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    George R.R. Martin
    “... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: books, mind
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    George R.R. Martin
    “Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: identity
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    George R.R. Martin
    “The things we love destroy us every time, lad. Remember that.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: love, mormont
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    George R.R. Martin
    “What is honor compared to a woman's love? What is duty against the feel of a newborn son in your arms . . . or the memory of a brother's smile? Wind and words. Wind and words. We are only human, and the gods have fashioned us for love. That is our great glory, and our great tragedy.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
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    George R.R. Martin
    “Every flight begins with a fall.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
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    George R.R. Martin
    “Laughter is poison to fear.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: a-game-of-thrones, catelyn-stark, fear, george-r-r-martin, happiness, laughter, poison, wise
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    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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    George R.R. Martin
    “Bran thought about it. 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?'
    'That is the only time a man can be brave,' his father told him.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: bravery, courage, fear
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    George R.R. Martin
    “Fear cuts deeper than swords.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: bravery, fear
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    George R.R. Martin
    “Sleep is good, he said, and books are better.”
    ― George R. R. Martin
    tags: books, reading
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    J.K. Rowling
    “To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
    tags: death, dumbledore, harry, inspirational, philosophers-stone, ron, sorcerers-stone
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    Mitch Albom
    “Death ends a life, not a relationship.”
    ― Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
    tags: death, life
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    J.K. Rowling
    “Death's got an Invisibility Cloak?" Harry interrupted again.
    "So he can sneak up on people," said Ron. "Sometimes he gets bored of running at them, flapping his arms and shrieking...”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
    tags: death, humor, sarcasm
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    Oscar Wilde
    “A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: belief, death, ideals, martyr, truth
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    Chuck Palahniuk
    “A girl calls and asks, "Does it hurt very much to die?"
    "Well, sweetheart," I tell her, "yes, but it hurts a lot more to keep living.”
    ― Chuck Palahniuk, Survivor
    tags: death, living
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    Ayn Rand
    “I could die for you. But I couldn't, and wouldn't, live for you.”
    ― Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead
    tags: death, die, fountainhead, life, live, mortality
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    Terry Pratchett
    “DON'T THINK OF IT AS DYING, said Death. JUST THINK OF IT AS LEAVING EARLY TO AVOID THE RUSH.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
    tags: death, humor
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    Antonio Porchia
    “One lives in the hope of becoming a memory.”
    ― Antonio Porchia
    tags: death, hope, immortality, life, memory, remembrance
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    Isaac Asimov
    “Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.”
    ― Isaac Asimov
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    Jonathan Safran Foer
    “You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.”
    ― Jonathan Safran Foer
    tags: happiness, sadness
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    Haruki Murakami
    “Why do people have to be this lonely? What's the point of it all? Millions of people in this world, all of them yearning, looking to others to satisfy them, yet isolating themselves. Why? Was the earth put here just to nourish human loneliness?”
    ― Haruki Murakami, Sputnik Sweetheart
    tags: isolation, loneliness, sadness
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    Haruki Murakami
    “Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”
    ― haruki murakami, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
    tags: inspirational, running
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    Haruki Murakami
    “Don't feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.”
    ― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood
    tags: nagasawa
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    Haruki Murakami
    “Taking crazy things seriously is a serious waste of time.”
    ― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
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    Haruki Murakami
    “What happens when people open their hearts?"
    "They get better.”
    ― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood
    tags: healing, vulnerability
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    Haruki Murakami
    “I can bear any pain as long as it has meaning.”
    ― Haruki Murakami, 1Q84
    tags: pain
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    Haruki Murakami
    “That's what the world is , after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.”
    ― Haruki Murakami, 1Q84
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    Haruki Murakami
    “What do you think? I'm not a starfish or a pepper tree. I'm a living, breathing human being. Of course I've been in love.”
    ― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
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    Haruki Murakami
    “No truth can cure the sorrow we feel from losing a loved one. No truth, no sincerity, no strength, no kindness can cure that sorrow. All we can do is see it through to the end and learn something from it, but what we learn will be no help in facing the next sorrow that comes to us without warning.”
    ― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood
    tags: death, sorrow
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    Haruki Murakami
    “Spend your money on the things money can buy. Spend your time on the things money can’t buy.”
    ― Haruki Murakami, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
    1123 likes



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