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“Nothing in the world is ever completely wrong. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.”
― Paulo Coelho, Brida

“If people cannot write well, they cannot think well, and if they cannot think well, others will do their thinking for them.”
― George Orwell

“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.”
― George Orwell

“You can pretend to be something other than who you are but eventually you will run out of energy to continue because that’s not authentically you.”
― Caroline Myss, Archetypes: Who Are You?

“Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren't. I'm not surprised some people prefer books.”
― Julian Barnes, Flaubert's Parrot

“If I went rummaging through your carcass, would I find you?”
― Jeff VanderMeer, Dead Astronauts

“You have to open your heart to as much as you can. As much as you can stand. No matter the cost.”
― Jeff VanderMeer, Dead Astronauts