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“Anybody can have common sense, povided that they have no imagination”
― Oscar Wilde, Only Dull People Are Brilliant at Breakfast

“He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

“Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out.”
― G.K. Chesterton

“I mean it as a compliment when I say that you could almost define a philosopher as someone who won't take common sense for an answer.”
― Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion

“The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
― Jorge Luis Borges

“Getting angry at one of the horsemen of the apocalypse for bringing about the end of man is like getting angry at ice for being cold.”
― Laura Thalassa, Pestilence

“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”
― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

“Ah, how good it is to be among people who are reading.”
― Rainer Maria Rilke, The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge

“Sleep is good, he said, and books are better.”
― George R. R. Martin

“The scariest moment is always just before you start.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“He read while he walked. He read while he ate. The other librarians suspected he somehow read while he slept, or perhaps didn't sleep at all.”
― Laini Taylor, Strange the Dreamer

“God bless the book people for their boundless knowledge absorbed from having words instead of friends.”
― Mackenzi Lee, The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue

“Of all of them there at the bar that night, the bartender was the one who survived the longest. He died three weeks later on the road out of the city.”
― Emily St. John Mandel, Station Eleven

“Don't Panic.”
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

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

“My duty to myself is to amuse myself terrifically.”
― Oscar Wilde, Only Dull People Are Brilliant at Breakfast

“Life has no remote....get up and change it yourself!”
― Mark A. Cooper, Operation Einstein

“Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.”
― Albert Einstein

“I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here.”
― Arthur C. Clarke

“In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.”
― Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies

“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens

“The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it.”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson

“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.”
― Isaac Newton, The Correspondence of Isaac Newton: Volume 5, 1709–1713

“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.”
― Carl Sagan, Cosmos

“If they hate your race,
pardon them.
If they hate your religion,
enlighten them.
If they hate your gender,
admonish them.
If they hate your class,
avoid them.
If they hate your politics,
debate them.

If they hate your culture,
question them.
If they hate your tribe,
confront them.
If they hate your ancestry,
defy them.
If they hate your age,
outshine them.
If they hate your appearance,
disregard them.

If they love you for your knowledge,
teach them.
If they love you for your wisdom,
counsel them.
If they love you for your understanding,
instruct them.
If they love you for your intuition,
guide them.
If they love you for your excellence,
inspire them.

If they love you for your humility,
honor them.
If they love you for your compassion,
welcome them.
If they love you for your honesty,
value them.
If they love you for your kindness,
treasure them.
If they love you for your virtue,
cherish them.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“A library is like an island in the middle of a vast sea of ignorance, particularly if the library is very tall and the surrounding area has been flooded.”
― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

“Your feet may be small,
but travel much.
Your hands may be little,
but conquer much.
Your eyes may be tiny,
but perceive much.
Your ears may be modest,
but heed much.

Your head may be small,
but think much.
Your heart may be little,
but give much.
Your soul may be tiny,
but love much.
Your life may be modest,
but impact much.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo