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• Do not indulge in dreams of having what you have not, but reckon up the chief of the blessings you do possess, and then thankfully remember how you would crave for them if they were not yours.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Thankful, Dream, Gratitude

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• We are, largely, who we remember ourselves to be

  Holly Black

  Holly Black (2010). “White Cat”, p.166, Simon and Schuster

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• Lydia: Strange how you always remember the pain someone gave you, but seldom the hurt you caused them.

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Hurt, Pain, Strange

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• Remember that you don't write a story because you have an idea but because you have a believable character.

  Flannery O'Connor

  Writing, Character, Ideas

  Flannery O'Connor (1988). “The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor”, p.363, Macmillan

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• I know now, after fifty years, that the finding/losing, forgetting/remembering, leaving/returning, never stops. The whole of life is about another chance, and while we are alive, till the very end, there is always another chance.

  Jeanette Winterson

  Years, Leaving, Another Chance

  "Why Be Happy When You Can Be Normal?". Book by Jeanette Winterson, 2011.

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• He moved to run a hand through her cornrows, then pulled back remembering the one time he's tried that-Connie had lectured him on the Eleventh Commandment: Thou shalt not touch thy black girlfriend's hair. Ever.

  Barry Lyga

  Running, Girlfriend, Hair

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• I had as yet no notion that life every now and then becomes literature—not for long, of course, but long enough to be what we best remember, and often enough so that what we eventually come to mean by life are those moments when life, instead of going sideways, backwards, forward, or nowhere at all, lines out straight, tense and inevitable, with a complication, climax, and, given some luck, a purgation, as if life had been made and not happened.

  Norman Maclean

  Mean, Long, Luck

  Norman Maclean (2009). “A River Runs Through It and Other Stories, Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition”, p.127, University of Chicago Press

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• I hate New Year's Eve. One more chance to remember that you haven't yet done what you wanted. And to pretend it doesn't matter.

  Gregory Maguire

  New Year, Hate, Years

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• It takes me a while to figure things out, doesn't it?" Edilio grinned. "Do me a favor. When you find Astrid, repeat that to her, word for word, the part about how it takes you a while. Then remember her exact reaction and tell me.

  Michael Grant

  Fear, Favors, Reactions

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• What made losing someone you loved bearable was not remembering but forgetting. Forgetting small things first... it's amazing how much you could forget, and everything you forgot made that person less alive inside you until you could finally endure it. After more time passed you could let yourself remember, even want to remember. But even then what you felt those first days could return and remind you the grief was still there, like old barbed wire embedded in a tree's heartwood.

  Ron Rash

  Grief, Losing Someone, Tree

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• Taking LSD was a profound experience, one of the most important things in my life. LSD shows you that there’s another side to the coin, and you can’t remember it when it wears off, but you know it. It reinforced my sense of what was important—creating great things instead of making money, putting things back into the stream of history and of human consciousness as much as I could.

  Steve Jobs

  Creating, Profound, Important

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• How can you forgive if you can’t remember to forget?

  Jonathan Nolan

  Forgiving, Forget, Ifs

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• Remembering. Forgetting. I'm not sure which is worse.

  Kelley Armstrong

  Friendship, Loss, Forget

  Kelley Armstrong (2014). “Darkness Rising Trilogy, 3-book bundle: The Gathering, The Calling, The Rising”, p.223, Penguin

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• As for me: I loyally remained right where I was, remembering the very first I had ever seen the boy and then just now, the very last time-and all the times in between. The deep aching grief I knew I would feel would come soon enough, but at that moment mostly what I felt was peace, secure in the knowledge that by living my life the way I had, everything had come down to this moment. I had fulfilled my purpose.

  W. Bruce Cameron

  Grief, Boys, Soon Enough

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• Always remember the proverb: "This too shall pass." Your negative feelings won't last forever, there's a light at the end of every tunnel. It might not happen today or tomorrow, but you'll feel better eventually.

  Paulo Coelho

  Feel Better, Light, Tunnels

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• Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.

  Veronica Roth

  People, Novelists, Sometimes

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• The word “busy” is the relationship Weapon of Mass Destruction. It seems like a good excuse, but in fact, in every silo you uncover, all you’re going to find is a man who didn’t care enough to call. Remember: Men are never too busy to get what they want.

  Greg Behrendt

  Men, Mass Destruction, Care

  Greg Behrendt, Liz Tuccillo (2009). “He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys”, p.30, Simon and Schuster

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• This world, it is a tempest sometimes. But remember, the sun always rises again.

  Brandon Sanderson

  World, Sun, Sometimes

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• That was the thing to remember about all monsters, They love to frighten people, but the minute you stare them down, they turn tail and run.

  Jeannette Walls

  Running, People, Monsters

  Jeannette Walls (2009). “The Glass Castle: A Memoir”, p.37, Simon and Schuster

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• When a woman makes the choice to marry, to have children; in one way her life begins but in another way it stops. You build a life of details. You become a mother, a wife and you stop and stay steady so that your children can move. And when they leave they take your life of details with them. And then you're expected move again only you don't remember what moves you because no-one has asked in so long. Not even yourself.

  Robert James Waller

  Mother, Children, Moving

  "The Bridges of Madison County". www.imdb.com. 1995.

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• And remember people: you might not be plastic, but you are fantastic!

  Louis Tomlinson

  People, Might, Fantastic

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• I can't remember, because I never knew.

  John Green

  I Can

  John Green (2008). “Looking for Alaska”, p.128, Penguin

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• Do you remember, the night of the battle on Valentine's ship, when I needed some of your strength?" "Do you need it again now?" Alec said. "Because you can have it." "I always need your strength, Alec," Magnus said, and closed his eyes as their intertwined fingers began to shine, as if between them they held the light of a star.

  Cassandra Clare

  Stars, Valentine, Eye

  Cassandra Clare (2014). “City of Lost Souls”, p.492, Simon and Schuster

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• The living carry us inside them like pearls. We survive only so long as they remember us.

  Kevin Brockmeier

  Long, Pearls

  Kevin Brockmeier (2006). “The Brief History of the Dead: A Novel”, p.5, Vintage

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• Onyx is angry," Damian says. "Onyx has a right to be angry. You've got to remember, for many elephants, their life is that of a human in a war-torn country. Ravaged homes, killed relatives, separation," Damian says. Here's another thing I've learned over two months--every elephants here has a sad story. Every captive elephant's story is one of loss and separation. Something to remember every time you see happy people getting elephant rides.

  Deb Caletti

  Country, War, Home

  Deb Caletti (2010). “Nature of Jade”, p.88, Simon and Schuster

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