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1b139ac It's better to look at the sky than live there. Such an empty place; so vague. Just a country where the thunder goes. Truman Capote
9fd6888 Je suis comme ca. Ou j'oublie tout de suite ou je n'oublie jamais." Samuel BECKETT, En attendant Godot " Samuel Beckett
a8eb03f Phones are distracting. The internet is distracting.The way he looked at you? He wasn't distracted. He was consumed. distractions love romance Stephanie Perkins
2f5fae2 Oh no! Don't drag us away from Antartica and take us to the playground of the rich and famous! Not that briar patch! -Max maximum patterson ride James Patterson
1d3c2e7 The caged bird sings with a fearful trill, of things unknown, but longed for still, and his tune is heard on the distant hill, for the caged bird sings of freedom. inspirational Maya Angelou
b743967 There are times when I worry that I've already lost myself. That is, that my self is so inseparable from being with you that if we were to separate, I would no longer be. I save this thought for when I feel the darkest discontent. I never meant to depend so much on someone else. David Levithan
732d929 IF WE DIE FOR THEM, I'LL KILL YOU, HARRY! ron-weasley J.K. Rowling
8981ef4 You will also find that help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it. dumbledore harry-potter j-k-rowling J.K. Rowling
60433fe Goodbye, Papa, you saved me. You taught me to read. No one can play like you. I'll never drink champagne. No one can play like you." -Liesel" Markus Zusak
2aa0a77 Nobody listens anymore. I can't talk to the walls because they're yelling at me, I can't talk to my wife; she listens to the walls. I just want someone to hear what I have to say. And maybe if I talk long enough it'll make sense. And I want you to teach me to understand what I read. Ray Bradbury
c6c7df5 So I learned two things that night, and the next day, from him: the perfection of a moment, and the fleeting nature of it. epiphany fiction journey life loss love relationships Margaret George
95a6ba9 As I see it, you are living with something that you keep hidden deep inside. Something heavy. I felt it from the first time I met you. You have a strong gaze, as if you have made up your mind about something. To tell you the truth, I myself carry such things around inside. Heavy things. That is how I can see it in you. Haruki Murakami
c988c1c Sometimes there is only one thing left to say, P. S. I Love You.... Cecelia Ahern
5801fae Just because you keep something a secret doesn't mean it never happened, no matter how much you want that to be true. Jodi Picoult
517a16b I make art, sometimes I make true art, and sometimes it fills the empty places in my life. Some of them. Not all. Neil Gaiman
ed0296a Exploration is in our nature. We began as wanderers, and we are wanderers still. We have lingered long enough on the shores of the cosmic ocean. We are ready at last to set sail for the stars. Carl Sagan
ac6243f Women are never so strong as after their defeat. empowerment perseverance strength women Alexandre Dumas
42e59a1 Me, poor man, my library Was dukedom large enough. library literature reading words William Shakespeare
22a88fc Remind thyself, in the darkest moments, that every failure is only a step toward success, every detection of what is false directs you toward what is true, every trial exhausts some tempting form of error, and every adversity will only hide, for a time, your path to peace and fulfillment. adversity hope inspirational Og Mandino
81b2dcd If through a broken heart God can bring His purposes to pass in the world, then thank Him for breaking your heart. inspirational Oswald Chambers
58ae883 I've learned that we're all entitled to have our secrets. Nicholas Sparks
c9ef8b0 A sad smile crossed her face, and I knew right then what she was trying to tell me. Her eyes never left mine as she finally said the words that numbed my soul. I'm dying, Landon. Nicholas Sparks
cb9e765 We must never stop dreaming. Dreams provide nourishment for the soul, just as a meal does for the body. nourishment soul Paulo Coelho
5f24375 Only in silence the word, Only in dark the light, Only in dying life: Bright the hawk's flight Ursula K. Le Guin
6b793c8 Tell me that we'll get through tomorrow. Tell me that we'll survive the war. Tell me--" She swallowed hard. "Tell me that even if I lead us all to ruin, we'll burn in hell together." -- queen-of-shadows rowan-whitethorn Sarah J. Maas
c3adf16 If "con" is the opposite of pro, then isn't Congress the opposite of progress? Or did we just fucking blow your mind?!?" -- Jon Stewart
0c4f5f3 Makin' mistakes ain't a crime, you know. What's the use of having a reputation if you can't ruin it every now and then? reputation Simone Elkeles
1f88d6b Go for broke. Always try and do too much. Dispense with safety nets. Take a deep breath before you begin talking. Aim for the stars. Keep grinning. Be bloody-minded. Argue with the world. And never forget that writing is as close as we get to keeping a hold on the thousand and one things--childhood, certainties, cities, doubts, dreams, instants, phrases, parents, loves--that go on slipping , like sand, through our fingers. courage creative-process empowerment experience guenter-grass memory record-of-life strength writing Salman Rushdie
ad98477 She has been hanging on to the hope of him for so long that she doesn't realize there isn't anything left to hope for. every-day young-adult-fantasy David Levithan
b7d49e9 By definition, you have to live until you die. Better to make that life as complete and enjoyable an experience as possible, in case death is shite, which I suspect it will be. Irvine Welsh
28dd1a0 We all create stories to protect ourselves. Mark Z. Danielewski
2ee294d remarks somewhere that all great, world-historical facts and personages occur, as it were, twice. He has forgotten to add: the first time as tragedy, the second as farce. farce georg-wilhelm-friedrich-hegel hegel history history-repeats-itself Karl Marx
76ad619 That's the good part of dying; when you've nothing to lose, you run any risk you want. risks Ray Bradbury
f669cab Please-tame me!' he said. 'I want to, very much,' the little prince replied. 'But I have not much time. I have friends to discover, and a great many things to understand.' 'One only understands the things that one tames,' said the fox. 'Men have no more time to understand anything. They buy things all ready made at the shops. But there is no shop anywhere where one can buy friendship, and so men have no friends any more. If you want a frien.. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
5f2576e I was not a hypocrite, with one real face and several false ones. I had several faces because I was young and didn't know who I was or wanted to be. youth Milan Kundera
13f9c1c Amputees suffer pains, cramps, itches in the leg that is no longer there. That is how she felt without him, feeling his presence where he no longer was. Gabriel García Márquez
233a8cf I do not like green eggs and ham. I do not like them, Sam-I-Am. Dr. Seuss
e4b3924 Gus knew. Gus knows. I will not tell you our love story, because--like all real love stories--it will die with us, as it should. I'd hoped that he'd be eulogizing me. John Green
a362a5a I don't ask you to love me always like this, but I ask you to remember. Somewhere inside me there'll always be the person I am to-night. F. Scott Fitzgerald
5b9abbe Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, .. inspirational science space-travel Carl Sagan
7d45fad When does real love begin? At first it was a fire, eclipses, short circuits, lightning and fireworks; the incense, hammocks, drugs, wines, perfumes; then spasm and honey, fever, fatigue, warmth, currents of liquid fire, feast and orgies; then dreams, visions, candlelight, flowers, pictures; then images out of the past, fairy tales, stories, then pages out of a book, a poem; then laughter, then chastity. At what moment does the knife wound .. Anaïs Nin
f03c3e8 To my wonderful readers. Sorry about that apology for that last cliffhanger. I'll try to avoid cliffhangers in this book. Well, except for maybe a few small ones... because I love you guys. Rick Riordan
c01dc11 Steal five dollars and you're a common thief. Steal thousands and you're either the government or a hero. Terry Pratchett
8952db8 We do not remember days, we remember moments. inspirational thought-provoking Cesare Pavese