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#1

“Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.”
― G.K. Chesterton

tags: fairy-tales, hope, paraphrased, possiblity

2922 likes

#3

“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

tags: books, magic, reading

17557 likes

#4

“When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.”
― C.S. Lewis

352 likes

#5

“According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way that a bee should be able to fly. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The bee, of course, flies anyways. Because bees don't care what humans think is impossible.”
― Bee Movie

185 likes

#6

“All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages.”
― William Shakespeare, As You Like It

4535 likes

#7

“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”
― Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time

tags: deadlines, humor, humour, work, writing

32131 likes

#8

“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”
― Ernest Hemingway

tags: good, writing

19416 likes

#9

“What day is it?” asked Pooh.
“It’s today,” squeaked Piglet.
“My favorite day,” said Pooh.”
― A.A. Milne

tags: live-in-the-moment, optimism

3101 likes

#10

“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline

tags: books, dragons, fairy-tales, inspirational, paraphrasing-g-k-chesterton

45258 likes

#11

“You can't take the sky from me.”
― Joss Whedon

tags: firefly, freedom, human-spirit, lyrics, music, possibilities

222 likes

#13

“I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

tags: mischief

37435 likes

#14

“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
― Jorge Luis Borges

tags: books, library

29748 likes

#14

“Never anger a sci-fi writer. These people destroy entire planets over lunch. Imagine what they'll do to you.”
― John Scalzi

13 likes

#17

“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
― Toni Morrison

tags: books, writing

20713 likes

#17

“All stories are true.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

27 likes

#17

“The thing under my bed waiting to grab my ankle isn't real. I know that, and I also know that if I'm careful to keep my foot under the covers, it will never be able to grab my ankle.”
― Stephen King, Night Shift

2150 likes

#17

“A learning experience is one of those things that says, 'You know that thing you just did? Don't do that.”
― Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time

tags: life

3619 likes

#18

“I have never listened to anyone who criticized my taste in space travel, sideshows or gorillas. When this occurs, I pack up my dinosaurs and leave the room.”
― Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You

tags: humour, individuality, science-fiction

6234 likes

#19

“There are other ways of showing someone you love them, such as fetching them out of Hell.”
― Laini Taylor, Lips Touch: Three Times

129 likes

#20

“Stephenie Meyer: Her vampires are sparkly, which I think we can all agree is wrong.”
― Christopher Moore

tags: books, stephenie-meyer, twilight, vampires

955 likes

#21

“Dante and this Palero were definitely playing some sort of game, and I didn’t know the rules, which was fine with me. Whenever a game became too complicated, I just set the board on fire.”
― Kenya Wright, Fire Baptized

tags: demons, fairies, urban-fantasy-romance, vampires

16 likes

#22

“I like your manly bravado," she said. "Do it some more.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

90 likes

#23

“Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very;' your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.”
― Mark Twain

tags: humor, writing

9630 likes

#24

“It's not the length of the word; it's how well you use it!”
― Rachel Vincent

174 likes

#25

“You lack the requisite spine and testicular fortitude to study under me.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

442 likes

#26

“She's evil. Evil, evil, evil. I want to see her naked.”
― Christopher Moore, Bloodsucking Fiends

39 likes

#27

“I've waited a long time to show these flowers how pretty you are.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

1014 likes

#28

“Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse.”
― Thomas Szasz

tags: humor, inspirational

9758 likes

#29

“But it isn’t a rough draft either. The one I turned in several months ago was rough. There were some bad plot holes, some logical inconsistencies, pacing problems, and not nearly enough lesbian unicorns.”
― Patrick Rothfuss

tags: draft, unicorns, writing

21 likes

#30

“To us — richer and cleverer than everyone else!”
― Scott Lynch, The Lies of Locke Lamora

tags: clever, rich, self-confidence

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