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    Neil Gaiman
    “It may help to understand human affairs to be clear that most of the great triumphs and tragedies of history are caused, not by people being fundamentally good or fundamentally bad, but by people being fundamentally people.”
    ― Neil Gaiman, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
    tags: fallibility, humor
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    Terry Pratchett
    “Some humans would do anything to see if it was possible to do it. If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying 'End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH', the paint wouldn't even have time to dry.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Thief of Time
    tags: humor
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    Sean Stewart
    “When you look at the dark side, careful you must be ... for the dark side looks back.”
    ― Sean Stewart, Star Wars: Yoda - Dark Rendezvous
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    A.J. Cronin
    “Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, but only saps today of its strength.”
    ― A.J. Cronin
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    Agatha Christie
    “As a matter of fact it wouldn’t be safe to tell any man the truth about his wife! Funnily enough, I’d trust most women with the truth about their husbands. Women can accept the fact that a man is a rotter, a swindler, a drug taker, a confirmed liar, and a general swine, without batting an eyelash, and without its impairing their affection for the brute in the least. Women are wonderful realists.”
    ― Agatha Christie, Murder in Mesopotamia
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    Oscar Wilde
    “Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.”
    ― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
    tags: experience-mistakes-wisdom
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    “I'm tough, I'm ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay.”
    ― Madonna
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    Agatha Christie
    “I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow; but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.”
    ― Agatha Christie
    tags: inspirational
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    Terry Pratchett
    “HUMAN BEINGS MAKE LIFE SO INTERESTING. DO YOU KNOW, THAT IN A UNIVERSE SO FULL OF WONDERS, THEY HAVE MANAGED TO INVENT BOREDOM. (Death)”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Hogfather
    tags: apathy, boredom, cynism, ennui, humor
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    Robin Hobb
    “There are few things so tender as a man's dignity.”
    ― Robin Hobb, Golden Fool
    tags: dignity, pride
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    Tad Williams
    “A man who will not listen carefully to advice honestly given is a fool. Of course, a man who blindly takes any advice he receives is a bigger fool.”
    ― Tad Williams, To Green Angel Tower
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    James Luceno
    “Tarkin smiled. “Someone once said that politics is little more than the systematic organization of hostilities.”
    ― James Luceno, Tarkin
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    Terry Pratchett
    “THAT’S MORTALS FOR YOU, Death continued. THEY’VE ONLY GOT A FEW YEARS IN THIS WORLD AND THEY SPEND THEM ALL IN MAKING THINGS COMPLICATED FOR THEMSELVES. FASCINATING.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Mort
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    Terry Brooks
    “Everything changes with time’s passage. Only change itself is constant.”
    ― Terry Brooks, A Knight of the Word
    tags: change, time
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    Guus Kuijer
    “Hebben de goden ons geen verstand gegeven om mee te denken en te oordelen?”
    ― Guus Kuijer, De uittocht en de intocht
    tags: inspirational, religie
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    Chris Claremont
    “Hear me, X-Men! No longer am I the woman you knew! I am Fire and Life incarnate! Now and forever - I am PHOENIX!”
    ― Chris Claremont, X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga
    tags: comics, phoenix, x-men
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    Kevin Hearne
    “The victors' view of history rarely matches that of the vanquished.”
    ― Kevin Hearne, Heir to the Jedi
    tags: star-wars
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    Kevin Hearne
    “A son of a Jedi Knight? I thought the Jedi weren't allowed such relationships."
    That wrung an half ironic grin out of me. "Guess I'm not allowed, then.”
    ― Kevin Hearne, Heir to the Jedi
    tags: luke-skywalker, star-wars
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    Kevin Hearne
    “Betrayal always comes wrapped up in a friendly cloak. It's one of the first things I learned in the Senate.”
    ― Kevin Hearne, Heir to the Jedi
    tags: princess-leia, star-wars
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    David Eddings
    “God save us from religion.”
    ― David Eddings
    tags: inspirational, organized-religion, savior
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    Kevin Hearne
    “Technology is always perfectly dependable until it isn't.”
    ― Kevin Hearne, Heir to the Jedi
    tags: luke-skywalker, star-wars
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    Kevin Hearne
    “Unidentified hole, please shut it and inspect yourself. Continue to talk and you will be ignored.”
    ― Kevin Hearne, Heir to the Jedi
    tags: nakari-kelen, star-wars
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    Hope Mirrlees
    “Nog voor de roep van Cantecleer
    Klinkt het geraaskal van Endymion Leer.”
    ― Hope Mirrlees, Lud-in-the-Mist
    tags: cantecleer, endymion-leer
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    Hope Mirrlees
    “Huizen werden tot het Stille Volk gerekend. Muren hebben oren, maar geen tong. Huizen, bomen en doden zwijgen als het graf.”
    ― Hope Mirrlees, Lud-in-the-Mist
    tags: het-stille-volk
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    Hope Mirrlees
    “Arme, oude maan,' grinnikte Nathaniel, die helemaal in zijn sas was. 'Hij eigent zich eindeloos kleuren toe om er zijn bleke gezicht mee te beschilderen, en het blijft vergeefs!”
    ― Hope Mirrlees, Lud-in-the-Mist
    tags: maan, nathaniel-cantecleer
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    Hope Mirrlees
    “Bij de Zon, Maan en Sterren en de Gouden Appels van het Westen!”
    ― Hope Mirrlees, Lud-in-the-Mist
    tags: gouden-appels, maan, sterren, westen, zon
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    Agatha Christie
    “Oude zonden hebben lange schaduwen.”
    ― Agatha Christie, A Pocket Full of Rye
    tags: oud, schaduwen, zonden
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    Paul S. Kemp
    “An apprentice was unquestioningly loyal until the moment he wasn't. Both Master and apprentice knew this.”
    ― Paul S. Kemp, Lords of the Sith
    tags: apprentice, master, star-wars
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    Jim Starlin
    “Omnipotence convinces one that all his decisions are infallible. Can you aid a fallen God now that he sees the error of his ways?”
    ― Jim Starlin, The Infinity Gauntlet Aftermath
    tags: adam-warlock, infinity-watch, omnipotence
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    Paul S. Kemp
    “Underlings should always be uncomfortable in the presence of their superiors," said the Emperor. "Don't you agree?”
    ― Paul S. Kemp, Lords of the Sith
    tags: emperor, palpatine, star-wars
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