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I don’t know what boldness came over me, but the resolute heaviness of Dash’s demeanor threatened to crush my soul. My pinky finger crept over and nestled against his, for comfort. Like a magnet, his pinky finger latched onto and intertwined with mine. I like magnets a whole lot. ↗

— Rachel Cohn

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Belief can be manipulated. Only knowledge is dangerous. ↗

— Frank Herbert

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Theoretically the planet could suddenly crack in half, leaving me on one side and you on the other side, forever and tragically parted, but I’m not worried about that, either. Some things,” Jace said, ↗

— Cassandra Clare

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Language, that most human invention, can enable what, in principle, should not be possible. It can allow all of us, even the congenitally blind, to see with another person’s eyes. ↗

— Oliver Sacks

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Friends we shall never be, you know that yourself. Whether we shall be the happiest or the wretchedest of people--that's in your hands. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

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They keep track of time. Sometimes things happen and you feel that you need to mark them down. ↗

— Scott O'Connor

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Say it again.” She giggled before she said, “I love you.” “Oh, baby, I love you. More than you’ll ever know. ↗

— Toni Aleo

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‎Pleasure is wild and sweet. She likes purple flowers. She loves the sun and the wind and the night sky. She carries a silver bowl full of liquid moonlight. She has a cat named Midnight with stars on his paws. Many people mistrust Pleasure, and even more misunderstand her. For a long time I could barely stand to be in ...the same room with her... ↗

— J. Ruth Gendler

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There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth.   Not going all the way, and not starting.”   Siddhrtha Gautama ↗

— Seth Godin

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See, the world is full of things more powerful than us. But if you know how to catch a ride, you can go places, ↗

— Neal Stephenson

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