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    Pablo Picasso
    “The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.”
    ― Pablo Picasso
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    David Sedaris
    “If you're looking for sympathy you'll find it between shit and syphilis in the dictionary.”
    ― David Sedaris, Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays
    tags: sympathy
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    David Sedaris
    “The trouble with aggressive nonsmokers is that they feel they are doing you a favor by not allowing you to smoke. They seem to think that one day you'll look back and thank them for those precious fifteen seconds they just added to your life. What they don't understand is that those are just fifteen more seconds you can spend hating their guts and plotting revenge.”
    ― David Sedaris, Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays
    tags: funny, humor, joke, vindictive
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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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    Ishmael Beah
    “I joined the army to avenge the deaths of my family and to survive, but I've come to learn that if I am going to take revenge, in that process I will kill another person whose family will want revenge; then revenge and revenge and revenge will never come to an end...”
    ― Ishmael Beah, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
    tags: insightful, inspirational, revenge, touching
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    David Sedaris
    “The combination of ammonia and chloride can be lethal but I've discovered it can work miracles as long as you keep telling yourself, "I want to love, I want to live...”
    ― David Sedaris, Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays
    tags: cleaning, funny, humor, joke
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    David Sedaris
    “A zoo is a good place to make a spectacle of yourself, as the people around you have creepier, more photogenic things to look at.”
    ― David Sedaris, When You Are Engulfed in Flames
    tags: anger, humor
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    “Abandoned babies are unfortunate unwanted results of a once urgent desire to have an orgasm”
    ― David Cross, I Drink for a Reason
    tags: babies, funny, funny-but-sad, humor
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    Sarah Vowell
    “History is one war after another with a bunch of murders and natural disasters in between.”
    ― Sarah Vowell, Assassination Vacation
    tags: history
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    Sarah Vowell
    “Robert Todd Lincoln, a.k.a. Jinxy McDeath.”
    ― Sarah Vowell, Assassination Vacation
    tags: history, humor
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    Sarah Vowell
    “I like that the Mall serves as our national Tuppaware, reliable and empty, waiting to be filled with potluck whatever.”
    ― Sarah Vowell, Assassination Vacation
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    Audrey Niffenegger
    “It’s dark now and I am very tired. I love you, always. Time is nothing.”
    ― Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife
    tags: love, time
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    Audrey Niffenegger
    “Long ago, men went to sea, and women waited for them, standing on the edge of the water, scanning the horizon for the tiny ship. Now I wait for Henry. He vanishes unwillingly, without warning. I wait for him. Each moment that I wait feels like a year, an eternity. Each moment is as slow and transparent as glass. Through each moment I can see infinite moments lined up, waiting. Why has he gone where I cannot follow?”
    ― Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife
    tags: lose, lost-love, moment
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    Audrey Niffenegger
    “I hate to be where she is not, when she is not. And yet, I am always going. - Henry deTamble”
    ― Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife
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    Audrey Niffenegger
    “He is coming, and I am here.”
    ― Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife
    tags: closing-line
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    George R.R. Martin
    “If I took it away, no doubt I'd find a morningstar hidden under your pillow within a fortnight. Try not to stab your sister, whatever the provocation.”
    ― George R. R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: sister
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    Cormac McCarthy
    “You have my whole heart. You always did. You're the best guy. You always were.”
    ― Cormac McCarthy, The Road
    tags: father, love, son
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    Laurie Halse Anderson
    “You have to know what you stand for, not just what you stand against.”
    ― Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak
    tags: defend
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    Voltaire
    “Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.”
    ― Voltaire
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    Stieg Larsson
    “...you have no idea how mentally handicapped I could be if push comes to shove.”
    ― Stieg Larsson, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
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    Stieg Larsson
    “There were not so many physical threats that could not be countered with a decent hammer.”
    ― Stieg Larsson, The Girl Who Played with Fire
    tags: lisbeth-salander
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    Stieg Larsson
    “Salander was the woman who hated men who hate women.”
    ― Stieg Larsson, The Girl Who Played with Fire
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    Stieg Larsson
    “You know what? I think you ought to recruit her for the Section.”
    ― Stieg Larsson, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
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    Cary Caffrey
    “There was no such thing as a fair fight. All vulnerabilities must be exploited.”
    ― Cary Caffrey
    tags: fighting, survival, survival-of-the-fittest
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    Horace Mann
    “A house without books is like a room without windows.”
    ― Horace Mann
    tags: books, house, simile, windows
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    Horace Mann
    “Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.”
    ― Horace Mann
    tags: accomplishment, achievement, death, humanity, victory
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    Horace Mann
    “It is well to think well: it is divine to act well.”
    ― Horace Mann
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    Orson Scott Card
    “Human beings may be miserable specimens, in the main, but we can learn, and, through learning, become decent people.”
    ― Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game
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    Orson Scott Card
    “The essence of training is to allow error without consequence.”
    ― Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game
    tags: learning, practicing, training
    72 likes

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    Orson Scott Card
    “Sometimes lies were more dependable than the truth.”
    ― Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game
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