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“I loved to write when I was a child. I wrote, but I always thought it was something that you did as a child, then you put away childish things.”
“There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints.”
“My father is a chemist, my mother was a homemaker. My parents instilled in us the feeling that learning was the most exciting thing that could happen to you, and it never ends.”
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“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
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“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me...”
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“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, Love like you'll never be hurt, Sing like there's nobody listening, And live like it's heaven on earth.”
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“So many books, so little time.”
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“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
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