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  • #1
    Anaïs Nin
    “The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.”
    Anais Nin

  • #2
    Richard Matheson
    “What condemnation could possibly be more harsh than one’s own, when self-pretense is no longer possible?”
    Richard Matheson, What Dreams May Come

  • #3
    If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use
    “If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.”
    Oscar Wilde

  • #4
    “No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.”
    Atwood H. Townsend

  • #5
    Oscar Wilde
    “Oh! it is absurd to have a hard-and-fast rule about what one should read and what one shouldn't. More than half of modern culture depends on what one shouldn't read.”
    Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

  • #6
    Benjamin Franklin
    “Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.”
    Benjamin Franklin

  • #7
    Terry Goodkind
    “Nothing gained without cost is valued. Freedom has a cost, and all will bear it so all will value and preserve it.”
    Terry Goodkind

  • #8
    Terry Goodkind
    “People are stupid. They will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true.”
    Terry Goodkind, Wizard's First Rule

  • #9
    Terry Goodkind
    “Every person's life is theirs by right. An individual's life can and must belong only to to himself, not to any society or community, or he is then but a slave.”
    Terry Goodkind

  • #10
    Terry Pratchett
    “Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.”
    Terry Pratchett

  • #11
    Terry Pratchett
    “Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.”
    Terry Pratchett

  • #12
    Terry Pratchett
    “The presence of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be preferred to the presence of those who think they've found it.”
    Terry Pratchett, Monstrous Regiment

  • #13
    Christopher Moore
    “There's always a bloody ghost.”
    Christopher Moore, Fool
    tags: humor

  • #14
    Andrew  Davidson
    “If you cannot love the pain, you can at least love the lessons it teaches”
    Andrew Davidson, The Gargoyle

  • #15
    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

  • #16
    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

  • #17
    Norton Juster
    “What you learn today, for no reason at all, will help you discover all the wonderful secrets of tomorrow.”
    Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth

  • #18
    Alexandre Dumas
    “Learning does not make one learned: there are those who have knowledge and those who have understanding. The first requires memory and the second philosophy.”
    Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

  • #19
    Alexandre Dumas
    “One's work may be finished someday, but one's education never.”
    Alexandre Dumas

  • #20
    Alexandre Dumas
    “You are very amiable, no doubt, but you would be charming if you would only depart.”
    Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers

  • #21
    Alexandre Dumas
    “D’Artagnan: Why is Athos sitting by himself?
    Aramis: He takes his drinking very seriously. Not to worry, he’ll be his usual charming self by morning.”
    Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers

  • #22
    Anne Rice
    “There is one purpose to life and one only: to bear witness to and understand as much as possible of the complexity of the world- its beauty, its mysteries, its riddles.”
    Anne Rice, Servant of the Bones

  • #23
    Anne Rice
    “Give me a man or woman who has read a thousand books and you give me an interesting companion. Give me a man or woman who has read perhaps three and you give me a very dangerous enemy indeed.”
    Anne Rice, The Witching Hour

  • #24
    Terry Goodkind
    “Nothing marks a man's character better than his attraction to intelligence.”
    Terry Goodkind

  • #25
    Terry Goodkind
    “Charity, if you have the means, is a personal choice, but charity which is expected or compelled is simply a polite word for slavery.”
    Terry Goodkind, The Pillars of Creation

  • #26
    Terry Goodkind
    “...Wizard's Fifth Rule: Mind what people do, not only what they say, for deeds will betray a lie.”
    Terry Goodkind, Soul of the Fire

  • #27
    Ayn Rand
    “The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.”
    Ayn Rand

  • #28
    George R.R. Martin
    “We all need to be mocked from time to time, lest we take ourselves too seriously.”
    George R.R. Martin

  • #29
    George R.R. Martin
    “Nothing burns like the cold.”
    George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

  • #30
    Ayn Rand
    “Let me give you a tip on a clue to men's characters: the man who damns money has obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it has earned it.”
    Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged



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