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  • Knowledge is beauty
  • "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams" Eleanor Roosevelt
  • What I wouldn't give, not to stumble but to really fall in love Frank Turner
  • "For what it’s worth: it’s never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you’re proud of, and if you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again." F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • Happiness is a cup of tea & a really good book
  • "I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." Albert Einstein
  • "If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need." Cicero
  • "The world is like a book and those who do not travel only read one page." St. Augustine
  • "We must be our own before we can be another's" Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • "Normality is a paved road: It’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it" Vincent van Gogh
  • "Er waaide een briesje, zo licht alsof het tot taak had een glas thee af te koelen." Amos Oz
  • "Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time." Thomas A. Edison
  • "Let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love." Mother Teresa
  • "The best moments in reading are when you come across something - a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things - that you’d thought special, particular to you. And here it is, set down by someone else, a person you’ve never met, maybe even someone long dead. And it’s as if a hand has come out, and taken yours." Alan Bennett
  • "I suppose in the end, the whole of life becomes an act of letting go, but what always hurts the most is not taking a moment to say goodbye." from Life of Pi
  • The talented hawk hides its claws Chinese saying
  • "And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music." Nietzsche
  • "Nothing is as chaotic as it seems. Nothing is worth your health. Nothing is worth poisoning yourself into stress, anxiety, and fear."
  • "You're not going to die. If you go bankrupt, you'll still be okay. If you lose the gig, the lover, the house, you’ll still be okay. If you sing off-key, get beat by the competition, have your heart shattered, get fired… it's not going to kill you."
  • "We assume people show love the same way we do — and if they don't, we worry it's not there."
  • "I want to be untouchable and beautiful and completely dead inside." Francesca Lia Block
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