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dc13d3f One man practicing kindness in the wilderness is worth all the temples this world pulls. kindness serenity Jack Kerouac
ae5ebe6 With endless time, nothing is special. With no loss or sacrifice, we can't appreciate what we have Mitch Albom
9a9ceff As you grow, you learn more. If you stayed as ignorant as you were at twenty-two, you'd always be twenty-two. Aging is not just decay, you know. It's growth. It's more than the negative that you're going to die, it's the positive that you understand you're going to die, and that you live a better life because of it. Mitch Albom
0fe1a9b The words were on their way, and when they arrived, she would hold them in her hands like the clouds, and she would wring them out like the rain. Markus Zusak
94b2343 With writing, we have second chances. Jonathan Safran Foer
5f30173 You may never have proof of your importance but you are more important than you think. There are always those who couldn't do without you. The rub is that you don't always know who. Robert Fulghum
dd16247 I'm in love with you, and I'm not in the business of denying myself the simple pleasure of saying true things. true love can-t i augustus-waters augustus why have John Green
d30d21c Aretmis gripped her bow. "Let us pray I am wrong." Can goddesses pray?" goddess goddesses gods percy-jackson rick riordan
f0b4910 If you care about what you do and work hard at it, there isn't anything you can't do if you want to. work success inspirational Jim Henson
af0c002 Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death. inspirational lifelong-learning Albert Einstein
f9e54b4 Why, darling, I don't live at all when I'm not with you. love ernest-hemingway Ernest Hemingway
24cc82a Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent. taoism Ludwig Wittgenstein
5e6b764 All the privilege I claim for my own sex (it is not a very enviable one: you need not covet it), is that of loving longest, when existence or when hope is gone! Jane Austen
9a62d8a Because they are mean is no reason why I should be. I hate such things, and though I think I've a right to be hurt, I don't intend to show it. (Amy March) meanness mean hurt Louisa May Alcott
3e98058 Still, I wonder if we shall ever be put into songs or tales. We're in one, of course, but I mean: put into words, you know, told by the fireside, or read out of a great big book with red and black letters, years and years afterwards. And people will say: "Let's hear about Frodo and the Ring!" And they will say: "Yes, that's one of my favourite stories. Frodo was very brave, wasn't he, dad?" "Yes, my boy, the famousest of the hobbits, and th.. tales J.R.R. Tolkien
ed56804 Why do girls always feel like they have to apologize for giving an opinion or taking up space in the world? Have you ever noticed that?" Nicole asked. "You go on websites and some girl leaves a post and if it's longer than three sentences or she's expressing her thoughts about some topic, she usually ends with, 'Sorry for the rant' or 'That may be dumb, but that's what I think." sorry Libba Bray
662b540 I am an invisible monster, and I am incapable of loving anybody. You don't know which is worse. Chuck Palahniuk
577b92f She was made up of more, too. She was the books she read in the library. She was the flower in the brown bowl. Part of her life was made from the tree growing rankly in the yard. She was the bitter quarrels she had with her brother whom she loved dearly. She was Katie's secret, despairing weeping. She was the shame of her father stumbling home drunk. She was all of these things and of something more...It was what God or whatever is His equi.. Betty Smith
9bd4f54 One should never save cake for later when it can be eaten now. Marissa Meyer
372415a Sookie, my little bullet-sucker" Eric, my big bullshitter" Charlaine Harris
4701886 The Universe is very, very big. It also loves a paradox. For example, it has some extremely strict rules. Rule number one: Nothing lasts forever. Not you or your family or your house or your planet or the sun. It is an absolute rule. Therefore when someone says that their love will never die, it means that their love is not real, for everything that is real dies. Rule number two: Everything lasts forever. universe time love infinity paradox forever Craig Ferguson
1dcc3c8 Good fighting with you, Seaweed Brain." Ditto." percy-jackson Rick Riordan
9a73e16 Night poured over the desert. It came suddenly, in purple. In the clear air, the stars drilled down out of the sky, reminding any thoughtful watcher that it is in the deserts and high places that religions are generated. When men see nothing but bottomless infinity over their heads they have always had a driving and desperate urge to find someone to put in the way. religion Terry Pratchett
415cd23 Enthusiasm can help you find the new doors, but it takes passion to open them. If you have a strong purpose in life, you don't have to be pushed. Your passion will drive you there. living-on-purpose opportunity passion inspiration inspirational-quotes life-quotes motivation optimistic positive-affirmation positive motivational optimism life inspirational enthusiasm authentic-living conviction Roy T. Bennett
5880c1e Without music, life would be a blank to me. music Jane Austen
fece87e Let us be elegant or die! Louisa May Alcott
addcb4a When you understand, that what you're telling is just a story. It isn't happening anymore. When you realize the story you're telling is just words, when you can just crumble up and throw your past in the trashcan, then we'll figure out who you're going to be. past Chuck Palahniuk
7fddb7d It is really a hard life. Men will not be nice to you if you are not good-looking, and women will not be nice to you if you are. Agatha Christie
edf3d2d But the law of loving others could not be discovered by reason, because it is unreasonable. Leo Tolstoy
606f433 Curious indeed how these things happen. The wand chooses the wizard, remember...I think we must expect great things from you, Mr. Potter... After all, He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named did great things -- terrible, yes, but great. J.K. Rowling
abdc7e5 When you look at what C.S. Lewis is saying, his message is so anti-life, so cruel, so unjust. The view that the Narnia books have for the material world is one of almost undisguised contempt. At one point, the old professor says, 'It's all in Plato' -- meaning that the physical world we see around us is the crude, shabby, imperfect, second-rate copy of something much better. I want to emphasize the simple physical truth of things, the absol.. young-adult books beauty wisdom offense philip-pullman book belief value children-s-books Philip Pullman
2ebf42c When first love ends, most people eventually know there will be more to come. They are not through with love. Love is not through with them. It will never be the same as the first, but it will be better in different ways. David Levithan
e0a934b It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.... Oscar Wilde
27f9a61 So we gave up. I'd finally had enough of chasing after a ghost who did not want to be discovered. We'd failed, maybe, but some mysteries aren't meant to be solved. I still did not know her as I wanted to, but I never could. She made it impossible for me. And the accident, the suicide, would never be anything else, and I was left to ask, Did I help you to a fate you didn't want, Alaska, or did I jsut assist in your willful self-destruction? .. John Green
cdc858b I'm going to shoot a muffin off Marlene's head. muffin uriah Veronica Roth
7decfc8 At one magical instant in your early childhood, the page of a book--that string of confused, alien ciphers--shivered into meaning. Words spoke to you, gave up their secrets; at that moment, whole universes opened. You became, irrevocably, a reader. words literature reading Alberto Manguel
49e9a76 Huh," Leo said. "Well, if you ever get off this island and want a job, let me know. You're not a total klutz." She smirked. "A job, eh?" Making things in your forge?" "Nah, we could start our own shop," Leo said, surprising himself. Starting a machine shop had always been one of his dreams, but he'd never told anyone about it. "Leo and Calypso's Garage: Auto Repair and Mechanical Monsters." funny humor love leo-valdez Rick Riordan
724791d One of the best ways to influence people is to make them feel important. influence leadership inspiration inspirational-quotes inspire life-quotes living motivation inspiring motivational life inspirational leader leaders Roy T. Bennett
79a6793 Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for. reading wisdom inspirational Socrates
91b70f2 I hate you and your freaky alien powers. Jennifer L. Armentrout
ce56439 We're both looking at the same moon, in the same world. We're connected to reality by the same line. All I have to do is quietly draw it towards me. Haruki Murakami
2725762 I respect you," he murmured. "and your views. I think of you as an equal. I respect your brains, and all those big words you like to use. But I also want to rip your clothes off and have sex with you until you scream and cry and see God." -Jack Travis (Smooth Talking Stranger)" sex manly jack-travis male sexy Lisa Kleypas
4b5f701 Better be without sense than misapply it as you do. Jane Austen
30d6759 All's well that ends better. J.R.R. Tolkien