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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 316accd | There is a reason they call God a presence - because God is right here, right now. In the present is the only place to find Him, and now is the only time. | Elizabeth Gilbert | ||
| 1f2ff83 | Percy is the most powerful demigod I've ever met. No offense to you guys but it's true. | percy-jackson | Rick Riordan | |
| bef9a4b | The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough. | inspirational impermanence | Rabindranath Tagore | |
| bf2954f | Success is determined not by whether or not you face obstacles, but by your reaction to them. And if you look at these obstacles as a containing fence, they become your excuse for failure. If you look at them as a hurdle, each one strengthens you for the next. | ben-carson gifted-hands hurdles success inspirational obstacles failure | Ben Carson | |
| dc86427 | Re-examine all you have been told. Dismiss what insults your soul. | dismiss spirituality wisdom inspirational soul | Walt whitman | |
| 3803839 | Oh lovers! be careful in those dangerous first days! once you've brought breakfast in bed you'll have to bring it forever, unless you want to be accused of lovelessness and betrayal. | Milan Kundera | ||
| 90c4940 | Oh, Will," she said, "What can we do? Whatever can we do? I want to live with you forever. I want to kiss you and lie down with you and wake up with you every day of my life till I die, years and years and years away. I don't want a memory, just a memory..." "No," he said. "Memory's a poor thing to have. It's your own real hair and mouth and arms and eyes and hands I want. I didn't know I could ever love anything so much. Oh, Lyra, I wish t.. | Philip Pullman | ||
| 224823f | So I was right, wasn't I? It's still you, even in wolf form.' He grunted. No sudden uncontrollable urges to go kill something?' He rolled his eyes. Hey, you're the one who was worried.' I paused. 'And I don't smell like dinner, right?' I got a real look for that one. Just covering all the bases. | Kelley Armstrong | ||
| d13aee6 | Love easily confuses us because it is always in flux between illusion and substance, between memory and wish, between contentment and need. | Tom Robbins | ||
| e8cc43e | An unbelieved truth can hurt a man much more than a lie. It takes great courage to back truth unacceptable to our times. There's a punishment for it, and it's usually crucifixion. | truth-telling crucifixion | John Steinbeck | |
| fae9f73 | To a great mind, nothing is little,' remarked Holmes, sententiously. | Arthur Conan Doyle | ||
| dc78721 | Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road. | reformers trailblazers disregard innovation ignorance persecution | Voltaire | |
| 8db1498 | Life's not about feeling better, it's about getting the job done. | Ned Vizzini | ||
| ef6f5ee | Find meaning. Distinguish melancholy from sadness. Go out for a walk. It doesn't have to be a romantic walk in the park, spring at its most spectacular moment, flowers and smells and outstanding poetical imagery smoothly transferring you into another world. It doesn't have to be a walk during which you'll have multiple life epiphanies and discover meanings no other brain ever managed to encounter. Do not be afraid of spending quality time b.. | solitude meaning sadness privacy | Albert Camus | |
| 6e33628 | The front door flew open, and Mary shot out of the house, jumping off the porch, not even bothering with the steps to the ground. She ran over the frost-laden grass in her bare feet and threw herself at him, grabbing on to his neck with both arms. She held him so tightly his spine cracked. She was sobbing. Bawling. Crying so hard her whole body was shaking. He didn't ask any questions, just wrapped himself around her. I'm not okay," she sai.. | J.R. Ward | ||
| b204baa | I rose too high, loved too hard, dared too much. I tried to grasp a star, overreached, and fell. | George R.R. Martin | ||
| fc10ba0 | We can't choose our fate, but we can choose others. Be careful in knowing that. | fate harry-potter inspirational | J.K. Rowling | |
| d90e251 | Lord Polonius: What do you read, my lord? Hamlet: Words, words, words. Lord Polonius: What is the matter, my lord? Hamlet: Between who? Lord Polonius: I mean, the matter that you read, my lord. | shakespeare literature | William Shakespeare | |
| 147ba9c | There's a door." "Where does it go?" "It stays where it is, I think." | Terry Pratchett | ||
| e5d5309 | Coffee is a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to your older self. | humor | Terry Pratchett | |
| 891107b | He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it | Joseph Heller | ||
| 92964bd | Their plan had been very simple: to stay together for the rest of their lives. | Cecelia Ahern | ||
| 6741d1c | Oh God, the terrible tyranny of the majority. We all have our harps to play. And it's up to you to know with which ear you'll listen. | minorities diversity | Ray Bradbury | |
| 40f10cf | But even though she was attractive, there was something else about her that caught his eye. She was intelligent, he could sense that right away, and confident, too, as if she were able to move through life on her own terms. To him, these were the things that really mattered. Without them, beauty was nothing. | Nicholas Sparks | ||
| b9b79cb | The building was on fire, and it wasn't my fault. | Jim Butcher | ||
| e39e221 | I am at the moment writing a lengthy indictment against our century. When my brain begins to reel from my literary labors, I make an occasional cheese dip. | history writing dip dunce food | John Kennedy Toole | |
| 08b0ece | Goodness,' Myrnin said quietly. 'I don't think I should be watching this. I don't think I'm old enough. | myrnin | Rachel Caine | |
| 995745d | Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. | Garrison Keillor | ||
| 979f11b | Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. Your really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world. | inspirational self-acceptance | Lucille Ball | |
| 8ce5fa6 | If you can't do great things, do small things in a great way. | inspirational achievement | Napoleon Hill | |
| 05f3dee | All the history of human life has been a struggle between wisdom and stupidity. | Philip Pullman | ||
| 0beacb9 | Being a mother is an attitude, not a biological relation. | motherhood mothering parenting mother | Robert A. Heinlein | |
| f03d677 | What is normal? Normal is only ordinary; mediocre. Life belongs to the rare, exceptional individual who dares to be different. | V.C. Andrews | ||
| c1ffa1c | one opportunity leads directly to another, just as risk leads to more risk, life to more life, and death to more death. | Markus Zusak | ||
| a5e9742 | For you will certainly carry out God's purpose, however you act, but it makes a difference to you whether you serve like Judas or like John. | god judas john | C.S. Lewis | |
| 96fbaf2 | Now what happens?" asked the man in black. "We face each other as God intended," Fezzik said. "No tricks, no weapons, skill against skill alone." "You mean you'll put down your rock and I'll put down my sword and we'll try to kill each other like civilized people, is that it?" | humor fistfight wit | William Goldman | |
| ac27be0 | You can drag my body to school but my spirit refuses to go. | school | Bill Watterson | |
| a55e4e5 | Never regret thy fall, O Icarus of the fearless flight | Oscar Wilde | ||
| a5481ae | At last, the wheel comes full circle | goodbye | Cassandra Clare | |
| f4e4d74 | Magnus stood up and went to the window. He pushed the curtain back, letting in just enough light to silhouette his hawklike profile. "Blood," he said, half to himself. "I had a dream two nights ago. I saw a city all of blood, with towers made of bone, and blood ran in the streets like water." Simon slewed his eyes over to Jace. "Is standing by the window muttering about blood something he does all the time?" "No," said Jace, "sometimes he s.. | magnus-bane simon-lewis | Cassandra Clare | |
| 4e692f5 | Okay," I said. "Just a normal afternoon and two normal people." She nodded. "And so...hypothetically, if these to people likes each other, what would it take to get the stupid guy to kiss the girl, huh?" "Oh..." I felt like one of Apollo's sacred cows-slow, dumb, and bright red. "Um..." | humor flirting rachel-dare percy-jackson | Rick Riordan | |
| 9f4fab9 | But what was there to say | grief sadness happiness love inspirational emptiness forbidden quietness laws | Arundhati Roy | |
| a270ac2 | Oh, dear God and baby Jesus in the manger, my eyes!" Dee shrieked. "My eyes!" | humor | Jennifer L. Armentrout | |
| efea199 | Change is one thing. Acceptance is another. | Arundhati Roy |