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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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    “Some women choose to follow men, and some women choose to follow their dreams. If you're wondering which way to go, remember that your career will never wake up and tell you that it doesn't love you anymore.”
    ― Lady Gaga
    tags: love, romance, work
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    I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn
    “I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.”
    ― Marilyn Monroe
    tags: attributed-no-source, misattributed-marilyn-monroe
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    “Don’t be scared of making mistakes,” she said, waiting for me to look at her before continuing. “Be scared of making none. Because if you’re not making a healthy number of mistakes along the way, you’re not really living life to its fullest.”
    ― Nicole Williams, Up in Flames
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    Stanley Kunitz
    “The universe is a continuous web. Touch it at any point and the whole web quivers.”
    ― Stanley Kunitz
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    Amy Sedaris
    “I think it's good for a person to spend time alone. It gives them an opportunity to discover who they are and to figure out why they are always alone.”
    ― Amy Sedaris, I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence
    tags: alone, being-alone, self-knowledge
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    S.E. Hinton
    “I lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me.”
    ― S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders
    tags: lies, lying, self-deception, truth
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    Francis Bacon
    “Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.”
    ― Sir Francis Bacon
    tags: books, reading
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    China Miéville
    “A trap is only a trap if you don't know about it. If you know about it, it's a challenge.”
    ― China Miéville, King Rat
    tags: challenge, trap
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    Willa Cather
    “The world is little, people are little, human life is little. There is only one big thing — desire.”
    ― Willa Cather, The Song of the Lark
    tags: desire
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    Arthur C. Clarke
    “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.”
    ― Arthur C. Clarke
    tags: distance, life, loneliness, qotd, sense-of-wonder, universe
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    Joseph Campbell
    “Life has no meaning. Each of us has meaning and we bring it to life. It is a waste to be asking the question when you are the answer.”
    ― Joseph Campbell
    tags: meaning-of-life
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    Mona van Duyn
    “The world's perverse, but it could be worse.”
    ― Mona Van Duyn
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    William Golding
    “The thing is - fear can't hurt you any more than a dream.”
    ― William Golding, Lord of the Flies
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    Joseph Mitchell
    “...you can hate a place with all your heart and soul and still be homesick for it.”
    ― Joseph Mitchell
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    Will Shortz
    “As human beings, we have a natural compulsion to fill empty spaces.”
    ― Will Shortz
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    Jude Deveraux
    “Love can make even nice people do awful things.”
    ― Jude Deveraux
    tags: an-angel-for-emily, emily-todd
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    Anne Tyler
    “I read so I can live more than one life in more than one place.”
    ― Anne Tyler
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    Tom Bodett
    “They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.”
    ― Tom Bodett
    tags: happiness, hope, joy, love, wishing
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    William Makepeace Thackeray
    “To love and win is the best thing.
    To love and lose, the next best.”
    ― William Makepeace Thackeray
    tags: inspirational
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    Hilaire Belloc
    “When I am dead, I hope it may be said: "His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.”
    ― Hilaire Belloc
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    Louisa May Alcott
    “I like good strong words that mean something…”
    ― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women
    tags: little-women, louisa-may-alcott, words
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    نزار قباني
    “In the summer
    I stretch out on the shore
    And think of you. Had I told the sea
    What I felt for you,
    It would have left its shores,
    Its shells,
    Its fish,
    And followed me.”
    ― Nizar Qabbani
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  • #24
    If you don't like someone's story, write your own.
    “If you don't like someone's story, write your own.”
    ― Chinua Achebe
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    C.J. Cherryh
    “Ignorance killed the cat; curiosity was framed!”
    ― C. J. Cherryh
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    “Don't wait for a light to appear at the end of the tunnel, stride down there and light the bloody thing yourself.”
    ― Sara Henderson
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    Charles Darwin
    “A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.”
    ― Charles Darwin, The Life & Letters of Charles Darwin
    tags: dare, inspirational, life, science, time, value, waste
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  • #28
    Rosamunde Pilcher
    “She believed, of course ... because without something to believe in, life would be intolerable.”
    ― Rosamunde Pilcher, The Shell Seekers
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  • #29
    Shel Silverstein
    “There are no happy endings.
    Endings are the saddest part,
    So just give me a happy middle
    And a very happy start.”
    ― Shel Silverstein, Every Thing on It
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    Jill Ker Conway
    “An adult life...is a slowly emerging design, with shifting components, occasional dramatic disruptions, and fresh creative arrangements.”
    ― Jill Ker Conway
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