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“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
― Lao Tzu

“Don't be seduced into thinking that that which does not make a profit is without value.”
― Arthur Miller

“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”
― Isaac Asimov

“Double, double, toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and cauldron bubble!”
― William Shakespeare, Macbeth

“Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.”
― Winston S. Churchill

“Another belief of mine: that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.”
― Margaret Atwood, Cat’s Eye

“There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.”
― Willa Cather, The Song of the Lark

“In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.”
― Mortimer J. Adler

“Hope
Smiles from the threshold of the year to come,
Whispering 'it will be happier'...”
― Alfred Lord Tennyson

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches

“Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.”
― Elbert Hubbard, The Roycroft Dictionary Concocted By Ali Baba And The Bunch On Rainy Days

“The true alchemists do not change lead into gold; they change the world into words.”
― William H. Gass, A Temple of Texts

“And the little screaming fact that sounds through all history: repression works only to strengthen and knit the repressed.”
― John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath

“Tis the night—the night
Of the grave's delight,
And the warlocks are at their play;
Ye think that without,
The wild winds shout,
But no, it is they—it is they!”
― Arthur Cleveland Coxe, Halloween: A Romaunt

“My only advice is to stay aware, listen carefully, and yell for help if you need it.”
― Judy Blume

“Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”
― Dylan Thomas, In Country Sleep, and Other Poems

“Drink today, and drown all sorrow;
You shall perhaps not do it tomorrow;
Best, while you have it, use your breath;
There is no drinking after death.”
― Ben Jonson

“Darkness is drawn to light, but light does not know it; light must absorb the darkness and therefore meet its own extinguishment.”
― Edna O'Brien, In the Forest

“I have never wished ill will upon someone before. However, I cannot help but hope chronic constipation will haunt him for the rest of his life,” he confessed. “Me too, big guy. Me too.”
― Lucy Score, The Body in the Backyard

“You mean you have a natural inclination,” I said. “Maybe I do too, but I choose not to give into it. A lot of evil is just selfishness.”
― Brian Yansky, The Librarian of the Haunted Library

“It’s none of my business,” Magda says. “I was just curious. I happen to believe, Chadwick, that even the biggest disasters can be cleaned up, and I’ll teach you to believe it too.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, The Hotel Nantucket

“The god winced. “No, definitely not. If a story doesn’t have a happy ending, I don’t want to invest. The real world is harsh enough.”
― Annabel Chase, Half Dead

“But the currents of the ocean do not only move in one way. The wind does not only blow in one direction. Knowledge must forever flow. For if it doesn’t, and only remains in one place, it becomes a stagnant swamp. Then it grows putrid and becomes distorted. That’s why this moment is important. In sharing what we know, we are renew—’ Kebede stops to translate and rethinks the term before proceeding ‘—revitalized. The waters of the world’s oceans are one, even though we give them different names. The knowledge of all humankind, too, is one.”
― T.L. Huchu, The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle

“You called yourselves Christians, yet you looted our churches. Places where the faith had been practised while you were still living in caves.”
― T.L. Huchu, The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle

“The Prince says: ‘There are three kinds of intelligence: one kind understands things for itself, the other appreciates what others can understand, the third understands neither for itself nor through others.”
― T.L. Huchu, The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle

“good of future generations, we’re doomed, not only as a kingdom but as a society.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing

“Remember that folklore is passed from one generation to the next to teach us about our past. If we lose it, we lose the links to our past. It only takes one desperate generation to change history—even erase it.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing

“It only takes one desperate generation to change history—even erase it.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing

“One generation to change the text. One generation chooses to teach that text. The next grows, and the lie becomes history.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing

“The problem with mankind is we too often find our souls to be a fair price for power.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Iron Flame