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    Jean Webster
    “It isn't the big troubles in life that require character. Anybody can rise to a crisis and face a crushing tragedy with courage, but to meet the petty hazards of the day with a laugh - I really think that requires spirit.
    It's the kind of character that I am going to develop. I am going to pretend that all life is just a game which I must play as skillfully and fairly as I can. If I lose, I am going to shrug my shoulders and laugh - also if I win.”
    ― Jean Webster, Daddy Long Legs
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    Stephenie Meyer
    “Does it bother you, me being half naked all the time?”
    ― Stephenie Meyer, Eclipse
    tags: eclipse, jacob-black
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    Stephenie Meyer
    “Why am I covered in feathers”
    ― Stephenie Meyer, Breaking Dawn
    tags: bella-swan, breaking-dawn, twilight
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    Stephenie Meyer
    “You nicked-named my daughter after the Lock Ness Monster!”
    ― Stephenie Meyer, Breaking Dawn
    tags: humor
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    Stephenie Meyer
    “I don't have the strength to stay away from you anymore”
    ― Stephenie Meyer
    tags: edward-cullen
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    Stephenie Meyer
    “Fall down again, Bella?'
    No, Emmett, I punched a werewolf in the face.”
    ― Stephenie Meyer, Eclipse
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    Albert Einstein
    “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: attributed-no-source, human-nature, humor, infinity, philosophy, science, stupidity, universe
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    Allen Saunders
    “Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.”
    ― Allen Saunders
    tags: fate, life, misattributed-john-lennon, planning, plans
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    Friedrich Nietzsche
    “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”
    ― Friedrich Nietzsche
    tags: paraphrased, strength
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    Susan Sontag
    “Illness is the night side of life, a more onerous citizenship. Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship, in the kingdom of the well and in the kingdom of the sick. Although we all prefer to use the good passport, sooner or later each of us is obliged, at least for a spell, to identify ourselves as citizens of that other place.”
    ― Susan Sontag, Illness as Metaphor
    tags: illness, metaphor
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    Margaret Atwood
    “Ignoring isn’t the same as ignorance, you have to work at it.”
    ― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale
    tags: education
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    E.M. Forster
    “I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little further down our particular path than we have yet gone ourselves.”
    ― E.M. Forster
    tags: books, literature, self-discovery
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    Jennifer Egan
    “th blu nyt
    th stRs u can't c
    th hum tht nevr gOs awy”
    ― Jennifer Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad
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  • #14
    “There are three kinds of people in this world: those who can count, and those who can't.”
    ― Cap'n Fatty Goodlander
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    Groucho Marx
    “Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
    ― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx
    tags: animals, books, dogs, friends, humor
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    John Fitzgerald Kennedy
    “The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger--but recognize the opportunity.”
    ― John F. Kennedy
    tags: chinese, crisis, danger, inspirational, opportunity
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    Samuel Beckett
    “We are all born mad. Some remain so.”
    ― Samuel Beckett
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    Coco Chanel
    “In order to be irreplaceacle, one must always be different.”
    ― Coco Chanel
    tags: individuality
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    Alfred de Musset
    “How glorious it is – and also how painful – to be an exception. ”
    ― Alfred de Musset
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    Craig Silvey
    “I never understood why you would ever feel the need to shoot the fish in the barrel. I mean, they're in a barrel, you've already caught them. The hard work's done, they can't escape. So if you want them dead, just drain the water out. Why bring guns into it?”
    ― Craig Silvey, Jasper Jones
    tags: fish, humor, redundancy
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    Craig Silvey
    “Batman doesn't have any superpowers. He's not superhuman. He's not super. So therefore he can't be a superhero.”
    ― Craig Silvey, Jasper Jones
    tags: humor, superheroes
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    Craig Silvey
    “You need to understand that truth is stranger than fiction. Listen: people are willing to swallow any old tripe as long as you say it without flinching. They want to be told stuff. And they don't want to doubt you either. It's too hard.”
    ― Craig Silvey, Jasper Jones
    tags: advice, truth
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    Michel de Montaigne
    “On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom.”
    ― Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays
    tags: humility, throne
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    Mark Twain
    “April 1. This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three hundred and sixty-four.”
    ― Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson and Other Tales
    tags: humor
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    Maya Angelou
    “You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.”
    ― Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter
    tags: be-yourself, self-determination
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    Daniel O'Malley
    “This should be a pleasant little interview. All I have to do is put on my scary face."
    "You have a scary face?" Ingrid sounded skeptical.
    "Yes," said Myfanwy indignantly. "I have a very scary face."
    Ingrid surveyed her for a moment. "You may wish to take off the cardigan then, Rook Thomas," she advised tactfully. "The flowers on the pocket detract somewhat from your menace.”
    ― Daniel O'Malley, The Rook
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    Mary Ann Shaffer
    “That's what I love about reading: one tiny thing will interest you in a book, and that tiny thing will lead you to another book, and another bit there will lead you onto a third book. It's geometrically progressive - all with no end in sight, and for no other reason than sheer enjoyment.”
    ― Mary Ann Shaffer, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
    tags: books, reading
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    Craig Silvey
    “I don't understand a thing about this world: about people, and why they do the things they do. The more I find out, the more I uncover, the more I know, the less I understand.”
    ― Craig Silvey, Jasper Jones
    tags: craig-silvey, jasper-jones, knowledge, life, understanding
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    Coco Chanel
    “The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.”
    ― Coco Chanel
    tags: courage, dignity, empowerment, freedom, independence, individuality, judgment, self-determination, speaking-out, thought
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    William Shakespeare
    “All that glisters is not gold;
    Often have you heard that told:
    Many a man his life hath sold
    But my outside to behold:
    Gilded tombs do worms enfold.”
    ― William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice
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