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#1

“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

tags: charles-bayard-mitchell

101649 likes

#2

“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

tags: aliteracy, books, classic, humor

51670 likes

#3

“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

tags: friendship, love

23121 likes

#4

“I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

tags: mischief

37361 likes

#5

“Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and, above all those who live without love.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

tags: live-death-love

19561 likes

#6

“Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.”
― Anne Frank

tags: anne, beauty, frank, happy

7685 likes

#7

“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.”
― Albert Camus

tags: seasons, strength, trial, triumph

11244 likes

#8

“In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.”
― Jane Austen, Pride And Prejudice

tags: love, mr-darcy

12397 likes

#9

“He's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.”
― Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights

tags: love

13203 likes

#10

“I love mankind ... it's people I can't stand!!”
― Charles M. Schulz

tags: humor, mankind, people

18555 likes

#11

“Wil Wheaton Says: Don't be a dick.”
― Wil Wheaton

462 likes

#12

“Some people have more guts than brains.”
― John Grisham, The Rainmaker

tags: courage

270 likes

#13

“So long, and thanks for all the fish.”
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

1108 likes

#14

“It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.”
― Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything

930 likes

#15

“The story so far:
In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”
― Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

tags: humor, scifi

23474 likes

#16

“The Guide says there is an art to flying", said Ford, "or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
― Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything

tags: flight, flying, hg2g, humor

4987 likes

#17

“Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?”
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

tags: atheism, religion, skeptic

3600 likes

#18

“I am not the we of anyone”
― J.M. Coetzee, Slow Man

56 likes

#19

“See, the poor dream all their lives of getting enough to eat and looking like the rich. And what do the rich dream of?? Losing weight and looking like the poor.”
― Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger

tags: life

263 likes

#20

“I was looking for the key for years
But the door was always open”
― Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger

284 likes

#21

“It's amazing. The moment you show cash, everyone knows your language.”
― Aravind Adiga , The White Tiger

tags: money, people

150 likes

#22

“Neither you nor I speak English, but there are some things that can be said only in English.”
― Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger

tags: colonization, communication, english, language

57 likes

#23

“It is an ancient and venerated custom of people in my country to start a story by praying to a Higher Power.
"I guess, Your Excellency, that I too should start off by kissing some god's arse.
"Which god's arse, though? There are so many choices.
"See, the Muslims have one god.
"The Christians have three gods.
"And we Hindus have 36,000,004 divine arses to choose from.”
― Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger

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#24

“A murderer was a worthy companion.”
― Philip Pullman

tags: the-subtle-knife

7 likes

#25

“A good friend will always stab you in the front.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: friends-betrayal

10322 likes

#26

“Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

tags: cynic

5422 likes

#27

“Live! Live the wonderful life that is in you! Let nothing be lost upon you. Be always searching for new sensations. Be afraid of nothing.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

2240 likes

#28

“The basis of optimism is sheer terror.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

tags: optimism

1196 likes

#29

“What of Art?
-It is a malady.
--Love?
-An Illusion.
--Religion?
-The fashionable substitute for Belief.
--You are a sceptic.
-Never! Scepticism is the beginning of Faith.
--What are you?
-To define is to limit.”
― Oscar Wilde , The Picture of Dorian Gray

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#30

“When a woman marries again, it is because she detested her first husband. When a man marries again, it is because he adored his first wife. Women try their luck; men risk theirs.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

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