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e78be80 It is funny how mortals always picture us as putting things into their minds: in reality our best work is done by keeping things out. C.S. Lewis
9cdc163 She hardly ever thought of him. He had worn a place for himself in some corner of her heart, as a sea shell, always boring against the rock, might do. The making of the place had been her pain. But now the shell was safely in the rock. It was lodged, and ground no longer. pain sorrow love longing unrequited-love T.H. White
2f940c0 Your problem is how you are going to spend this one and precious life you have been issued. Whether you're going to spend it trying to look good and creating the illusion that you have power over circumstances, or whether you are going to taste it, enjoy it and find out the truth about who you are. inspirational Anne Lamott
e45c898 A rat in a maze is free to go anywhere, as long as it stays inside the maze. Margaret Atwood
7eed105 There's none so blind as those who will not listen. stubbornness paraphrased Neil Gaiman
3267984 Wherever you go, you take yourself with you. you Neil Gaiman
a420b32 One had to build shelters. One had to make pockets and live inside them. shelter protect Lorrie Moore
7c3594e Sit in a room and read--and read and read. And read the right books by the right people. Your mind is brought onto that level, and you have a nice, mild, slow-burning rapture all the time. reading inspirational advice-for-daily-living Joseph Campbell
881c941 Someday, Will, I will go where none can follow me, and I think it will be sooner rather than later. Have you ever asked yourself why I agreed to be your parabatai? jem-carstairs will-herondale friendships Cassandra Clare
b72f393 Look, I asked you here for a reason. Much as I hate to admit it, vampire, we have something in common." "Totally awesome hair?" Simon suggested." quip simon-lewis Cassandra Clare
ebff8fd and for a moment I thought I loved her. But I am slow-thinking and full of interior rules that act as brakes on my desires slow-thinking rules F. Scott Fitzgerald
2ec6d17 She wore flowers in her hair and carried magic secrets in her eyes. She spoke to no one. She spent hours on the riverbank. She smoked cigarettes and had midnight swims... midnight flowers Arundhati Roy
82b5369 The pieces all fit together. Yet everything was falling apart. Nicholas Sparks
9ed460a Walk with the dreamers, the believers, the courageous, the cheerful, the planners, the doers, the successful people with their heads in the clouds and their feet on the ground. Let their spirit ignite a fire within you to leave this world better than when you found it... courage future spirit dreams success life inspirational Wilferd Peterson
6bdc883 Ye werena the first lass I kissed," he said softly. "But I swear you'll be the last." Diana Gabaldon
cad9f70 Don't only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine. philosophy wisdom inspirational Ludwig van Beethoven
a7635d3 Bermimpilah, karena Tuhan akan memeluk mimpi-mimpi itu. inspirational Andrea Hirata
b664279 Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty. David Mitchell
0a1695b Talk, talk, talk: the utter and heartbreaking stupidity of words. words silence stupidity talking William Faulkner
e3f1dde Someday I must read this scholar Everyone. He seems to have written so much--all of it wrong. humor scholar Tamora Pierce
c1aedc9 Chaos is found in greatest abundance wherever order is being sought. It always defeats order, because it is better organized. Terry Pratchett
c367ea8 All human wisdom is contained in these two words--"Wait and Hope." Alexandre Dumas
9e0e8b4 This above all: to thine own self be true. truth William Shakespeare
faef105 Let today be the day you stop being haunted by the ghost of yesterday. Holding a grudge & harboring anger/resentment is poison to the soul. Get even with people...but not those who have hurt us, forget them, instead get even with those who have helped us. action change motivational success life inspirational living-in-the-present grudges seize-the-day anger resentment poison soul Steve Maraboli
9d1f17b When one has a grateful heart, life is so beautiful. gratitude inspiration inspirational-attitude inspirational-life inspirational-quotes inspire life-and-living life-quotes living optimistic positive-affirmation positive-life inspiring positive positive-thinking life-lessons optimism life inspirational Roy T. Bennett
3818ff3 Maktub" (It is written.) inspirational Paulo Coelho
435b314 It's called civilization. Women invented it, and every time you men blow it all to bits, we just invent it again. Orson Scott Card
065ffc2 Game shows are designed to make us feel better about the random, useless facts that are all we have left of our education. game-shows trivia Chuck Palahniuk
2eafa05 Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need. Chuck Palahniuk
0b86604 We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps. Hermann Hesse
adab30e He f**ks even better than he looks", I settled on saying. Several heads turned. I didn't care; I was pissed. "And that beautiful face is going to be clamped between my legs as soon as we get home, don't you worry." sex humor cat Jeaniene Frost
c1a6797 In the middle of the journey of our life I found myself within a dark woods where the straight way was lost. Dante Alighieri
aea84b6 I don't owe people anything, and I don't have to talk to them any more than I feel I need to. Ned Vizzini
2a149dc The female mind is certainly a devious one, my lord." Vetinari looked at his secretary in surprise. "Well, of course it is. It has to deal with the male one." gender-stereotypes men-and-women Terry Pratchett
b2896e6 The intelligence of that creature known as a crowd is the square root of the number of people in it. people intelligence mob-rule mobs Terry Pratchett
364b0ad There is a place where the sidewalk ends And before the street begins, And there the grass grows soft and white, And there the sun burns crimson bright, And there the moon-bird rests from his flight To cool in the peppermint wind. Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black And the dark street winds and bends. Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow We shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow, And watch where the chalk-.. song forever-and-a-day when-broken-is-easily-fixed silverstein lyrics music-lyrics Shel Silverstein
b276f9e Instead of cursing the darkness, light a candle. inspirational proverb Ben Franklin
4db062e Think, Believe, Dream, and Dare. inspirational Walt Disney
a7a1ca6 I want you to be weak. As weak as I am. Milan Kundera
1d63594 We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie. humor pie stress eating food David Mamet
2b7f457 Quiet is peace. Tranquility. Quiet is turning down the volume knob on life. Silence is pushing the off button. Shutting it down. All of it. - Amir silence tranquility quiet Khaled Hosseini
27f6b6c Some catastrophic moments invite clarity, explode in split moments: You smash your hand through a windowpane and then there is blood and shattered glass stained with red all over the place; you fall out a window and break some bones and scrape some skin. Stitches and casts and bandages and antiseptic solve and salve the wounds. But depression is not a sudden disaster. It is more like a cancer: At first its tumorous mass is not even noticeab.. wonderful Elizabeth Wurtzel
23b537e No, I would not want to live in a world without dragons, as I would not want to live in a world without magic, for that is a world without mystery, and that is a world without faith. magic world faith mystery R.A. Salvatore
5c582c8 We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and private: and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship. solitude friendship privacy C.S. Lewis