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    Arthur Conan Doyle
    “When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”
    ― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
    tags: inspirational
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    Jasper Fforde
    “After all, reading is arguably a far more creative and imaginative process than writing; when the reader creates emotion in their head, or the colors of the sky during the setting sun, or the smell of a warm summer's breeze on their face, they should reserve as much praise for themselves as they do for the writer - perhaps more.”
    ― Jasper Fforde, The Well of Lost Plots
    tags: reading
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    Julian Barnes
    “Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren't. I'm not surprised some people prefer books.”
    ― Julian Barnes, Flaubert's Parrot
    tags: books, life
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    Dave Barry
    “The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status, or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside, we all believe that we are above-average drivers.”
    ― Dave Barry, Dave Barry Turns 50
    tags: driving, human-beings, united
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    Niels Bohr
    “An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.”
    ― Niels Bohr
    tags: science
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    Charles Lamb
    “Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and to have her nonsense respected.”
    ― Charles Lamb, The life, letters and writings of Charles Lamb Volume 3
    tags: friendship, nonsense
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    Jane Yolen
    “Literature is a textually transmitted disease, normally contracted in childhood.”
    ― Jane Yolen, Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie & Folklore in the Literature of Childhood
    tags: childhood, disease, literature
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    André Breton
    “My wish is that you may be loved to the point of madness.”
    ― André Breton, What Is Surrealism?: Selected Writings
    tags: love, madness
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    Philip K. Dick
    “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.”
    ― Philip K. Dick, I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon
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    Elie Wiesel
    “The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.”
    ― Elie Wiesel
    tags: activism, apathy, hate, indifference, inspirational, love, opposite, philosophy
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    Nick Hornby
    “The plain state of being human is dramatic enough for anyone; you don't need to be a heroin addict or a performance poet to experience extremity. You just have to love someone.”
    ― Nick Hornby, How to Be Good
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    “Hot, hard and so thick that her fingertips didn't meet when she closed her hand around him.”
    ― Meljean Brook, The Iron Duke
    tags: mina, paranormal-romance, rhys, sex
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    Orson Welles
    “My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people.”
    ― Orson Welles
    tags: dinner, humor
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    Katherine Anne Porter
    “The past is never where you think you left it.”
    ― Katherine Anne Porter
    tags: past
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    Washington Irving
    “A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.”
    ― Washington Irving
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    Some people say, “Never let them see you cry.” I say, if you’re so mad
    “Some people say, “Never let them see you cry.” I say, if you’re so mad you could just cry, then cry. It terrifies everyone.”
    ― Tina Fey, Bossypants
    tags: humor
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    Richelle Mead
    “I’d said it before and meant it: Alive or undead, the love of my life was a badass.”
    ― Richelle Mead, Blood Promise
    tags: dimitri, humor, paranormal-romance, rose, urban-fantasy, vampire, young-adult-novels
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    Federico García Lorca
    “To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can bring on ourselves.”
    ― Federico García Lorca, Blood Wedding and Yerma
    tags: desire, punishment, unrequited-love
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    William Styron
    “A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.”
    ― William Styron, Conversations with William Styron
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    James Baldwin
    “You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.”
    ― James Baldwin
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    W. Somerset Maugham
    “There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.”
    ― W. Somerset Maugham
    tags: writing
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    George R.R. Martin
    “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
    tags: read, readers, reading, reading-books
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    Diane Duane
    “Reading one book is like eating one potato chip.”
    ― Diane Duane, So You Want to Be a Wizard
    tags: books, reading
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    Oscar Wilde
    “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
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    Lois McMaster Bujold
    “If you can't be seven feet tall, be seven feet smart.”
    ― Lois McMaster Bujold, Labyrinth
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    Marion Zimmer Bradley
    “If he knew, if he was told in so many words, he would have to do the conventional thing, he would have to express the conventional shock and horror. But knowing without analyzing, knowing in a place that went deeper than words, he could see it, know it, accept it.”
    ― Marion Zimmer Bradley, The Catch Trap
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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “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: encouragement, gandalf
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    Douglas Coupland
    “Remember: the time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself. Life's cruelest irony.”
    ― Douglas Coupland, Shampoo Planet
    tags: irony, life, loneliness
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    Robin Hobb
    “All events, no matter how earthshaking or bizarre, are diluted within moments of their occurrence by the continuance of the necessary routines of day-to-day living.”
    ― Robin Hobb, Assassin's Apprentice
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    Jasper Fforde
    “If the real world were a book, it would never find a publisher. Overlong, detailed to the point of distraction-and ultimately, without a major resolution.”
    ― Jasper Fforde, Something Rotten
    tags: life, world
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