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#1

“Better a cruel truth than a comfortable delusion.”
― Edward Abbey

tags: truth

2879 likes

#2

“All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.”
― Sir Walter Scott

tags: education, homeschool

1214 likes

#3

“Don't compromise yourself - you're all you have.”
― John Grisham, The Rainmaker

tags: be-yourself, courtroom-drama, crime

3192 likes

#4

“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.”
― Alice Walker

tags: inspirational

3685 likes

#5

“Art is not a mirror held up to reality
but a hammer with which to shape it.”
― Bertolt Brecht

1879 likes

#6

“If you ever find yourself in the wrong story, leave.”
― Mo Willems, Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs

tags: fairy-tales, humor, humorous, philosophy, psychology

4136 likes

#7

“Finally, she mused that human existence is as brief as the life of autumn grass, so what was there to fear from taking chances with your life?”
― Mo Yan, Red Sorghum

tags: existence

1392 likes

#8

“Chance is the first step you take, luck is what comes afterward.”
― Amy Tan, The Kitchen God's Wife

1750 likes

#9

“There are no easy answers, there's only living through the questions.”
― Elizabeth George, Missing Joseph

tags: life-questions

1606 likes

#10

“Fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant filled with odd little waiters who bring you things you never asked for and don't always like.”
― Lemony Snicket

tags: fate, humor, simile

13155 likes

#11

“Ah, what happiness it is to be with people who are all happy, to press hands, press cheeks, smile into eyes.”
― Katherine Mansfield

tags: eyes, happiness, happy-people, holding-hands, love, short-story, smiling

970 likes

#12

“Clocks will go as they are set, but man, irregular man, is never constant, never certain.”
― Thomas Otway

1124 likes

#13

“Never be afraid to sit awhile and think.”
― Lorraine Hansberry

2208 likes

#14

“Sometimes the right thing feels all wrong until it is over and done with.”
― Alice Hoffman, Practical Magic

tags: life

2061 likes

#15

“It is easy to love people in memory; the hard thing is to love them when they are there in front of you.”
― John Updike, My Father's Tears and Other Stories

3017 likes

#16

“Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life.”
― Jean Paul

1413 likes

#17

“Basically, I have two speeds.... Hostile or smart-aleck. Your choice.”
― James Patterson, Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports

tags: humor

4495 likes

#18

“One can't fight with oneself, for this battle has only one loser.”
― Mario Vargas Llosa, Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter

tags: romance

1388 likes

#19

“In all the land there is only one you, possibly two, but seldom more than sixteen.”
― Amy Sedaris, I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence

619 likes

#20

“Even when you have doubts, take that step. Take chances. Mistakes are never a failure—they can be turned into wisdom.”
― Cat Cora

2071 likes

#21

“I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way.”
― Carl Sandburg

tags: progress

2235 likes

#22

“The first mistake of art is to assume that it's serious.”
― Lester Bangs

1324 likes

#23

“It was war, and in war the truth was almost always the first casualty.”
― Vince Flynn, Executive Power

1332 likes

#24

“If your feet are firmly planted on the ground you'll never be able to dance.”
― Iris Johansen, Countdown

1264 likes

#25

“We are told that people stay in love because of chemistry, or because they remain intrigued with each other, because of many kindnesses, because of luck. But part of it has got to be forgiveness and gratefulness. ”
― Ellen Goodman

tags: forgiveness, gratefulness, love

1810 likes

#26

“Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.”
― Corrie Ten Boom

tags: forgiveness, hiding-place

2042 likes

#27

“The purpose of a good education is to show you that there are three sides to a two-sided story.”
― Stanley Fish

2023 likes

#28

“Human nature. I don’t like human nature, but I do like human beings.”
― Ellen Glasgow, In This Our Life

810 likes

#29

“Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.”
― Novalis

tags: healing, poetry

1638 likes

#30

“Every single pleasure I can imagine or have experienced is more delightful, more of a pleasure, if you take it in small sips, if you take your time. Reading is not an exception.”
― Amos Oz

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