Quotes and Sayings by Authors: Inspirational Wisdom

Gayle Forman

Gayle Forman is an American author of young adult fiction. * She was born in Los Angeles, California in 1970. * She graduated…

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Orson Scott Card

Orson Scott Card was born on August 24, 1951, in Richland, Washington. * He is an American author of science fiction and fantasy…

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Pablo Neruda

Pablo Neruda was born in Parral, Chile, in 1904. * He was a poet, diplomat, and politician. * He was awarded the Nobel Prize in…

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Sophie Kinsella

Sophie Kinsella is a British author of chick lit novels. * She was born in London in 1969 and studied music at New College,…

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Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath was born on October 27, 1932, in Boston, Massachusetts. She was a poet, novelist, and short story writer. She is…

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Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth, England on February 7, 1812. He was a prolific writer and social critic, and his works…

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Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov was an American author and professor of biochemistry. * He was born in Petrovichi, Russia, on January 2, 1920. * He…

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Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jeane Mortenson on June 1, 1926, in Los Angeles, California. * She was a model and actress who…

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Sarah J. Maas

Sarah J. Maas is a New York Times bestselling author of fantasy novels. She was born in New York City in 1986 and graduated from…

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Simone Elkeles

Simone Elkeles is an American author of young adult novels. * She was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1970. * She received a…

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Alfred Tennyson

Alfred Tennyson was born in Somersby, Lincolnshire, England in 1809. * He was the 4th of 12 children of George Clayton Tennyson,…

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Anthony Robbins

Anthony Robbins is an American self-help author, speaker, and life coach. He was born in North Hollywood, California, on February…

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Ben Carson

Ben Carson was born in Detroit, Michigan, on September 18, 1951. * He was raised by a single mother after his parents divorced…

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Elbert Hubbard

Elbert Green Hubbard was an American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher. He was born in Bloomington, Illinois, in 1856.…

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Flannery O'Connor

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Jasper Fforde

Jasper Fforde is a British novelist, born in London in 1961. * He worked in the film industry for 20 years before becoming a…

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Jenny Han

Jenny Han is a Korean-American author of young adult fiction. * She was born in Richmond, Virginia, in 1980. * She graduated from…

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Khaled Hosseini

Khaled Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan in 1965. * His family fled Afghanistan in 1980 due to the Soviet invasion. *…

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Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist,…

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Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll was born Charles Lutwidge Dodgson on January 27, 1832, in Daresbury, England. * He was a mathematician, logician,…

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Malala Yousafzai

Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate. * She was born in Mingora,…

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Malcolm X

Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925, in Omaha, Nebraska. * His father was killed when he was young, and his mother…

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Robert A. Heinlein

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Socrates

Socrates was a Greek philosopher who lived in Athens in the 5th century BC. He is considered one of the founders of Western…

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