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    Friedrich Nietzsche
    “I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.”
    ― Friedrich Nietzsche
    tags: lies, lying, trust
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    Dr. Seuss
    “I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.”
    ― Dr. Seuss
    tags: fantasy
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    “Whenever I feel the need to exercise, I lie down until it goes away.”
    ― Paul Terry
    tags: exercise, humor, laziness, misattributed-to-hutchins
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    J.K. Rowling
    “It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all—in which case, you fail by default.”
    ― J.K. Rowling
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    John Green
    “You don't get to choose if you get hurt in this world...but you do have some say in who hurts you. I like my choices.”
    ― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
    tags: satisfaction, self-determination
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    Bob Marley
    “The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.”
    ― Bob Marley
    tags: friendship
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    John Lennon
    “I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the here and now?”
    ― John Lennon
    tags: beatles, dragons, dreamers, dreaming, dreams, fairies, faith, mythology, nightmares, reality, truth
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    Ned Vizzini
    “I waste at least an hour every day lying in bed. Then I waste time pacing. I waste time thinking. I waste time being quiet and not saying anything because I'm afraid I'll stutter.”
    ― Ned Vizzini, It's Kind of a Funny Story
    tags: depression, sadness, suicide
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    Salvador Plascencia
    “I don’t know what they are called, the spaces between seconds– but I think of you always in those intervals.”
    ― Salvador Plascencia, The People of Paper
    tags: longing, love, sadness
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    Stephen Chbosky
    “I just want you to know that you’re very special… and the only reason I’m telling you is that I don’t know if anyone else ever has.”
    ― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
    tags: inspirational, stephen-chbosky, the-perks-of-being-a-wallflower
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    Stephen Chbosky
    “If you care about somebody, you should want them to be happy. Even if you wind up being left out.”
    ― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
    tags: friendship
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    Stephen Chbosky
    “I don't know how much longer I can keep going without a friend. I used to be able to do it very easily, but that was before I knew what having a friend was like.”
    ― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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    Stephen Chbosky
    “It’s much easier not to know things sometimes.”
    ― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
    tags: willful-ignorance
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    Stephen Chbosky
    “Standing on the fringes of life... offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time to see what it looks like from the dance floor.”
    ― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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    Albert Einstein
    “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: life, simile
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    Bill Watterson
    “Reality continues to ruin my life.”
    ― Bill Watterson, The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
    tags: calvin-and-hobbes, humor, life
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    F. Scott Fitzgerald
    “The strongest guard is placed at the gateway to nothing. Maybe because the condition of emptiness is too shameful to be divulged.”
    ― F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tender Is the Night
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    Steven Erikson
    “Children are dying."
    Lull nodded. "That's a succinct summary of humankind, I'd say. Who needs tomes and volumes of history? Children are dying. The injustices of the world hide in those three words.”
    ― Steven Erikson, Deadhouse Gates
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    Neil Gaiman
    “I thought I was your destination. Looks like I was just another stop on the line.”
    ― Neil Gaiman, Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders
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    Steven Erikson
    “The lesson of history is that no one learns.”
    ― Steven Erikson, Deadhouse Gates
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    Bill Gates
    “Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.”
    ― Bill Gates
    tags: inspirational
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    Milton Berle
    “If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door”
    ― Milton Berle
    tags: change, opportunity, self-determination, wisdom
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    William Faulkner
    “You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.”
    ― William Faulkner
    tags: courage, determination, hope, risk
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    Richard P. Feynman
    “Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn't matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough.”
    ― Richard P. Feynman
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    Haruki Murakami
    “No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.”
    ― haruki murakami
    tags: letting-go, life, life-lessons, memories
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    Haruki Murakami
    “Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.”
    ― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
    tags: memories
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  • #27
    “Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.”
    ― Narcotics Anonymous
    tags: humor, insanity, life, misattributed-ben-franklin, misattributed-mark-twain, misattributed-to-einstein
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    Jess C. Scott
    “When someone loves you, the way they talk about you is different. You feel safe and comfortable.”
    ― Jess C. Scott, The Intern
    tags: desire, emotion, friendship, honesty, imagination, individuality, life, love, passion, reality, relationships, romance, truth, wisdom, wise-words
    20058 likes

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    Eoin Colfer
    “No matter what dimension you're in, there's a big-headed male trying to take over the world.”
    ― Eoin Colfer, The Lost Colony
    tags: humor, men
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    Eoin Colfer
    “Good. Illegal is always faster.”
    ― Eoin Colfer
    tags: crime, expediency
    474 likes



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