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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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    Aristotle
    “What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.”
    ― Aristotle
    tags: friendship, soul
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    C.G. Jung
    “The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.”
    ― Carl Gustav Jung
    tags: chemistry, relationships
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    Sylvia Plath
    “What did my fingers do before they held him?”
    ― Sylvia Plath
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    Clive Barker
    “Angels have very nasty tempers. Especially when they’re feeling righteous.”
    ― Clive Barker, Mister B. Gone
    tags: angels, righteousness, temper
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    Morrissey
    “It begins in the heart...and it hurts when it's true.
    It only hurts because it's true.”
    ― Morrissey
    tags: humor, lyrics, music
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    John Green
    “At some point, you just pull off the Band-Aid, and it hurts, but then it's over and you're relieved.”
    ― John Green, Looking for Alaska
    tags: looking-for-alaska
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    Charles Bukowski
    “Do you hate people?”

    “I don't hate them...I just feel better when they're not around.”
    ― Charles Bukowski, Barfly
    tags: humour, misanthropy, paraphrased
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    Charles Bukowski
    “You have to die a few times before you can really
    live.”
    ― Charles Bukowski, The People Look Like Flowers at Last
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    Marilyn Monroe
    “Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.”
    ― Marilyn Monroe
    tags: attributed-no-source, be-yourself, inspirational
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    “If you have enemies, good that means you stood up for something.”
    ― Eminem
    tags: enemies
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    Charles Bukowski
    “That's the problem with drinking, I thought, as I poured myself a drink. If something bad happens you drink in an attempt to forget; if something good happens you drink in order to celebrate; and if nothing happens you drink to make something happen.”
    ― Charles Bukowski, Women
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    Maya Angelou
    “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
    ― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
    tags: 1970, inspirational, stories, writing
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    David Foster Wallace
    “The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you.”
    ― David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest
    tags: freedom, truth
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    Joseph Mitchell
    “...you can hate a place with all your heart and soul and still be homesick for it.”
    ― Joseph Mitchell
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    Charles Bukowski
    “being alone never felt right. sometimes it felt good, but it never felt right.”
    ― Charles Bukowski, Women
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    Charles Bukowski
    “The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.”
    ― Charles Bukowski
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    Walt Disney Company
    “The flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all.”
    ― Walt Disney Company, Mulan
    tags: inspiration, life
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    David Foster Wallace
    “You will become way less concerned with what other people think of you when you realize how seldom they do.”
    ― David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest
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    Winston S. Churchill
    “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
    ― Winston S. Churchill
    tags: bravery, courage, failure, inspirational, success
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    David Foster Wallace
    “It's weird to feel like you miss someone you're not even sure you know.”
    ― David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest
    tags: loneliness, longing
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    Judy Garland
    “For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.”
    ― Judy Garland
    tags: love
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    Nicholas Sparks
    “You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.”
    ― Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook
    tags: inspirational, the-notebook
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    George Bernard Shaw
    “Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
    ― George Bernard Shaw
    tags: inspirational, life, yourself
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    Elizabeth Gilbert
    “This is a good sign, having a broken heart. It means we have tried for something.”
    ― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love
    tags: heartache, love
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    Charles Bukowski
    “I'm going, she said. I love you but you're
    crazy, you're doomed.”
    ― Charles Bukowski, Love Is a Dog from Hell
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    Mahatma Gandhi
    “When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.”
    ― Mahatma Gandhi
    tags: despair, evil, goodness, inspirational, love, sadness, truth, victory
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  • #28
    “Time passes: yesterday has gone for ever but tomorrow never comes. Let's make the most of today.”
    ― Robert Ashby
    tags: philosophy-of-life, reflection, time
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    Ayn Rand
    “Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark in the hopeless swamps of the not-quite, the not-yet, and the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach. The world you desire can be won. It exists.. it is real.. it is possible.. it's yours.”
    ― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
    tags: inspirational, life
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    Jonathan Safran Foer
    “He promised us that everything would be okay. I was a child, but I knew that everything would not be okay. That did not make my father a liar. It made him my father.”
    ― Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
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