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Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes and forgot.

Neil Gaiman

Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.
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Deep Existence Fairy Tale True
When I was a child, adults would tell me not to make things up, warning me of what would happen if I did. As far as I can tell so far, it seems to involve lots of foreign travel and not having to get up too early in the morning.
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Children Morning Myself Philosophy Travel
Adults follow paths. Children explore.
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Children Explore One Liner
It’s like the people who believe they’ll be happy if they go and live somewhere else, but who learn it doesn’t work that way. Wherever you go, you take yourself with you. If you see what I mean.
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Believe Happiness Live People Yourself
Oh, monsters are scared,” said Lettie.” That’s why they’re monsters.
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Deep Scared
Picking five favorite books is like picking the five body parts you’d most like not to lose.
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Body Book Lose
I do not miss childhood, but I miss the way I took pleasure in small things, even as greater things crumbled.
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Greatness Happiness Missing Myself
Books were safer than other people anyway.
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Book Greatness People Safety
I went away in my head, into a book. That was where I went whenever real life was too hard or too inflexible.
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Life Myself Reality
There are so many fragile things, after all. People break so easily, and so do dreams and hearts.
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Break Dream Easy Heart People Weakness
The sky had never seemed so sky; the world had never seemed so world.
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Philosophy See Sky World
I’ve been making a list of the things they don’t teach you at school. They don’t teach you anything worth knowing.
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Life Myself Teaching Worth
Whatever it is you’re scared of doing, Do it.
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Inspirational One Liner Scare
An Angel who did not so much fall as Saunter Vaguely Downwards.
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Angel Fall
Anyone who believes what a cat tells him deserves all he gets.
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Animal Believe Deserve
May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you’re wonderful.
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Dream Goodness Hope Kiss Mad Magic Thinking

Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes and forgot.

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