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#1

“If it means something, take it to heart. If it means nothing, it's nothing. Let it go.”
― Philippa Gregory, The Other Boleyn Girl

tags: boleyn, england

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#2

“You can smile when your heart is breaking because you're a woman.”
― Philippa Gregory, The Other Boleyn Girl

677 likes

#3

“My yesterdays walk with me. They keep step, they are gray faces that peer over my shoulder.”
― William Golding

tags: past, yesterday

1090 likes

#4

“But remember. Just because you don't believe in something doesn't mean it isn't real.”
― Katherine Howe, The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane

158 likes

#5

“Books have a unique way of stopping time in a particular moment and saying: Let’s not forget this.”
― Dave Eggers

tags: books, time

4330 likes

#6

“We take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.”
― Cynthia Ozick

3191 likes

#7

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
― Mae West

tags: humor, life

119046 likes

#8

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul

135483 likes

#9

“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.”
― Charles W. Eliot

tags: books, friends, reading, teachers

13928 likes

#10

“Wherever I am, you belong. You're mine. Say it.”
― J. Kenner, Claim Me

tags: belonging-to-someone

29 likes

#11

“Dare to be strong and courageous. That is the road. Venture anything.”
― Sherwood Anderson

1917 likes

#12

“Books should go where they will be most appreciated, and not sit unread, gathering dust on a forgotten shelf, don't you agree?”
― Christopher Paolini

tags: books, reading

3775 likes

#13

“They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.”
― Tom Bodett

tags: happiness, hope, joy, love, wishing

8117 likes

#14

“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

tags: heart, importance, inspiration, secret, the-little-prince

9961 likes

#15

“For sometimes you can't help but crave some ruin in what you love.”
― Chang-rae Lee, On Such a Full Sea

1219 likes

#16

“What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable?”
― John Green, An Abundance of Katherines

11162 likes

#17

“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.”
― Roald Dahl

3261 likes

#18

“My heart started racing, not the bad kind of heart racing, like I'm going to die. But the good kind of heart racing, like, Hello, can I help you with something? If not, please step aside because I'm about to kick the shit out of life.”
― Maria Semple, Where'd You Go, Bernadette

tags: comic, fiction, funny, humor

347 likes

#19

“That's right,' she told the girls. 'You are bored. And I'm going to let you in on a little secret about life. You think it's boring now? Well, it only gets more boring. The sooner you learn it's on you to make life interesting, the better off you'll be.”
― Maria Semple, Where'd You Go, Bernadette

tags: boredom

615 likes

#20

“. . . when it comes down to it, that’s what life is all about: showing up for the people you love, again and again, until you can’t show up anymore.”
― Rebecca Walker, Baby Love: Choosing Motherhood After a Lifetime of Ambivalence

tags: inspirational

2161 likes

#21

“What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?”
― George Eliot

tags: inspirational

3111 likes

#22

“All conflict can be traced back to someone’s feelings getting hurt, don’t you think?”
― Liane Moriarty, Big Little Lies

tags: conflict, hurt-feelings

219 likes

#23

“Nothing and nobody could aggravate you the way your child could aggravate you.”
― Liane Moriarty, Big Little Lies

63 likes

#24

“Reading a novel was like returning to a once-beloved holiday destination.”
― Liane Moriarty, Big Little Lies

125 likes

#25

“Sometimes books don't find us until the right time.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

1081 likes

#26

“You'll hit gold more often if you simply try out a lot of things.”
― Ira Glass

1541 likes

#27

“The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: wonder

2207 likes

#28

“Burdens are for shoulders strong enough to carry them.”
― Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind

2913 likes

#29

“Woke up this morning with a terrific urge to lie in bed all day and read.”
― Raymond Carver

5372 likes

#30

“The truth is life is full of joy and full of great sorrow, but you can't have one without the other.”
― Andre Dubus III, House of Sand and Fog

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