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If soulmates exist, they're not found, they're made. People meet, they get a good feeling, and then they get to work building a relationship.

— Michael, The Good Place, 4x09: "The Answer"

#quotes #the good place #tgp #4x09 #the answer #soulmates #relationships #love

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Thought I am not naturally honest, I am sometimes so by chance

Autolycus, A Winter’s Tale, act 4 scene 4, by William Shakespeare

#quotes #shakespeare #a winter's tale #honesty

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"I just didn't know if you would stay long." He smiled, leaning against the table. "I'll stay as long as you need, Marinette." Something about that made her laugh, just a small sound that burst out from her chest as if she herself hadn't even expected it. Her cheeks turned a bright pink, and she turned away, setting the bag of candles and the flowers on the counter. She opened up the cupboards, finding a large enough mason jar, and then busied herself with taking the paper off the flowers. The crackling of the paper filled up the silence of the room, and it felt a little bit like Marinette was purposefully taking a longer time than needed to put the flowers in the jar.

— Bone Tea, a Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir fanfiction by @peachcitt.

Read it on AO3

#quotes #fanfic #fanfiction #ao3 #archive of our own #miraculous ladybug #miraculous #mlb #ml #peachcitt #Bone Tea

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But I'm held here both by the hovercraft walls and the same force that holds the loved ones of the dying. How often I've seen them, ringed around our kitchen table and I thought, Why don't they leave? Why do they stay to watch? And now I know. It's because you have no choice.

— The Hunger Games, book 1 of The Hunger Games series, by Suzanne Collins, p. 348

#quotes #the hunger games #suzanne collins #hunger games #love #loss #grief

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Stories matter — telling them, sharing them, preserving them, changing them, learning from them, and escaping with and through them. We learn about ourselves and the world that we live in through fiction just as much as through facts. Empathy, perception, and understanding are never wasted. All libraries are a gateway into other worlds, including the past — and the future.

— Genevieve Cogman, acknowledgements of The Secret Chapter, book 6 of The Invisible Library series, by Genevieve Cogman.

#quotes #the invisible library #genevieve cogman #the secret chapter #stories

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I would rather die standing than live on my knees!

— Emiliano Zapata.

In the original Spanish, the quote is

Prefiero morir de pie que vivir de rodillas.

#quotes #emiliano zapata

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God blessed me by making me transsexual for the same reason God made wheat but not bread and fruit but not wine, so that humanity might share in the act of creation

— Julian K. Jarboe, quoted in Something That May Shock and Discredit You by Daniel M. Lavery

#quotes #julian k jarboe #something that may shock and discredit you #daniel m lavery

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The religious factions will go on imposing their will on others unless the decent people connected to them recognize that religion has no place in public policy. They must learn to make their views known without trying to make their views the only alternatives. The great decisions of Government cannot be dictated by the concerns of religious factions. This was true in the days of Madison, and it is just as true today. We have succeeded for 205 years in keeping the affairs of state separate from the uncompromising idealism of religious groups and we mustn't stop now. To retreat from that separation would violate the principles of conservatism and the values upon which the framers built this democratic republic.

— Barry Goldwater

#quotes #politics #barry goldwater #religion #government

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Melancholic? I think everyone becomes melancholy when they start to think. Intuitively, we're quite optimistic, but the more we think, the more melancholy we become. No, I don't think I'm melancholic, it's just that if you live your life trying to find the meaning in things, you very often find life slightly disappointing. But it's worth the effort. The alternative is to go through life as if it were a series of unconnected events, which I would find unbelievably dull. It's fine when you're five, but not when you're 54.

— Robbie Coltrane.

Read the interview here

#quotes #robbie coltrane #life #meaning

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With this book we've reached the end of our journeys with John Perry and Jane Sagan. I like to think they go on. But they go on without us.

— Acknowledgements to The Last Colony, book 3 of the Old Man's War universe, by John Scalzi

#quotes #john scalzi #the last colony #old man's war

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"You put too much faith in me, Harry," she said, though she gave a small, reluctant smile. "I am not as perfect as you think." "You're not as much of a mess as you think you are, either," he countered, easily. "And I don't think you are perfect. I think you are amazing." "I think you are amazing as well," she said, looking up at him.

— Novocaine, a Harry Potter fanfiction by Stardust_Warrior.

Read it on AO3

#quotes #fanfic #fanfiction #ao3 #archive of our own #hp #harry potter #Novocaine #Stardust_Warrior #perfection

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I have to admit, it was kind of relaxing sitting in English class. No, I hadn't read the story or done my homework. But I was pretty sure I could bluff my way through a literature conversation today. I could talk about bravery, initiative, and self-discovery. You can get a lot of mileage out of that stuff.

— Percy Jackson and the Chalice of the Gods, book 6 of Percy Jackson and the Olympians, by Rick Riordan, pp. 257-258

#quotes #pjo #percy jackson #percy jackson and the olympians #riordanverse #the chalice of the gods #percy is me in english class

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Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today — but the core of science fiction, its essence, the concept about which it revolves, has become crucial to our salvation, if we are to be saved at all.

— Isaac Asimov, in the foreword to Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (1978), edited by Robert Holdstock

#quotes #isaac asimov #encyclopedia of science fiction #scifi #robert holdstock

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The engineers, as usual, made a tremendous fuss. Again as usual, they did the job in half the time they had dismissed as being absolutely impossible.

— "Rescue Party" by Arthur. C. Clarke

#quotes #arthur c clarke #rescue party #scifi

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take care of yourself, you’re the only you we’ve got

— nitocriss on Tumblr

#quotes #tumblr #self care

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Why do you people feel profound thought has to come from high places? The gutter looks at the stars too

— greenycrimson on Tumblr

“if no art makes you feel anything, make your own art and feel something” is too raw of a line to have come from a jenna marbles video of her painting a rainbow/polka dot seahorse saying “it’s seahorse time” on a denim jacket

#quotes #tumblr

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I know there are things about your past that you will never be able to forget. And I know you feel that there are people who let you down. But there are also those who stood by you through everything. And there are others who will stand by you going forward. No matter what you encounter. They will always be by your side.

— Something Wonderful, a Harry Potter fanfiction by Akamoroti.

Read it on Fanfiction.net

#quotes #fanfic #fanfiction #ffn #ff.net #fanfiction.net #hp #harry potter #Akamoroti #Something Wonderful