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    J.K. Rowling
    “It is a curious thing, Harry, but perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it. Those who, like you, have leadership thrust upon them, and take up the mantle because they must, and find to their own surprise that they wear it well.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
    tags: leadership
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    Melina Marchetta
    “Promise me you'll never stop dreaming.”
    ― Melina Marchetta, Looking for Alibrandi
    tags: dreaming, hoping, promises-in-death, wishing
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    Markus Zusak
    “Sometimes people are beautiful.
    Not in looks.
    Not in what they say.
    Just in what they are.”
    ― Markus Zusak, I Am the Messenger
    tags: beauty, life
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    Tanith Lee
    “We all have our dreams. May we find them, and God have mercy on us when we do.”
    ― Tanith Lee, The Book of the Dead
    tags: book-of-the-dead, dreams, tanith-lee
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    William Goldman
    “Who says life is fair, where is that written?”
    ― William Goldman, The Princess Bride
    tags: fair, life, unfair
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    Suzanne Collins
    “You don’t forget the face of the person who was your last hope.”
    ― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games
    tags: the-hunger-games
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    Charles Dickens
    “It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.”
    ― Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
    tags: closing-line, last-words, self-sacrifice
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    Tom Hiddleston
    “You never know what's around the corner. It could be everything. Or it could be nothing. You keep putting one foot in front of the other, and then one day you look back and you've climbed a mountain.”
    ― Tom Hiddleston
    tags: dreams, goals, life, mountain, path, perseverance, persistence, tom-hiddleston
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    Audrey Niffenegger
    “We laugh and laugh, and nothing can ever be sad, no one can be lost, or dead, or far away: right now we are here, and nothing can mar our perfection, or steal the joy of this perfect moment.”
    ― Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife
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    William Goldman
    “Life is pain, highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.”
    ― William Goldman, Four Screenplays with Essays: Marathon Man - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - The Princess Bride - Misery
    tags: life, pain
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    William Goldman
    “Life isn't fair, it's just fairer than death, that's all.”
    ― William Goldman, The Princess Bride
    tags: life
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    Shannon Hale
    “I think the only way to get through this life is laughing hard and constantly, mostly at myself.”
    ― Shannon Hale
    tags: laughing
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    William Goldman
    “When I was your age, television was called books.”
    ― William Goldman, The Princess Bride
    tags: book, fantasy, humour
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    William Goldman
    “Do I love you? My God, if your love were a grain of sand, mine would be a universe of beaches.”
    ― William Goldman, The Princess Bride
    tags: adoration, ardor, love
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    Shannon Hale
    “Right now I'd like all my troubles to stand in front of me in a straight line, and one by one I'd give each a black eye. ”
    ― Shannon Hale, The Goose Girl
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    Shannon Hale
    “I cannot write to anyone outside myself--if I tried, it would be a horrible story, flat and lifeless. I write to myself. That's the only person I'm trying to please.”
    ― Shannon Hale
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    Shannon Hale
    “...all things speak, in their way, don't they?”
    ― Shannon Hale, The Goose Girl
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    Shannon Hale
    “I'm sorry Finn. I'm a wooden-headed dummy.'
    Don't be so hard on yourself,' said Finn. 'You're just a straw-brained scarecrow.”
    ― Shannon Hale, River Secrets
    tags: razo
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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
    tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, confidence, fitting-in, individuality, misattributed-dr-seuss, those-who-matter
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    Diane Setterfield
    “There are too many books in the world to read in a single lifetime; you have to draw the line somewhere.”
    ― Diane Setterfield, The Thirteenth Tale
    tags: books, re-reading, reading
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    Diane Setterfield
    “A birth is not really a beginning. Our lives at the start are not really our own but only the continuation of someone else's story.”
    ― Diane Setterfield, The Thirteenth Tale
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    Diane Setterfield
    “When one is nothing, one invents. It fills a void.”
    ― Diane Setterfield, The Thirteenth Tale
    tags: invention
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    William W. Purkey
    “You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
    Love like you'll never be hurt,
    Sing like there's nobody listening,
    And live like it's heaven on earth.”
    ― William W. Purkey
    tags: dance, heaven, hurt, inspirational, life, love, sing
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    Lisa Mantchev
    “What a diva!"
    "Stupid, men can't be divas..."
    "Divo, then."
    "That just sounds weird. Call him a jerk and be done with it.”
    ― Lisa Mantchev, Eyes Like Stars
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    Lisa Mantchev
    “You didn't just write the play, Bertie," Peaseblossom said suddenly. "You ordered the Players about, shouted, and threw an artistic hissy fit. Do you know what that makes you?"
    "A temperamental fusspot?" Mustardseed guessed.
    "Crazier than a bag full of crazy?" Moth said.
    "Close," Peaseblossom said. "It makes her a Director.”
    ― Lisa Mantchev, Eyes Like Stars
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    Ray Bradbury
    “You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.”
    ― Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You
    tags: writing
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    L.J. Smith
    “You don't love a girl because of beauty. You love her because she sings a song only you can understand.”
    ― L.J. Smith, Secret Vampire
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    J.M. Barrie
    “To die will be an awfully big adventure.”
    ― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
    tags: adventure, love
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    Patrick Ness
    “We are the choices we make.”
    ― Patrick Ness, The Knife of Never Letting Go
    tags: the-knife-of-never-letting-go
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    Naguib Mahfouz
    “You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.”
    ― Naguib Mahfouz
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