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#1

“Gossip is never fatal until it is denied.”
― Booth Tarkington

#2

“When nothing goes right, you have to face forward and take it on head first.”
― Kyo Shirodaira, Spiral: The Bonds of Reasoning, Vol. 04

tags: motivation, struggles

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#3

“Clichés so often befall vain people.”
― Ann Beattie, Walks With Men

tags: clichés, vain, vanity

685 likes

#4

“Rather than the strength it takes to not lose, it's the strength to stand back up after a loss that is sometimes more valuable.”
― Kyo Shirodaira, Spiral: The Bonds of Reasoning, Vol. 04

tags: losing, motivation, stand, strength

52 likes

#5

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

tags: flattery, praise, words

1831 likes

#6

“Not all those who wander are lost.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

tags: bilbo, journey, lost, quest, travel, wander

21888 likes

#7

“Poetry is a way of looking at the world for the first time.”
― W.S. Merwin

1432 likes

#8

“Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long.”
― Walker Evans

1892 likes

#9

“You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace.”
― Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes

tags: intelligence, mind, poverty

4096 likes

#10

“There is a sacredness in tears....They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition and of unspeakable love.”
― Washington Irving

3621 likes

#11

“Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.”
― Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock

2135 likes

#12

“There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls. ”
― George Carlin

2627 likes

#13

“Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.”
― Anita Desai

tags: travel

4030 likes

#14

“Sir Christopher Wren
Said, "I am going to dine with some men.
If anyone calls
Say I am designing St. Paul's.”
― E. C. Bentley

379 likes

#15

“I don't think a tough question is disrespectful.”
― Helen Thomas

tags: journalism

1354 likes

#16

“All human wisdom is contained in these two words - Wait and Hope”
― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

tags: book-the-count-of-monte-cristo

2937 likes

#17

“These rough sketches, which are born in an instant in the heat of inspiration, express the idea of their author in a few strokes, while on the other hand too much effort and diligence sometimes saps the vitality and powers of those who never know when to leave off.”
― Giorgio Vasari

859 likes

#18

“I have drunken deep of joy,
And I will taste no other wine tonight.”
― Percy Bysshe Shelley

tags: inspirational-attitude, joy, poetry

2127 likes

#19

“The main thing you got to remember is that everything in the world is a hustle.”
― Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

1135 likes

#20

“As soon as one promises not to do something, it becomes the one thing above all others that one most wishes to do.”
― Georgette Heyer, Venetia

tags: desires, promises

1678 likes

#22

“There was no harm in taking aim, even if the target was a dream.”
― John Knowles, A Separate Peace

2043 likes

#23

“As soon as I take down her book and open it...My skies rise higher and hang younger stars.”
― Eavan Boland

955 likes

#24

“I think prime numbers are like life. They are very logical but you could never work out the rules, even if you spent all your time thinking about them”
― Mark Haddon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

tags: life, prime-numbers

1531 likes

#25

“Make your mistakes, take your chances, look silly, but keep on going. Don’t freeze up.”
― Thomas Wolfe, You Can't Go Home Again

2931 likes

#26

“On the whole, I think you should write biographies of those you admire and respect, and novels about human beings who you think are sadly mistaken.”
― Penelope Fitzgerald

tags: writing, writing-advice, writing-craft, writing-humor

962 likes

#27

“I spend these days in confusion, trying my best to fathom the significance of that shade....

Trying to fathom the suitable answers to my ambiguities, if they can be called as such." - Basil”
― Amna Iqbal, View From A Kaleidoscope

tags: inspirational, lost, love, psychologicall, thought-provoking, thriller

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