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All that glitters is not hovery. ↗

— Scott Westerfeld

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Meditation is the only intentional, systematic human activity which at bottom is about not trying to improve yourself or get anywhere else, but simply to realize where you already are. ↗

— Jon Kabat-Zinn

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happened as I listened: I felt pain. Not in my head, not in my arm, not in my leg; everywhere at once. I told myself there was no difference between being “inside” and being “outside,” that it all came down to X’s and O’s that could be acquired in any number of different ways, but the pain increased to a point where I thought I might collapse, and I limped away. ↗

— Jennifer Egan

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I couldn’t help thinking that if I, by pure chance, had found a whole universe in a single unknown book, buried in that endless necropolis, tens of thousands more would remain unexplored, forgotten forever. I felt myself surrounded by millions of abandoned pages, by worlds and souls without an owner sinking in an ocean of darkness, while the world that throbbed outside the library seemed to be losing its memory, day after day, unknowingly, feeling all the wiser the more it forgot. ↗

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

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We all tell our stories the way we want to. And sometimes those stories have nothing to do with reality. ↗

— Danielle Ganek

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sloughing my skin / escaping it's grip / stripped of my wit / it hurts to be me . ↗

— Maggie Stiefvater

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Deep in the meadow, hidden far away A cloak of leaves, a moonbeam ray Forget your woes and let your troubles lay ↗

— Suzanne Collins

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Before all masters, necessity is the one most listened to, and who teaches the best. ↗

— Jules Verne

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I just think people overvalue argument because they like to hear themselves talk. ↗

— Iain Banks

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Gage opens the door. I’m not sure whether he gets out or Logan yanks him into the street, but a fight erupts. Full throttle kicks to the balls ↗

— Addison Moore

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