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"There has never been anything false about Hope"- this is my favorite quote and yiu might find it silly but this was actually written on a t-shirt I bought.
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With great power comes great need to take a nap
Rick Riordan, The Last Olympian, Percy Jackson and the Olympians
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It´s the mortal cup Jace, not the mortal toilet bowl.
Cassandra Clare, City of Bones, The Mortal Instruments
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It's the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.
~~~Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince (2005), J.K. Rowling
This quote moves me very much. I can definitely resonate with it because I used to be a very timid person. When I saw this quote, I was inspired to reflect myself. Why was I scared doing this and that? Those imagined "consequences" hadn't even happened or were so unlikely to happen. At the end, I concluded that I just didn't want to tread on unfamiliarity. Now everytime I face something I feel scared of, I remind myself of this quote and say to myself there's nothing there to fear.
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"What you risk reveals what you value"
Jeanette Winterson, Written on the Body
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‘Ah,’ said Susan dully. ‘Trickery with words. I would have thought you’d have been more literal-minded than that.’ I AM NOTHING IF NOT LITERAL-MINDED. TRICKERY WITH WORDS IS WHERE HUMANS LIVE. ‘All right,’ said Susan. ‘I’m not stupid. You’re saying humans need . . . fantasies to make life bearable.’ REALLY? AS IF IT WAS SOME KIND OF PINK PILL? NO. HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN. TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE. ‘Tooth fairies? Hogfathers? Little—’ YES. AS PRACTICE. YOU HAVE TO START OUT LEARNING TO BELIEVE THE LITTLE LIES. ‘So we can believe the big ones?’ YES. JUSTICE. MERCY. DUTY. THAT SORT OF THING. ‘They’re not the same at all!’ YOU THINK SO? THEN TAKE THE UNIVERSE AND GRIND IT DOWN TO THE FINEST POWDER AND SIEVE IT THROUGH THE FINEST SIEVE AND THEN SHOW ME ONE ATOM OF JUSTICE, ONE MOLECULE OF MERCY, AND YET— Death waved a hand. AND YET YOU ACT AS IF THERE IS SOME IDEAL ORDER IN THE WORLD, AS IF THERE IS SOME . . . SOME RIGHTNESS IN THE UNIVERSE BY WHICH IT MAY BE JUDGED. ‘Yes, but people have got to believe that, or what’s the point—’ MY POINT EXACTLY.
- Death & Susan Sto Helit: Hogfather (Discworld #20) by Sir Terry Pratchett

It's so hard to pick a quote from Sir Terry, the man is a satirical genius - I probably have close to a hundred of them saved somewhere! Thought I'd post this one, which is a conversation between Death and his granddaughter Susan, because it resonates with me right now.
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“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.”
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Inkroverts wrote: 11 Sep 2019, 23:15
It's the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.
~~~Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince (2005), J.K. Rowling
This quote moves me very much. I can definitely resonate with it because I used to be a very timid person. When I saw this quote, I was inspired to reflect myself. Why was I scared doing this and that? Those imagined "consequences" hadn't even happened or were so unlikely to happen. At the end, I concluded that I just didn't want to tread on unfamiliarity. Now everytime I face something I feel scared of, I remind myself of this quote and say to myself there's nothing there to fear.
As a massive Harry Potter fan, there are so many books that I absolutely love. I have "Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light" printed as a poster in my room. Love this quote as well - thanks for sharing
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“All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible.” — T. E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom
Heart! We will forget him!
You an I, tonight!
You may forget the warmth he gave,
I will forget the light.

When you have done, pray tell me
That I my thoughts may dim;
Haste! lest while you're lagging.
I may remember him!

Emily Dickinson
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Heart! We will forget him!
You an I, tonight!
You may forget the warmth he gave,
I will forget the light.

When you have done, pray tell me
That I my thoughts may dim;
Haste! lest while you're lagging.
I may remember him!

Emily Dickinson
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you have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go...


Dr. seuss, "Oh, the places you'll go!"
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Inmortalbooklover wrote: 08 Sep 2019, 08:07
With great power comes great need to take a nap
Rick Riordan, The Last Olympian, Percy Jackson and the Olympians
This quote is absolutely brilliant. Will be using this to justify more naps XD
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Queequeg was George Washington cannibalistically developed.
Melville, Herman. Moby Dick
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What you think, you become. What you feel, you attract. What you imagine, you create. The Buddha
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