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    Niels Bohr
    “An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.”
    ― Niels Bohr
    tags: science
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    Isabelle Eberhardt
    “Now more than ever do I realize that I will never be content with a sedentary life, that I will always be haunted by thoughts of a sun-drenched elsewhere.”
    ― Isabelle Eberhardt, The Nomad: Diaries of Isabelle Eberhardt
    tags: sun-drenched, travel
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    Chuck Palahniuk
    “It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.”
    ― Chuck Palahniuk, Diary
    tags: happiness, pain, peace, scar, sweetness
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    Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to
    “Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.”
    ― George Sand
    tags: kindness
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    Ann Brashares
    “Parents were the only ones obligated to love you; from the rest of the world you had to earn it.”
    ― Ann Brashares, Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood
    tags: agape, family, life, love, unconditional-love
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    Alyson Noel
    “True character is revealedby the way people react to the bigger challenges in life.”
    ― Alyson Noel
    tags: miles, night-star
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    Alyson Noel
    “Knowing that wishes don’t always come about in the way that we think, but if you believe and keep your mind open, there’s a really good chance they will manifest in some way.”
    ― Alyson Noel, Night Star
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    Patricia A. McKillip
    “Imagination is the golden-eyed monster that never sleeps. It must be fed; it cannot be ignored.”
    ― Patricia A. McKillip
    tags: imagination
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    Elizabeth Taylor
    “The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues.”
    ― Elizabeth Taylor
    tags: indulgence, virtue
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    Ovid
    “Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish.”
    ― Ovid, Heroides
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    Elie Wiesel
    “The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.”
    ― Elie Wiesel
    tags: activism, apathy, hate, indifference, inspirational, love, opposite, philosophy
    42021 likes

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    Suzanne Collins
    “Here your dreams are sweet and tomorrow brings them true, here is the place where I love you.”
    ― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games
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    Suzanne Collins
    “My spirit. This is a new thought. I'm not sure exactly what it means, but it suggests I'm a fighter. In a sort of brave way. It's not as if I'm never friendly. Okay, maybe I don't go around loving everybody I meet, maybe my smiles are hard to come by, but i do care for some people.”
    ― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games
    tags: care, friendly, hunger-games, katniss-everdeen, smile, spirit, suzanne-collins, thought
    615 likes

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    Maxim Gorky
    “Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.”
    ― Maxim Gorky, The Lower Depths and Other Plays
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    Elbert Hubbard
    “Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.”
    ― Elbert Hubbard, The Roycroft Dictionary Concocted By Ali Baba And The Bunch On Rainy Days
    tags: foolishness, inspirational
    1306 likes

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    Washington Irving
    “A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.”
    ― Washington Irving
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    L. Frank Baum
    “There is no place like home.”
    ― L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
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    Peter Shaffer
    “The trouble is if you don’t spend your life yourself, other people spend it for you.”
    ― Peter Shaffer, Five Finger Exercise
    tags: life, life-lessons
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    Isadora Duncan
    “You were once wild here. Don’t let them tame you.”
    ― Isadora Duncan, Isadora Speaks: Uncollected Writings and Speeches of Isadora Duncan
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    Anne Frank
    “It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.”
    ― Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
    tags: hope, human-nature
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    Philip Barry
    “The time to make up your mind about people, is never.”
    ― Philip Barry, The Philadelphia Story: A Comedy in Three Acts
    tags: the-philadelphia-story, tracy-lord
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    Allen Ginsberg
    “Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness.”
    ― Allen Ginsberg
    tags: be-yourself, self-expression
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    E.L. Doctorow
    “Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.”
    ― E.L. Doctorow
    tags: writing
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    Stephanie Perkins
    “For the two of us, home isn't a place. It is a person. And we are finally home.”
    ― Stephanie Perkins, Anna and the French Kiss
    tags: home, love, relationships, touching
    7282 likes

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    André Gide
    “It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”
    ― Andre Gide, Autumn Leaves
    tags: life, love
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    Stephanie Perkins
    “The more you know who you are, and what you want, the less you let things upset you.”
    ― Stephanie Perkins, Anna and the French Kiss
    tags: acceptance, life
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    Stephanie Perkins
    “I wish friends held hands more often, like the children I see on the streets sometimes. I'm not sure why we have to grow up and get embarrassed about it.”
    ― Stephanie Perkins, Anna and the French Kiss
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    Pablo Neruda
    “I love you as certain dark things are loved, secretly, between the shadow and the soul.”
    ― Pablo Neruda, 100 Love Sonnets
    tags: love, love-quotes
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    Stephanie Perkins
    “Boys turns girls into such idiots.”
    ― Stephanie Perkins, Anna and the French Kiss
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    Stephanie Perkins
    “Will you please tell me you love me? I’m dying here.”
    ― Stephanie Perkins, Anna and the French Kiss
    1507 likes



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