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    Albert Einstein
    “I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: 1929, viereck-interview
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    William W. Purkey
    “You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
    Love like you'll never be hurt,
    Sing like there's nobody listening,
    And live like it's heaven on earth.”
    ― William W. Purkey
    tags: dance, heaven, hurt, inspirational, life, love, sing
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    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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    Mark Twain
    “The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: aliteracy, attributed-no-source, literacy
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    Curtis Sittenfeld
    “I always worried someone would notice me, and then when no one did, I felt lonely.”
    ― Curtis Sittenfeld, Prep
    tags: anonymity, blending-in
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    Sherwood Smith
    “A wager?" I repeated.
    "Yes," he said, and gave me a slow smile, bright with challenge. ...
    "Stake?" I asked cautiously. He was still smiling, an odd sort of smile, hard to define.
    "A kiss." My first reaction was outrage, but then I remembered that I was on my way to Court, and that had to be the kind of thing they did at Court. And if I win I don't have to collect. I hesitated only a moment longer, lured by the thought of open sky, and speed, and winning.
    "Done," I said.”
    ― Sherwood Smith, , Crown Duel
    tags: crown-duel, meliara, shevraeth, vidanric, wager
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    Camy Tang
    “Aiden already knew he should say his last prayers now. Lex was going to kill him. Slowly.
    ***
    She was going to kill him. Slowly.
    Lex sat on the sidelines watching the last game of the night. She hated sitting out, but she had to take her turn.”
    ― Camy Tang (Sushi for One)
    tags: humor, sushi-for-one
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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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    Kathy Herman
    “When silence is God's only voice,
    And waiting on Him my only choice,
    A banner of faith I humbly raise
    And offer a sacrifice of praise.
    Though answers He may not impart,
    Forever I can trust His heart.”
    ― Kathy Herman, The Day of Reckoning
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    Jack London
    “You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.”
    ― Jack London
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    Elie Wiesel
    “The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.”
    ― Elie Wiesel
    tags: activism, apathy, hate, indifference, inspirational, love, opposite, philosophy
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    Jane Yolen
    “Literature is a textually transmitted disease, normally contracted in childhood.”
    ― Jane Yolen, Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie & Folklore in the Literature of Childhood
    tags: childhood, disease, literature
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    Corrie ten Boom
    “Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.”
    ― Corrie Ten Boom, Clippings from My Notebook
    tags: strength, worry
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    Amos Bronson Alcott
    “Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.”
    ― Amos Bronson Alcott, Tablets
    tags: books
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    William Goldman
    “Life is pain, highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.”
    ― William Goldman, Four Screenplays with Essays: Marathon Man - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - The Princess Bride - Misery
    tags: life, pain
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    Janette Oke
    “Sometimes love isn't fireworks, sometimes love just comes softly.”
    ― Janette Oke, Love Comes Softly
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    L.M. Montgomery
    “I am simply a 'book drunkard.' Books have the same irresistible temptation for me that liquor has for its devotee. I cannot withstand them.”
    ― L.M. Montgomery
    tags: books
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    Lisa Wingate
    “A bad past is like gristle. You can chew on it forever and starve yourself to death, or you can spit it out and see what else is on the table.”
    ― Lisa Wingate
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    Helen Keller
    “When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.”
    ― Helen Keller
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    Jane Austen
    “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”
    ― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
    tags: husband, marriage, opening-lines, wife
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    Jane Austen
    “What are men to rocks and mountains?”
    ― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
    tags: men, mountains, rocks
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    Sydney Smith
    “No furniture is so charming as books.”
    ― Sydney Smith , A Memoir of the Rev. Sydney Smith; 2 volume set
    tags: books, literature, reading, words
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    Nancy Moser
    “When I read a novel I am not here. I am transported to far-off places, my eyes unseeing of the words on the page, busy with a scene being played out in my mind's eye, with my ears engaged, hearing the voices carry from the pen to the present. What a lovely place to be-not here
    - Just Jane (Chapter Four Page 35)”
    ― Nancy Moser, Just Jane
    tags: reading
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    P.G. Wodehouse
    “-'What do ties matter, Jeeves, at a time like this?'
    There is no time, sir, at which ties do not matter”
    ― P. G. Wodehouse
    tags: ties, time, wodehouse
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    Charlaine Harris
    “I am a woman, hear me roar," I said.
    Gosh, what prompted that?" Amelia asked, and I jumped”
    ― Charlaine Harris, From Dead to Worse
    tags: humor
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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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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “All that is gold does not glitter,
    Not all those who wander are lost;
    The old that is strong does not wither,
    Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

    From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
    A light from the shadows shall spring;
    Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
    The crownless again shall be king.”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
    tags: frost, glitter, gold, lost, poetry, roots, strength, strong, wander, wither
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    Louisa May Alcott
    “She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.”
    ― Louisa May Alcott, Work: A Story of Experience
    tags: books
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  • #29
    “I'm not going to wear a red dress," she said.
    "It would look stunning, My Lady," she called.
    She spoke to the bubbles gathered on the surface of the water. "If there's anyone I wish to stun at dinner, I'll hit him in the face.”
    ― Kristin Cashore, Graceling
    tags: humor
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    “Jen's been hiding the sugary cereals behind the granola, so I forget we have them.
    It's not a very nice thing to do.
    Jen likes the granola that feels like crackling leaves.
    I like cereal with taste as opposed to feelings.”
    ― Erynn Mangum, Latte Daze
    tags: cereal, erynn-mangum, latte-daze
    20 likes



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