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#1

“Talk did no good with bullies. Hurting was the only language that the bullies of the world seemed to understand, and he supposed that was why the world always had such a hard time getting along.”
― Stephen King, 'Salem's Lot

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#2

“A day will come when you think yourself safe and happy, and suddenly your joy will turn to ashes in your mouth, and you'll know the debt is paid.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings

tags: a-clash-of-kings, a-song-of-ice-and-fire, epic, george-r-r-martin, tyrion-lannister

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#3

“Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson

tags: life

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#4

“To survive, you must tell stories.”
― Umberto Eco, The Island of the Day Before

tags: stories-writing

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#5

“Every religion lies. Every moral precept is a delusion. Even the stars are a mirage. The truth is darkness, and the only thing that matters is making a statement before one enters it. Cutting the skin of the world and leaving a scar. That鈥檚 all history is, after all: scar tissue.”
― Stephen King, Mr. Mercedes

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#6

“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.”
― Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

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#7

“The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their silence at times of crisis.”
― Dan Brown, Inferno

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#8

“Believe me, I know what it's like to feel all alone...the worst kind of loneliness in the world is the isolation that comes from being misunderstood, It can make people lose their grasp on reality.”
― Dan Brown, Inferno

tags: loneliness, misunderstood, solitude

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#9

“The Secret is how to die. Since the beginning of time, the secret has always been how to die.”
― Dan Brown, The Lost Symbol

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#10

“You were merely wishing for the end of pain, the monster said. Your own pain. An end to how it isolated you. It is the most human wish of all.”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

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#11

“It's always nice being wanted. Even if it's by the wrong person.”
― Tabitha Suzuma, Forbidden

tags: desire

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#12

“A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance.”
― Hunter S. Thompson, The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967

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#13

“Patience and Silence had one beautiful daughter. And her name was Vengeance.”
― Amie Kaufman, Gemina

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#14

“Challenge yourself to find the good and beautiful thing inside of everyone. It鈥檚 there. It鈥檚 your job to find it. Not their job to show you.”
― Mark Manson, Models: Attract Women Through Honesty

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#15

“The Norse myths are the myths of a chilly place, with long, long winter nights and endless summer days, myths of a people who did not entirely trust or even like their gods, although they respected and feared them.”
― Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology

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#16

“No one can tell what goes on in between the person you were and the person you become. No one can chart that blue and lonely section of hell. There are no maps of the change. You just come out the other side.

Or you don't.”
― Stephen King, The Stand

tags: change, survival

1158 likes

#17

“I recommend Batman especially, for he tends to transcend the abysmal society in which he's found himself. His morality is rather rigid, also. I rather respect Batman.”
― John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces

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#18

“We, as citizens of a supposedly free country, should not permit our government to restrict any information that protects criminal activity under the guise of National Security.”
― Cathy O'Brien, TRANCE Formation of America: True life story of a mind control slave

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#19

“There is a sacredness in tears....They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition and of unspeakable love.”
― Washington Irving

3624 likes

#20

“Can a magician kill a man by magic?鈥� Lord Wellington asked Strange.
Strange frowned. He seemed to dislike the question. 鈥淚 suppose a magician might,鈥� he admitted, 鈥渂ut a gentleman never could.”
― Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

tags: gentleman, honor, killing, magic

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#21

“And how shall I think of you?' He considered a moment and then laughed. 'Think of me with my nose in a book!”
― Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

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#22

“Be alone鈥攖hat is the secret of invention: be alone, that is when ideas are born. 鈥擭IKOLA TESLA, FROM HIS DIARY A”
― Graham Moore, The Last Days of Night

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#23

“Windfall"

What is love if it is not an unravelling

against the dark? In the moonless field
between house and river, remember

how you stood with your arms
wide to the night, under every tumid
star, waiting for one to drop.”
― John Glenday, The Golden Mean

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#24

“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”
― George Eliot

tags: inspirational, misattributed, source-unknown

33767 likes

#25

“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

tags: books, magic, reading

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#26

“The thing under my bed waiting to grab my ankle isn't real. I know that, and I also know that if I'm careful to keep my foot under the covers, it will never be able to grab my ankle.”
― Stephen King, Night Shift

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#27

“Hold fast to dreams,
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird,
That cannot fly.”
― Langston Hughes

tags: dreams, hope, inspiration, knowledge, wisdom

11228 likes

#28

“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

tags: frost, glitter, gold, lost, poetry, roots, strength, strong, wander, wither

57782 likes

#30

“Is it true that you shouted at Professor Umbridge?"
"Yes."
"You called her a liar?"
"Yes."
"You told her He Who Must Not Be Named is back?"
"Yes."
"Have a biscuit, Potter.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

10537 likes

#31

“You should try not to talk so much, friend. You'll sound far less stupid that way.

- Breeze”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn: The Final Empire

tags: humor, remaining-silent, reticence

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