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quotes – July 2019

If there’s no buzz with a man, tell him to buzz off.
Linda Yellin – What Nora Knew

I could see the fireworks. I just couldn’t feel them.
Linda Yellin – What Nora Knew

A nation cannot be destroyed from without till it is destroyed from within. Remember that.
Pierce Brown – Red Rising

Doing something over and over and expecting a different outcome is perhaps the definition of ignorance.
Bo Brock – Crowded in the Middle of Nowhere

Life is not about achieving one great thing, because once that thing is over, life keeps going.
Mike Massimino – Spaceman

You only have one life. You have to spend it doing something that matters.
Mike Massimino – Spaceman

I live in a very unpleasant world because of its routine ugliness.
Rene Magritte Selected Writings

There are no imbeciles, there is only imbecility.
Rene Magritte Selected Writings

I’m never quite what anyone expects.
Kameron Hurley – The Mirror Empire

The only constant is change.
Kameron Hurley – The Mirror Empire



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