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Liz Connor9 August 2017
Having your heart broken, discovering your true self, pondering the meaning of existence... the complexities and mysteries of life have been greatly considered by writers and poets for centuries.
As such, many of literature’s most famous names have provided us with some sage words to live by in 2017.
As today marks National Book Lovers Day, a special day for bibliophiles to celebrate their love of reading, there’s no better time to impress your friends with a well-timed quote from some of history’s greatest writers.
Of course, we all know quotes from classic books from our school days, but what about the words the writers said outside of the pages?
Here are ten of our favourites:
1. Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened’ - Dr. Seuss
2. “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” Oscar Wilde
3. “You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.” Dr. Seuss
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4. “In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.” Robert Frost
5. “If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.” - Mark Twain
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6. “I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” - Maya Angelou
7. “Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.” - Oscar Wilde
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8. “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” - George Eliot
9. “Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.” - Roald Dahl
10. “You cannot find peace by avoiding life.”- Virginia Woolf
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