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    Neil Gaiman
    “Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
    ― Neil Gaiman, Coraline
    tags: books, dragons, fairy-tales, inspirational, paraphrasing-g-k-chesterton
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    Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.
    “Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”
    ― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
    tags: books, reading
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    Diana Wynne Jones
    “I think we ought to live happily ever after.”
    ― Diana Wynne Jones, Howl’s Moving Castle
    tags: happily-ever-after, love
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    Diana Wynne Jones
    “I hope your bacon burns.”
    ― Diana Wynne Jones , Howl’s Moving Castle
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    Diana Wynne Jones
    “You must admit I have a right to live in a pigsty if I want.”
    ― Diana Wynne Jones, Howl’s Moving Castle
    tags: humor, mess, pigsty
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    Diana Wynne Jones
    “Yes, you are nosy. You're a dreadfully nosy, horribly bossy, appallingly clean old woman. Control yourself. You're victimizing us all.”
    ― Diana Wynne Jones, Howl’s Moving Castle
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    Diana Wynne Jones
    “You've no right to walk into people's castles and take their guitars.”
    ― Diana Wynne Jones, Howl’s Moving Castle
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    Diana Wynne Jones
    “In the land of Ingary where such things as seven-league boots and cloaks of invisibility really exist, it is quite a misfortune to be born the eldest of the three. Everyone knows you are the one who will fail first, and worst, if the three of you set out to seek your fortunes.”
    ― Diana Wynne Jones, Howl’s Moving Castle
    tags: fairy-tale, once-upon-a-time
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    Diana Wynne Jones
    “Take it from me, Fate doesn't care most of the time.”
    ― Diana Wynne Jones, Castle in the Air
    tags: fate
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    Arthur C. Clarke
    “I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here.”
    ― Arthur C. Clarke
    tags: extraterrestrials, humor, intelligent-life, life, science, universe
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    Steve Jobs
    “Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
    ― Steve Jobs
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    Daniel Pennac
    “Reader's Bill of Rights

    1. The right to not read

    2. The right to skip pages

    3. The right to not finish

    4. The right to reread

    5. The right to read anything

    6. The right to escapism

    7. The right to read anywhere

    8. The right to browse

    9. The right to read out loud

    10. The right to not defend your tastes”
    ― Daniel Pennac
    tags: books, reading, rights
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    John Waters
    “If you go home with somebody, and they don't have books, don't fuck 'em!”
    ― John Waters
    tags: books, fuck, profanity, reading
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    Karen Marie Moning
    “I love books, by the way, way more than movies. Movies tell you what to think. A good book lets you choose a few thoughts for yourself. Movies show you the pink house. A good book tells you there's a pink house and lets you paint some of the finishing touches, maybe choose the roof style,park your own car out front. My imagination has always topped anything a movie could come up with. Case in point, those darned Harry Potter movies. That was so not what that part-Veela-chick, Fleur Delacour, looked like.”
    ― Karen Marie Moning, Darkfever
    tags: books, humor, reading
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    Fernando Pessoa
    “Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life.”
    ― Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet
    tags: literature, reading, solitude
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    Margaret Atwood
    “A word after a word after a word is power.”
    ― Margaret Atwood
    tags: reading, writing
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    Oscar Wilde
    “I am too fond of reading books to care to write them.”
    ― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
    tags: reading
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    Mae West
    “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
    ― Mae West
    tags: humor, life
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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “All that is gold does not glitter,
    Not all those who wander are lost;
    The old that is strong does not wither,
    Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

    From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
    A light from the shadows shall spring;
    Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
    The crownless again shall be king.”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
    tags: frost, glitter, gold, lost, poetry, roots, strength, strong, wander, wither
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    C.S. Lewis
    “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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    Sarah J. Maas
    “Can I be honest with you?" Chaol leaned closer, and Celaena leaned to meet him as he whispered: "You sound like a raving lunatic.”
    ― Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass
    tags: throne-of-glass
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    Patricia Briggs
    “Some people are like Slinkies. They aren't really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to my face when I push them down a flight of stairs.”
    ― Patricia Briggs, Iron Kissed
    tags: simile
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    Patricia Briggs
    “MS. THOMPSON, it said in heavy block letters, PLEASE KEEP YOUR FELINE OFF MY PROPERTY. IF I SEE IT AGAIN, I WILL EAT IT.”
    ― Patricia Briggs, Moon Called
    tags: grave-offenses, humor
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  • #24
    “People are cruel, and they will do anything.”
    ― Sylvia Brownrigg, Pages for You
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    S.A. Chakraborty
    “In what world do men and women pay the same price for passion?”
    ― S.A. Chakraborty, The City of Brass
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    C.S. Lewis
    “Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.”
    ― C.S. Lewis
    tags: age, fairytales, growing-up
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    Patricia Briggs
    “It's only fair to warn you that you sealed your fate tonight. When you knew you were in trouble, you came to me. That makes twice, Mercy, and twice is almost as good as a declaration. You are mine now.... Ben says you might run. If you do, I will find you and bring you back. Every time you run, Mercy. I won't force you, but. .. No more excuses, Mercy. You are mine, and I am keeping you.”
    ― Patricia Briggs, Iron Kissed
    tags: adam-hauptman, mercedes-thompson
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    Patricia Briggs
    “Argued with your back-fence neighbor,” Adam said, his voice very gentle.
    “And watched him when he wasn't looking,” I agreed. “Because every once in a while, especially after a full moon hunt, he'd forget that I could see in the dark, and he'd run around naked in the backyard.”
    He laughed silently. “I never forgot you could see in the dark,” he admitted.”
    ― Patricia Briggs, River Marked
    tags: adam-hauptman, funny, humor, naked, neighbors
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  • #29
    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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  • #30
    Neil deGrasse Tyson
    “We are stardust brought to life, then empowered by the universe to figure itself out—and we have only just begun.”
    ― Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
    tags: astronomy, astrophysics, science
    312 likes



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