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#1

“I am out with lanterns, looking for myself.”
― Emily Dickinson

tags: identity

#2

“In each of us is a hidden child. It’s nice when the child wakes up because the world of imagination is a tremendous place to play.”
― Stjepan Varesevac Cobets, Magic Clogs

tags: fairy-tales

87 likes

#3

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

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

135633 likes

#4

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

tags: books, humor

151735 likes

#5

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

177425 likes

#6

“I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

tags: power-of-words

9870 likes

#7

“There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

tags: fear, name-of-the-wind, patrick-rothfuss, wisdom

6322 likes

#8

“With great power comes great need to take a nap, Wake me up later.”
― Nico Di Angelo

38 likes

#9

“Most adults see teenagers as confused kids who don't understand much, while they're the pillars of knowledge and experience and know exactly what is right at all times.
I think the truth is that everyone in the entire world is confused and nobody understands much of anything at all.”
― Alice Oseman, I Was Born for This

153 likes

#10

“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

148516 likes

#11

“I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control. ”
― Jane Austen, Emma

2169 likes

#12

“Most women suffer thorns for the sake of the flowers, but we who wield power adorn ourselves with flowers to hide the sting of our thorns”
― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars

tags: king-of-scars, leigh-bardugo, nikolai-lantsov, thorns, zoya-nazyalensky

573 likes

#13

“Beauty you're born with, but brains you earn.”
― Jay Kristoff, Nevernight

tags: beauty, brains

239 likes

#14

“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols

tags: inspirational, music, philosophy

74415 likes

#15

“Every decision you make can change the world. The best life is the one the gods don't notice. You want to live free, boy, live quietly."
"I want to be a soldier. A hero."
"You'll grow out of it.”
― Steven Erikson, Gardens of the Moon

228 likes

#16

“The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.”
― Voltaire

2778 likes

#17

“I'd rather die on an adventure than live standing still.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

2850 likes

#18

“I'm not going to die," she said. "Not till I've seen it."
"Seen what?"
Her smile widened. "Everything.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

tags: kell, lila

1891 likes

#19

“War doesn't determine who's right. War determines who remains.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War

tags: war

1580 likes

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