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#1

“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

tags: food, happiness

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#2

“It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle

tags: books, humor

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#3

“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: attributed-no-source, enemies, forgiveness, strategy

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#4

“A good friend will always stab you in the front.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: friends-betrayal

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#5

“I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

tags: family, friends, parties, social

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#6

“Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.”
― Mae West

tags: complacency, morality, surprise

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#7

“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”
― C.S. Lewis

tags: books, inspirational, reading, tea

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#8

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
― Oscar Wilde

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#9

“Women are naturally secretive, and they like to do their own secreting.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

tags: women

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#10

“As a historian, I have learned that, in fact, not everyone who reaches back into history can survive it. And it is not only reaching back that endangers us; sometimes history itself reaches inexorably forward for us with its shadowy claws.”
― Elizabeth Kostova, The Historian

tags: danger, history, survival

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#11

“As you know, human history is full of evil deeds, and maybe we ought to think of them with tears, not fascination.”
― Elizabeth Kostova, The Historian

tags: evil, fascination, human-history

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#12

“If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: books, reading

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#13

“Read, read, read. That's all I can say.”
― Carolyn Keene, The Secret of the Old Clock

tags: nancy-drew

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#14

“You can't force love, I realized. It's there or it isn't. If it's not there, you've got to be able to admit it. If it is there, you've got to do whatever it takes to protect the ones you love.”
― Richelle Mead, Frostbite

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#15

“There is no pretending," Jace said with absolute clarity. "I love you, and I will love you until I die, and if there is life after that, I'll love you then.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Glass

tags: mortal-instruments, romance, teen-fantasy

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#16

“Have you fallen in love with the wrong person yet?'
Jace said, "Unfortunately, Lady of the Haven, my one true love remains myself."
..."At least," she said, "you don't have to worry about rejection, Jace Wayland."
"Not necessarily. I turn myself down occasionally, just to keep it interesting.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Bones

tags: city-of-bones, jace

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#17

“One must always be careful of books," said Tessa, "and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

tags: books

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#18

“Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.”
― C.S. Lewis

tags: eating-reading

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#19

“I can't imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once.”
― C.S. Lewis

tags: books-reading

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#20

“I would prefer a sword to fight duel, but a pen to plan a war.”
― Robert Thier, Storm and Silence

tags: business, philosophy, romance, tactics, wafare

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#21

“Life is not about living the safer option. Life is about living a life worth living.”
― Robert Thier, Storm and Silence

tags: courage, feminism, philosophy, strength

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#22

“Where there's life there's hope.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

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#23

“Go back?" he thought. "No good at all! Go sideways? Impossible! Go forward? Only thing to do! On we go!" So up he got, and trotted along with his little sword held in front of him and one hand feeling the wall, and his heart all of a patter and a pitter.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

tags: courage, moving-forward, perseverance

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#24

“Then something Tookish woke up inside him, and he wished to go and see the great mountains, and hear the pine-trees and the waterfalls, and explore the caves, and wear a sword instead of a walking-stick.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

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#25

“Kim was more than a little inclined to snarl at him, but in the past few days she had learned that snarling at Mairelon did little good. He simply smiled and corrected her grammar.”
― Patricia C. Wrede, A Matter of Magic

tags: humor, magic

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