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    Albert Einstein
    “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: attributed-no-source, human-nature, humor, infinity, philosophy, science, stupidity, universe
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    Oscar Wilde
    “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: attributed-no-source, be-yourself, gilbert-perreira, honesty, inspirational, misattributed-oscar-wilde, quote-investigator
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    Mahatma Gandhi
    “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
    ― Mahatma Gandhi
    tags: carpe-diem, education, inspirational, learning
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    Charles Dickens
    “There are some upon this earth of yours who lay claim to know us, and who do their deeds of passion, pride, ill-will, hatred, envy, bigotry, and selfishness in our name; who are as strange to us and all our kith and kin, as if they had never lived. Remember that, and charge their doings on themselves, not us.”
    ― Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
    tags: hypocrisy, zealots
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    Brandon Sanderson
    “You should try not to talk so much, friend. You'll sound far less stupid that way.

    - Breeze”
    ― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn: The Final Empire
    tags: humor, remaining-silent, reticence
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    Brandon Sanderson
    “I've always been very confident in my immaturity.”
    ― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn: The Final Empire
    tags: personality
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    Brandon Sanderson
    “How do you 'accidentally' kill a noble man in his own mansion?"
    "With a knife in the chest. Or, rather, a pair of knives in the chest...”
    ― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn: The Final Empire
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    Brandon Sanderson
    “Honestly, for an evil god of darkness, he certainly can be dull.”
    ― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn: The Final Empire
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    Brandon Sanderson
    “I have no idea what you just said, child,' Breeze said. 'So I'm simply going to pretend it was coherent, then move on.”
    ― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn: The Final Empire
    tags: breeze
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    Brandon Sanderson
    “I killed you once", the Lord Ruler said, turning back to Kelsier.
    "You tried", Kelsier replied, his voice loud and firm, carrying across the square. "But you can't kill me, Lord Tyrant. I represent that thing you've never been able to kill no matter how hard you try. I am hope.”
    ― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn: The Final Empire
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    Brandon Sanderson
    “Never trust a man who tells you good news.”
    ― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn: The Final Empire
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    Arthur C. Clarke
    “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.”
    ― Arthur C. Clarke
    tags: distance, life, loneliness, qotd, sense-of-wonder, universe
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    Arthur C. Clarke
    “The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.”
    ― Arthur C. Clarke
    tags: motivational
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    Arthur C. Clarke
    “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”
    ― Arthur C. Clarke, Profiles of the Future: An Inquiry into the Limits of the Possible
    tags: magic, science, technology, wonder
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    Arthur C. Clarke
    “One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all.”
    ― Arthur C. Clarke
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    Arthur C. Clarke
    “I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here.”
    ― Arthur C. Clarke
    tags: extraterrestrials, humor, intelligent-life, life, science, universe
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    Arthur C. Clarke
    “A faith that cannot survive collision with the truth is not worth many regrets.”
    ― Arthur C. Clarke, The Exploration of Space
    tags: faith, truth
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    Sarah J. Maas
    “Libraries were full of ideas—perhaps the most dangerous and powerful of all weapons.”
    ― Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass
    tags: ideas, libraries, sarah-j-maas, throne-of-glass
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    Sarah J. Maas
    “No. I can survive well enough on my own— if given the proper reading material.”
    ― Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass
    tags: reading, survival
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    Sarah J. Maas
    “We all bear scars,... Mine just happen to be more visible than most.”
    ― Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass
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    Sarah J. Maas
    “My name is Celaena Sardothien. But it makes no difference if my name's Celaena or Lillian or Bitch, because I'd still beat you, no matter what you call me.”
    ― Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass
    tags: assassin
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    Patrick Rothfuss
    “This story is for all the slightly broken people out there. I am one of you. You are not alone. You are all beautiful to me.”
    ― Patrick Rothfuss, The Slow Regard of Silent Things
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    Patrick Rothfuss
    “To be so lovely and so lost. To be all answerful with all that knowing trapped inside. To be beautiful and broken.”
    ― Patrick Rothfuss, The Slow Regard of Silent Things
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    Patrick Rothfuss
    “Some days simply lay on you like stones.”
    ― Patrick Rothfuss, The Slow Regard of Silent Things
    tags: anger, despair, weight-of-the-world
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    Patrick Rothfuss
    “She was weary and disappointed with all of everything.”
    ― Patrick Rothfuss, The Slow Regard of Silent Things
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    Ransom Riggs
    “When someone won't let you in, eventually you stop knocking.”
    ― Ransom Riggs, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
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    Ransom Riggs
    “Stars, too, were time travelers. How many of those ancient points of light were the last echoes of suns now dead? How many had been born but their light not yet come this far? If all the suns but ours collapsed tonight, how many lifetimes would it take us to realize we were alone? I had always known the sky was full of mysteries—but not until now had I realized how full of them the earth was.”
    ― Ransom Riggs, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
    tags: earth, mystery, stars, thought-provoking
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    Ransom Riggs
    “Sometimes it's better not to look back.”
    ― Ransom Riggs, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
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    Ransom Riggs
    “Forgive me. I continue to underestimate the breadth of your ignorance.”
    ― Ransom Riggs, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
    tags: hilarious
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    Ransom Riggs
    “...slow and drunk is no match for fast and scared shitless.”
    ― Ransom Riggs, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
    tags: humor
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