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    Leo Tolstoy
    “We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.”
    ― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
    tags: humanity, nothing, wisdom
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    Leo Tolstoy
    “The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience.”
    ― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
    tags: patience, time
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    Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
    “The belly is an ungrateful wretch, it never remembers past favors, it always wants more tomorrow.”
    ― Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
    tags: hunger
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    Martin Luther King Jr.
    “A man who won't die for something is not fit to live.”
    ― Martin Luther King Jr., The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
    tags: death-life-convictions
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    Haruki Murakami
    “If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”
    ― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood
    tags: books, thought
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    Carson McCullers
    “The Heart is a lonely hunter with only one desire! To find some lasting comfort in the arms of anothers fire...driven by a desperate hunger to the arms of a neon light, the heart is a lonely hunter when there's no sign of love in sight!”
    ― Carson McCullers
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    “if we don’t do it, nothing will change. We will continue living our normal, repetitive, ordinary lives forever.”
    ― Mark Mulle, The Fearless Snow Golem's Diaries (Book 1): The Edge (An Unofficial Minecraft Book for Kids Ages 9 - 12
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    Terry Pratchett
    “Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.”
    ― Terry Pratchett
    tags: humor, life
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    Mark Twain
    “There are many humorous things in the world; among them, the white man's notion that he is less savage than the other savages.”
    ― Mark Twain, Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World
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    Samuel Beckett
    “We are all born mad. Some remain so.”
    ― Samuel Beckett
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    Philip K. Dick
    “It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.”
    ― Philip K. Dick, VALIS
    tags: qotd
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  • #12
    “Man it's so cool, just like in Mr Mayer's Awesome Beginners Survival Guide. After we finished the walls, Mr Mayer told us to place the Door we had made in Crafting Class into the hole in the wall. Duh, now I know what the door is for, * forehead slap*”
    ― Terry Mayer, Minecraft
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    E.M. Forster
    “We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand, and it is no good moving from place to place to save things; because the shadow always follows. Choose a place where you won't do harm - yes, choose a place where you won't do very much harm, and stand in it for all you are worth, facing the sunshine.”
    ― E.M. Forster, A Room with a View
    tags: darkness, life, light
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    Ruth Ware
    “A lie can outlast any truth.”
    ― ruth ware, The Lying Game
    tags: deception, lies, truth
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    Nikita Gill
    “I am the girl who spends hours huddled in a corner of a library, trying to find what you love the most about Marlowe, just so I can write you a poem worthy of Shakespeare. I've made books my lovers, hours my enemies and you the only story.”
    ― Nikita Gill, Your Body is an Ocean: Love and Other Experiments
    tags: books, bookworm, bookworm-problems, library, literature, love, marlowe, poetry, reading, shakespeare
    71 likes

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    Nikita Gill
    “You are every beautiful thing that has ever happened to me wrapped in a person. You may think you are ordinary, but to me you are as magical as the ocean.”
    ― Nikita Gill
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    Carol Burnett
    “Oh God. I wiped my eyes with my fingers and looked up at him. He had kind eyes—bleary, but kind. “Hey there, little lady.” He smiled at me nicely. His voice matched his kind eyes. “Yes, sir?” Please, God, don’t let me blubber. “Well, my goodness.” He reeled back, bumping up against the wall, and then pulled himself forward again. “Aren’t you the little lady I just saw this very minute? Downstairs—just now, on the stage?” He had a sweet smile. I was starting to feel a little bit better. I smiled back. “Yes, sir, I am.” There was a pause. “Boy, you stink.” And with that he disappeared into the men’s room.”
    ― Carol Burnett, This Time Together: Laughter and Reflection
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    Lorhainne Eckhart
    “He didn’t have pretty-boy features. What he had was a solid, strong jaw, a hardness to his square face, and eyes alive with some ancient wisdom, making him, in fact, the most handsome man she’d ever seen.”
    ― Lorhainne Eckhart, The Forgotten Child
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    Mary Beard
    “When it comes to silencing women, Western culture has had thousands of years of practice.”
    ― Mary Beard, Women & Power: A Manifesto
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    Malala Yousafzai
    “We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.”
    ― Malala Yousafzai, I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
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    Susan Cain
    “Introverts, in contrast, may have strong social skills and enjoy parties and business meetings, but after a while wish they were home in their pajamas. They prefer to devote their social energies to close friends, colleagues, and family. They listen more than they talk, think before they speak, and often feel as if they express themselves better in writing than in conversation. They tend to dislike conflict. Many have a horror of small talk, but enjoy deep discussions.”
    ― Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
    tags: introversion, psychology, sociology
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  • #23
    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    “If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”
    ― Cicero
    tags: books
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  • #24
    William Shakespeare
    “By the pricking of my thumbs,
    Something wicked this way comes.”
    ― William Shakespeare, Macbeth
    tags: foreshadowing, macbeth
    3229 likes

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  • #25
    Kevin Ansbro
    “A life without friends is like a sky without stars.”
    ― Kevin Ansbro
    tags: friend-quotes, friends, friendship, friendship-quotes, human-beings, humanity, soulmates
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  • #26
    “Just because something comes easily to you, does not mean it has no value.

    You find it effortless because you love it, and that is why it is your gift.”
    ― Katie O'Neill, The Tea Dragon Festival
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    Jess C. Scott
    “When someone loves you, the way they talk about you is different. You feel safe and comfortable.”
    ― Jess C. Scott, The Intern
    tags: desire, emotion, friendship, honesty, imagination, individuality, life, love, passion, reality, relationships, romance, truth, wisdom, wise-words
    20040 likes

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    Mark Twain
    “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: individuality, majority, minority, pause, reflect, wisdom
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    Confucius
    “By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.”
    ― Confucious
    tags: wisdom
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    Jamie Delano
    “Life's much more fun if you pretend it's fiction.”
    ― Jamie Delano, Hellblazer, Vol. 4: The Family Man
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    Taiyo Matsumoto
    “That's right, Snowbébé. This world—it's cold and smelly.”
    ― Taiyo Matsumoto, Cats of the Louvre
    tags: cats, cats-quotes, cold-and-smelly, cold-life, cold-world, living-in-the-world, smelly, smelly-place, world
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