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Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
ccf8498 | If I can't feel, if I can't move, if I can't think, and I can't care, then what conceivable point is there in living? | depression mood-disorders | Kay Redfield Jamison | |
d883863 | When you love someone, you don't have a choice. Love takes your choices away. - Clary Fray | love clary-fray mortal-instruments | Cassandra Clare | |
bddd459 | To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else. | inspirational | Emily Dickinson | |
505c763 | The first time I saw you, my heart fell. The second time I saw you, my heart fell. The third time fourth time fifth time and every time since, my heart has fallen. I stared at her. You are the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. Your hair, your eyes, your lips, your body that you haven't grown into, the way you walk, smile, laugh, the way your cheeks drop when you're mad or upset, the way you drag your feet when you're tired. Every singl.. | obsession | James Frey | |
fe03e1a | Almost every time somebody gives me a present, it ends up making me sad. | iceskates lexidreams presents | J.D. Salinger | |
ddf6725 | I'm going, she said. I love you but you're crazy, you're doomed. | Charles Bukowski | ||
fdf3941 | It's a good idea to have your own books with you in a strange place | Cornelia Funke | ||
5735267 | In bed that night I invented a special drain that would be underneath every pillow in New York, and would connect to the reservoir. Whenever people cried themselves to sleep, the tears would all go to the same place, and in the morning the weatherman could report if the water level of the Reservoir of Tears had gone up or down, and you could know if New York is in heavy boots. | Jonathan Safran Foer | ||
ade9565 | I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life. He taught me that if you are interested in something, no matter what it is, go at it at full speed ahead. Embrace it with both arms, hug it, love it and above all become passionate about it. Lukewarm is no good. Hot is no good either. White hot and passionate is the only thing to be. | passion inspirational passionate-living enthusiasm | Roald Dahl | |
2e9de61 | Eight full lives," I whispered against his jaw, my voice breaking. "Eight full lives and I never found anyone I would stay on a planet for, anyone I would follow when they left. I never found a partner. Why now? Why you? You're not of my species. How can you be my partner?" "It's a strange universe," he murmured. "It's not fair," I complained, echoing Sunny's words. It wasn't fair. How could I find this, find love-now, in this eleventh hour.. | Stephenie Meyer | ||
ef9eeb1 | In one thing you have not changed, dear friend," said Aragorn: "you still speak in riddles." "What? In riddles?" said Gandalf. "No! For I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to; the long explanations needed by the young are wearying." | J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
875c969 | Always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual. | Terry Pratchett | ||
21ad482 | Of course he loves me. I'm his sister." "Blood isn't love," said Magnus, and his voice was bitter." | love isabelle-lightwood magnus-bane | Cassandra Clare | |
bb590e9 | So many vows... they make you swear and swear. Defend the king. Obey the king. Keep his secrets. Do his bidding. Your life for his. But obey your father. Love your sister. Protect the innocent. Defend the weak. Respect the gods. Obey the laws. It's too much. No matter what you do, you're forsaking one vow or the other. | George R.R. Martin | ||
4d27241 | You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying. To the best you can do everyday. | success life truth inspirational winning failure | Jason Mraz | |
a380c05 | A sad soul can kill you quicker, far quicker, than a germ. | John Steinbeck | ||
33c8fde | It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till. What weather they shall have is not ours to rule. | future-inspirational | J.R.R. Tolkien | |
1a9ab29 | You've got to sing like you don't need the money, Love like you'll never get hurt. You've got to dance like nobody's watchin'. | Richard Leigh | ||
f37a93b | The ability to dream is all I have to give. That is my responsibility; that is my burden. And even I grow tired. | Harlan Ellison | ||
8dc79c9 | I love the silent hour of night, For blissful dreams may then arise, Revealing to my charmed sight What may not bless my waking eyes. | poetry night | Anne Brontë | |
47af6f6 | Reyna sent me to get Percy," Frank said. "Did Octavian accept you?" "Yeah," Percy said. "He slaughtered my panda." | panda-pillow-pets | Rick Riordan | |
904055b | No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks. | inspirational | Mary Shelley | |
1026c43 | One of the most spiritual things you can do is embrace your humanity. Connect with those around you today. Say, "I love you", "I'm sorry", "I appreciate you", "I'm proud of you"...whatever you're feeling. Send random texts, write a cute note, embrace your truth and share it...cause a smile today for someone else...and give plenty of hugs. | action kindness compassion humanity spirituality motivational success life inspirational living-now seize-the-day | Steve Maraboli | |
689f616 | The floor seemed wonderfully solid. It was comforting to know I had fallen and could fall no farther. | Sylvia Plath | ||
eebea0a | I do not believe in taking the right decision, I take a decision and make it right. | self-awareness inspirational positive-attitude self-confidence self-improvement | Muhammad Ali Jinnah | |
936b247 | To lose a brother is to lose someone with whom you can share the experience of growing old, who is supposed to bring you a sister-in-law and nieces and nephews, creatures who people the tree of your life and give it new branches. To lose your father is to lose the one whose guidance and help you seek, who supports you like a tree trunk supports its branches. To lose your mother, well, that is like losing the sun above you. It is like losing.. | family philosophy | Yann Martel | |
fe99f64 | He is free to evade reality, he is free to unfocus his mind and stumble blindly down any road he pleases, but not free to avoid the abyss he refuses to see. | inspirational | Ayn Rand | |
0a03d6d | Here's what I think, Mr. Wind-Up Bird," said May Kasahara. "Everybody's born with some different thing at the core of their existence. And that thing, whatever it is, becomes like a heat source that runs each person from the inside. I have one too, of course. Like everybody else. But sometimes it gets out of hand. It swells or shrinks inside me, and it shakes me up. What I'd really like to do is find a way to communicate that feeling to ano.. | Haruki Murakami | ||
3420ac4 | A man who has no conscience, no goodness, does not suffer. | Khaled Hosseini | ||
f9c91d4 | I heard every word between you. I knew you could take care of yourself, and yet ... " He went back to his pie, swallowing a bite before continuing. "And yet I found myself deciding that if you took his hand, I would find a way to live with it. It would be your choice." I sipped from my wine. "And if he had grabbed me?" There was nothing but uncompromising will in his eyes. "Then I would have torn apart the world to get you back." | Sarah J. Maas | ||
b7add27 | You can live your whole life not realizing that what you're looking for is right in front of you. | love | David Nicholls | |
95136b2 | Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more. | risk love fear-of-flying | Erica Jong | |
b791ac4 | Holy [Insert your choice of a swear word here]," said Fang stunned." | maximum-ride fang | James Patterson | |
68ad9e6 | YOU COULD LOCK the Gasman in a padded cell with some dental floss and a bowl of Jell-O, and he'd find a way to make something to explode. | talent | James Patterson | |
36e74a5 | Oh, love isn't there to make us happy. I believe it exists to show us how much we can endure. | Hermann Hesse | ||
60108db | Did I do anything last night that suggested I was sane? | insanity | Terry Pratchett | |
629df3a | The universe is a pretty big place. If it's just us, seems like an awful waste of space. | universe seti | Carl Sagan | |
216d9d4 | And then there was you. You changed everything I believed in. You know that line from Dante that I quoted to you in the park? 'L'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelle'?" Her lips curled a little at the sides as she looked up at him. "I still don't speak Italian." "It's a bit of the very last verse from Paradiso - Dante's Paradise. 'My will and my desire were turned by love, the love that moves the sun and the other stars.' Dante was trying.. | Cassandra Clare | ||
165ba1d | It's only because of their stupidity that they're able to be so sure of themselves. | Franz Kafka | ||
bbe9e6b | Do you know what it's like to love someone so much, that you can't see yourself without picturing her? Or what it's like to touch someone, and feel like you've come home? What we had wasn't about sex, or about being with someone just to show off what you've got, the way it was for other kids our age. We were, well, meant to be together. Some people spend their whole lives looking for that one person. I was lucky enough to have her all along.. | completeness consummate couples | Jodi Picoult | |
30dd6b9 | Well, for one thing, the culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves. We're teaching the wrong things. And you have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn't work, don't buy it. Create your own. Most people can't do it. | Mitch Albom | ||
69dcff4 | We were kissing. I thought: This is good. I thought: I am not bad at this kissing. Not bad at all. I thought: I am clearly the greatest kisser in the history of the universe. Suddenly she laughed and pulled away from me. She wiggled a hand out of her sleeping bag and wiped her face. "You slobbered on my nose," she said, and laughed" | John Green | ||
350582f | The inside jokes weren't jokes anymore. They had become stories. Nobody brought up the bad names or the bad times. And nobody felt sad as long as we could postpone tomorrow with more nostalgia. | Stephen Chbosky | ||
187266a | This is Leo. I'm the... What's my title? Am I like, admiral, or captain, or..." "Repair boy." "Very funny, Piper." | piper-mclean leo-valdez | Rick Riordan |