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    Guy Gavriel Kay
    “There are no wrong turnings. Only paths we had not known we were meant to walk.”
    ― Guy Gavriel Kay, Tigana
    tags: destiny, path
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    Charles Dickens
    “Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever spoke or spirit answered to, in strongest conjuration.”
    ― Charles Dickens
    tags: belonging, dickens, home, houses, houses-quotes, place
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    Kathleen Jamie
    “Isn't that a kind of prayer? The care and maintenance of the web of our noticing, the paying heed?”
    ― Kathleen Jamie, Findings
    tags: attentiveness, writing
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    Kathleen Jamie
    “We couldn't see the real dark for the metaphorical dark. Because of the metaphorical dark, the death-dark, we were constantly concerned to banish the natural dark.”
    ― Kathleen Jamie, Findings
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    Kathleen Jamie
    “There was a time—until very recently in the scheme of things—when there were no wild animals, because every animal was wild; and humans were few. Animals, and animal presence over us and around us. Over every horizon, animals. Their skins clothing our skins, their fats in our lamps, their bladders to carry water, meat when we could get it.”
    ― Kathleen Jamie, Sightlines
    tags: animals, natural-history, wild
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    Rose Tremain
    “And she did not want him to think her quite mad, only a little unique, only containing within her just that measure of the unexpected sufficient to make her irreplaceable.”
    ― Rose Tremain, Music & Silence
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    Rose Tremain
    “Life is not a dress rehearsal.”
    ― Rose Tremain
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    Rose Tremain
    “In the planning stage of a book, don't plan the ending. It has to be earned by all that will go before it.”
    ― Rose Tremain
    tags: endings, planning, writing
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    J.K. Rowling
    “It’s tough to live with people stuck in the past, isn’t it?”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
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    John Osborne
    “Anyone who's never watched somebody die is suffering from a pretty bad case of virginity. For twelve months, I watched my father dying - when I was ten years old.”
    ― John Osborne, Look Back in Anger
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    Samuel Johnson
    “Sorrow is a kind of rust of the soul, which every new idea contributes in its passage to scour away.”
    ― Samuel Johnson, Essays From the Rambler and the Idler: With Passages From the Lives of the Poets Prayer and Meditations and Other Writings
    tags: sorrow
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    Stephen King
    “Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
    ― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
    tags: books, magic, reading
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    Stephen King
    “If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
    ― Stephen King
    tags: reading, writing
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    Stephen King
    “Get busy living or get busy dying.”
    ― Stephen King, Different Seasons
    tags: life
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    Rose Tremain
    “And she did not want him to think her quite mad, only a little unique, only containing within her just that measure of the unexpected sufficient to make her irreplaceable.”
    ― Rose Tremain, Music & Silence”
    ― Rose Tremain
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    T.J. Klune
    “He said, " I'm a witch."
    And I said, "You're a wizard, Harry,”
    ― T.J. Klune, Wolfsong
    tags: funny, wizards
    36 likes

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  • #17
    Edith Wharton
    “There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that receives it.”
    ― Edith Wharton
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    Wayne W. Dyer
    “How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.”
    ― Wayne W. Dyer
    tags: karma, life
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    Audrey Hepburn
    “I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it's the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It's probably the most important thing in a person.”
    ― Audrey Hepburn
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    Audrey Hepburn
    “Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!”
    ― Audrey Hepburn
    tags: attributed-no-source, inspirational
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    Nicholas Sparks
    “Staring at the stars was like staring backward in time, since some stars are so far away that their light takes millions of years just to reach us. That we see stars not as they look now, but as they were when dinosaurs roamed the earth. The whole concept just struck me as…amazing somehow.”
    ― Nicholas Sparks, The Choice
    tags: choice
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    George Bernard Shaw
    “Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”
    ― George Bernard Shaw
    tags: progress
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    Roy T. Bennett
    “Believe in yourself. You are braver than you think, more talented than you know, and capable of more than you imagine.”
    ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
    tags: achievement, believe-in-yourself, brave, courage, inspiration, inspirational, inspirational-attitude, inspirational-life, inspirational-quotes, inspire, inspiring, life, life-and-living, life-lessons, life-quotes, living, motivation, motivational, optimism, optimistic, positive, positive-affirmation, positive-life, positive-thinking, talent
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    Roy T. Bennett
    “Live the Life of Your Dreams: Be brave enough to live the life of your dreams according to your vision and purpose instead of the expectations and opinions of others.”
    ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
    tags: brave, courage, dreams, inspiration, inspirational, inspirational-attitude, inspirational-life, inspirational-quotes, inspire, inspiring, life, life-and-living, life-lessons, life-quotes, living, motivation, motivational, optimism, optimistic, positive, positive-affirmation, positive-life, positive-thinking, purpose, vision
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    Roy T. Bennett
    “It’s only after you’ve stepped outside your comfort zone that you begin to change, grow, and transform.”
    ― Roy T. Bennett
    tags: change, focus, grow, growth, inspiration, inspirational, inspirational-quotes, inspire, inspiring, leader, leaders, leadership, life, life-quotes, living, motivation, motivational, optimism, optimistic, positive, positive-affirmation, positive-life, positive-thinking, stay-focused, step-out-of-comfort-zone, transform
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    Roy T. Bennett
    “Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world.”
    ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
    tags: inspiration, inspirational, inspirational-attitude, inspirational-life, inspirational-quotes, inspire, inspiring, leader, leadership, life, life-and-living, life-lessons, life-quotes, living, motivation, motivational, optimism, optimistic, positive, positive-affirmation, positive-life, positive-thinking, success
    5387 likes

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  • #27
    Roy T. Bennett
    “Pursue what catches your heart, not what catches your eyes.”
    ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
    tags: gratitude, heart, inspiration, inspirational, inspirational-attitude, inspirational-life, inspirational-quotes, inspire, inspiring, life, life-and-living, life-lessons, life-quotes, living, motivation, motivational, optimism, optimistic, positive, positive-affirmation, positive-life, positive-thinking, thoughts
    5270 likes

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  • #28
    Roy T. Bennett
    “Keep Going

    Your hardest times often lead to the greatest moments of your life. Keep going. Tough situations build strong people in the end.”
    ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
    tags: adversity, authentic-living, being-positive, faith, inspiration, inspirational, inspirational-quotes, life, life-and-living, life-quotes, motivation, never-give-up, optimism, optimistic, persistence, positive, positive-affirmation, positive-life, positive-thinking
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  • #29
    Roy T. Bennett
    “Be grateful for what you already have while you pursue your goals.
    If you aren’t grateful for what you already have, what makes you think you would be happy with more.”
    ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
    tags: goal, goals, gratitude, happiness, inspiration, inspirational, inspirational-attitude, inspirational-life, inspirational-quotes, inspire, inspiring, leader, leadership, life, life-and-living, life-lessons, life-quotes, living, motivation, motivational, optimism, optimistic, positive, positive-affirmation, positive-life, positive-thinking
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    Roy T. Bennett
    “Be brave to stand for what you believe in even if you stand alone.”
    ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
    tags: belief, beliefs, believe, courage, courage-quotes, inspiration, inspirational, inspirational-quotes, inspire, inspiring, life, life-quotes, living, motivation, motivational, optimism, optimistic, positive, positive-affirmation, positive-life, positive-thinking
    4258 likes



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