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    Oscar Wilde
    “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: attributed-no-source, be-yourself, gilbert-perreira, honesty, inspirational, misattributed-oscar-wilde, quote-investigator
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    Lynda Williams
    “Sustainability before ambition. Okal Rel.”
    ― Lynda Williams
    tags: ethics, science-fiction
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    Lynda Williams
    “May the gods ignore you.”
    ― Lynda Williams
    tags: science-fiction
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    Lynda Williams
    “Nothing in life is fair except a witnessed duel.”
    ― Lynda Williams
    tags: fencing, science-fiction
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    Lynda Williams
    “Blood makes lousy detergent.”
    ― Lynda Williams
    tags: ethics, science-fiction
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    Jen Knox
    “Only by examining our personal biases can we grow as artists; only by cultivating empathy can we grow as people.”
    ― Jen Knox, Chaos Magic
    tags: art, artist, empathy, life, philosophy, truth, writing
    57 likes

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    Neil Shubin
    “We were not designed rationally, but are products of a convoluted history.”
    ― Neil Shubin, Your Inner Fish: a Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
    tags: evolution
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    Mahatma Gandhi
    “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
    ― Mahatma Gandhi
    tags: action, change, inspirational, misattributed-to-gandhi, philosophy, wish
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    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    “A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
    ― Marcus Tullius Cicero
    tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul
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    Maya Angelou
    “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
    ― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
    tags: 1970, inspirational, stories, writing
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  • #11
    It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our
    “It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
    tags: abilities
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  • #12
    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
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    Lynda Williams
    “If 9 out of 10 grandmothers selected from 10 respective cultures can agree it is evil, then it's evil. Cut it out.”
    ― Lynda Williams
    tags: good-and-evil
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    Lynda Williams
    “Humor relieves the tension between what we see or desire but repress in order to sustain a survivable illusion about the world we live in. As such it's always potent stuff, and dangerous.”
    ― Lynda Williams
    tags: human-nature, humor
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    Lynda Williams
    “The happiness of a family is such a complex matter. Like a table laid out with a tea service, it looks so ordinary until it's threatened. Then it becomes infinitely precious.”
    ― Lynda Williams, Holy war
    tags: family-life, happiness
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  • #16
    “I'm not courting death; I've far too many books left to read.”
    ― Alison Sinclair, Shadowborn
    tags: books, death, life, shadowborn
    24 likes

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    Mark Alexander
    “To the young men of the Occupy movement.”
    ― Mark Alexander, Danny, What Are You Doing?
    tags: dedication
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    Lynda Williams
    “I hope I died honorably. I have a great deal to atone for. - Eler Nersal”
    ― Lynda Williams
    tags: gallows-humor, science-fiction, science-fiction-fantasy
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