Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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I don't know that I ever wanted greatness, on its own. It seems rather like wanting to be an engineer, rather than wanting to design something--or wanting to be a writer, rather than wanting to write. It should be a by-product, not a thing in itself. Otherwise, it's just an ego trip.

Roger Zelazny's Popular Quotes

Nothing we did in those days has caused a change." "Because of what we did, things remained as they were, rather than getting worse," I told him.

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That's life: trust and you're betrayed; don't trust and you betray yourself.

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To paraphrase Oedipus, Hamlet, Lear, and all those guys, "I wish I had known this some time ago.

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Life is full of doors that don't open when you knock, equally spaced amid those that open when you don't want them to.

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There's no such thing as civilization. The word just means the art of living in cities.

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The death of an illusion tends to disconcert.

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The absence of a monument can, in its own way, be something of a monument also.

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I like libraries. It makes me feel comfortable and secure to have walls of words, beautiful and wise, all around me. I always feel better when I can …

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Even a mirror will not show you yourself, if you do not wish to see.

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