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The last stretch before I reach my milestone of #100daysofbookquotes. Stay back and take a look at how things have been around here.
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There were always in me, two women at least, one woman desperate and bewildered, who felt she was drowning and another who would leap into a scene, as upon a stage, conceal her true emotions because they were weaknesses, helplessness, despair, and present to the world only a smile, an eagerness, curiosity, enthusiasm, interest. – Anaïs Nin
093
“The battle you are going through is not fueled by the words or actions of others; it is fueled by the mind that gives it importance.”
― Shannon L. Alder
095
“We cross our bridges as we come to them and burn them
behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and the presumption that once our eyes watered.”
—Tom Stoppard, Rosencratz and Guildenstern Are Dead
095
“Of course it’s possible to love a human being if you don’t know them too well.”
― Charles Bukowski
096
“I was born good but had grown progressively worse every year.
Scout”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
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“When people don’t express themselves, they die one piece at a time.”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak”
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“The road to hell is paved with adverbs.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
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Back to the routine. Here is our round up the week’s quotes and hey we are close to the 100th day. Yippie.
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“That’s the whole point of life, you know? To meet new people.”
― Sherman Alexie, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
79
“[T]he time your friends need you is when they’re wrong, Jean Louise. They don’t need you when they’re right”
― Harper Lee, Go Set a Watchman
80
“Baby,” I said, “I’m a genius but nobody knows it but me.”
― Charles Bukowski, Factotum
81
Whenever somebody tells me to do something my instinct’s always to do the opposite. It’s got me into a lot of trouble, but I’ve had a lot of fun.”
― John Updike, Rabbit at Rest
82
“I know
you and I
are not about poems or
other sentimental bullshit
but I have to tell you
even the way
you drink your coffee
knocks me the fuck out.
Clementine von Radics
83
“What you burnt, broke, and tore is still in my hands. I am the keeper of fragile things and I have kept of you what is indissoluble.”
― Anaïs Nin, House of Incest
84
“The first thing I learned at school was that some people are idiots; the second thing I learned was that some are even worse. ”
― Orhan Pamuk, Istanbul: Memories and the City
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I know I know I have been not regular in posting quotes – guilty as charged. But you know what, I am back- with a bang – no more stopping until we reach the 100 day mark, what say?
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“If neurotic is wanting two mutually exclusive things at one and the same time, then I’m neurotic as hell. I’ll be flying back and forth between one mutually exclusive thing and another for the rest of my days.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar
72
“There are two types of people in this world, good and bad. The good sleep better, but the bad seem to enjoy the waking hours much more.”
― Woody Allen
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The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don’t want, drink what you don’t like, and do what you’d druther not. – Mark Twain
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“The problem with introspection is that it has no end.”
― Philip K. Dick
75
“I learned that the world didn’t see the inside of you, that it didn’t care a whit about the hopes and dreams, and sorrows, that lay masked by skin and bone. It was as simple, as absurd, and as cruel as that.”
― Khaled Hosseini, And the Mountains Echoed
76
“Life is a constant struggle between being an individual and being a member of the community.”
― Sherman Alexie, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
77
“I was told love should be unconditional. That’s the rule, everyone says so. But if love has no boundaries, no limits, no conditions, why should anyone try to do the right thing ever? If I know I am loved no matter what, where is the challenge?”
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We are at the week 10 already! Here is a quick recap of the week that was.
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“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.”
― Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter
065
“To you, I’m an atheist.
To God, I’m the loyal opposition.”
― Woody Allen
066“The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.” ― Mark Twain, The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain
067
“Still though, I think if you’re not self-obsessed, you’re probably boring.”
― Dave Eggers
068
“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
069
“On Friday night, I was reading my new book, but my brain got tired, so I decided to watch some television instead.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
070“This is the hardest part: waiting for stupid people to figure things out.” ― Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl
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Here is a quick recap for the week that we call Week 09. Yippie, my FB page like count has risen to 350 Just go ahead like this page, and don’t forget to share it forward.If you want to go read our previous posts. Here they are:
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“The thing I’m most afraid of is me. Of not knowing what I’m going to do. Of not knowing what I’m doing right now”
― Haruki Murakami, 1Q84
058
“I stopped looking for a Dream Girl, I just wanted one that wasn’t a nightmare.”
― Charles Bukowski, The Captain is Out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken Over the Ship
059
“If you aren’t on Goodreads, you should be. I’ve said it before, it’s like Facebook for readers on crack.”
― Colleen Hoover
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“Sometimes people use thought to not participate in life.”
-Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
061
Do not put off till tomorrow what can be put off till day-after-tomorrow just as well. – Mark Twain
062
“I don’t care about whose DNA has recombined with whose. When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching–they are your family.”
― Jim Butcher, Proven Guilty
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“Respect yourself enough to walk away from anything that no longer serves you, grows you, or makes you happy.”
― Robert Tew
