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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 3c7242a | He who hurries through life hurries to his grave. | George R.R. Martin | ||
| 42335b4 | By Gryffindor, the bravest were Prized far beyond the rest; For Ravenclaw, the cleverest Would always be the best; For Hufflepuff, hard workers were Most worthy of admission; And power-hungry Slytherin Loved those of great ambition. | J.K. Rowling | ||
| 17fb557 | Finally, the truth. Lying with his face pressed into the dusty carpet of the office where he had once thought he was learning the secrets of victory, Harry understood at last that he was not supposed to survive. | J.K. Rowling | ||
| 75bf95b | And if my heart be scarred and burned, The safer, I, for all I learned. | inspirational | Dorothy Parker | |
| 605788e | Time weighs down on you like an old, ambiguous dream. You keep on moving, trying to sleep through it. But even if you go to the ends of the earth, you won't be able to escape it. Still, you have to go there- to the edge of the world. There's something you can't do unless you get there. | inspirational | Haruki Murakami | |
| dc05c99 | He wanted all to lie in an ecstasy of peace; I wanted all to sparkle and dance in a glorious jubilee. I said his heaven would be only half alive; and he said mine would be drunk: I said I should fall asleep in his; and he said he could not breathe in mine. | Emily Brontë | ||
| 6d97a53 | There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him. | income-tax taxes pay tyranny | Robert A. Heinlein | |
| 86f2d6f | When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal. | money defeat motivation life inspirational goal career goals self-help | Napoleon Hill | |
| cd9e5ab | I'm going up to my room now, where I may die. | howl | Diana Wynne Jones | |
| ed0fc01 | I'd rather chase the sun than wait for it. | Markus Zusak | ||
| f02c44a | There's a reason we refer to "leaps of faith" - because the decision to consent to any notion of divinity is a mighty jump from the rational over to the unknowable, and I don't care how diligently scholars of every religion will try to sit you down with their stacks of books and prove to you through scripture that their faith is indeed rational; it isn't. If faith were rational, it wouldn't be - by definition - faith. Faith is belief in wha.. | Elizabeth Gilbert | ||
| 4271236 | Jace threw his hands up. "So it doesn't work." "Not necessarily," Luke said. "There might simply be nothing going on that might activate it. Perhaps there isn't anything here that Alec is afraid of." Magnus glanced at Alec and raised his eyebrows. "Boo," he said. Jace was grinning. "Come on, surely you've got a phobia or two. What scares you?" Alec thought for a moment. "Spiders," he said. Clary turned to Luke. "Have you got a spider anywhe.. | city-of-ashes | Cassandra Clare | |
| a0f44fc | I wanted all things To seem to make some sense, So we could all be happy, yes, Instead of tense. And I made up lies So that they all fit nice, And I made this sad world A par-a-dise. | poetry | Kurt Vonnegut | |
| e631b42 | I'm so proud of you that it makes me proud of me. I hope you know that. | fathers sons pride | John Green | |
| 3e97273 | Frank stared at him. "Unfair? You can breathe underwater and blow up glaciers and summon freaking hurricanes-and it's unfair that I can be an elephant?" Percy considered. "Okay. I guess you got a point. But the next time I say you're totally beast-" "Just shut up," Frank said. "Please." Percy cracked a smile." | Rick Riordan | ||
| f4325d6 | The older lady harrumphed. "I warned you, daughter. This scoundrel Hades is no good. You could've married the god of doctors or the god of lawyers, but . You had to eat the pomegranate." "Mother-" "And get stuck in the Underworld!" "Mother, please-" "And here it is August, and do you come home like you're supposed to? Do you ever think about your poor lonely mother?" "DEMETER!" Hades shouted. "That is enough. You are a guest in my house." .. | persephone percy-jackson hades | Rick Riordan | |
| 00d8dfa | Oh holy alien babies everywhere! | Jennifer L. Armentrout | ||
| 5926de0 | These books can't possibly compete with centuries of established history, especially when that history is endorsed by the ultimate bestseller of all time." Faukman's eyes went wide. "Don't tell me Harry Potter is actually about the Holy Grail." "I was referring to the Bible." Faukman cringed. "I knew that." -- | humor holy-grail | Dan Brown | |
| 7e292e6 | These books can't possibly compete with centuries of established history, especially when that history is endorsed by the ultimate bestseller of all time." Faukman's eyes went wide. "Don't tell me Harry Potter is actually about the Holy Grail." "I was referring to the Bible." Faukman cringed. "I knew that." | humor holy-grail | Dan Brown | |
| a66e711 | Witches are naturally nosy," said Miss Tick, standing up. "Well, I must go. I hope we shall meet again. I will give you some free advice, though." "Will it cost me anything?" "What? I just said it was free!" said Miss Tick. "Yes, but my father said that free advice often turns out to be expensive," said Tiffany. Miss Tick sniffed. "You could say this advice is priceless," she said, "Are you listening?" "Yes," said Tiffany. "Good. Now...if y.. | witches work | Terry Pratchett | |
| 86f4f88 | You don't have to like someone, but you have to treat them as you wish to be treated. | inspiration inspirational-attitude inspirational-life inspirational-quotes inspire life-and-living life-quotes living optimistic positive-affirmation positive-life inspiring positive positive-thinking life-lessons optimism life inspirational | Roy T. Bennett | |
| 2e48df9 | She lacks confidence, she craves admiration insatiably. She lives on the reflections of herself in the eyes of others. She does not dare to be herself. | inspirational | Anaïs Nin | |
| 308f1d8 | Most people in Atlanta don't have an accent. It's pretty urban. A lot of people speak gangsta, though," I add jokingly. "Fo' shiz," he replies in his polite English accent. I spurt orangey-red soup across the table. St. Clair gives a surprised ha-HA kind of laugh, and I'm laughing too, the painful kind like abdominal crunches. He hands me a napkin to wipe my chin. "Fo'. Shiz." He repeats it solemnly. Cough cough. "Please don't ever stop s.. | Stephanie Perkins | ||
| 5fdec0f | If you're trying to show off for people at the top, forget it. They will look down on you anyhow. And if you're trying to show off for people at the bottom, forget it. They will only envy you. Status will get you nowhere. Only an open heart will allow you to float equally between everyone. | Mitch Albom | ||
| f199e9d | Don't think about what you've left behind" The alchemist said to the boy as they began to ride across the sands of the desert. "If what one finds is made of pure matter, it will never spoil. And one can always come back. If what you had found was only a moment of light, like the explosion of a star, you would find nothing on your return." | Paulo Coelho | ||
| e3f562b | You come of the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve," said Aslan. "And that is both honour enough to erect the head of the poorest beggar, and shame enough to bow the shoulders of the greatest emperor on earth. Be content." | C.S. Lewis | ||
| c920a91 | When I was a child, when I was an adolescent, books saved me from despair: that convinced me that culture was the highest of values[...]. | literature culture | Simone de Beauvoir | |
| ddb4ffd | Answerless questions can destroy you. Move on. | David Levithan | ||
| 4e700ea | Run first,' Shane said. 'Mourn later.' It was the perfect motto for Morganville. | humor vampire paranormal-romance | Rachel Caine | |
| 36a3b94 | I am not sad, he would repeat to himself over and over, I am not sad. As if he might one day convince himself. Or fool himself. Or convince others -- The only thing worse than being sad is for others to know that you are sad. | Jonathan Safran Foer | ||
| faf6aed | I love acting. It is so much more real than life. | Oscar Wilde | ||
| 534c4ef | Will: Have you ever seen what happens to someone with demon pox? First it lies dormant. One begins to turn yellow and green. Then the swelling sets in - Jem: THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS DEMON POX. | jem will | Cassandra Clare | |
| dfdad99 | I'm not an angel, Jace," she repeated. "I don't return library books. I steal illegal music off the internet. I lie to my mom. I am ." | jace-wayland | Cassandra Clare | |
| 74986c2 | Prayer of an Anonymous Abbess: Lord, thou knowest better than myself that I am growing older and will soon be old. Keep me from becoming too talkative, and especially from the unfortunate habit of thinking that I must say something on every subject and at every opportunity. Release me from the idea that I must straighten out other peoples' affairs. With my immense treasure of experience and wisdom, it seems a pity not to let everybody parta.. | prayer humility patience old-age | Margot Benary-Isbert | |
| c1393dd | Some are born great, others achieve greatness. | shakespeare | William Shakespeare | |
| 734bf07 | We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us. | wisdom inspirational | Marcel Proust | |
| a37b1f0 | We ate well and cheaply and drank well and cheaply and slept well and warm together and loved each other. | Ernest Hemingway | ||
| d91f3b9 | Just remember that the things you put into your head are there forever, he said. You might want to think about that. You forget some things, dont you? Yes. You forget what you want to remember and you remember what you want to forget. | memory | Cormac McCarthy | |
| a52c301 | The truth knocks on the door and you say, "Go away, I'm looking for the truth," and so it goes away. Puzzling." | truth zen | Robert M. Pirsig | |
| d3f5c8c | It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy;--it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others. | time opportunity marianne-dashwood openness self-disclosure intimacy | Jane Austen | |
| 84edf3a | There are lots of ways of being miserable, but there's only one way of being comfortable, and that is to stop running round after happiness. If you make up your mind not to be happy there's no reason why you shouldn't have a fairly good time. | Edith Wharton | ||
| 3741a00 | You're a hero and a gentleman, you're kind and honest, but more than that, you're the first man I ever truly loved. And no matter what the future brings, you always will be, and I know that my life is better for it. | romance love | Nicholas Sparks | |
| 67aeaf4 | I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will. | science optimism intelligence pessimism will | Antonio Gramsci | |
| acd19f8 | It's a rare person to face who they are and not run from it - not be broken by it. | Sarah J. Maas |