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    Oscar Wilde
    “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
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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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    Robert Frost
    “In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
    ― Robert Frost
    tags: 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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    It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our
    “It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
    tags: abilities
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    Madeleine L'Engle
    “You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
    ― Madeleine L'Engle
    tags: books, children, difficult, grown-ups, write, writers, writing
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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “Not all those who wander are lost.”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
    tags: bilbo, journey, lost, quest, travel, wander
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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
    "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
    tags: adventuring, death, time
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    Suzanne Collins
    “I wish I could freeze this moment, right here, right now and live in it forever.”
    ― Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire
    tags: peeta
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    C.S. Lewis
    “If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.”
    ― C.S. Lewis
    tags: god, world
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    C.S. Lewis
    “The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.”
    ― C.S. Lewis
    tags: christianity, god, religion
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    Neil Gaiman
    “May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful, and don't forget to make some art -- write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself.”
    ― Neil Gaiman
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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
    tags: encouragement, gandalf
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    Nicholas Sparks
    “Nothing that’s worthwhile is ever easy. Remember that.”
    ― Nicholas Sparks, Message in a Bottle
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    Stephenie Meyer
    “I like the night. Without the dark, we'd never see the stars.”
    ― Stephenie Meyer, Twilight
    tags: bella-swan, dreams, edward, hope, night, stars
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    Terry Pratchett
    “Imagination, not intelligence, made us human.”
    ― Terry Pratchett
    tags: humor, inspirational
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    Eoin Colfer
    “If I win, I'm a prodigy. If I lose, then I'm crazy. That's the way history is written.”
    ― Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl
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    Eoin Colfer
    “I never tell anyone exactly how clever I am. They would be too scared.”
    ― Eoin Colfer, The Eternity Code
    tags: mysterious
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    Eoin Colfer
    “Being in command means making tough decisions. Not being in command means shutting up and doing what you're told.
    --Artemis Fowl”
    ― Eoin Colfer, The Artemis Fowl Files
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    Eoin Colfer
    “We're being lead by an idiot with a crayon.”
    ― Eoin Colfer, The Arctic Incident
    tags: humor
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  • #21
    Eoin Colfer
    “Hit that back-stabber where it hurts, right in the ambition.”
    ― Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl
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    Eoin Colfer
    “Look!" said Foaly, pointing with some urgency into the vast steel-gray gloom, "Someone who cares!”
    ― Eoin Colfer, The Atlantis Complex
    tags: artemis-fowl, foaly, humor, humour
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  • #23
    Eoin Colfer
    “Really, I'm trying to care, Artemis, really. But I thought it was all supposed to be over when the fat lady sings. Well, she's singing, but it doesn't appear to be over”
    ― Eoin Colfer
    tags: artemis, colfer, colony, demons, eoin, fowl, humor, lost
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  • #24
    Eoin Colfer
    “Stay back, human. You don't know what you're dealing with.”
    ― Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl
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  • #25
    Eoin Colfer
    “Knock yourself out... Or rather, don't.”
    ― Eion Colfer, Artemis Fowl
    tags: funny, humour
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  • #26
    Eoin Colfer
    “I don't suppose you would consider peaceful surrender?”
    ― Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl
    tags: funny, humour
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    Terry Pratchett
    “It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent
    tags: death, humor, life
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    Terry Pratchett
    “Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.”
    ― Terry Pratchett
    tags: fantasy, humor, imagination, literature, stories
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    Terry Pratchett
    “Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky
    tags: adventure, change, discworld, growth, travel
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    Terry Pratchett
    “In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.”
    ― Terry Pratchett
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