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    Mark Twain
    “The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: aliteracy, attributed-no-source, literacy
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    Cassandra Clare
    “Have you fallen in love with the wrong person yet?'
    Jace said, "Unfortunately, Lady of the Haven, my one true love remains myself."
    ..."At least," she said, "you don't have to worry about rejection, Jace Wayland."
    "Not necessarily. I turn myself down occasionally, just to keep it interesting.”
    ― Cassandra Clare, City of Bones
    tags: city-of-bones, jace
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    Virginia Woolf
    “I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.”
    ― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own
    tags: women
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    J.K. Rowling
    “Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
    tags: dumbledore
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    Douglas Adams
    “The story so far:
    In the beginning the Universe was created.
    This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”
    ― Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
    tags: humor, scifi
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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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    J.K. Rowling
    “Is 'fat' really the worst thing a human being can be? Is 'fat' worse than 'vindictive', 'jealous', 'shallow', 'vain', 'boring' or 'cruel'? Not to me.”
    ― J.K. Rowling
    tags: inspirational
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    Cheris Kramarae
    “Feminism is the radical notion that women are human beings.”
    ― Cheris Kramarae
    tags: feminism, women
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    Simone de Beauvoir
    “One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.”
    ― Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex
    tags: feminism, philosophy
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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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    Mahatma Gandhi
    “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
    ― Mahatma Gandhi
    tags: action, change, inspirational, misattributed-to-gandhi, philosophy, wish
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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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    Mark Twain
    “What would men be without women? Scarce, sir...mighty scarce.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: humor, men, women
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    Khaled Hosseini
    “Like a compass needle that points north, a man's accusing finger always finds a woman. Always.”
    ― Khaled Hosseini
    tags: man, men, woman, women
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    Mary Wollstonecraft
    “My own sex, I hope, will excuse me, if I treat them like rational creatures, instead of flattering their fascinating graces, and viewing them as if they were in a state of perpetual childhood, unable to stand alone.”
    ― Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
    tags: clichés, double-standards, empowerment, equality, feminism, flattery, gender, hypocrisy, independence, men, misogyny, rationality, reason, self-determination, self-sufficiency, social-norms, stereotypes, strength, women, women-s-rights
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    Plato
    “If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.”
    ― Plato, The Republic
    tags: abilities, empowerment, equality, gender, instruction, jobs, men, skills, women, work
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    Richelle Mead
    “Good God. Men everywhere.”
    ― Richelle Mead, Frostbite
    tags: frostbite, men, rose
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    Marguerite Duras
    “You have to be very fond of men. Very, very fond. You have to be very fond of them to love them. Otherwise they're simply unbearable.”
    ― Marguerite Duras, Practicalities
    tags: love, men
    335 likes



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