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    Albert Einstein
    “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: attributed-no-source, human-nature, humor, infinity, philosophy, science, stupidity, universe
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    Mae West
    “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
    ― Mae West
    tags: humor, life
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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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    Robert Frost
    “In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
    ― Robert Frost
    tags: life
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    Maya Angelou
    “I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
    ― Maya Angelou
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    Oscar Wilde
    “Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: attributed-no-source, enemies, forgiveness, strategy
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    Martin Luther King Jr.
    “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
    ― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
    tags: darkness, drive-out, hate, inspirational, light, love, peace
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    Oscar Wilde
    “I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
    ― Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Stories
    tags: intelligence, self-deprecation
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    I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn
    “I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.”
    ― Marilyn Monroe
    tags: attributed-no-source, misattributed-marilyn-monroe
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    Kate Mosse
    “What we leave behind in this life is the memory of who we were and what we did. An imprint, no more.”
    ― Kate Mosse, Labyrinth
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    Maggie Stiefvater
    “Blue was not so much a terrible driver as a terrified one.”
    ― Maggie Stiefvater, Blue Lily, Lily Blue
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    Victoria Aveyard
    “Cameron, my heart is quite literally in this," he hisses through gritted teeth.
    Swooning words. A romantic declaration. I can barely stop my eyes from rolling.
    "Save it for when we get her back," I grumble.”
    ― Victoria Aveyard, King's Cage
    tags: aveyard, kings-cage, victoria-aveyard
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    Victoria Aveyard
    “As you enter, you pray to leave. As you leave, you pray to never return.”
    ― Victoria Aveyard, King's Cage
    tags: anxiety, fantasy-fiction, leave, pray, red-queen, victoria-aveyard
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    Victoria Aveyard
    “Never doubt that you are valuable and powerful and deserving of every chance and opportunity in the world to pursue and achieve your own dreams. —HRC”
    ― Victoria Aveyard, King's Cage
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    Stephanie Garber
    “No one is truly honest,” Nigel answered. “Even if we don’t lie to others, we often lie to ourselves.”
    ― Stephanie Garber, Caraval
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    Roald Dahl
    “Dreams is full of mystery and magic . . . . Do not try to understand them.”
    ― Roald Dahl, The BFG
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    Amie Kaufman
    “And blood and tears and screams did not matter anymore, because at least they are together.”
    ― Amie Kaufman, Gemina
    tags: hanna-donnelly, nik-malikov, romance
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    Nina LaCour
    “I could keep going forever, listing all my flaws in order from the most innocuous to the least. I am afraid of spiders... I fall in love too easily... I have fierce spells of self-doubt.”
    ― Nina LaCour, Everything Leads to You
    tags: flaws, self-doubt
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    C.S. Lewis
    “The world does not need more Christian literature. What it needs is more Christians writing good literature.”
    ― C.S. Lewis
    tags: art, christianity, integrity, literature, writers
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    Leigh Bardugo
    “I would have come for you. And if I couldn't walk, I'd crawl to you, and no matter how broken we were, we'd fight our way out together-knives drawn, pistols blazing. Because that's what we do. We never stop fighting.”
    ― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom
    tags: crooked-kingdom, inej-ghafa, kaz-brekker, six-of-crows
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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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    Vladimir Nabokov
    “It was love at first sight, at last sight, at ever and ever sight.”
    ― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
    tags: humbert-humbert, love
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    Douglas Adams
    “The story so far:
    In the beginning the Universe was created.
    This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”
    ― Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
    tags: humor, scifi
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    Leigh Bardugo
    “It was because she was listening so closely that she knew the exact moment when Kaz Brekker, Dirtyhands, the bastard of the Barrel and deadliest boy in Ketterdam, fainted.”
    ― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows
    tags: inej-ghafa, kaz-brekker
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    William W. Purkey
    “You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
    Love like you'll never be hurt,
    Sing like there's nobody listening,
    And live like it's heaven on earth.”
    ― William W. Purkey
    tags: dance, heaven, hurt, inspirational, life, love, sing
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    Neal Shusterman
    “You have three hundred sixty-five days of immunity." And then, looking him in the eye, said, "And I'll be seeing you on day three hundred sixty-six.”
    ― Neal Shusterman, Scythe
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    Neal Shusterman
    “Everyone is guilty of something, and everyone still harbors a memory of childhood innocence, no matter how many layers of life wrap around it. Humanity is innocent; humanity is guilty, and both states are undeniably true.”
    ― Neal Shusterman, Scythe
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    Neal Shusterman
    “Outside the rain finally began to fall, surging in fits and starts. “I love the way it rains here,” he told her. “It reminds me that some forces of nature can never be entirely subdued. They are eternal, which is a far better thing to be than immortal.”
    ― Neal Shusterman, Scythe
    tags: immortality
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    Neal Shusterman
    “Death must exist for life to have meaning.”
    ― Neal Shusterman, Thunderhead
    tags: death, live, meaning, thunderhead
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    Neal Shusterman
    “It’s my pleasure to be your displeasure.”
    ― Neal Shusterman, Thunderhead
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