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Never trust someone that claims they care nothing of what society thinks of them. Instead of conquering obstacles, they simply pretend they don't exist. ↗

— Tiffany Madison

#overcoming-obstacles #pretend #pretentiousness #society #trust

Say, you told me you thought Les Miserables was the greatest novel ever written. I think Vanity Fair is the greatest. Let's fight. - Joe Willard ↗

— Maud Hart Lovelace

#flirting #vanity

I think I may boast myself to be, with all possible vanity, the most unlearned and uninformed female who ever dared to be an authoress. ↗

— Jane Austen

#women-writers #vanity

A man must have a good deal of vanity who believes, and a good deal of boldness who affirms, that all the doctrines he holds are true, and all he rejects are false. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#tolerance #vanity

If I only have ten minutes, Sam, this is what I want to say. You're not the best of us. You're more than that. You're better than all of us. If I only have ten minutes, I would tell you to go out there and live. I'd say...please take your guitar and sing your songs to as many people as you can. Please fold a thousand more of those damn birds of yours. Please kiss that girl a million times. ↗

— Maggie Stiefvater

#forever #mercy-falls #sam-roth #birds

Despite my vanity, I fear for my sanity. ↗

— Pseudonymous Bosch

#vanity

Whether you say you can't or you can, you're right. ↗

— Walt Disney Company

#empowerment

Were ya really tryin' to stab that demon in the ass?” Riley groaned. “No, I was aiming for its leg, and it moved. I looked like a total dork.” Not to me. ↗

— Jana Oliver

#denver-beck #jana-oliver #riley-blackthorne #ya

You're not that girl,' Cole said, sounding tired. 'Trust me, I've seen enough of them to know. Look. Don't cry. You're not that girl either.' 'Oh yeah? What girl am I?' 'I'll let you know when I figure it out. Just don't cry. ↗

— Maggie Stiefvater

#isabel #linger #maggie #stiefvater #mercy

I feel like I'm going to HURL. Which, even if I wanted to do, I couldn't do, because I haven't eaten. I can't even drag myself out of my room. And while I'd be able to muster the strength to roundhouse Fang until he begged for MERCY, I'de be mush around an Eraser. ↗

— James Patterson

#sad #the-other-epilogue #mercy