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“Klaus sighed, and opened a book, and as at so many other times when the middle Baudelaire child did not want to think about his circumstances, he began to read.”

Quote by Daniel Handler

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Daniel Handler, born on February 28, 1970, is an accomplished American author known for his unique literary style and thought-provoking themes. His works have won the hearts of readers worldwide. more

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“Today I acknowledge that I am not in position to judge what mistakes anyone is making or what lessons anyone needs to learn. I don’t know how far someone has come or when that person will have a breakthrough, I simply don’t know what other people should be doing. But when I think I do know, I clearly am not doing what I should be doing, which is taking responsibility for my own life.”

People Thinking Knows Needs Should Persons Today My Own Mistake Responsibility Know How Position Judging Lessons Acknowledge Taking Responsibility Breakthrough My Own Life

Book:Love and Courage

Source: Love and Courage

“Greatness depends on where you are coming from.”

Greatness Depends Where You Are

Book:Half of a Yellow Sun

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“They say, Find a purpose in your life and live it. But, sometimes, it is only after you have lived that you recognize your life had a purpose, and likely one you never had in mind.”

Mind Sometimes Purpose

Book:And the Mountains Echoed

Source: And the Mountains Echoed

“It is hard to think of something as a gift when you have been tormented and imprisoned for it.”

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Book:The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess

Source: The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess

“Rather than the destination it is the journey that lends meaning to our lives, great Neelkanth. Being faithful to our path will lead to consequences, both good as well as bad. For that is the way of the universe.”

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Author:Amish Tripathi

“Chaos isn’t a pit. Chaos is a ladder. Many who try to climb it fail and never get to try again. The fall breaks them. And some are given a chance to climb, but they refuse. They cling to the realm, or the gods, or love. Illusions. Only the ladder is real. The climb is all there is.”

Trying Real Fall Given Chance Break Failing Illusion Chaos Refuse Realms Climbs Thrones Ladders Pits Try Again Given A Chance

Author:George R. R. Martin

“When I feel lost and can't make a decision, I just stop and get quiet. I take a time-out.”

Feels Lost Decision Quiet

Author:Kim Cattrall

“She explained that many people, but especially women, feel fraudulent when they are praised for their accomplishments. Instead of feeling worthy of recognition, they feel undeserving and guilty, as if a mistake has been made. Despite being high achievers, even experts in their fields, women can't seem to shake the sense that it is only a matter of time until they are found out for who they really are- impostors with limited skills or abilities.”

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“If you’re reading to find friends, you’re in deep trouble. We read to find life, in all its possibilities. The relevant question isn’t ‘Is this a potential friend for me?’ but ‘Is this character alive?'”

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“I identify myself in language, but only by losing myself in it like an object. What is realised in my history is not the past definite of what was, since it is no more, or even the present perfect of what has been in what I am, but the future anterior of what I shall have been for what I am in the process of becoming.”

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Book:Écrits: a selection

Source: Écrits: a selection