I grew up reading Stephen King, Peter Straub, Clive Barker, Robert McCammon, Isaac Asimov's nonfiction books, and Roald Dahl. - Nnedi Okorafor

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It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation. —Herman Melville

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Keep Going. Your hardest times often lead to the greatest moments of your life. Keep going. Tough situations build strong people in the end.

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Life is very interesting... in the end, some of your greatest pains, become your greatest strengths. — Drew Barrymore

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Every man has his folly, but the greatest folly of all … is not to have one.

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The pleasure which we most rarely experience gives us greatest delight. —Epictetus

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The more you read, the more things you will know. — Dr. Seuss

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The greatest challenge in life is to be our own person and accept that being different is a blessing and not a curse. A person who knows who they are lives a simple life by eliminating from their orbit anything that does not align with his or her overriding purpose and values. A person must be selective with their time and energy because both elements of life are limited. ― Kilroy J. Oldster

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A champion is someone who gets up when he can't. — Jack Dempsey

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The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude. — Oprah Winfrey.

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