2026 Reading Challenge

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    Beryl Markham
    “A map says to you.
    Read me carefully, follow me closely, doubt me not...
    I am the earth in the palm of your hand.”
    ― Beryl Markham
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    Jane Austen
    “Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.”
    ― Jane Austen, Emma
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    Manuel Puig
    “The nicest thing about feeling happy is that you think you'll never be unhappy again.

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    ― Manuel Puig, Kiss of the Spider Woman and Two Other Plays
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    Langston Hughes
    “Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.”
    ― Langston Hughes
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  • #5
    Hervé Le Tellier
    “There are some works so luminous...so powerful that they give us strength, and force us to new undertakings. A book can play this role.”
    ― Hervé Le Tellier
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  • #6
    Ellen Glasgow
    “Human nature. I don’t like human nature, but I do like human beings.”
    ― Ellen Glasgow, In This Our Life
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    I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control
    “I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
    ― Marilyn Monroe
    tags: attributed-no-source, best, life, love, misattributed-marilyn-monroe, mistakes, out-of-control, truth, worst
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    Oscar Wilde
    “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: attributed-no-source, be-yourself, gilbert-perreira, honesty, inspirational, misattributed-oscar-wilde, quote-investigator
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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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  • #10
    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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    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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    Dr. Seuss
    “You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
    ― Dr. Seuss
    tags: attributed-no-source, dreams, love, reality, sleep
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    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    “A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
    ― Marcus Tullius Cicero
    tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul
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    Frank Zappa
    “So many books, so little time.”
    ― Frank Zappa
    tags: books, humor
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  • #15
    Douglas Adams
    “I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.”
    ― Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
    tags: life, navigation
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  • #16
    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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  • #17
    John Muir
    “The mountains are calling and I must go.”
    ― John Muir
    tags: nature
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    Albert Einstein
    “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: attributed-no-source, inspirational, life, live, miracle, miracles
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    Mia Couto
    “Listen, and you will realize that we are made not from cells or from atoms. We are made from stories.”
    ― Mia Couto
    tags: humanity, stories, storytelling
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    Thomas More
    “It is also certain that they are much mistaken that think the poverty of a nation is a mean of the public safety.  Who quarrel more than beggars? who does more earnestly long for a change than he that is uneasy in his present circumstances? and who run to create confusions with so desperate a boldness as those who, having nothing to lose, hope to gain by them? ”
    ― Thomas More, Utopia
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  • #21
    Bob Marley
    “Love the life you live.
    Live the life you love.”
    ― Bob Marley
    tags: awesome
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  • #22
    Beatrix Potter
    “There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they'll take you.”
    ― Beatrix Potter
    tags: writing
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  • #23
    “Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”
    ― Harry Crosby, Transit of Venus
    tags: poetry
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  • #24
    Gitika yadav
    “Confidence is not what others think about you, it's what you think about yourself”
    ― Gitika Yadav, Voice of thoughts
    tags: confidence, inspirational, life, motivation
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    Dr. Seuss
    “Why fit in when you were born to stand out?”
    ― Dr. Seuss
    tags: seuss
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  • #26
    Maya Angelou
    “I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
    ― Maya Angelou
    89093 likes



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