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    Benjamin Franklin Wade
    “Go to heaven for the climate and hell for the company.”
    ― Benjamin Franklin Wade
    tags: humor, misattributed-mark-twain, philosophy, theology
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    George R.R. Martin
    “Lord Tywin Lannister did not, in the end, shit gold.”
    ― George R R Martin
    tags: a-storm-of-swords, asoiaf, grrm
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    George R.R. Martin
    “If ice can burn," said Jojen in his solemn voice, "then love and hate can mate. Mountain or marsh, it makes no matter. The land is one.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords
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    Albert Camus
    “One must imagine Sisyphus happy.”
    ― Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
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    A.A. Milne
    “Always watch where you are going. Otherwise, you may step on a piece of the Forest that was left out by mistake.”
    ― A.A. Milne
    tags: humor
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    A.A. Milne
    “You can't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.”
    ― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh
    tags: friendship, inspirational, pooh, winnie
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    George R.R. Martin
    “Every man must die, Jon Snow. But first he must live.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords
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    A.A. Milne
    “Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering.”
    ― A.A. Milne
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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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    Rainbow Rowell
    “You have to pretend you get an endgame. You have to carry on like you will; otherwise, you can't carry on at all.”
    ― Rainbow Rowell, Carry On
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    Rainbow Rowell
    “I am going to die kissing Simon Snow. Aleister Crowley, I'm living a charmed life.”
    ― Rainbow Rowell, Carry On
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    Rainbow Rowell
    “You were the sun, and I was crashing into you.”
    ― Rainbow Rowell, Carry On
    tags: baz, carry-on, love
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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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    George R.R. Martin
    “Old stories are like old friends, she used to say. You have to visit them from time to time.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords
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    George R.R. Martin
    “What do we say to the Lord of Death?'

    'Not today.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: defiance, fear-of-death
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    Jean-Paul Sartre
    “Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.
    It is up to you to give [life] a meaning.”
    ― Jean-Paul Sartre
    tags: freedom, life, personal-responsibility
    1914 likes

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  • #17
    Socrates
    “By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.”
    ― Socrates
    tags: marriage
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    George R.R. Martin
    “It all goes back and back," Tyrion thought, "to our mothers and fathers and theirs before them. We are puppets dancing on the strings of those who came before us, and one day our own children will take up our strings and dance in our steads.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords
    tags: a-storm-of-swords, asoiaf, fantasy, grrm
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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
    “You know nothing, Jon Snow.”
    ― George R.R. Martin
    tags: a-song-of-ice-and-fire, jon-snow, storm-of-swords
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    Albert Camus
    “In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.

    And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back.”
    ― Albert Camus
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    Albert Camus
    “You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.”
    ― Albert Camus
    tags: attributed-no-source, happiness, meaning-of-life
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    Albert Camus
    “Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
    Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
    Walk beside me… just be my friend”
    ― Albert Camus
    tags: attributed-no-source, friends, friendship, misattributed-albert-camus
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    Albert Camus
    “In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.”
    ― Albert Camus
    tags: seasons, strength, trial, triumph
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    Friedrich Nietzsche
    “Without music, life would be a mistake.”
    ― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols
    tags: inspirational, music, philosophy
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    Friedrich Nietzsche
    “It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”
    ― Friedrich Nietzsche
    tags: friendship, lack-of-friendship, lack-of-love, love, marriage, unhappy-marriage
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    Friedrich Nietzsche
    “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”
    ― Friedrich Nietzsche
    tags: paraphrased, strength
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    Friedrich Nietzsche
    “I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time.”
    ― Friedrich Nietzsche
    tags: agama, agnosticism, prayer, religion
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  • #29
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    “Two great European narcotics, alcohol and Christianity.”
    ― Friedrich Nietzsche
    tags: drinking, religion
    288 likes

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  • #30
    Frank Zappa
    “So many books, so little time.”
    ― Frank Zappa
    tags: books, humor
    151417 likes



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