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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 4aec229 | What in hell are you really made of, Howard? After all, it's only a building. It's not the combination of holy sacrament, Indian torture, and sexual ecstasy that you seem to make of it." "Isn't it?" | passion inspiration howard-roark | Ayn Rand | |
| 90371f4 | She started off, walking fast, as if the speed of her steps could give form to the things she felt. | Ayn Rand | ||
| c538647 | The name of the author is the first to go followed obediently by the title, the plot, the heartbreaking conclusion, the entire novel which suddenly becomes one you have never read, never even heard of, as if, one by one, the memories you used to harbor decided to retire to the southern hemisphere of the brain, to a little fishing village where there are no phones. Long ago you kissed the names of the nine Muses goodbye and watched the quadr.. | Billy Collins | ||
| d85dcbb | Cicero smiled at us. 'The art of life is to deal with problems as they arise, rather than destory one's spirit by worrying about them too far in advance. Especially tonight. | life rome | Robert Harris | |
| 059bd3c | Eventlessness has no posts to drape duration on. From nothing to nothing is no time at all. | John Steinbeck | ||
| dd3627a | I am a little man and this is a little town, but there must be a spark in little men that can burst into flame. | John Steinbeck | ||
| 1cbedc1 | The flies have conquered the flypaper. | John Steinbeck | ||
| d87d2e0 | It's almost impossible to read a fine thing without wanting to do a fine thing. | John Steinbeck | ||
| bcf81b1 | Regarding "thou mayest": And this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected." | John Steinbeck | ||
| 0f89b4c | A day, a livelong day, is not one thing but many. It changes not only in growing light toward zenith and decline again, but in texture and mood, in tone and meaning, warped by a thousand factors of season, of heat or cold, of still or multi winds, torqued by odors, tastes, and the fabrics of ice or grass, of bud or leaf or black-drawn naked limbs. And as a day changes so do its subjects, bugs and birds, cates, dogs, butterflies and people. | John Steinbeck | ||
| 7de4e3d | Nearly everybody has his box of secret pain, shared with no one. | John Steinbeck | ||
| aa12e76 | In uncertainty I am certain that underneath their topmost layers of frailty men want to be good and want to be loved. Indeed, most of their vices are attempted shortcuts to love. When a man comes to die, no matter what his talents and influence and genius, if he dies unloved his life must be a failure to him and his dying a cold horror. It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember .. | John Steinbeck | ||
| 354b0e7 | Once Charley fell in love with a dachshund, a romance racially unsuitable, physically ridiculous, and mechanically impossible. But all these problems Charley ignored. He loved deeply and tried dogfully. | John Steinbeck | ||
| e97a7dd | Most people seem to believe that if a relationship doesn't last until death, it's a failure. But the only relationship that's truly a failure is one that lasts longe than it should. The success of a relationship should be measured by it's depth, not by it's lenght. | Neil Strauss | ||
| 2c5c796 | Here's the thing: this eel spends its entire life trying to find a home, and what do you think women have inside them? Caves, where the eels like to live...when they find a cave they like, the wriggle around inside it for a while to be sure that...well, to be sure it's a nice cave, I suppose. And when they've made up their minds that it's comfortable, they mark the cave as their territory...by spitting. | sex | Arthur Golden | |
| 72965ea | Laurel's in right field, leading off. Her fielding's crap, but she's got a good bat." "My fielding is not crap." She hit Del with the glove. "Keep it up and you're not going to have any problem winning that beat, Brown." When she stalked off, Mal took an easy, testing swing. "What bet?" Laurel strode straight up to Mac. "I want to switch with you. I want to play on Jack's team." "Baseball slut. Okay by me, but you'd better tell Jack." .. | Nora Roberts | ||
| 3bfefe6 | Men shake hands after they beat each other up; we eat chocolate. | Nora Roberts | ||
| 9e803cb | For centuries the church has stood by while science picked away at religion bit by bit. Debunking miracles. Training the mind to overcome the heart. Condemning religion as the opiate of the masses. They denounce God as a hallucination - a delusional crutch for those too weak to accept that life is meaningless. I could not stand by while science presumed to harness the power of God himself! Proof, you say? Yes, proof of science's ignorance! .. | religion science miracles | Dan Brown | |
| 52428f8 | From the Crusades, to the Inquisition, to American politics--the name of Jesus had been hijacked as an ally in all kinds of power struggles. Since the beginning of time, the ignorant had always screamed the loudest, herding the unsuspecting masses and forcing them to do their bidding. They defended their worldly desires by citing Scripture they did not understand. They celebrated their intolerance as proof of their convictions. Now, after a.. | Dan Brown | ||
| 0005ed0 | Church of painful love - unfulfilled,unrequited & unattained | Dan Brown | ||
| 54006db | A flower blooms best in a happy pot. | V.C. Andrews | ||
| ecee6b2 | You discover your identity and purpose through a relationship with Jesus Christ. | Rick Warren | ||
| 75074dd | God never does anything accidentally... | Rick Warren | ||
| e86ac43 | We have a lot of questions, and we want to understand. Music helps with that . Music helps with everything. | Lisa Schroeder | ||
| c580c7a | One picture will have to be enough. Just like one day will have to be enough. | Lisa Schroeder | ||
| 1b52a39 | Why do you think people cheat?," I asked. "Because they're bored? Because they can? Because they're selfish and think they're entitled to anything they want? Because they don't think they'll get caught?" | Sarah Mlynowski | ||
| 56c26b8 | When you are a pessimist and the bad thing happens, you live it twice, Amos | Michael Lewis | ||
| bc9749c | Everything, in retrospect, is obvious. But if everything were obvious, authors of histories of financial folly would be rich . . . | retrospect | Michael M. Lewis | |
| 1a7fddc | I am aware that the battle I am fighting is a petty one, but I am also aware that in order to win that which is great, you must first win that which is small. | James Frey | ||
| 7e96529 | The feeling of arms around me, of love in my heart, it was more powerful than any of the negativity I knew was existing in the world for me. That feeling of love killed it all. | James Frey | ||
| f459e1a | All of us started normal. All of us started out as functioning human beings with the potential to do almost anything we wanted, but somewhere along the paths of our lives, we got lost. | James Frey | ||
| c2021f7 | There is no person without a world. | mitwelt | Anne Carson | |
| 26872f5 | We swung over the hills and over the town and back again, and I saw how a man can be master of a craft, and how a craft can be master of an element. I saw the alchemy of perspective reduce my world, and all my other life, to grains in a cup. I learned to watch, to put my trust in other hands than mine. And I learned to wander. I learned what every dreaming child needs to know -- that no horizon is so far that you cannot get above it or beyo.. | dreams horizon flying | Beryl Markham | |
| 2efb613 | and if you can't fix it you've got to stand it. | E. Annie Proulx | ||
| 7253d11 | There's got to be something wrong with us. To do what we did. | Truman Capote | ||
| 24bf02f | It was the worst hurt he had ever known. | Jack London | ||
| 2bf87d0 | I'm afraid I couldn't like him without a spice of human naughtiness. | louisa-may-alcott | Louisa May Alcott | |
| 8cea87e | Go on with your work as usual, for work is a blessed solace. | work louisa-may-alcott | Louisa May Alcott | |
| 5ca6831 | freedom being the sauce best beloved by the boyish soul. | Louisa May Alcott | ||
| 42c4edf | To be strong, and beautiful, and go round making music all the time. Yes, she could do that, and with a very earnest prayer Polly asked for the strength of an upright soul, the beauty of a tender heart, the power to make her life a sweet and stirring song, helpful while it lasted, remembered when it died. | life strength-of-spirit loving | Louisa May Alcott | |
| 2b66c77 | We need be careful how we deal with those about us, when every death carries to some small circle of survivors, thoughts of so much omitted, and so little done- of so many things forgotten, and so many more which might have been repaired! There is no remorse so deep as that which is unavailing; if we would be spared its tortures, let us remember this, in time. | Charles Dickens | ||
| d093345 | My dear child,' said the old gentleman, moved by the warmth of Oliver's sudden appeal, 'you need not be afraid of my deserting you, unless you give me cause.' I never, never will, sir,' interposed Oliver. I hope not,' rejoined the old gentleman; 'I do not think you ever will. I have been deceived before, in the objects whom I have endeavoured to benefit; but I feel strongly disposed to trust you, nevertheless, and more strongly interested i.. | Charles Dickens | ||
| e2d0761 | He has the power to render us happy or unhappy; to make our service light or burdensome; a pleasure or a toil. Say that his power lies in words and looks; in things so slight and insignificant that it is impossible to add and count 'em up: what then? The happiness he gives, is quite as great as if it cost a fortune. | Charles Dickens | ||
| 7576a55 | These books were a way of escaping from the unhappiness of my life. | Charles Dickens |