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    Robert Jackson Bennett
    “What a tremendous sin impatience is, he thinks. It blinds us to the moment before us, and it is only when that moment has passed that we look back and see it was full of treasures.”
    ― Robert Jackson Bennett, City of Miracles
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    “We are the music-makers,
    And we are the dreamers of dreams,
    Wandering by lone sea-breakers,
    And sitting by desolate streams.
    World-losers and world-forsakers,
    Upon whom the pale moon gleams;
    Yet we are the movers and shakers,
    Of the world forever, it seems.”
    ― Arthur O'Shaughnessy, Poems of Arthur O'Shaughnessy
    tags: change, courage, dream, dreams, inspirational, music
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    Tad Williams
    “He who is certain he knows the ending of things when he is only beginning them is either extremely wise or extremely foolish; no matter which is true, he is certainly an unhappy man, for he has put a knife in the heart of wonder.”
    ― Tad Williams, The Dragonbone Chair
    tags: ending, foolish, wisdom, wonder
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    Brandon Sanderson
    “This is going to take a while. I'm a fantasy author. We have trouble with the concept of brevity.”
    ― Brandon Sanderson
    tags: a-memory-of-light, blog
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    Patrick Rothfuss
    “There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.”
    ― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear
    tags: fear, name-of-the-wind, patrick-rothfuss, wisdom
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    C.L. Wilson
    “Ver reisa ku'chae. Kem surah, shei'tani. (Your soul calls out. Mine answers, beloved.)”
    ― C.L. Wilson, Lord of the Fading Lands
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  • #7
    “A little nonsense now and then, is cherished by the wisest men.”
    ― Anonymous
    tags: misattributed-roald-dahl, paraphrase-of-horace, play, relaxation
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    George R.R. Martin
    “... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: books, mind
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    Francis of Assisi
    “All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.”
    ― St. Francis Of Assisi, The Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assisi
    tags: inspirational
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    Jim Henson
    “Life's like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending.”
    ― Jim Henson
    tags: inspirational
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    William Blake
    “To see a World in a Grain of Sand
    And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
    Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
    And Eternity in an hour.”
    ― William Blake, Auguries of Innocence
    tags: inspirational, wonder
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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
    tags: encouragement, gandalf
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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “Even the smallest person can change the course of the future”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
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    Wil Wheaton
    “Wil Wheaton Says: Don't be a dick.”
    ― Wil Wheaton
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    Wil Wheaton
    “Be honest.
    Be kind.
    Be honorable.
    Work hard.
    And always be awesome.”
    ― Wil Wheaton
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    Brent Weeks
    “Moments of beauty sustain us through hours of ugliness.”
    ― Brent Weeks, The Black Prism
    tags: beauty, general-danavis, lightbringer-trilogy
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    Dylan Thomas
    “Do not go gentle into that good night,
    Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
    Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”
    ― Dylan Thomas, Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
    tags: death-and-dying, inspirational, philosophy, poetry
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    Peter V. Brett
    “Let others determine your worth and you're already lost, because no one wants people worth more than themselves.”
    ― Peter V. Brett, The Warded Man
    tags: be-yourself, confidence, individuality
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    Brandon Sanderson
    “The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.”
    ― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings
    tags: storytelling
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    Brandon Sanderson
    “Life before Death.
    Strength before Weakness.
    Journey before Destination.”
    ― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings
    tags: inspirational, motto
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    Brandon Sanderson
    “It's easy to believe in something when you win all the time...The losses are what define a man's faith.”
    ― Brandon Sanderson, The Well of Ascension
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    Patrick Rothfuss
    “Anyone can love a thing because. That's as easy as putting a penny in your pocket.
    But to love something despite. To know the flaws and love them too. That is rare and pure and perfect.”
    ― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear
    tags: love
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    Patrick Rothfuss
    “The truth is that the world is full of dragons, and none of us are as powerful or cool as we’d like to be. And that sucks. But when you’re confronted with that fact, you can either crawl into a hole and quit, or you can get out there, take off your shoes, and Bilbo it up.”
    ― Patrick Rothfuss
    tags: blog, inspirational, life
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    Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
    “If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?”
    ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956
    tags: black-and-white-thinking, evil, good, good-and-evil
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    George R.R. Martin
    “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
    tags: read, readers, reading, reading-books
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    Haruki Murakami
    “If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”
    ― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood
    tags: books, thought
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    H.G. Wells
    “We all have our time machines, don't we. Those that take us back are memories...And those that carry us forward, are dreams.”
    ― H.G. Wells
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    Brandon Sanderson
    “You tried to help the people of the market. You mostly failed. This is life. The longer you live, the more you fail. Failure is the mark of a life well lived. In turn, the only way to live without failure is to be of no use to anyone. Trust me, I've practiced”
    ― Brandon Sanderson, Oathbringer
    tags: failure, inspirational
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    Mark Lawrence
    “It’s an odd thing to be sad about someone in death that you never really cared for in life and a thing that chooses its own moment to sneak up on you—usually”
    ― Mark Lawrence, The Wheel of Osheim
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    J.R. Ward
    “Destiny is not a straightaway. It's cluttered with corners and all of them are dark. We make the turns we do...and find ourselves where we are.”
    ― J.R. Ward, The Savior
    tags: black-dagger-brotherhood, destiny
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