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    George Lucas
    “They were at the wrong place at the wrong time naturally they became heroes”
    ― George Lucas, Star Wars: A New Hope
    tags: princess-leia, star-wars
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    Chica Umino
    “It's okay to spin around and around in the same place. Just so long as you're singing your heart out.
    THAT's what life's all about.”
    ― Chica Umino, Honey and Clover, Vol. 4
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    Chica Umino
    “As time passes, the day will come when everything will fade to memories. But those miraculous days, when you and I, along with everyone else, searched together for just that one thing, will continue revolving forever somewhere deep in my heart, as my bittersweet memory.”
    ― Chica Umino
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    Chica Umino
    “Loneliness comes suddenly like waves and recedes just as fast. That continues on forever. It’s the same for you. It’s the same for everyone.”
    ― Chica Umino
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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
    "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
    tags: adventuring, death, time
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    Vladimir Nabokov
    “I think it is all a matter of love; the more you love a memory the stronger and stranger it becomes”
    ― Vladimir Nabokov
    tags: infatuation, love, memory, recollection, remembrance
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    Vladimir Nabokov
    “The breaking of a wave cannot explain the whole sea.”
    ― Vladimir Nabokov, The Real Life of Sebastian Knight
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    Vladimir Nabokov
    “Curiosity is insubordination in its purest form.”
    ― Vladimir Nabokov
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    George R.R. Martin
    “Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: identity
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    George R.R. Martin
    “Every flight begins with a fall.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
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    George R.R. Martin
    “A craven can be as brave as any man, when there is nothing to fear. And we all do our duty, when there is no cost to it. How easy it seems then, to walk the path of honor. Yet soon or late in every man's life comes a day when it is not easy, a day when he must choose. (Maester Aemon)”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: choice, honor, life
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    George R.R. Martin
    “The world was full of cravens who pretended to be heroes; it took a queer sort of courage to admit to cowardice...”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
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    George R.R. Martin
    “Let them see that their words can cut you and you’ll never be free of the mockery. If they want to give you a name, take it, make it your own. Then they can’t hurt you with it anymore.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
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    George R.R. Martin
    “The man who fears losing has already lost.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: fear
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    Jacqueline Carey
    “Nothing spoils idle pleasure like too much awareness”
    ― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Dart
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    Jacqueline Carey
    “Stupid to speak of blame when the wills of the immortals are involved.”
    ― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Chosen
    tags: blame, gods, immortal, stupid, will
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    I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control
    “I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
    ― Marilyn Monroe
    tags: attributed-no-source, best, life, love, misattributed-marilyn-monroe, mistakes, out-of-control, truth, worst
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    David Levithan
    “It was a mistake," you said. But the cruel thing was, it felt like the mistake was mine, for trusting you.”
    ― David Levithan, The Lover's Dictionary
    tags: betrayal, trust
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    David Levithan
    “We always see our worst selves. Our most vulnerable selves. We need someone else to get close enough to tell us we’re wrong. Someone we trust.”
    ― David Levithan, Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List
    tags: friendship, love, reflection, trust
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    Benjamin Disraeli
    “There are three types of lies -- lies, damn lies, and statistics.”
    ― Benjamin Disraeli
    tags: attributed-no-source, lies, lying, misattributed-mark-twain, statistics, truth
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    John Lennon
    “The more I see, the less I know for sure.”
    ― John Lennon
    tags: beatles, life, perception, truth
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    François de La Rochefoucauld
    “No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.”
    ― François de La Rochefoucauld
    tags: cynical, life, truth
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    François de La Rochefoucauld
    “Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and fans the bonfire.”
    ― Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld, Maxims
    tags: love
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    François de La Rochefoucauld
    “It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.”
    ― Francois De La Rochefoucauld
    tags: wisdom
    407 likes

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    François de La Rochefoucauld
    “The height of cleverness is to be able to conceal it.”
    ― Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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    François de La Rochefoucauld
    “Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy those are who already possess it. ”
    ― Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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    François de La Rochefoucauld
    “If we had no faults of our own, we would not take so much pleasure in noticing those of others.”
    ― François de La Rochefoucauld
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    François de La Rochefoucauld
    “How rare true love maybe, it is less so than true friendship.”
    ― François de La Rochefoucauld
    tags: friendship, true-love
    62 likes

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    Friedrich Nietzsche
    “Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster... for when you gaze long into the abyss. The abyss gazes also into you.”
    ― Friedrich W. Nietzsche
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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
    27870 likes



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