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  • #1
    Ayn Rand
    “[Dean] “My dear fellow, who will let you?”

    [Roark] “That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
    Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

  • #2
    Roald Dahl
    “And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.”
    Roald Dahl

  • #3
    Roald Dahl
    “So please, oh please, we beg, we pray,
    Go throw your TV set away,
    And in its place you can install
    A lovely bookshelf on the wall.
    Then fill the shelves with lots of books.”
    Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

  • #4
    William Shakespeare
    “Though she be but little, she is fierce!”
    William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

  • #5
    Mark Twain
    “The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”
    Mark Twain

  • #6
    Joe Abercrombie
    “I have learned all kinds of things from my many mistakes. The one thing I never learn is to stop making them.”
    Joe Abercrombie, Last Argument of Kings

  • #7
    William Shakespeare
    “Love all, trust a few,
    Do wrong to none: be able for thine enemy
    Rather in power than use; and keep thy friend
    Under thy own life's key: be check'd for silence,
    But never tax'd for speech.”
    William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well

  • #8
    Scott Lynch
    “What is government but theft by consent? You’ll be moving in a society of kindred spirits.”
    Scott Lynch, The Republic of Thieves

  • #9
    Brandon Sanderson
    “Elend: I kind of lost track of time…
    Breeze: For two hours?
    Elend: There were books involved.”
    Brandon Sanderson, The Well of Ascension

  • #10
    Scott Lynch
    “When the sky’s falling, I take shelter under bullshit.”
    Scott Lynch, The Republic of Thieves

  • #11
    Steven Erikson
    “The lesson of history is that no one learns.”
    Steven Erikson, Deadhouse Gates

  • #12
    “I choose not to believe in any gods as an act of charity,” Marcus said. “Charity toward whom?” “Toward the gods. Seems rude to think they couldn’t make a world better than this,”
    Daniel Abraham, The Dragon's Path

  • #13
    Oscar Wilde
    “Everything in moderation, including moderation.”
    Oscar Wilde



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