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    Arthur Schopenhauer
    “The person who writes for fools is always sure of a large audience.”
    ― Arthur Schopenhauer, Religion: A Dialogue and Other Essays
    tags: audiences, folly, fools, humor, readership, writing
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    Arthur Schopenhauer
    “Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude”
    ― Arthur Schopenhauer
    tags: inspirational
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    Margaret Atwood
    “Now that I am dead, I know everything.”
    ― Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad
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    Mark Twain
    “Every man is a moon and has a side which he turns toward nobody: you have to slip around behind it if you want to see it.”
    ― Mark Twain
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    Kristin Hannah
    “It's not intentions that matter. It's actions. We are what we do and say, not what we intend to.”
    ― Kristin Hannah
    tags: home-front
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    Haruki Murakami
    “Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.”
    ― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
    tags: memories
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    Jim Morrison
    “Keep your eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel.”
    ― Jim Morrison
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    Jennifer Egan
    “If I had a view like this to look down on every day, I would have the energy and inspiration to conquer the world. The trouble is, when you most need such a view, no one gives it to you.”
    ― Jennifer Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad
    tags: kindlehighlight
    395 likes

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    Stephen King
    “If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.”
    ― Stephen King
    tags: writing
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  • #10
    “No, never regret destroying something written. Some things are best left hidden, especially if they can seriously hurt someone if they are found.”
    ― Lynne King
    tags: father
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    Michael Robotham
    “One of the strange things about friendship is that time together isn't cancelled out by time apart. One doesn't erase the other or balance it on some invisible scale. You can spend a few hours with someone and they will change your life, or you can spend a lifetime with a person and remain unchanged.”
    ― Michael Robotham, The Night Ferry
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    Michael Robotham
    “Remember, the worst hour of your life only lasts for sixty minutes. (292)”
    ― Michael Robotham, Suspect
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    “At the moment, he kinda knew how the male praying mantis felt when he
    was approaching Ms. Mantis, knowing the sex was going to be great but he was going to gethis head bitten off.
    Ah, well. Some things were worth losing your head.”
    ― Linda Howard, Mr. Perfect
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    Mark Twain
    “If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: lies, lying, memory, truth
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    Groucho Marx
    “Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
    ― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx
    tags: animals, books, dogs, friends, humor
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    William Shakespeare
    “Hell is empty and all the devils are here.”
    ― William Shakespeare, The Tempest
    tags: inspirational
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    Thomas Mann
    “A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.”
    ― Thomas Mann, Essays of Three Decades
    tags: authors, creative-process, struggle, writers, writing
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    Philip K. Dick
    “It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.”
    ― Philip K. Dick, VALIS
    tags: insanity, madness, qotd, reality
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    Terry Pratchett
    “In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.”
    ― Terry Pratchett
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    Terry Pratchett
    “Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Jingo
    tags: humor, proverb
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    Douglas Adams
    “The story so far:
    In the beginning the Universe was created.
    This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”
    ― Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
    tags: humor, scifi
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    Terry Pratchett
    “Just erotic. Nothing kinky. It's the difference between using a feather and using a chicken.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Eric
    tags: erotic, kinky, suggestive
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    Molière
    “It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I'm right.”
    ― Molière
    tags: humor
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    Toni Morrison
    “Everything depends on knowing how much,” she said, and “Good is knowing when to stop.”
    ― Toni Morrison, Beloved
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    Bernard M. Baruch
    “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
    ― Bernard M. Baruch
    tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, confidence, fitting-in, individuality, misattributed-dr-seuss, those-who-matter
    129097 likes

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    Oscar Wilde
    “He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: classic-insult
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    Frank Zappa
    “So many books, so little time.”
    ― Frank Zappa
    tags: books, humor
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    Douglas Adams
    “The Guide says there is an art to flying", said Ford, "or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
    ― Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything
    tags: flight, flying, hg2g, humor
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    Paul Krugman
    “The rich are different from you and me: they have more influence.”
    ― Paul Krugman
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  • #30
    “I gave her my heart but she wanted my soul...”
    ― Bob Dylan
    tags: song-lyrics
    363 likes



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