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“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
― Oscar Wilde

“Books may well be the only true magic.”
― Alice Hoffman

“I have never been convinced there's anything inherently wrong in having fun. ”
― George Plimpton

“Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.”
― Anne Lamott

“There must be those among whom we can sit down and weep and still be counted as warriors.”
― Adrienne Rich

“Nobody gets everything in this life. You decide your priorities and you make your choices. I'd decided long ago that any cake I had would be eaten.”
― Donald E. Westlake, Two Much

“I don't like people who have never fallen or stumbled. Their virtue is lifeless and it isn't of much value. Life hasn't revealed its beauty to them. ”
― Boris Pasternak

“Hold fast to dreams,
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird,
That cannot fly.”
― Langston Hughes

“Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.”
― Abraham Lincoln

“Everybody talks about wanting to change things and help and fix, but ultimately all you can do is fix yourself. And that's a lot. Because if you can fix yourself, it has a ripple effect.”
― Rob Reiner

“I've got the guts to die. What I want to know is, have you got the guts to live?”
― Tennessee Williams, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

“Let the wild rumpus start!”
― Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are

“My mother was my first country, the first place I ever lived.”
― Nayyirah Waheed