List Your Favorite Quotes

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- not a teacher - The following quote comes from Vladimir Nabokov: "The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamoring to become visible."
 
"The most helpless person
is someone who cannot find a few friends during his life, but still more helpless is one who finds such a friend but loses him"
 
"The consequence of fear is
disappointment and of bashfulness is frustration. Opportunity passes away like the cloud. Therefore, make use of good opportunities"
 
"The best of riches is the
abandonement of desires"
 
“A short story is a different thing all together - a short story is like a kiss in the dark from a stranger.” - Stephen King
 
"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." Groucho Marx
 
My favorite quote is “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” by Oscar Wilde. I always try to use it in my life and in literature essays or some assignments.
 
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