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    Bernard M. Baruch
    “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
    Bernard M. Baruch

  • #2
    Dr. Seuss
    “You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
    Dr. Seuss

  • #3
    Frank Zappa
    “So many books, so little time.”
    Frank Zappa

  • #4
    Mae West
    “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
    Mae West

  • #5
    Mahatma Gandhi
    “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
    Mahatma Gandhi

  • #6
    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    “A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
    Marcus Tullius Cicero

  • #7
    Robert Frost
    “In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
    Robert Frost

  • #8
    Albert Camus
    “Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
    Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
    Walk beside me… just be my friend”
    Albert Camus

  • #9
    Mark Twain
    “If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
    Mark Twain

  • #10
    Oscar Wilde
    “Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
    Oscar Wilde

  • #11
    Elbert Hubbard
    “A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”
    Elbert Hubbard

  • #12
    J.K. Rowling
    “If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
    J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

  • #13
    The gentle pulsing and flickering of stars and nebulae made a kind of music, a
    “The gentle pulsing and flickering of stars and nebulae made a kind of music, a sweet easy mesh of whispered tones and sighing harmonies that held him in its force like the earth [holding] the moon.”
    Aberjhani, Songs from the Black Skylark zPed Music Player

  • #14
    We ache with the yearning that turns half into whole and offer no excuses for
    “We ache with the yearning
    that turns half into whole
    and offer no excuses
    for the beauty of our souls.”
    Aberjhani, Songs from the Black Skylark zPed Music Player

  • #15
    Pat Conroy
    “In families, there are no crimes beyond forgiveness.”
    Pat Conroy, The Prince of Tides

  • #16
    Khaled Hosseini
    “It may be unfair, but what happens in a few days, sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime...”
    Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

  • #17
    Individuals often turn to poetry, not only to glean strength and perspective from the words
    “Individuals often turn to poetry, not only to glean strength
    and perspective from the words of others, but to give birth
    to their own poetic voices and to hold history accountable
    for the catastrophes rearranging their lives.”
    Aberjhani, Splendid Literarium: A Treasury of Stories, Aphorisms, Poems, and Essays

  • #18
    Frida Kahlo
    “At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can.”
    Frida Kahlo

  • #19
    There is within the human heart a quality of intelligence which has been known to
    “There is within the human heart a quality of intelligence which has been known to surpass that attributed to the human mind.”
    Aberjhani, Splendid Literarium: A Treasury of Stories, Aphorisms, Poems, and Essays

  • #20
    Frederick Douglass
    “Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.”
    Frederick Douglass

  • #21
    Brenda Jackson
    “Nothing - not prestige, power or pride - is worth sacrificing the things that you truly want, the things that you truly love. "Don't be afraid to take time and smell the roses. Don't hesitate in seeking out those things you hold dear. Seeking them out and holding on to them. And don't ever cease standing up for what you believe in, and fighting for those things that you want. Life is too short. Do what makes you happy, regardless of how others might feel.”
    Brenda Jackson, Taking Care of Business

  • #22
    Laurann Dohner
    “Holding on to the past means you can never be open to having a future”
    Laurann Dohner, Obsidian

  • #23
    Laurann Dohner
    “His voice deepened. "Sign them. We´re in the bedroom and i´m giving you an order.”
    Laurann Dohner, Obsidian

  • #24
    Walter Isaacson
    “Vision without execution is hallucination. .. Skill without imagination is barren. Leonardo [da Vinci] knew how to marry observation and imagination, which made him history’s consummate innovator.”
    Walter Isaacson, Leonardo da Vinci

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    Aberjhani
    “We were, each of us… at a crossroads of public and private dynamics which had brought us to this frame-worthy moment. I thought of the different currents and crosscurrents of history which had formed, merged, broken apart, and reformed to create the opportunity for us to give something essential to each other’s lives.”
    Aberjhani, Dreams of the Immortal City Savannah

  • #26
    Aberjhani
    “The chances of satisfying my renewed appetite for literary exchanges increased once I began to visit the library more frequently and make my way from the hotel to City Lights Bookstore at 261 Columbus Avenue. For all I was learning about the role its founder, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, had played in helping to nurture, promote, and sustain the talented souls who made the Beat Movement possible, City Lights became a kind of sacred space for me.”
    Aberjhani, Greeting Flannery O'Connor at the Back Door of My Mind

  • #27
    Maya Angelou
    “When someone shows you who they are believe them the first time.”
    Maya Angelou

  • #28
    Maya Angelou
    “Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
    I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size
    But when I start to tell them,
    They think I'm telling lies.
    I say,
    It's in the reach of my arms
    The span of my hips,
    The stride of my step,
    The curl of my lips.
    I'm a woman
    Phenomenally.
    Phenomenal woman,
    That's me.”
    Maya Angelou, Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women

  • #29
    Aberjhani
    “The only thing we knew for certain was the American Civil War was not a prelude to a kiss.”
    Aberjhani, Greeting Flannery O'Connor at the Back Door of My Mind

  • #30
    Aberjhani
    “We can gain a lot more striving for harmonious coexistence than we can by giving in to hate-filled rage and fear-driven ignorance.”
    Aberjhani, Splendid Literarium: A Treasury of Stories, Aphorisms, Poems, and Essays



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