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Quote by Honore de Balzac

“Time is the only capital of those who just have their inteligence as fortune.”

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French novelist born on May 20, 1799, and died on August 18, 1850. Honore de Balzac is renowned for his profound insight and criticism of 19th-century French society, hailed as the 'father of modern fiction'. more

“I don't understand anything. Life is so strange. I feel like some one who's lived all his life by a duck-pond and suddenly is shown the sea. It makes me a little breathless, and yet it fills me with elation. I don't want to die, I want to live. I'm beginning to feel a new courage. I feel like one of those old sailors who set sail for undiscovered seas and I think my soul hankers for the unknown.”

Thinking Want Feels Littles Soul Life Is Dies Sea Strange My Soul Ducks Sail Sailor Ponds Wanting To Die Breathless Elation

Author:W. Somerset Maugham

“I felt like - like I don't know what. Like this wasn't real. Like I was in some Goth version of a bad sitcom. Instead of being the A/V dweeb about to ask the head cheerleader to the prom, I was the finished-second-place werewolf about to ask the vampire's wife to shack up and procreate. Nice. - Jacob”

Knows Real Asks Felt Nice Wife Finished Versions Vampire Werewolf Sitcom Jacob Prom Cheerleader Goth Second Place Shack

Author:Stephenie Meyer

“Things never happen exactly how you think they will.”

Thinking Happens

Book:Chords of Strength: A Memoir of Soul, Song and the Power of Perseverance

Source: Chords of Strength: A Memoir of Soul, Song and the Power of Perseverance

“It's really important to do everything that you possibly can to stay true to yourself.”

Important True To Yourself Stay True Stay True To Yourself

Author:David Archuleta

“It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.”

People Men Long Young Time Differences Learning Talent Genius Long Time Men And Women Young Man Ambitious Little Women Talent And Genius

Book:Little Women

Source: Little Women

Quote by Honore de Balzac

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