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    Ernest Hemingway
    “There is no friend as loyal as a book.”
    ― Ernest Hemingway
    tags: books, friends, novelist-quotes
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    Terry Pratchett
    “The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Diggers
    tags: humor, open-mind, thinking
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    William Blake
    “A truth that's told with bad intent
    Beats all the lies you can invent.”
    ― William Blake, Auguries of Innocence
    tags: lies, logic, philosophy, religion, truth
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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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    Terry Pratchett
    “Time is a drug. Too much of it kills you.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Small Gods
    tags: humor, science
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    Terry Pratchett
    “I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.”
    ― Terry Pratchett
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    Terry Pratchett
    “Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Hogfather
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    Maya Angelou
    “The problem I have with haters is that they see my glory, but they don't know my story...”
    ― Maya Angelou
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    The last time somebody pointed out that cowboys ride horses, not tricycles, I shot him.
    “The last time somebody pointed out that cowboys ride horses, not tricycles, I shot him. Of course, I waited until another gunslinger gunned him down, but nevertheless, I still shot him.”
    ― Jarod Kintz, Who Moved My Choose?: An Amazing Way to Deal With Change by Deciding to Let Indecision Into Your Life
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    Khaled Hosseini
    “But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.”
    ― Khaled Hosseini
    tags: life
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    Ambrose Bierce
    “The covers of this book are too far apart.”
    ― Ambrose Bierce
    tags: attributed-no-source, books, criticism, humor, wit
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    Ambrose Bierce
    “Love, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage.”
    ― Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
    tags: insanity, love, marriage
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    Ambrose Bierce
    “Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.”
    ― Ambrose Bierce
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    Alexandre Dumas fils
    “The difference between genius and stupidity is: genius has its limits.”
    ― Alexandre Dumas-fils
    tags: misattributed-to-einstein
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    Kristen Ashley
    “And into the darkness, to his sleeping woman, he whispered, “You don’t know this, baby, but some men have dream women too.”
    ― Kristen Ashley, Motorcycle Man
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    Mark Twain
    “Often it does seem such a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat.”
    ― Mark Twain, Christian Science
    tags: humor, wit
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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
    “If you have enough book space, I don't want to talk to you.”
    ― Terry Pratchett
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    Terry Pratchett
    “Just erotic. Nothing kinky. It's the difference between using a feather and using a chicken.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Eric
    tags: erotic, kinky, suggestive
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    Stephen King
    “If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
    ― Stephen King
    tags: reading, writing
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    Annie Proulx
    “You know, one of the tragedies of real life is that there is no background music.”
    ― Annie Proulx
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    Neil Gaiman
    “Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
    ― Neil Gaiman, Coraline
    tags: books, dragons, fairy-tales, inspirational, paraphrasing-g-k-chesterton
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    Ambrose Bierce
    “Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.”
    ― Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
    tags: definitions, humor, quotations, quotes, satire
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    Ambrose Bierce
    “Sweater, n. Garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.”
    ― Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
    tags: child, children, clothes, clothing, definition, humor, mothering, mothers, sweaters
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    Ambrose Bierce
    “Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.”
    ― Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
    tags: definition, humor
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    Ambrose Bierce
    “Patience, n. A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue”
    ― Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
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    Ambrose Bierce
    “Egotist, n. A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me.”
    ― Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
    tags: egotism, humor, sarcasm, taste
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    Ambrose Bierce
    “All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusion is called a philosopher.”
    ― Ambrose Bierce, The Collected Writings Of Ambrose Bierce
    tags: delusion, humor, lunatics, philosopher
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    Umberto Eco
    “We live for books.”
    ― Umberto Eco
    tags: bibliophiles, book-lovers, books, reading
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  • #30
    We read to know we're not alone.
    “We read to know we're not alone.”
    ― William Nicholson, Shadowlands: A Play
    tags: misattributed-to-c-s-lewis, reading
    26979 likes



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