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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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    David Sedaris
    “Real love amounts to withholding the truth, even when you're offered the perfect opportunity to hurt someone's feelings”
    ― David Sedaris, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
    tags: discretion, tact
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    C.S. Lewis
    “Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.”
    ― C.S. Lewis
    tags: age, fairytales, growing-up
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    Terry Pratchett
    “The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Diggers
    tags: humor, open-mind, thinking
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    George Orwell
    “Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.”
    ― George Orwell
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    We accept the love we think we deserve.
    “We accept the love we think we deserve.”
    ― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
    tags: inspirational, love
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    William Golding
    “Maybe there is a beast… maybe it's only us.”
    ― William Golding, Lord of the Flies
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    Tuli Kupferberg
    “When patterns are broken, new worlds emerge.”
    ― Tuli Kupferberg
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    J.K. Rowling
    “Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
    tags: dumbledore
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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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    Søren Kierkegaard
    “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”
    ― Søren Kierkegaard
    tags: future, life, past, reflection, understanding
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    Umberto Eco
    “To survive, you must tell stories.”
    ― Umberto Eco, The Island of the Day Before
    tags: stories-writing
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    Walter Scott
    “All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.”
    ― Sir Walter Scott
    tags: education, homeschool
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    George Orwell
    “The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”
    ― George Orwell, Animal Farm
    tags: animal-farm, animals, closing-line, man, satirical
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    Nawal El Saadawi
    “Now i had learnt that honor required large sums of money to protect it, but that large sums of money could not be obtained without losing one's honor. An infernal circle whirling round and round, draggng me up and down with it.”
    ― Nawal El Saadawi, Woman at Point Zero
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    Ellen Goodman
    “We are told that people stay in love because of chemistry, or because they remain intrigued with each other, because of many kindnesses, because of luck. But part of it has got to be forgiveness and gratefulness. ”
    ― Ellen Goodman
    tags: forgiveness, gratefulness, love
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    Delia Ephron
    “Wanting to be liked can get in the way of truth.”
    ― Delia Ephron, Sister Mother Husband Dog: Etc.
    tags: truth
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    William Shakespeare
    “A sad tale's best for winter: I have one of sprites and goblins.”
    ― William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale
    tags: sad, tale, winter
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    Stendhal
    “There are as many styles of beauty as there are visions of happiness.”
    ― Stendhal, Love
    tags: beauty, happiness
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    Arthur Schopenhauer
    “Compassion is the basis of morality.”
    ― Arthur Schopenhauer
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    William Shakespeare
    “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.”
    ― William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
    tags: self-determination, self-responsibility, timidity
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    Phyllis McGinley
    “A bit of trash now and then is good for the severest reader. It provides the necessary roughage in the literary diet.”
    ― Phyllis McGinley
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    Rabindranath Tagore
    “Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.”
    ― Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds
    tags: aspiration, assurance, beauty, clouds, color, conviction, inspirational, maturity, sunset
    5315 likes

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    Eoin Colfer
    “It's like learning to ride a unicorn. You never forget.”
    ― Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl
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    Anita Desai
    “Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.”
    ― Anita Desai
    tags: travel
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    Pearl S. Buck
    “Many people lose the small joys in the hope for the big happiness.”
    ― Pearl S. Buck
    tags: contentment
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  • #27
    Raymond Chandler
    “To say goodbye is to die a little.”
    ― Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye
    tags: change, life, parting, romantics
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    C.S. Lewis
    “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”
    ― C.S. Lewis
    tags: books, inspirational, reading, tea
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    Stephen King
    “Fantasy fiction is essentially about the concept of power; great fantasy fiction is about people who find it at great cost or lose it tragically; mediocre fantasy fiction is about people who have it and never lose it but simply wield it.”
    ― Stephen King, Danse Macabre
    tags: fantasy-fiction, writing
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    Caitlin Doughty
    “A girl always remembers the first corpse she shaves.”
    ― Caitlin Doughty, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
    tags: death
    104 likes



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