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    Marguerite Duras
    “Even so you have managed to live that love in the only way possible for you. Losing it before it happened.”
    ― Marguerite Duras, The Malady of Death
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    Daniel Pennac
    “Reader's Bill of Rights

    1. The right to not read

    2. The right to skip pages

    3. The right to not finish

    4. The right to reread

    5. The right to read anything

    6. The right to escapism

    7. The right to read anywhere

    8. The right to browse

    9. The right to read out loud

    10. The right to not defend your tastes”
    ― Daniel Pennac
    tags: books, reading, rights
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    Ais
    “Standing back and staring blankly at the glass, he realized he had no idea what it meant to preheat. Obviously he heated it prior to something, but to what?
    -Boyd”
    ― Ais, Evenfall
    tags: boyd, cooking, evenfall
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    Jim Thompson
    “There are thirty-two ways to write a story, and I’ve used every one, but there is only one plot – things are not as they seem.”
    ― Jim Thompson
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  • #5
    “There's a time and place for everything, and I believe it’s called 'fan fiction'.”
    ― Joss Whedon
    tags: fandom, fanfiction, fantasy, humour
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    Frank Zappa
    “There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life.”
    ― Frank Zappa
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    J.M. Barrie
    “Always try to be a little kinder than is necessary.”
    ― J M Barrie
    tags: kindness
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    Mahatma Gandhi
    “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
    ― Mahatma Gandhi
    tags: action, change, inspirational, misattributed-to-gandhi, philosophy, wish
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    Mahatma Gandhi
    “When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.”
    ― Mahatma Gandhi
    tags: despair, evil, goodness, inspirational, love, sadness, truth, victory
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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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  • #11
    The Seven Social Sins are: Wealth without work. Pleasure without conscience. Knowledge without character. Commerce
    “The Seven Social Sins are:

    Wealth without work.
    Pleasure without conscience.
    Knowledge without character.
    Commerce without morality.
    Science without humanity.
    Worship without sacrifice.
    Politics without principle.


    From a sermon given by Frederick Lewis Donaldson in Westminster Abbey, London, on March 20, 1925.”
    ― Frederick Lewis Donaldson
    tags: character, commerce, conscience, happiness, humanity, knowledge, misattributed-to-gandhi, money, morality, pleasure, politics, principle, sacrifice, science, sin, sins, wealth, work, worship
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    Mahatma Gandhi
    “To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.”
    ― Mahatma Gandhi
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    Mahatma Gandhi
    “A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.”
    ― Mahatma Gandhi
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    Mahatma Gandhi
    “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”
    ― Mahatma Gandhi
    tags: attributed-no-source, discovery, identity, self-discovery, service
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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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  • #16
    Anne Tyler
    “I read so I can live more than one life in more than one place.”
    ― Anne Tyler
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  • #17
    Dave Eggers
    “But everyone disappears, no matter who loves them.”
    ― Dave Eggers, What Is the What
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  • #18
    Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
    “I am not a person of opinions because I feel the counter arguments too strongly.”
    ― Mary Shelley, The Journals of Mary Shelley
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    Sharon Salzberg
    “You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.”
    ― Sharon Salzberg
    tags: inspiration, life, love, self-acceptance, self-esteem, wisdom
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    Amy Bloom
    “You are imperfect, permanently and inevitably flawed. And you are beautiful.”
    ― Amy Bloom
    tags: beauty, body-image, imperfections, self-acceptance
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    Marilyn Monroe
    “Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.”
    ― Marilyn Monroe
    tags: inspirational, misattributed, self-acceptance, self-esteem
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  • #22
    Malala Yousafzai
    “One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.”
    ― Malala Yousafzai, I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
    tags: change, hope, malala-yousafzai, teaching
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  • #23
    “I wished for death," he whispered, and the words took the smile from both our lips.
    His gaze met mine again, this time it was earnest and beseeching. "I knew I could not leave you behind, so I planned to kill you first. I could not. I sat here with the pistol at your head for a long time. I thought of...how much you loved me, that you would make such a request, and...I could not. So I am chained here in this life, with you." He shook his head quickly. "Non, that did not sound as it should. I...will not betray you by leaving you alone, and I cannot take you with me, so I will remain, because I love you.”
    ― W.A. Hoffman, Matelots
    tags: crazy, love, punch-drunk-love, wtf
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  • #24
    “In my eye, men appear at their most powerful when they strain to reach that momentary perfection. Every muscle and sinew is taut, and for them there is nothing else except their bodies and the sensations. Fighting in concert, side by side, it is as if they storm the gates of Heaven demanding entry.”
    ― W.A Hoffman
    tags: brethren-raised-by-wolves, sex-appeal
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  • #25
    “I had long ago learned to ignore things I could not resolve. Whenever I was faced with such choices, something always occured to tip the scales one way or another and relieve me of the decision.
    I watched the skies for portents from the Gods.”
    ― W.A. Hoffman, Brethren
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  • #26
    “He shrugged. "It is usually not a pleasant emotion I find myself filled with."

    "And now? Do you feel it now?"

    "Oui. It is pleasant. I have no name for it. Can you name yours?"

    "Oui." I bit my lip. I was hesitant to speak it, as I had always been soundly rebuked for it before. "Love." He took a long breath and studied the horizon. I cringed inwardly.

    "You are sure?" he asked.

    "Oui."

    "You have felt this before?"

    "Oui, and it has gone unanswered...every time." His eyes were filled with trepidation when they found mine. "Not this time.”
    ― W.A. Hoffman, Brethren
    tags: love, pirates, pirates-in-love, profess-love
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  • #27
    “But any creature has life. Man is special and unique among the beasts because we have the ability to reason. I think that is our Divine gift. I feel the Gods are likely angered by any man who refuses to claim the Divine birthright of a rational mind.”
    ― W.A. Hoffman, Wolves
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  • #28
    “So let us do as we always have, and always continue to change the way we think, but let us not change that we do think.”
    ― W.A. Hoffman, Wolves
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  • #29
    “The Bible says that man lying with another man as with a woman is an abomination. I have never lain with a man as if he were a woman. I have no interest in such a thing. If I lie with a woman, it is because she is a woman and I want to treat her as one. If I lie with a man, it is because he is a man and I want to treat him as one.”
    ― W.A. Hoffman, Wolves
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  • #30
    “If you’re destined for each other, the world can end – but at least you’re not alone. It’s better to drown together than to burn alone.”
    ― W.A. Hoffman, Brethren
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