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b12d50f Men are from Earth, women are from Earth. Deal with it. equality feminism humanism humor inspirational common-sense men-and-women George Carlin
55c633b Death is Peaceful, Life is Harder death life Stephenie Meyer
c34cf67 We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. poetry wisdom self-discovery T. S. Eliot
ee44bd9 True friends are always together in spirit. friendship true-friends together-in-spirit together L.M. Montgomery
8102557 A very magnanimous statement, Gideon," said Magnus. "I'm Gabriel." Magnus waved a hand. "All Lightwoods look the same to me." gabriel-lightwood magnus-bane Cassandra Clare
7282165 Always try to keep a patch of sky above your life. Marcel Proust
b412f66 If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake. inspirational mistake Confucius
982b4df Some of these things are true and some of them lies. But they are all good stories. story reading fiction books read stories Hilary Mantel
1ad97f2 It reminds me why I chose Dauntless in the first place: not because they are perfect, but because they are alive. Because they are free. Veronica Roth
21cf87b I owe everything I am and everything I will ever be to books. reading Gary Paulsen
139996d I know that's what people say-- you'll get over it. I'd say it, too. But I know it's not true. Oh, youll be happy again, never fear. But you won't forget. Every time you fall in love it will be because something in the man reminds you of him. love lost-love Betty Smith
91a866f Life is too short to be lived badly. Marjane Satrapi
a97885d Years fly by, but the heart stays in the same place. Harlan Coben
ed3287d True friends are always together in spirit. (Anne Shirley) friendship true-friends together-in-spirit together L.M. Montgomery
4b2bbbc Reserving judgements is a matter of infinite hope. F. Scott Fitzgerald
9f776b9 You have a choice in this world, I believe, about how to tell sad stories, and we made the funny choice. John Green
b70aa3b there is power in self-sacrifice. selflessness Veronica Roth
30d6ccb Razors pain you, Rivers are damp, Acids stain you, And drugs cause cramp. Guns aren't lawful, Nooses give, Gas smells awful. You might as well live. suicide humor Dorothy Parker
9f05cb0 The music in his laughter had a way of rounding off the missing notes in her soul. Gloria Naylor
0940d7d I'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody. J.D. Salinger
1dc3227 Are you always a smartass?' Nope. Sometimes I'm asleep. smartass impudence sarcasm Jim Butcher
533584b I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity. I want this adventure that is the context of my life to go on without end. life inifinity old-age Simone de Beauvoir
e7651f0 To lose one parent, Mr. Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness. humor parents paraphrased Oscar Wilde
edd719d Courage, dear heart. narnia C.S. Lewis
fe9200b Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again. first-sentence Daphne Du Maurier
d954915 Even more, I had never meant to love him. One thing I truly knew - knew it in the pit of my stomach, in the center of my bones, knew it from the crown of my head to the soles of my feet, knew it deep in my empty chest - was how love gave someone the power to break you love stephenie meyer
d98a761 It makes you wonder. All the brilliant things we might have done with our lives if only we suspected we knew how. Ann Patchett
0106dd5 Do Not Lie to Yoursel courage honesty 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 comfort-zone excuse Roy T. Bennett
52efc88 But the Hebrew word, the word timshel--'Thou mayest'-- that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in the world. That says the way is open. That throws it right back on a man. For if 'Thou mayest'--it is also true that 'Thou mayest not. freedom timshel freedom-of-choice hebrew language John Steinbeck
e46635b A self is not something static, tied up in a pretty parcel and handed to the child, finished and complete. A self is always becoming. Madeleine L'Engle
c44c011 I know enough to know that no woman should ever marry a man who hated his mother. marriage men feminism hate relationships women love married-life mothers sons matrimony psychology Martha Gellhorn
30ead05 Where there is ruin, there is hope for a treasure. inspirational Rumi
d29b326 A single person is missing for you, and the whole world is empty. Joan Didion
fb1c9b4 Laugh as much as you choose, but you will not laugh me out of my opinion. Jane Austen
5fb5ec9 Ah" said Dumbledore gently, "Yes I thought we might hit that little snag!" "Snag?" said Fudge, his voice still vibrating with joy. "I see no snag, Dumbledore!" "Well," said Dumbledore apologetically, "I'm afraid I do." "Oh, really?" "Well it's just that you seem to be labouring under the delusion that I am going to -- come quietly. I am afraid I am not going to come quietly at all, Cornelius. I have absolutely no intention of being sent to .. rebellion J.K. Rowling
4816bfd The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown H.P. Lovecraft
472d60b O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father refuse thy name, thou art thyself thou not a montegue, what is montegue? tis nor hand nor foot nor any other part belonging to a man What is in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, So Romeo would were he not Romeo called retain such dear perfection to which he owes without that title, romeo-and-juliet William Shakespeare
b3fa345 Each of us is born with a box of matches inside us but we can't strike them all by ourselves love matches lust Laura Esquivel
3fe36b7 Once there was a tree, and she loved a little boy. Shel Silverstein
98cfb3b The true alchemists do not change lead into gold; they change the world into words. writing William H. Gass
9a920e8 Maybe all the strings inside him broke. paper towns quentin paper-towns John Green
c788a66 If you can love someone with your whole heart, even one person, then there's salvation in life. Even if you can't get together with that person. love Haruki Murakami
b97515a And what would humans be without love?" RARE, said Death." -- love Terry Pratchett
38bbe6a Fat' is usually the first insult a girl throws at another girl when she wants to hurt her. I mean, is 'fat' really the worst thing a human being can be? Is 'fat' worse than 'vindictive', 'jealous', 'shallow', 'vain', 'boring' or 'cruel'? Not to me; but then, you might retort, what do I know about the pressure to be skinny? I'm not in the business of being judged on my looks, what with being a writer and earning my living by using my brain.... j-k-rowling girls fat J.K. Rowling