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Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations . . . Their authors are a natural and irresistible aristocracy in every society, and, more than kings or emperors, exert an influence on mankind. Henry David Thoreau
Suzanne Collins quote: "Hope is the only thing stronger than fear."
Hope is the only thing stronger than fear. Suzanne Collins
To remain stable is to refrain from trying to separate yourself from a pain because you know that you cannot. Running away from fear is fear, fighting pain is pain, trying to be brave is being scared. If the mind is in pain, the mind is pain. The thinker has no other form than his thought. There is no escape. Alan Watts
A girl should think about making herself look attractive so she can get a good husband later on. Looks is more important than books, Miss Hunky..."The name is Honey," Miss Honey said."Now look at me," Mrs Wormwood said. "Then look at you. You chose books. I chose looks. Roald Dahl
Arundhati Roy quote: "Neither question nor answer was meant as anything more than a..."
Neither question nor answer was meant as anything more than a polite preamble to conversation. Arundhati Roy
There's nothing more boring than a rock'n'roll star. Someone who has been on the road for 10 years, expecting attention wherever he goes, drinking himself stupid, who is obnoxious, incoherent, uncreative, and has a massive ego. There's nothing more pointless. Thom Yorke
Good sense is, of all things among men, the most equally distributed; for every one thinks himself so abundantly provided with it, that those even who are the most difficult to satisfy in everything else, do not usually desire a larger measure of this quality than they already possess. Rene Descartes
My stay in Camp Betty was the longest I’d been without drink or drugs in my adult life. [...] At first, they put me in a room with a guy who owned a bowling alley, but he snored like an asthmatic horse, so I moved and ended up with a depressive mortician. [...] The mortician snored even louder than the bowling alley guy – he was like a moose with a tracheotomy. Ozzy Osbourne
I've always thought I could use my brain and my heart to jockey everyone around to the good. But life is not jockeyable. When you try, you make people infinitely crazier than they already were, including or especially yourself. Anne Lamott
E. L. Doctorow quote: "You're nothing more than a clever prostitute. You accepted the..."
You're nothing more than a clever prostitute. You accepted the conditions in which you found yourself and you triumphed. E. L. Doctorow
Difficulty is a severe instructor, set over us by the supreme ordinance of a parental guardian and legislator, who knows us better than we know ourselves, as he loves us better too. He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. Edmund Burke
As in arithmetic-there is only one right answer to a sum, and all other answers are wrong; but some answers are much nearer being right than others. C. S. Lewis
I do not plan my fiction any more than I normally plan woodland walks; I follow the path that seems most promising at any given point, not some itinerary decided before entry. John Fowles
George R. R. Martin quote: "Explain to me why it is more noble to kill ten thousand men in..."
Explain to me why it is more noble to kill ten thousand men in battle than a dozen at dinner. George R. R. Martin
No sooner had I stepp'd into these pleasures. Than I began to think of rhymes and measures: The air that floated by me seem'd to say'Write! thou wilt never have a better day. John Keats

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