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“Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.”
― Robert Heinlein, Time Enough for Love

“Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“All grown-ups were once children... but only few of them remember it.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

“A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?”
― Albert Einstein

“Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances. ”
― Maya Angelou

“I am terrified of being bored.”
― Marie Antoinette

“The library is inhabited by spirits that come out of the pages at night.”
― Isabel Allende

“Smart people learn from their mistakes. But the real sharp ones learn from the mistakes of others.”
― Brandon Mull, Fablehaven

“Words in the air blow away as soon as you say them, but words on paper last forever”
― Vince Vawter, Paperboy

“Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts”
― Vince Vawter

“Maybe there is a beast… maybe it's only us.”
― William Golding, Lord of the Flies

“You okay?” he asked.
“Doing great,” I said. Guess I was a liar after all.”
― Michelle Falkoff, Playlist for the Dead

“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
― Oscar Wilde

“My only regrets are the moments when i doubted myself and took the safe route. Life is too short to waste time being unhappy.”
― Dan Howell

“Don't trust people who tell you other people's secrets.”
― Dan Howell

“A single person is missing for you, and the whole world is empty.”
― Philippe Ariès

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

“Can you remember who you were, before the world told you who you should be?”
― Danielle LaPorte

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.”
― William W. Purkey

“There will always be more questions. Every answer leads to more questions. The only way to survive is to let some of them go.”
― David Levithan, Every Day

“That's what the voices in your head are for, to get you through the silent parts.”
― David Levithan, Will Grayson, Will Grayson

“I am looking for friends. What does that mean -- tame?"

"It is an act too often neglected," said the fox. "It means to establish ties."

"To establish ties?"

"Just that," said the fox. "To me, you are still nothing more than a little boy who is just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And I have no need of you. And you, on your part, have no need of me. To you I am nothing more than a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world....”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

“I am very interested and fascinated how everyone loves each other, but no one really likes each other.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“There is more to life than being a passenger.”
― Amelia Earhart