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  • #1
    Edward Abbey
    “Better a cruel truth than a comfortable delusion.”
    Edward Abbey

  • #2
    Walter  Scott
    “All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.”
    Sir Walter Scott

  • #3
    John Grisham
    “Don't compromise yourself - you're all you have.”
    John Grisham, The Rainmaker

  • #4
    The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have
    “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.”
    Alice Walker

  • #5
    Bertolt Brecht
    “Art is not a mirror held up to reality
    but a hammer with which to shape it.”
    Bertolt Brecht

  • #6
    Mo Willems
    “If you ever find yourself in the wrong story, leave.”
    Mo Willems, Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs

  • #7
    Mo Yan
    “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

  • #8
    Amy Tan
    “Chance is the first step you take, luck is what comes afterward.”
    Amy Tan, The Kitchen God's Wife

  • #9
    Elizabeth  George
    “There are no easy answers, there's only living through the questions.”
    Elizabeth George, Missing Joseph

  • #10
    Lemony Snicket
    “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

  • #11
    Katherine Mansfield
    “Ah, what happiness it is to be with people who are all happy, to press hands, press cheeks, smile into eyes.”
    Katherine Mansfield

  • #12
    Thomas Otway
    “Clocks will go as they are set, but man, irregular man, is never constant, never certain.”
    Thomas Otway

  • #13
    Lorraine Hansberry
    “Never be afraid to sit awhile and think.”
    Lorraine Hansberry

  • #14
    Alice Hoffman
    “Sometimes the right thing feels all wrong until it is over and done with.”
    Alice Hoffman, Practical Magic

  • #15
    John Updike
    “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

  • #16
    Jean Paul Friedrich Richter
    “Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life.”
    Jean Paul

  • #17
    James  Patterson
    “Basically, I have two speeds.... Hostile or smart-aleck. Your choice.”
    James Patterson, Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports

  • #18
    Mario Vargas Llosa
    “One can't fight with oneself, for this battle has only one loser.”
    Mario Vargas Llosa, Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter

  • #19
    Amy Sedaris
    “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

  • #20
    Cat Cora
    “Even when you have doubts, take that step. Take chances. Mistakes are never a failure—they can be turned into wisdom.”
    Cat Cora

  • #21
    Carl Sandburg
    “I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way.”
    Carl Sandburg

  • #22
    Lester Bangs
    “The first mistake of art is to assume that it's serious.”
    Lester Bangs

  • #23
    Vince Flynn
    “It was war, and in war the truth was almost always the first casualty.”
    Vince Flynn, Executive Power

  • #24
    Iris Johansen
    “If your feet are firmly planted on the ground you'll never be able to dance.”
    Iris Johansen, Countdown

  • #25
    Ellen Goodman
    “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

  • #26
    Corrie ten Boom
    “Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.”
    Corrie Ten Boom

  • #27
    Stanley Fish
    “The purpose of a good education is to show you that there are three sides to a two-sided story.”
    Stanley Fish

  • #28
    Ellen Glasgow
    “Human nature. I don’t like human nature, but I do like human beings.”
    Ellen Glasgow, In This Our Life

  • #29
    Novalis
    “Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.”
    Novalis

  • #30
    Amos Oz
    “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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