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    Carlos Ruiz Zafón
    “Fools talk, cowards are silent, wise men listen.”
    ― Carlos Ruiz Zafon, The Shadow of the Wind
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    Elinor Glyn
    “Romance is the glamour which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze. ”
    ― Elinor Glyn
    tags: inspiration, love, romance
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    Edgar Allan Poe
    “Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.”
    ― Edgar Allan Poe, Eleonora
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    Lao Tzu
    “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
    ― Lao Tzu
    tags: travel
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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “Not all those who wander are lost.”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
    tags: bilbo, journey, lost, quest, travel, wander
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    May Sarton
    “We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.”
    ― May Sarton
    tags: authenticity, life, philosophy, self
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    A.L. Waddington
    “Time stands still cause time can't heal...”
    ― A.L. Waddington
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    Socrates
    “The unexamined life is not worth living.”
    ― Socrates
    tags: inspiration, truth, wisdom
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    William Shakespeare
    “Double, double, toil and trouble;
    Fire burn, and cauldron bubble!”
    ― William Shakespeare, Macbeth
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    Walter Cronkite
    “Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation.”
    ― Walter Cronkite
    tags: education, ignorance, intelligence, libraries
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    John Berger
    “When we read a story, we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like a roof and four walls. What is to happen next will take place within the four walls of the story. And this is possible because the story's voice makes everything its own.”
    ― John Berger, Keeping a Rendezvous: Essays
    tags: books, reading, stories, story
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    Neil Gaiman
    “Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot.”
    ― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 3: Dream Country
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    Margaret Atwood
    “Another belief of mine: that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.”
    ― Margaret Atwood, Cat’s Eye
    tags: age-adult
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    Douglas Adams
    “I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”
    ― Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time
    tags: deadlines, humor, humour, work, writing
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    Isabel Allende
    “The longer I live, the more uninformed I feel. Only the young have an explanation for everything.”
    ― Isabel Allende, City of the Beasts
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    Jimi Hendrix
    “I'm the one that's got to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to.”
    ― Jimi Hendrix, The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold as Love | Guitar TAB Sheet Music Collection | Note-for-Note Transcriptions for Electric Guitar Players | Classic Psychedelic Rock Solos
    tags: death, life
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    C.S. Lewis
    “Love is something more stern and splendid than mere kindness.”
    ― C.S. Lewis
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    Woody Allen
    “I'm not afraid of death; I just don't want to be there when it happens.”
    ― Woody Allen
    tags: death, fear, humor, life
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    Joan Didion
    “Life changes in the instant. The ordinary instant.”
    ― Joan Didion, The Year of Magical Thinking
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    Ira Gershwin
    “The way you wear your hat,
    The way you sip your tea,
    The mem'ry of all that --
    No, no! They can't take that away from me!”
    ― Ira Gershwin
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    Emily Dickinson
    “That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet.”
    ― Emily Dickinson
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    Charles Bukowski
    “Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.”
    ― Charles Bukowski
    tags: humor
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    Samuel Butler
    “Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule.”
    ― Samuel Butler
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    Edith Sitwell
    “Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.”
    ― Edith Sitwell
    tags: comfort, home, winter
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    Charles Dickens
    “It is a fair, even-handed, noble adjustment of things, that while there is infection in disease and sorrow, there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour.”
    ― Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
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    L.M. Montgomery
    “Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?”
    ― L.M. Montgomery
    tags: beginnings, fresh-start, inspirational, mistake, mistakes, new-day, start-over, tomorrow
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    Anne Rice
    “Evil is always possible. And goodness is eternally difficult.”
    ― Anne Rice, Interview with the Vampire
    tags: good-evil
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    Martin Luther King Jr.
    “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
    ― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
    tags: darkness, drive-out, hate, inspirational, light, love, peace
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    Cassandra Clare
    “Have you fallen in love with the wrong person yet?'
    Jace said, "Unfortunately, Lady of the Haven, my one true love remains myself."
    ..."At least," she said, "you don't have to worry about rejection, Jace Wayland."
    "Not necessarily. I turn myself down occasionally, just to keep it interesting.”
    ― Cassandra Clare, City of Bones
    tags: city-of-bones, jace
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    Thomas Merton
    “Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.”
    ― Thomas Merton , No Man Is an Island
    tags: art
    3377 likes



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