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    Roger Penrose
    “... Even an aardvarks think their offspring are beautiful”
    ― Roger Penrose
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    Roger Penrose
    “We have a closed circle of consistency here: the laws of physics produce complex systems, and these complex systems lead to consciousness, which then produces mathematics, which can then encode in a succinct and inspiring way the very underlying laws of physics that gave rise to it.”
    ― Roger Penrose, The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe
    tags: consciousness, mathematics, physics, science
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    James Baldwin
    “You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.”
    ― James Baldwin
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    Jack London
    “He was mastered by the sheer surging of life, the tidal wave of being, the perfect joy of each separate muscle, joint, and sinew in that it was everything that was not death, that it was aglow and rampant, expressing itself in movement, flying exultantly under the stars.”
    ― Jack London, The Call of the Wild
    tags: joy, life, nature
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    Oscar Wilde
    “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
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    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
    ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
    tags: accomplishment, attributed-no-source, be-yourself, conformity, individuality
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    Hans Christian Andersen
    “But a mermaid has no tears, and therefore she suffers so much more.”
    ― Hans Christian Andersen, The Little Mermaid
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    Mary Oliver
    “Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.”
    ― Mary Oliver
    tags: box, darkness, gift, love
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    We must question the story logic of having an all-knowing all-powerful God, who creates faulty
    “We must question the story logic of having an all-knowing all-powerful God, who creates faulty Humans, and then blames them for his own mistakes.”
    ― Gene Roddenberry
    tags: atheism
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    Gene Roddenberry
    “If man is to survive, he will have learned to take a delight in the essential differences between men and between cultures. He will learn that differences in ideas and attitudes are a delight, part of life's exciting variety, not something to fear.”
    ― Gene Roddenberry
    tags: community, diversity, idic, tolerance
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    Stephen King
    “Remember, Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.”
    ― Stephen King
    tags: hope
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    Sylvia Plath
    “I am terrified by this dark thing that sleeps in me.”
    ― Sylvia Plath , The Collected Poems
    tags: dark, sleep, soul, sylvia-plath
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    Michio Kaku
    “It is often stated that of all the theories proposed in this century, the silliest is quantum theory. In fact, some say that the only thing that quantum theory has going for it is that it is unquestionably correct.”
    ― Michio Kaku, Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the Tenth Dimension
    tags: physics, science
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    Brian Selznick
    “I like to imagine that the world is one big machine. You know, machines never have any extra parts. They have the exact number and type of parts they need. So I figure if the entire world is a big machine, I have to be here for some reason. And that means you have to be here for some reason, too.”
    ― Brian Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret
    tags: analogy, inspiration, machine, thought-provoking, usefulness
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    Bertrand Russell
    “Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.”
    ― Bertrand Russell, The Conquest of Happiness
    tags: happiness, love
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    Bertrand Russell
    “Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.”
    ― Bertrand Russell
    tags: confidence, eccentricity, philosophy
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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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    Khaled Hosseini
    “But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.”
    ― Khaled Hosseini
    tags: life
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    Khaled Hosseini
    “It may be unfair, but what happens in a few days, sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime...”
    ― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner
    tags: fair, life
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    John Keats
    “Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard, are sweeter”
    ― John Keats, Ode On A Grecian Urn And Other Poems
    tags: philosophy, religion, science
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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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    Mark Twain
    “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: individuality, majority, minority, pause, reflect, wisdom
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    William Shakespeare
    “The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
    ― William Shakespeare, As You Like It
    tags: wisdom
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    Paulo Coelho
    “Life is too short, or too long, for me to allow myself the luxury of living it so badly.”
    ― Paulo Coelho
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    Quentin R. Bufogle
    “If you're gonna burn a bridge behind you, make sure you've crossed it first.”
    ― Quentin R. Bufogle
    tags: life, philosophy, wisdom
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    Colin Wilson
    “Ask the Outsider what he ultimately wants,and he will admit he doesn't know.Why? Because he wants it instinctively,and it is not always possible to tell what your instincts are driving towards.”
    ― Colin Wilson, The Outsider
    tags: outsider-uncertainty-instincts
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    Poppy Z. Brite
    “I believe in whatever gets you throught the night. [...] Night is the hardest time to be alive. For me, anyway. It lasts so long, and four A.M.knows all my secrets.”
    ― Poppy Z. Brite
    tags: loneliness
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    J.R. Ward
    “Welcome to the wonderful world of jealousy, he thought. For the price of admission, you get a splitting headache, a nearly irresistable urge to commit murder, and an inferiority complex. Yippee.”
    ― J.R. Ward, Dark Lover
    tags: humor, jealousy, love
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    Gayle Forman
    “I realize now that dying is easy. Living is hard.”
    ― Gayle Forman, If I Stay
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    Daphne du Maurier
    “Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.”
    ― Daphne Du Maurier, Rebecca
    tags: dream, first-sentence
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