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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 671d4a6 | I lived in books more than I lived anywhere else. | Neil Gaiman | ||
| a523109 | If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished? | inspirational | Rumi | |
| 1402b79 | Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book. And then there are books like An Imperial Affliction, which you can't tell people about, books so special and rare and yours that advertising your affection feels like betrayal | john-green reading the-fault-in-our-stars | John Green | |
| 1af060e | Yeah, Quirrell was a great teacher. There was just that minor drawback of him having Lord Voldemort sticking out of the back of his head! | J.K. Rowling | ||
| 3b818ee | You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine. Meanwhile the world goes on. Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain are moving across the landscapes, over the prairies and the deep trees, the mountains and the rivers. Meanwhile the wil.. | birds nature poetry shore woods | Mary Oliver | |
| c2fd55e | To me, Fearless is not the absense of fear. It's not being completely unafraid. To me, Fearless is having fears. Fearless is having doubts. Lots of them. To me, Fearless is living in spite of those things that scare you to death. | fearless inspirational love | Taylor Swift | |
| 626f923 | For last year's words belong to last year's language And next year's words await another voice. | new-year voice words | T.S. Eliot | |
| 1a7962b | Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on? | semantics suspicion | J.R.R. Tolkien | |
| beb8ecf | You see things; you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not? | inspirational | George Bernard Shaw | |
| a207311 | It was not the feeling of completeness I so needed, but the feeling of not being empty. | life | Jonathan Safran Foer | |
| c283d11 | The bravest people are the ones who don't mind looking like cowards. | T.H. White | ||
| fec94b8 | care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself. | defiance empowerment independence individuality self-assurance self-awareness self-containment self-determination self-esteem self-reliance self-respect self-sufficiency self-trust solitude | Charlotte Brontë | |
| 36732d2 | Don't you think it's better to be extremely happy for a short while, even if you lose it, than to be just okay for your whole life? | Audrey Niffenegger | ||
| 76cbd42 | The world was hers for the reading. | feminist reading | Betty Smith | |
| 7ec5552 | I woke up thinking a very pleasant thought. There is lots left in the world to read. | Nicholson Baker | ||
| ef05dfa | The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof. | Barbara Kingsolver | ||
| 56624c6 | I can resist anything except temptation. | Oscar Wilde | ||
| 9cfa480 | Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery. | inspiration inspirational smart understanding wise acceptance | J.K. Rowling | |
| ce5cf02 | What and how much had I lost by trying to do only what was expected of me instead of what I myself had wished to do? | Ralph Ellison | ||
| 6df2db5 | Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I'd have the facts. | Harper Lee | ||
| 90195aa | One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well. | love | Virginia Woolf | |
| fb0c6d6 | You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life? | inspirational | Rumi | |
| ec0375f | Though nobody can go back and make a new beginning... Anyone can start over and make a new ending. | inspirational life-lessons | Chico Xavier | |
| 528a309 | And when her lips met mine, I knew that I could live to be a hundred and visit every country in the world, but nothing would ever compare to that single moment when I first kissed the girl of my dreams and knew that my love would last forever. | love nicholas-sparks north-carolina novel | Nicholas Sparks | |
| 128a161 | Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone, Nine for Mortal Men, doomed to die, One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie. One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them. In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie. | J. R. R. Tolkien | ||
| fb94ca7 | It doesn't interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing | inspirational | Oriah Mountain Dreamer | |
| 90c1bec | Live in the present, remember the past, and fear not the future, for it doesn't exist and never shall. There is only now. | inspirational | Christopher Paolini | |
| 970b027 | Welcome to the wonderful world of jealousy, he thought. For the price of admission, you get a splitting headache, a nearly irresistable urge to commit murder, and an inferiority complex. Yippee. | jealousy love | J.R. Ward | |
| ac21641 | Imagine smiling after a slap in the face. Then think of doing it twenty-four hours a day. | sadness stoicism | Markus Zusak | |
| 937c58b | Words are easy, like the wind; Faithful friends are hard to find. | William Shakespeare | ||
| c3be789 | It's just that most really good-looking people are stupid, so I exceed expectations.' 'Right, it's primarily his hotness,' I said. 'It can be sort of blinding,' he said. 'It actually did blind our friend Isaac,' I said. 'Terrible tragedy, that. But can I help my own deadly beauty?' 'You cannot.' 'It is my burden, this beautiful face.' 'Not to mention your body.' 'Seriously, don't even get me started on my hot bod. You don't want to see me n.. | the-fault-in-our-stars | John Green | |
| 81f292a | Don't be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life. You don't have to live forever, you just have to live. | Natalie Babbitt | ||
| 71f8a2e | What makes the desert beautiful,' said the little prince, 'is that somewhere it hides a well... | inspirational | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry | |
| 15adb6a | Take pride in your pain; you are stronger than those who have none | Lois Lowry | ||
| e609e0f | I wanted to tell the book thief many things, about beauty and brutality. But what could I tell her about those things that she didn't already know? I wanted to explain that I am constantly overestimating and underestimating the human race-that rarely do I ever simply estimate it. I wanted to ask her how the same thing could be so ugly and so glorious, and its words and stories so damning and brilliant. | Markus Zusak | ||
| 04a83e6 | Maybe ever'body in the whole damn world is scared of each other. | people scared world | John Steinbeck | |
| 7f377a4 | War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. | war | J.R.R. Tolkien | |
| b09c752 | Mad Girl's Love Song I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my lids and all is born again. (I think I made you up inside my head.) The stars go waltzing out in blue and red, And arbitrary blackness gallops in: I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead. I dreamed that you bewitched me into bed And sung me moon-struck, kissed me quite insane. (I think I made you up inside my head.) God topples from the sky, hell's fires fade: E.. | Sylvia Plath | ||
| 5a7d9b8 | You speak an infinite deal of nothing. | shakespeare | William Shakespeare | |
| d1d707d | I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot. | J.D. Salinger | ||
| f89929b | Believe in Your Hear | believe heart inspiration inspirational inspirational-quotes inspire inspiring life life-quotes living magic miracles optimism optimistic passion positive positive-affirmation positive-life positive-thinking purpose | Roy T. Bennett | |
| 4b381a3 | You need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select your clothes every day. This is a power you can cultivate. If you want to control things in your life so bad, work on the mind. That's the only thing you should be trying to control. | elizabeth-gilbert inspiration | Elizabeth Gilbert | |
| 0d2e54b | He does something to me, that boy. Every time. It's his only detriment. He steps on my heart. He makes me cry. | love sad | Markus Zusak | |
| 837bfec | If you want to really hurt you parents, and you don't have the nerve to be gay, the least you can do is go into the arts. I'm not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as .. | arts-and-humanities creative-process writing | Kurt Vonnegut |