need it.”
    ― Judy Blume
    tags: inspirational, life
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    Charles M. Schulz
    “What's the good of living if you don't try a few things?”
    ― Charles M. Schulz
    tags: cartoonist, humor, inspirational
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    Dave Eggers
    “Books have a unique way of stopping time in a particular moment and saying: Let’s not forget this.”
    ― Dave Eggers
    tags: books, time
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    Edward Albee
    “You're alive only once, as far as we know, and what could be worse than getting to the end of your life and realizing you hadn't lived it?”
    ― Edward Albee
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    Hal Borland
    “No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.”
    ― Hal Borland
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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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    Robert Frost
    “In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
    ― Robert Frost
    tags: life
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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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    George R.R. Martin
    “I have lived a thousand lives and I’ve loved a thousand loves. I’ve walked on distant worlds and seen the end of time. Because I read.”
    ― George R.R. Martin
    tags: books, george-r-r-martin
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