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    Stephen King
    “Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.”
    ― Stephen King
    tags: life
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    Terry Pratchett
    “The trouble with witches is that they’ll never run away from things they really hate.

    And the trouble with small furry animals in a corner is that, just occasionally, one of them’s a mongoose.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Witches Abroad
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    I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control
    “I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
    ― Marilyn Monroe
    tags: attributed-no-source, best, life, love, misattributed-marilyn-monroe, mistakes, out-of-control, truth, worst
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    Dr. Seuss
    “You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
    ― Dr. Seuss
    tags: attributed-no-source, dreams, love, reality, sleep
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    Terry Pratchett
    “What some people need," said Magrat, to the world in general, "is a bit more heart."

    "What some people need," said Granny Weatherwax, to the stormy sky, "is a lot more brain."

    Then she clutched at her hat to stop the wind from blowing it off.

    What I need, thought Nanny Ogg fervently, is a drink.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Witches Abroad
    tags: allusion, humor, humorous, the-wizard-of-oz, witches, witches-abroad
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    Socrates
    “Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.”
    ― Socrates
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    Socrates
    “The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our separate ways, I to die, and you to live. Which of these two is better only God knows.”
    ― Socrates
    tags: death, life-and-death
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    Terry Pratchett
    “I believe you find life such a problem because you think there are good people and bad people. You're wrong, of course. There are, always and only, the bad people, but some of them are on opposite sides.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
    tags: cynicism, good-and-evil, idealism, politics, vetinari
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  • #9
    Terry Pratchett
    “If per capita was a problem, decapita could be arranged”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man
    tags: dark-humor, funny, reaper-man, unseen-university, vetinari
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  • #10
    Kerstin Gier
    “If we were in a film, the villain would turn out to be the least-expected person. But as we aren’t in a film, I’d go for the character who tried to strangle you.”
    ― Kerstin Gier, Ruby Red
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    J.M. Barrie
    “To die will be an awfully big adventure.”
    ― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
    tags: adventure, love
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    J.M. Barrie
    “Never say goodbye because goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting.”
    ― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
    tags: goodbye
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    J.M. Barrie
    “Dreams do come true, if only we wish hard enough. You can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it.”
    ― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
    tags: sacrifice
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    J.M. Barrie
    “The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it.”
    ― J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan
    tags: barrie, belief, fantasy, flying, imagination, kensington-gardens, london, magic, neverland, park, peter-pan, scotland, self-confidence
    4228 likes

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    J.M. Barrie
    “To live will be an awfully big adventure.”
    ― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
    tags: peter-pan-movie
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    J.M. Barrie
    “Build a house?" exclaimed John.

    "For the Wendy," said Curly.

    "For Wendy?" John said, aghast. "Why, she is only a girl!"

    "That," explained Curly, "is why we are her servants.”
    ― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
    tags: peter-pan, women
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    J.M. Barrie
    “Never is an awfully long time.”
    ― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
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    J.M. Barrie
    “All children, except one, grow up.”
    ― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
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  • #19
    J.M. Barrie
    “Stars are beautiful, but they may not take part in anything, they must just look on forever.”
    ― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
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    J.M. Barrie
    “I suppose it's like the ticking crocodile, isn't it? Time is chasing after all of us.”
    ― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
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    J.M. Barrie
    “Just always be waiting for me.”
    ― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
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  • #22
    Gustave Flaubert
    “Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.”
    ― Gustave Flaubert
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    Francis Bacon
    “Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.”
    ― Sir Francis Bacon
    tags: books, reading
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    George R.R. Martin
    “Sleep is good, he said, and books are better.”
    ― George R. R. Martin
    tags: books, reading
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  • #25
    If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use
    “If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: books, reading
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    Robert Frost
    “No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.”
    ― Robert Frost
    tags: reading, writing
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    Daniel Pennac
    “Reader's Bill of Rights

    1. The right to not read

    2. The right to skip pages

    3. The right to not finish

    4. The right to reread

    5. The right to read anything

    6. The right to escapism

    7. The right to read anywhere

    8. The right to browse

    9. The right to read out loud

    10. The right to not defend your tastes”
    ― Daniel Pennac
    tags: books, reading, rights
    6987 likes

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    Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
    “Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he went completely out of his mind.”
    ― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote
    tags: books, humor, reading
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    Logan Pearsall Smith
    “People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.”
    ― Logan Pearsall Smith
    tags: life, reading
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    Saul Bellow
    “People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned.”
    ― Saul Bellow
    tags: book-lovers, libraries, reading
    3617 likes



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