quotes

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“Happiness is a butterfly which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.”

- Nathaniel Hawthorne

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“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art… It has no survival value. Rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.”

- C. S. Lewis

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“The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.”

- Mark Twain 

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"True friends stab you in the front."

- Oscar Wilde 

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“Some people, no matter how old they get, never lose their beauty – they merely move it from their faces into their hearts.”

- Martin Buxbaum

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"The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are."

- Joseph Campbell 

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"Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity."

- W. Clement Stone 

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"Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly."

- Stephen R. Covey 

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"Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears."

- Les Brown 

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"When angry, count to four. When very angry, swear." 

- Mark Twain 

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"If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door." 

- Milton Berle 

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"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." 

- Douglas Adams 

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"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on." 

- Robert Frost 

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"Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time." 

- Thomas Merton 

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"Common sense and a sense of humour are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humour is just common sense dancing." 

- William James 

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hey lovelies! 

1: thank you for following me =) it was an unexpected surprise!  

2: I've sadly run out of Lemony Snicket quotes. is there an author or individual you would like to hear quotes from? (let me know!)

3: otherwise I think I might post quotes from different authors that I like or that inspire me or I find funny / lovely 

so yes! thanks and let me know your thoughts = ) 

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"People aren't either wicked or noble. They're like chef salads with good things and bad things chopped up and mixed together in a vinaigrette of confusion and conflict." 

- Lemony Snicket