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Stephen King100 quotes“Hurt’s a reason to change, but all the hurt in the world don’t change facts.”
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A library is a place where you can live a thousand lives. So why are you waiting when you could be living? Visit your library today.
Stephen KingStephen King The most important things are the hardest to say. They are the things you get ashamed of, because words diminish them.
Stephen KingStephen King If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time to write. Simple as that.
Stephen KingStephen King Sooner or later even the fastest runners have to stand and fight.
Stephen KingStephen King A little talent is a good thing to have if you want to be a writer. But the only real requirement is the ability to remember every scar.
Stephen KingStephen King Sometimes being a bitch is all a woman’s got to hold on to.
Stephen KingStephen King Her body was wrapped in shadows like moth wings, like rose-petals.
Stephen KingStephen King The past is obdurate.
Stephen KingStephen King To write is human, to edit is divine.
Stephen KingStephen King No one ever does live happily ever after, but we leave the children to find that out for themselves.
Stephen KingStephen King Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.
Stephen KingStephen King The road to hell is paved with adverbs.
Stephen KingStephen King When all else fails, give up and go to the library.
Stephen KingStephen King Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open.
Stephen KingStephen King It’s hard to let go. Even when what you’re holding onto is full of thorns, it’s hard to let go. Maybe especially then.
Stephen KingStephen King When it comes to the past, everyone writes fiction.
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Don’t compare her to sunshine and roses when she’s clearly orchids and moonlight.
Melody LeeMelody Lee Oh moonlight, continue to shine on me. As you light up the sky, maybe some peace will come to me.
ShamaShama Stop counting the reasons why they should be loved and start counting the many reasons why you are the one who is worth loving.
Ayaka HaseAyaka Hase Sure, there are oceans and seas and magnificent things – but none of them are you.
L.T. PhoenixL.T. Phoenix I wish you the wildest of dreams.
Kate WestKate West The way you look at me, The way you make me feel whole, The way you make me feel safe, thats poetry to me.
Barbara GianquittoBarbara Gianquitto You cannot leave and have me too I cannot exist in two places at once-when you ask if we can still be friends.
Rupi KaurRupi Kaur Live to be happy not to impress.
Hayley EvansHayley Evans
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When I love, I love hard. It almost killed me the first time.
Lara-LeanLara-Lean Entrepreneurs spend an inordinate amount of time inside of our own heads – thinking, analyzing, agonizing and obsessing over every little detail of our business. Sometimes, we need a break from ourselves. Meditation is a chance to let the thinking mind rest.
Lewis HowesLewis Howes Unbroken hearts tell no stories.
Kamilla TolnoKamilla Tolno Broken glass taught me there is something so beautiful in shattering.
Marine AshnalikyanMarine Ashnalikyan A broken heart bleeds tears.
Steve MaraboliSteve Maraboli Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep.
Denis WaitleyDenis Waitley Sometimes if you just take the time to really pay attention and break it down, you can figure out what caused it. And from there, generally, I can pull myself up out of it. And if I can’t, that’s where the support group comes in.
Dwayne JohnsonDwayne Johnson Unfriending me when I didn’t even know we were friends? It’s like breaking wind when you’re home alone. If I can’t smell you, knock yourself out.
George TakeiGeorge Takei