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“Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

“The art of writing is the art of applying the seat of the pants to the seat of the chair.”
― Mary Heaton Vorse

“And so it goes...”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

“Everything must be made as simple as possible. But not simpler.”
― Albert Einstein

“There are some people who start off knowing very little about the world and end up years later knowing even less. Never underestimate the capacity of the human mind for ignorance.” Mr. Woodhouse found this very amusing.”
― Alexander McCall Smith, Emma: A Modern Retelling

“I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“A word after a word after a word is power.”
― Margaret Atwood

“Who decides the parameters of this real world, where the initiation seems like self-sacrifice? Give up your personal vision of happiness in exchange for a collective vision: work hard, get married, buy a house, have a kid or two, diversify your portfolio, retire comfortably without burdening your children, die.”
― Rachel Friedman, The Good Girl's Guide to Getting Lost: A Memoir of Three Continents, Two Friends, and One Unexpected Adventure

“What excellent boiled potatoes”
― iykyk

“What are men to rocks and mountains?”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice