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It’s invigorating to head to your fridge or writing desk, only to come face to face with pithy articulations of wisdom. These are some of the most beautiful aphorisms by some of the greatest writers of our time.


YOUR EYES ARE FULL OF LANGUAGE.

Anne Sexton

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WE SHALL MEET IN THE PLACE

WHERE THERE IS NO DARKNESS.

George Orwell

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TWO PEOPLE IN LOVE, ALONE,

ISOLATED FROM THE WORLD.

THAT’S BEAUTIFUL.

Milan Kundera

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WE’RE ALL GOLDEN

SUNFLOWERS INSIDE.

Allen Ginsberg

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NOTHING BEHIND ME,

EVERYTHING AHEAD OF ME,

AS IS EVER SO ON THE ROAD.

Jack Kerouac

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THE MOON LIVES IN

THE LINING OF YOUR SKIN.

Pablo Neruda

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THIS MOMENT

CONTAINS ALL MOMENTS.

C. S. Lewis

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BUILD THE GREAT ARCH

OF UNIMAGINED BRIDGES.

Rainer Maria Rilke

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PERFECT PURITY IS POSSIBLE IF YOU TURN

YOUR LIFE INTO A LINE OF POETRY

WRITTEN WITH A SPLASH OF BLOOD.

Yukio Mishima

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IF YOU LOOK FOR PERFECTION,

YOU’LL NEVER BE CONTENT.

Leo Tolstoy

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SO WE BEAT ON,

BOATS AGAINST THE CURRENT,

BORNE BACK CEASELESSLY INTO THE PAST.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

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OUR EMOTION IS PERHAPS

NOTHING BUT AN EXPRESSION OF

A POETRY THAT WAS LOST.

Gaston Bachelard

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OUR EMOTION IS PERHAPS

NOTHING BUT AN EXPRESSION OF

A POETRY THAT WAS LOST.

Gaston Bachelard

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THERE ARE NO FACTS,

ONLY INTERPRETATIONS.

Friedrich Nietzsche

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I DISCOVER MYSELF ON

THE VERGE OF A USUAL MISTAKE.

Walt Whitman

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BEAUTY REMAINS,

EVEN IN MISFORTUNE.

Anne Frank

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EACH OF US HAD SOMETHING

TO LEARN FROM THE OTHERS AND

SOMETHING TO TEACH IN RETURN.

Augustine

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WHAT WE DO NOW

ECHOES IN ETERNITY.

Marcus Aurelius

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IT’S NO USE GOING BACK

TO YESTERDAY, BECAUSE I WAS

A DIFFERENT PERSON THEN.

Lewis Carroll

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I’M SICK OF NOT HAVING THE COURAGE

TO BE AN ABSOLUTE NOBODY.

J. D. Salinger

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BUT THERE IS ONLY ONE THING

THAT HAS POWER COMPLETELY,

AND THIS IS LOVE.

Alan Paton

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I LOVED HER AGAINST REASON,

AGAINST PROMISE, AGAINST PEACE,

AGAINST HOPE, AGAINST HAPPINESS, AGAINST

ALL DISCOURAGEMENT THAT COULD BE.

Charles Dickens

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TIME IS THE LONGEST DISTANCE

BETWEEN TWO PLACES.

Tennessee Williams

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I LOOK AT YOU AND

A SENSE OF WONDER TAKES ME.

Homer

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WHAT THE IMAGINATION SEIZES

AS BEAUTY MUST BE TRUTH.

John Keats

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THE MOST PAINFUL THING IS

LOSING YOURSELF IN THE PROCESS

OF LOVING SOMEONE TOO MUCH,

AND FORGETTING THAT YOU ARE SPECIAL TOO.

Ernest Hemingway

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THE CURVES OF YOUR LIPS

REWRITE HISTORY.

Oscar Wilde

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EACH TIME YOU HAPPEN TO ME

ALL OVER AGAIN.

Edith Wharton

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EACH TIME YOU HAPPEN TO ME

ALL OVER AGAIN.

Edith Wharton

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EVERYBODY IS IDENTICAL IN THEIR

SECRET UNSPOKEN BELIEF THAT WAY

DEEP DOWN THEY ARE DIFFERENT

FROM EVERYONE ELSE.

David Foster Wallace

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DEEP FEELINGS ALWAYS MEAN MORE

THAN THEY ARE CONSCIOUS OF SAYING.

Albert Camus

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