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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 Einstein
    “It is not that I'm so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: intelligence, learning, wisdom
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    Ayn Rand
    “[Dean] “My dear fellow, who will let you?”

    [Roark] “That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
    ― Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead
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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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    Mark Twain
    “If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: lies, lying, memory, truth
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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “All that is gold does not glitter,
    Not all those who wander are lost;
    The old that is strong does not wither,
    Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

    From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
    A light from the shadows shall spring;
    Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
    The crownless again shall be king.”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
    tags: frost, glitter, gold, lost, poetry, roots, strength, strong, wander, wither
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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 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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    Mark Twain
    “The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: aliteracy, attributed-no-source, literacy
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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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    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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    Mark Twain
    “Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: greatness
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    Charles M. Schulz
    “All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.”
    ― Charles M. Schulz
    tags: chocolate, food, humor
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    Carlos Ruiz Zafón
    “Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you.”
    ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind
    tags: books, reading, truth
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    Carlos Ruiz Zafón
    “The moment you stop to think about whether you love someone, you've already stopped loving that person forever.”
    ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind
    tags: love
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    Carlos Ruiz Zafón
    “Never trust anyone, Daniel, especially the people you admire. Those are the ones who will make you suffer the worst blows.”
    ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind
    tags: trust
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    Carlos Ruiz Zafón
    “A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.”
    ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind
    tags: secrets
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    Carlos Ruiz Zafón
    “There are few reasons for telling the truth, but for lying the number is infinite.”
    ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind
    tags: lies, truth
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    Carlos Ruiz Zafón
    “In the shop we buy and sell them, but in truth books have no owner. Every book you see here has been somebody’s best friend.”
    ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind
    tags: books
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    Carlos Ruiz Zafón
    “But in good time you'll see that sometimes what matters isn't what one gives but what one gives up.”
    ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind
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    Carlos Ruiz Zafón
    “Presents are made for the pleasure of who gives them, not the merits of who receives them.”
    ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind
    tags: gifts, giving
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    Carlos Ruiz Zafón
    “. . .sometimes one feels freer speaking to a stranger than to people one knows. Why is that?"
    “Probably because a stranger sees us the way we are, not as he wishes to think we are.”
    ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind
    tags: self-image, strangers
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    Carlos Ruiz Zafón
    “Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens.”
    ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind
    tags: inspirational, soul, spiritual-growth
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    Carlos Ruiz Zafón
    “Fools talk, cowards are silent, wise men listen.”
    ― Carlos Ruiz Zafon, The Shadow of the Wind
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    Carlos Ruiz Zafón
    “The nurse knew that those who really love, love in silence, with deeds and not with words.”
    ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind
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    Carlos Ruiz Zafón
    “One of the pitfalls of childhood is that one doesn't have to understand something to feel it. By the time the mind is able to comprehend what has happened, the wounds of the heart are already too deep.”
    ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind
    tags: childhood, inspirational, rites-of-passage
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    Carlos Ruiz Zafón
    “There are no second chances in life, except to feel remorse.”
    ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind
    tags: life, second-chances
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    Carlos Ruiz Zafón
    “It’s a story of love, of hatred, and of the dreams that live in the shadow of the wind.”
    ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind
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    Carlos Ruiz Zafón
    “So long as we are being remembered, we remain alive.”
    ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind
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    Carlos Ruiz Zafón
    “When everyone is determined to present someone as a monster, there are two possibilities: either he’s a saint or they themselves are not telling the whole story.”
    ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind
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