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    F. Scott Fitzgerald
    “He must have looked up at an unfamiliar sky through frightening leaves and shivered as he found what a grotesque thing a rose is. and how raw the sunlight was upon the scarcely created grass.”
    ― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
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    Bill Clinton
    “All America loses when any person is denied or forced out of a job because of sexual orientation. Being gay, the last time I thought about it, seemed to have nothing to do with the ability to read a balance book, fix a broken bone, or change a spark plug.”
    ― Bill Clinton
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    T.S. Eliot
    “I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker, and I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker, and in short, I was afraid.”
    ― T.S. Eliot, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock and Other Poems
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    J.K. Rowling
    “Dumbledore watched her fly away, and as her silvery glow faded he turned back to Snape, and his eyes were full of tears.
    "After all this time?"
    "Always," said Snape.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
    tags: dumbledore, life, love, snape
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    Margaret Atwood
    “The animals have no need for speech, why talk when you are a word.”
    ― Margaret Atwood, Surfacing
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    Evelyn Waugh
    “Once you start changing a name, you see, there's no reason ever to stop. One always hears one that sounds better.”
    ― Evelyn Waugh, The Loved One
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    Yevgeny Zamyatin
    “Was it not I who populated with them all these pages—just recently no more than white rectangular deserts? Without me, would they ever be seen by those whom I shall lead behind me along the narrow paths of lines?”
    ― Yevgeny Zamyatin, We
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    F. Scott Fitzgerald
    “Whenever you feel like criticizing any one...just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.”
    ― F. Scott Fitzgerald
    tags: empathy, thankful, understanding, understanding-others
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    Carson McCullers
    “How can the dead be truly dead when they still live in the souls of those who are left behind?”
    ― Carson McCullers, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
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    Tom Robbins
    “Be your own flying saucer! Rescue yourself!”
    ― Tom Robbins, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
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    Zora Neale Hurston
    “Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It’s beyond me.”
    ― Zora Neale Hurston
    tags: discrimination, humor, self-assurance, self-worth
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    Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
    “Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you've been to college.”
    ― Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country
    tags: college, semicolons, writing
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    J.M. Snyder
    “If ever the day comes when he wakes beside me and my name doesn't come to his lips, when that bewildered look in his eyes doesn't fade away, I'll remember for us both. I won't let him forget the life we built together. I won't let him go.”
    ― J.M. Snyder, Henry and Jim
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    L.M. Montgomery
    “Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?”
    ― L.M. Montgomery
    tags: beginnings, fresh-start, inspirational, mistake, mistakes, new-day, start-over, tomorrow
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    Isadora Duncan
    “You were once wild here. Don’t let them tame you.”
    ― Isadora Duncan, Isadora Speaks: Uncollected Writings and Speeches of Isadora Duncan
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    I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control
    “I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
    ― Marilyn Monroe
    tags: attributed-no-source, best, life, love, misattributed-marilyn-monroe, mistakes, out-of-control, truth, worst
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    Ray Bradbury
    “I have never listened to anyone who criticized my taste in space travel, sideshows or gorillas. When this occurs, I pack up my dinosaurs and leave the room.”
    ― Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You
    tags: humour, individuality, science-fiction
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    “It makes you wonder. All the brilliant things we might have done with our lives if only we suspected we knew how.”
    ― Ann Patchett, Bel Canto
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    Nadezhda Mandelstam
    “I decided it is better to scream. Silence is the real crime against humanity.”
    ― Nadezhda Mandelstam, Hope Against Hope
    tags: silence, voice
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    Edward Albee
    “You're alive only once, as far as we know, and what could be worse than getting to the end of your life and realizing you hadn't lived it?”
    ― Edward Albee
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    Alice Hoffman
    “Books may well be the only true magic.”
    ― Alice Hoffman
    tags: books
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    Margaret Walker
    “When I was about eight, I decided that the most wonderful thing, next to a human being, was a book.”
    ― Margaret Walker
    tags: books, inspirational
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    Wole Soyinka
    “The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.”
    ― Wole Soyinka
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    David Henry Hwang
    “I'm happy. Which often looks like crazy.”
    ― David Henry Hwang, M. Butterfly
    tags: happiness
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    Maria Montessori
    “Imagination does not become great until human beings, given the courage and the strength, use it to create.”
    ― Maria Montessori
    tags: imagination
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    Albert Camus
    “When I look at my life and its secret colours, I feel like bursting into tears.”
    ― Albert Camus, A Happy Death
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    Umberto Eco
    “We live for books.”
    ― Umberto Eco
    tags: bibliophiles, book-lovers, books, reading
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  • #28
    Tennessee Williams
    “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
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    Erica Jong
    “Everyone has talent. What's rare is the courage to follow it to the dark places where it leads.”
    ― Erica Jong
    tags: courage, talent
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    Ian Fleming
    “Never say 'no' to adventures. Always say 'yes,' otherwise you'll lead a very dull life.”
    ― Ian Fleming
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