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    Bernard M. Baruch
    “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
    ― Bernard M. Baruch
    tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, confidence, fitting-in, individuality, misattributed-dr-seuss, those-who-matter
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    Maurice Switzer
    “It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.”
    ― Maurice Switzer, Mrs. Goose, Her Book
    tags: misattributed-to-abraham-lincoln, misattributed-to-mark-twain, remaining-silent, wisdom
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    Peter S. Beagle
    “Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed. It is all part of the fairy tale.”
    ― Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn
    tags: heroes, inspirational
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    Cornelia Funke
    “If you take a book with you on a journey," Mo had said when he put the first one in her box, "an odd thing happens: The book begins collecting your memories. And forever after you have only to open that book to be back where you first read it. It will all come into your mind with the very first words: the sights you saw in that place, what it smelled like, the ice cream you ate while you were reading it... yes, books are like flypaper—memories cling to the printed page better than anything else.”
    ― Cornelia Funke, Inkheart
    tags: books
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    Toni Morrison
    “If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
    ― Toni Morrison
    tags: books, writing
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    Flannery O'Connor
    “The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.”
    ― Flannery O'Connor
    tags: truth
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    Peter Tremayne
    “Pride in office without competence is as much a sin as competence without confidence.”
    ― Peter Tremayne, Shroud for the Archbishop
    tags: competence, confidence, pride, pride-in-office, sin
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    Peter Tremayne
    “It is a foolish judge who, before the evidence is presented, makes a judgement.”
    ― Peter Tremayne, Shroud for the Archbishop
    tags: evidence, judge, judgement
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    Peter Tremayne
    “The person who has never made an enemy will never make a friend.”
    ― Peter Tremayne, Shroud for the Archbishop
    tags: enemy, friend, friendship
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    Confucius
    “And remember, no matter where you go, there you are.”
    ― Confucius
    tags: rockstar-physicist
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    Brenda Ashworth Barry
    “A writer is never just looking out of a window or staring into space. They are building a universe to share with the world”
    ― Brenda Ashworth Barry
    tags: authors, talent, universe, world, writers
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    Keith Donohue
    “As I let go of the past, the past let go of me. ”
    ― Keith Donohue, The Stolen Child
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    Amos T. Fairchild
    “So I just waltz up to your witch-god and ask to go home,' Jorden said with little regard as to whether the statement was offensive or not.
    The kaedith nodded again. 'That's about the size of it,' she said, and lit up another cigar.”
    ― Amos T. Fairchild, Long Days in Paradise
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    “Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.”
    ― Narcotics Anonymous
    tags: humor, insanity, life, misattributed-ben-franklin, misattributed-mark-twain, misattributed-to-einstein
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    Rick Riordan
    “Jeez, Hazel," Percy said, "tell your horse to watch his language."
    Hazel tried not to laugh. "What did he say?"
    "With the cussing removed? He said he can get us to the top."
    Frank looked incredulous. "I thought the horse couldn't fly!"
    This time Arion whinnied so angrily, even Hazel could guess he was cursing.
    "Dude," Percy told the horse, "I've gotten suspended for saying less than that...”
    ― Rick Riordan, The Son of Neptune
    tags: cussing, horse, humor
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    C.S. Lewis
    “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”
    ― C.S. Lewis
    tags: books, inspirational, reading, tea
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    Mahatma Gandhi
    “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
    ― Mahatma Gandhi
    tags: action, change, inspirational, misattributed-to-gandhi, philosophy, wish
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    C.S. Lewis
    “We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.”
    ― C.S. Lewis
    tags: god
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    Terry Goodkind
    “People are stupid. They will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true.”
    ― Terry Goodkind, Wizard's First Rule
    tags: public-opinion, willful-ignorance, wizard-s-rules
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    “Ending a novel is almost like putting a child to sleep—it can't be done abruptly.”
    ― Colm Tóibín
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    Annie Dillard
    “For writing a first draft requires from the writer a peculiar internal state which ordinary life does not induce.
    ... how to set yourself spinning?”
    ― Annie Dillard
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    Bruce H. Lipton
    “Your perspective is always limited by how much you know. Expand your knowledge and you will transform your mind.”
    ― Bruce H. Lipton
    tags: change, knowledge, limits, mind, perspective
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    Bruce H. Lipton
    “I was exhilarated by the new realization that I could change the character of my life by changing my beliefs. I was instantly energized because I realized that there was a science-based path that would take me from my job as a perennial “victim” to my new position as “co-creator” of my destiny. (Prologue, xv)”
    ― Bruce H. Lipton Ph.D.
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    Bruce H. Lipton
    “We can control our lives by controling our perceptions.”
    ― Bruce H. Lipton
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    Shannon L. Alder
    “Sometimes, God doesn’t send you into a battle to win it; he sends you to end it.”
    ― Shannon L. Alder
    tags: awake, battles, communication, confidence, conflict, conflict-resolution, peace, peaceful-warrior, revelation, standing-for-truth, truce, writing
    39 likes

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    “the battle's in your hands now, but I would lay my armor down, if you said you'd rather love than fight.”
    ― Taylor Swift
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    Jonathan Harnisch
    “The strongest people are not those who show strength in front of the world but those who fight and win battles that others do not know anything about.”
    ― Jonathan Harnisch, The Brutal Truth
    tags: battles, fighter, mental-illness, strength, strength-quotes, strength-through-adversity, strong, strong-person, strongest-people, suffering
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    Pat Frayne
    “Favorite Quotations.
    I speak my mind because it hurts to bite my tongue.
    The worth of a book is measured by what you carry away from it.
    It's not over till it's over.
    Imagination is everything.
    All life is an experiment.
    What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls the butterfly.”
    ― Pat Frayne, Tales of Topaz the Conjure Cat: Part I Topaz and the Evil Wizard & Part II Topaz and the Plum-Gista Stone
    tags: action, adventure, animals, bats, battles, castle, cave-scarey, conjure-cat, curses, dark-powers, evil, fairy-elf, flesh-eaters, forest, fox, friendship, gnome-fortress, gnomes, goose-bumps, healers, lands, loyalty, magic, magic-stone, missing-children, mission, mystery, mystical, ogre, owl, paranormal-powers, quest, raccoon, snakes, spiders, spirit, sprite, suspense, troll, witch, wizard, wolf
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    Vashti Quiroz-Vega
    “Be kind to people and don’t judge, for you do not know what demons they carry and what battles they are fighting.”
    ― Vashti Quiroz-Vega
    tags: battles, demons, judgement, kindness
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    L. Ron Hubbard
    “Ideas and not battles mark the forward progress of mankind.”
    ― L. Ron Hubbard
    tags: battles, conflict, ideas, intelligence, progress, war
    118 likes



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