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#1

“I bid the chords sweet music make,
And all must follow in my wake.”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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#2

“Omit needless words.”
― William Strunk Jr., The Elements of Style; How to Speak and Write Correctly

tags: writing-words

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#3

“Probably one of the most private things in the world is an egg before it is broken.”
― M.F.K. Fisher

tags: egg, food

936 likes

#4

“and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you”
― E.E. Cummings

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#5

“Adventure is worthwhile in itself.”
― Amelia Earhart

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#6

“Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were--Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, and Peter. ”
― Beatrix Potter

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#7

“Progress is man's ability to complicate simplicity.”
― Thor Heyerdahl

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#8

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
― Mae West

tags: humor, life

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#9

“Children aren't happy with nothing to ignore,
And that's what parents were created for.”
― Ogden Nash

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#10

“The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into our common life.”
― Jane Addams

tags: humanity, inequality, rights, security, society

1104 likes

#11

“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”
― Leo Tolstoy , Anna Karenina

tags: family, first-sentence

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#12

“For my part, I prefer my heart to be broken. It is so lovely, dawn-kaleidoscopic within the crack.”
― D.H. Lawrence

tags: broken-heart, d-h-lawrence, love, pomegranate

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#13

“She had always wanted words, she loved them; grew up on them. Words gave her clarity, brought reason, shape.”
― Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient

tags: words

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#14

“History, like love, is so apt to surround her heroes with an atmosphere of imaginary brightness.”
― James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans

tags: criticism, history

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#15

“Sweet words are like honey, a little may refresh, but too much gluts the stomach.”
― Anne Bradstreet

tags: flattery, praise, words

1833 likes

#16

“It's a strange courage
you give me ancient star:
Shine alone in the sunrise
toward which you lend no part!”
― William Carlos Williams

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#17

“Remember if people talk behind your back, it only means you are two steps ahead.”
― Fannie Flagg, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

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#18

“Poetry is the fiery index to the genius of the age.”
― Babette Deutsch

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#19

“Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.”
― Euripides, The Bacchae

tags: foolishness, rationality, reason, sense, stupidity, understanding

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#20

“Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.”
― Jane Smiley, Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel

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#21

“It isn't ever delicate to live.”
― Kay Ryan

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#22

“Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.”
― Confucius

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#23

“Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector.”
― Graham Greene

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#24

“Cats are connoisseurs of comfort.”
― James Herriot, James Herriot's Cat Stories

1856 likes

#25

“You can't get a suit of armour and a rubber chicken just like that. You have to plan ahead.”
― Michael Palin

902 likes

#26

“Whoever saves one life, saves the world entire.”
― Thomas Keneally, Schindler’s List

tags: humanity, life

1836 likes

#27

“Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life

tags: buddhism, gratitude, joy, mindfulness, zen

4834 likes

#28

“I'll make him an offer he can't refuse.”
― Mario Puzo, The Godfather

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#29

“I read so I can live more than one life in more than one place.”
― Anne Tyler

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#30

“The past is always tense, the future perfect.”
― Zadie Smith

tags: future, grammar, language, past

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