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Let unexpected incidents roll off you like raindrops dancing down your bedroom window. ↗

— Mod Sun

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إن الطريقَ شاقة، إن الطريقَ ليست مفروشةً بالزهور والورود، إن الطريق مليئةً بالأشواك.. لا.. بل إنها مفروشة بالأشلاء والجماجم، مزينةً بالدماء، غير مزينةٍ بالورودِ والرياحين.. إن سالكه لن يفوته المنصب وحده، ولن يفوته الجاه وحده، ولن تفوته السيادة وحدها في هذه الأرض، ولكن سيتحمل قولاً ثقيلاً، وسيتحمل جهدًا ثقيلاً، وسيجتاز طريقًا ثقيلاً.. ↗

— سيد قطب

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This story is about the Baudelaires. And they are the sort of people who know that there’s always something. Something to invent, something to read, something to bite, and something to do, to make a sanctuary, no matter how small. And for this reason, I am happy to say, the Baudelaires were very fortunate indeed. ↗

— Lemony Snicket

#inspirational #humor

Forget Batman: when I really thought about what I wanted to be when I grew up, I wanted to be my dad. ↗

— Paul Asay

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once we began to chime the hour, we lost the ability to be satisfied ↗

— Mitch Albom

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Fiction is a particularly effective way for strangers to connect across time and distance ↗

— Jonathan Franzen

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Personally, I like books that make you think – books you’re still wondering about three days after you finish them; books you hand to a friend and say “Read this, so we can talk about it”. I suppose I’m just writing the kind of novel I like to read ↗

— Jodi Picoult

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Los budistas dicen que la vida es un río, que navegamos en una balsa hacia el destino final. El río tiene su corriente, velocidad, escollos, remolinos y otros obstáculos que no podemos controlar, pero contamos con un remo para dirigir la embarcación sobre el agua. De nuestra destreza depende la calidad del viaje. ↗

— Isabel Allende

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You will become tired, Siddhartha." "I will become tired." "You will fall asleep, Siddhartha." "I will not fall asleep." "You will die, Siddhartha." "I will die. ↗

— Hermann Hesse

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Without expectations, what can topple the surprising wonder of the moment? ↗

— Ann Voskamp

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