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    Carlos Ruiz Zafón
    “Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens.”
    ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind
    tags: inspirational, soul, spiritual-growth
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    Lloyd Alexander
    “Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.”
    ― Lloyd Alexander
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    Maya Angelou
    “Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.”
    ― Maya Angelou
    tags: courage, love, trust
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    Elizabeth Gilbert
    “Faith is belief in what you cannot see or prove or touch. Faith is walking face-first and full-speed into the dark.”
    ― Elizabeth Gilbert
    tags: faith
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    Sarah Dessen
    “Love is needing someone. Love is putting up with someone's bad qualities because they somehow complete you.”
    ― Sarah Dessen, This Lullaby
    tags: love
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    Mahatma Gandhi
    “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
    ― Mahatma Gandhi
    tags: carpe-diem, education, inspirational, learning
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    Mahatma Gandhi
    “Your beliefs become your thoughts,
    Your thoughts become your words,
    Your words become your actions,
    Your actions become your habits,
    Your habits become your values,
    Your values become your destiny.”
    ― Gandhi
    tags: actions, habits, values
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    Mahatma Gandhi
    “Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”
    ― Mahatma Gandhi
    tags: inner-strength, mahatma-gandhi, strength, will
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    “Comparing yourself to others does nothing for you. Society has conditioned us to value people who fit a secular mold of perfection".”
    ― Michele Woolley, God's Favor - Breath Of Heaven
    tags: christian-community, faith, favor, self-help
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    Nicole Krauss
    “Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering.”
    ― Nicole Krauss, The History of Love
    tags: love
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    Eleanor Roosevelt
    “A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.”
    ― Eleanor Roosevelt
    tags: attributed-no-source, misattributed-eleanor-roosevelt
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    Elizabeth Taylor
    “The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues.”
    ― Elizabeth Taylor
    tags: indulgence, virtue
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    Julian Barnes
    “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
    tags: books, life
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    Maya Angelou
    “Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option.”
    ― Maya Angelou
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    Oscar Wilde
    “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
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    Anne Bishop
    “There are some questions that shouldn't be asked until a person is mature enough to appreciate the answers.”
    ― Anne Bishop, Daughter of the Blood
    tags: answers, maturity, questions
    395 likes

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    Marilyn Monroe
    “We should all start to live before we get too old. Fear is stupid. So are regrets.”
    ― Marilyn Monroe
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    Charles William Eliot
    “Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.”
    ― Charles W. Eliot
    tags: books, friends, reading, teachers
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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
    130184 likes

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    Coco Chanel
    “My life didn't please me, so I created my life.”
    ― Coco Chanel
    tags: control, life
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    Lewis Carroll
    “It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.”
    ― Lewis Carroll
    tags: alice, humor, inspirational, philosophy-of-life, psychological, yesterday
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    Dean Koontz
    “The opportunity to love a dog and to treat it with kindness is an opportunity for a lost and selfish heart to be redeemed. They are powerless and innocent, and it is how we treat the humblest among us that surely determines the fate of our souls”
    ― Dean Koontz, The Darkest Evening of the Year
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    Stephen King
    “Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.”
    ― Stephen King, Different Seasons
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    Nora Ephron
    “Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.”
    ― Nora Ephron
    tags: courage, empowerment, self-determination, women
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    Marilyn Monroe
    “Too often they don't realize what they have until it's gone.
    ...they're too stubborn to say, 'Sorry, I was wrong'
    they hurt the ones closest to their hearts,
    and we let the most foolish things tear us apart”
    ― Marilyn Monroe
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    Albert Camus
    “Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
    Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
    Walk beside me… just be my friend”
    ― Albert Camus
    tags: attributed-no-source, friends, friendship, misattributed-albert-camus
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    Peter S. Beagle
    “Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed. It is all part of the fairy tale.”
    ― Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn
    tags: heroes, inspirational
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    P.C. Cast
    “You know how it is with cats: They don't really have owners, they have staff.”
    ― P.C. Cast, Chosen
    tags: chosen
    1301 likes

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    Dr. Seuss
    “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”
    ― Dr. Seuss, I Can Read with My Eyes Shut!
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    Maxim Gorky
    “Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.”
    ― Maxim Gorky, The Lower Depths and Other Plays
    2359 likes



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