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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 6aa33c2 | There is a proverbial saying chiefly concerned with warning against too closely calculating the numerical value of un-hatched chicks. | Neil Gaiman | ||
| cd42451 | Hell may have all the best composers, but heaven has all the best choreographers. | Neil Gaiman | ||
| 95e5bac | The coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave but one'.... (The man who first said that) was probably a coward.... He knew a great deal about cowards but nothing about the brave. The brave dies perhaps two thousand deaths if he's intelligent. He simply doesn't mention them. | Ernest Hemingway | ||
| f632607 | You don't know this yet. But you are Mine - Wrath | J.R. Ward | ||
| 06d99ce | Do you ever wonder whether people would like you more or less if they could see inside you? But I always wonder about that. If people could see me the way I see myself--if they could live in my memories--would anyone, anyone, love me? | people | John Green | |
| 4bf6a11 | If you are really one of us, it won't matter to you that you might fail. And if it does, you are a coward. | eric divergent | Veronica Roth | |
| 5fe1766 | Love is the bane of honor, the death of duty. What is honor compared to a woman's love? What is duty against the feel of a newborn son in your arms ... or the memory of a brother's smile? Wind and words. Wind and words. We are only human, and the gods have fashioned us for love. That is our great glory, and our great tragedy. | George R.R. Martin | ||
| ddb8d93 | Always keep your foes confused. If they are never certain who you are or what you want, they cannot know what you are like to do next. Sometimes the best way to baffle them is to make moves that have no purpose, or even seem to work against you. Remember that, Sansa, when you come to play the game." "What . . . what game?" "The only game. The game of thrones." | George R.R. Martin | ||
| 3e1b56e | Thalia had been turned into a pine tree when she was 12. Me... well, i was doing my best not to follow her example. I had nightmares about what Poseidon might turn me into if i were ever in the verge of death--plankton, maybe. Or a floating patch of kelp. | poseidon thalia | Rick Riordan | |
| 0a77506 | There is no failure except in no longer trying. | success inspirational giving-up failure | Elbert Hubbard | |
| 0e58943 | The Texan turned out to be good-natured, generous and likable. In three days no one could stand him. | Joseph Heller | ||
| e8bade3 | I have always loved the desert. One sits down on a desert sand dune, sees nothing, hears nothing. Yet through the silence something throbs, and gleams... | silence | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry | |
| db0931d | Convinced myself, I seek not to convince. | Edgar Allen Poe | ||
| a7cfdaf | April 27. Incapable of living with people, of speaking. Complete immersion in myself, thinking of myself. Apathetic, witless, fearful. I have nothing to say to anyone - never. | Franz Kafka | ||
| f33e599 | The Christian says, 'Creatures are not born with desires unless satisfaction for those desires exists. A baby feels hunger: well, there is such a thing as food. A duckling wants to swim: well, there is such a thing as water. Men feel sexual desire: well, there is such a thing as sex. If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world. If none of my e.. | christianity hope | C.S. Lewis | |
| 589f6f2 | For the Present is the point at which time touches eternity. | present time | C.S. Lewis | |
| 3faf2ce | You are a dream; I hope I never meet you. | Sylvia Plath | ||
| e789a62 | You're still waiting for the running and the screaming, aren't you? | Stephenie Meyer | ||
| b44fe7c | I understand the reasons behind his keeping a distance from a girl he cares about. Because the truth is, sometimes getting close to the fire does actually burn you. | chapter-46 perfect-chemistry | Simone Elkeles | |
| 0522e3f | You're bound to get idears if you go thinkin' about stuff | John Steinbeck | ||
| 1e97208 | I might as well enquire," replied she, "why with so evident a design of offending and insulting me, you chose to tell me that you liked me against your will, against your reason, and even against your character?" | Jane Austen | ||
| 0fa85c0 | A multitude of people and yet a solitude. | Charles Dickens | ||
| b33ff98 | When the trust account is high, communication is easy, instant, and effective. | trust | Stephen R. Covey | |
| 595ab5a | Arthur Dent: What happens if I press this button? Ford Prefect: I wouldn't- Arthur Dent: Oh. Ford Prefect: What happened? Arthur Dent: A sign lit up, saying 'Please do not press this button again. | Douglas Adams | ||
| 07dbaf5 | I like the way you've let your hair go curly," he finally said. "Suits your personality. Lots of energy, not much control, sexy as hell," Joe Morelli to Stephanie Plum" | Janet Evanovich | ||
| 0a6d35e | We're actors -- we're the opposite of people! | theatre people humanity humor archetypes symbolism | Tom Stoppard | |
| 89a4c93 | Hang on . . ." Harry muttered to Ron. "There's an empty chair at the staff table. . . . Where's Snape?" "Maybe he's ill!" said Ron hopefully. "Maybe he's ," said Harry, "because he missed out on the Defense Against the Dark Arts job !" "Or he might have been !" said Ron enthusiastically. "I mean, everyone hates him --" "Or maybe," said a very cold voice right behind them, "he's waiting to hear why you two didn't arrive on the school tra.. | J.K. Rowling | ||
| d3b1040 | Some wounds run too deep for the healing. | wounds | J.K. Rowling | |
| b320797 | Trust your instincts, and make judgements on what your heart tells you. The heart will not betray you. | trust self-reliance instinct | David Gemmell | |
| 2737395 | Silver nitrate and water in a super soaker," he told her. "My own invention. Ought to be good at twenty feet, kind of like wasp spray." Oh. "You get me the nicest things." "Anybody can get jewelry. Posers" | presents morganville-vampires shane-collins | Rachel Caine | |
| 63548f6 | Lunatics are similar to designated hitters. Often an entire family is crazy, but since an entire family can't go into the hospital, one person is designated as crazy and goes inside. Then, depending on how the rest of the family is feeling that person is kept inside or snatched out, to prove something about the family's mental health. | family mental-health | Susanna Kaysen | |
| c966147 | Ladies know what to guard against, because they read novels that tell them of these tricks... | Thomas Hardy | ||
| e70c94a | Why is it that a woman can see from a distance what a man cannot see close? | Thomas Hardy | ||
| 25bdcec | To be alive is to be missing. | life page-281 missing john-green turtles-all-the-way-down | John Green | |
| cca0430 | All children mythologise their birth. It is a universal trait. You want to know someone? Heart, mind and soul? Ask him to tell you about when he was born. What you get won't be the truth: it will be a story. And nothing is more telling than a story. | myth story truth children | Diane Setterfield | |
| fec5ed4 | What better way to get to know someone than through her choice and treatment of books? | Diane Setterfield | ||
| 78f0f20 | Words are wind. | words | George R.R. Martin | |
| d493f09 | Betrayed and wronged in everything, I'll flee this bitter world where vice is king, And seek some spot unpeopled and apart Where I'll be free to have an honest heart. | solitude misanthropy | Molière | |
| 9afe972 | You saved the world," annabeth said. "We saved the world." "And Rachel is the new Oracle, which means she won't be dating anybody." "You don't sound disappointed," I noticed. Annabeth shrugged. "Oh, I don't care." "Uh-huh." She raised an eyebrow. "You got something to say to me, Seaweed Brain?" "You'd probably kick my butt." "You know I'd kick your butt." I brushed the cake off my hands. "When I was at the River Styx, turning invulnerable ... | it-s-about-time percy-jackson | Rick Riordan | |
| 9fc9935 | Are you guys busy?" Juniper asked. "Well," I said, "we're in the middle of this game against a bunch of monsters and we're trying not to die." "We're not busy," Annabeth said." | Rick Riordan | ||
| a5ae715 | There is no more profitable investment than investing in yourself. It is the best investment you can make; you can never go wrong with it. It is the true way to improve yourself to be the best version of you and lets you be able to best serve those around you. | invest-in-yourself inspiration inspirational-attitude inspirational-life inspirational-quotes inspire life-and-living life-quotes living motivation optimistic positive-affirmation positive-life inspiring positive positive-thinking motivational life-lessons optimism life inspirational | Roy T. Bennett | |
| 40a17d1 | Focus on making yourself better, not on thinking that you are better. | best-books happin inspirational-life inspirational-quotes life-and-living life-quotes motivation life-lessons life wisdom inspirational excellence motivational-quotes good-books life-experience life-philosophy | Bohdi Sanders | |
| fcc4948 | Everything you want is on the other side of fear. | fear inspirational | Jack Canfield | |
| 9a27f60 | One of the great liabilities of history is that all too many people fail to remain awake through great periods of social change. Every society has its protectors of status quo and its fraternities of the indifferent who are notorious for sleeping through revolutions. Today, our very survival depends on our ability to stay awake, to adjust to new ideas, to remain vigilant and to face the challenge of change. | change inspirational | Martin Luther King Jr. |