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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 025758c | After all, if spinster chaperons required their own spinster chaperons there simply wouldn't be enough to go around. | Anne Stuart | ||
| 342bd3e | Do I make you nervous, Madame Lambert?" "No. I just prefer to keep my distance." "Evil isn't contagious." "I thought you said you weren't the most evil man in the world?" "I'm not. But that doesn't mean I'm a good man." "I don't think anyone would argue with that." | Anne Stuart | ||
| 61e4c45 | We come to a lamp beside the pathway, and suddenly we stop walking, and we start to dance, and we glitter in the shafts of light, like stars, like flies, like flakes of dust. | David Almond | ||
| bdae725 | Don't drop him," said Peter's mother to his father. "Don't you dare drop him." She was laughing. "I will not," said his father. "I could not." For he is Peter Augustus Duchene, and he will always return to me. Again and again, Peter's father threw him up in the air. Again and again, Peter felt himself suspended in nothingness for a moment, just a moment, and then he was pulled back, returned to the sweetness of the earth and the warmth of h.. | Kate DiCamillo | ||
| 54aad90 | Flora's heart, the lonely, many-armed squid of it, flipped and flailed inside her. | Kate DiCamillo | ||
| 505c1fb | He let the light from the upstairs world enter him and fill him. He gasped aloud with the wonder of it. | Kate DiCamillo | ||
| 5bbf858 | You can't always judge people by the things they done. You got to judge them by what they are doing now. | inspirational | Kate DiCamillo | |
| 4c31343 | When the other Dr. Meescham was alive and I could not sleep, do you know what he would do for me? This man would put on his slippers and he would go out into the kitchen and he would fix for me sardines and crackers. You know sardines? Little fishes in a can. He would put these little fishes onto crackers for me, and then I would hear him coming back down the hallway, carrying the sardines and humming, returning to me. Such tenderness. To h.. | Kate DiCamillo | ||
| 6c5742b | I lay there and thought how life was like a Littmus Lozenge, how the sweet and the sad were all mixed up together and how hard it was to separate them out. It was confusing. | Kate DiCamillo | ||
| 641d68d | She can be fierce, but for all of that she's actually kindness itself. | Avi | ||
| d253598 | There are those who'd rob a blind man of his eyelashes if they could. | Avi | ||
| 7e96e44 | I love the name Maggie, he went on, and she glanced up at him suspiciously-nobody loved the name Maggie-but his face was serious. It makes your teeth feel good to say it. Maggie, Maggie, Maggie. It feels like eating peanuts. Try it, and he paused, waiting for her to recite her name aloud. She turned away, but she did try it anyway, to herself, and she felt a surprising tingle around her upper molars. | Sylvia Cassedy | ||
| bc27034 | Calvin: "I read this library book you got me." Calvin's Mom: "What did you think of it?" Calvin: "It really made me see things differently. It's given me a lot to think about." | hobbes | Bill Watterson | |
| 1946006 | BE CAREFUL, OR BE ROADKILL! | humor safety | Bill Watterson | |
| b9083d7 | The world should not be organized to require heroines, and when one is required but fails to appear, we should not judge. | Ann-Marie MacDonald | ||
| bbf760f | Life is becoming no more than staring at the screen. | Tom Hodgkinson | ||
| 51a2ba4 | The accusation 'unprofessional' means 'You did not behave like a machine today. | Tom Hodgkinson | ||
| 3a5b6a2 | The world needs your mind, the cosmos need your heart, and the universe needs your soul. Nature needs your care, mankind needs your responsibility, and humanity needs your light. The people need your truth, | african-philosophy-quotes african-quotes enlightenment-quotations guru-quotations matshona-dhliwayo-quotes politician-quotations politics-quotations sage-quotations solomonology-quotes | Matshona Dhliwayo | |
| 948395a | The 15 Principles of Life 1. Count your blessings. 2. Read good books. 3. Discover your gifts. 4. Chase your dreams. 5. Learn from everyone. 6. Forgive your enemies. 7. Protect your friends. 8. Love your family. 9. Do good deeds. 10. Harm none. 11. Hone your skills. 12. Work hard. 13. Use time wisely. | life-lessons-quotes matshona-dhliwayo-quotes philosopher-quotations philosopher-quotes wisdom-quotations wisdom-quotes wise-quotations wise-quotes | Matshona Dhliwayo | |
| de992f6 | I resist racists, not intergrationists. I resist seditionists, not abolitionists. I resist propagandists, not journalists. I resist extortionists, not opportunists. I resist chauvinists, not feminists. I embrace activists, not extremists. I embrace nationalists, not terrorists. I embrace intergrationists, not racists. I embrace lobbyists, not imperialists. I embrace conservationists, not depletionists. I believe in liberty, not censorship. .. | guru-quotes matshona-dhliwayo-quotes philosopher-quotations philosopher-quotes philosophy-quotations philosophy-quotes solomonology-quotes wisdom-quotes wise-quotes | Matshona Dhliwayo | |
| 4a987c3 | Love overcomes bitterness, overpowers sorrow, overwhelms anger, and overthrows hatred. Medicine heals the body, faith heals the heart, | hate-quotes inspirational-quotes love-quotations love-quotes love-quotes-and-sayings matshona-dhliwayo-quotes sorrow-quotes spirituality-quotes | Matshona Dhliwayo | |
| f5c7399 | God opens the door, light walks in. Light opens the door, love walks in. Love opens the door, the universe walks in. The universe opens the door, life walks in. Life opens the door, time walks in. Time opens the door, the past walks in. The past opens the door, the present walks in. The present opens the door, the future walks in. The future opens the door, eternity walks in. Eternity opens the door, reality walks in. Reality opens .. | african-philosopher-quotes african-philosophy-quotes enlightenment-quotes guru-quotes matshona-dhliwayo-quotes philosopher-quotations philosopher-quotes solomonology-quotes wise-quotes | Matshona Dhliwayo | |
| 2301e8a | Knowledge is our gift. Understanding is our blessing. Wisdom is our fortune. Enlightenment is our reward. Art is our gift. Science is our blessing. Technology is our fortune. God is our reward. Time is our gift. Light is our blessing. Fate is our fortune. Nature is our reward. Land is our gift. Water is our blessing. Air is our fortune. Life is our reward. Mothers are our gift. Youth are our blessing. Elders are our fortune. Childre.. | african-philosopher-quotes african-philosophy-quotes enlightenment-quotes guru-quotes matshona-dhliwayo-quotes philosophy-quotations sage-quotes solomonology-quotes wise-quotes | Matshona Dhliwayo | |
| e7c25ae | The quality of authors determines the quality of books. The quality of musicians determines the quality of songs. The quality of artists determines the quality of paintings. The quality of architects determines the quality of buildings. The quality of generals determines the quality of warriors. The quality of preachers determines the quality of sermons. The quality of scientists determines the quality of inventions. The quality of leaders .. | guru-quotes matshona-dhliwayo-quotes philosopher-quotations philosopher-quotes philosophy-quotations philosophy-quotes wisdom-quotes wise-quotations wise-quotes | Matshona Dhliwayo | |
| 137c178 | I am fortitude," said faith. "I am contentment," said peace. "I am delight," said joy. "I am goodness," said virtue. "I am God," said love. "I am truth," said knowledge. "I am sight," said understanding. "I am perception," said intelligence. "I am prudence," said wisdom. "I am awareness," said enlightenment. "I am success," said excellence. "I am mastery," said discipline. "I am persistence," said focus. | african-philosopher-quotes african-philosophy-quotes enlightenment-quotes guru-quotations guru-quotes matshona-dhliwayo-quotes philosopher-quotations religion-quotes solomonology-quotes | Matshona Dhliwayo | |
| 27b03b1 | Light gave birth to the existence. Existence gave birth to reality. Reality gave birth to eternity. Eternity gave birth to time. Time gave birth to life. The past gave birth to the future. The future gave birth to the present. God gave birth to the universe. The universe gave birth to the cosmos. The cosmos gave birth to the world. The world gave birth to nature. Nature gave birth to life. | african-philosopher-quotes african-philosophy-quotes enlightenment-quotations guru-quotes matshona-dhliwayo-quotes philosophy-quotations sage-quotes solomonology-quotes wise-quotations | Matshona Dhliwayo | |
| 1669d8d | Empires die, like all of us dancers in the strobe-lit dark. See how the light needs shadows. Look: wrinkles spread like mildew over our peachy sheen; beat-by-beat-by-beat-by-beat-by-beat-by-beat, varicose veins worm through plucked calves; torsos and breasts fatten and sag...as last year's song hurtles into next year's song and the year after that, and the dancers' hairstyles frost, wither, and fall in chemotherapeutic tufts; cancer spatter.. | David Mitchell | ||
| 93d9bfe | Who was blowing on the nape of my neck. | David Mitchell | ||
| a071821 | Two old people in a room devoid of furniture, steam rising from their teacups. They were motionless and expressionless. Waiting for something. I wish I could go into their room and sit down with them. I'd give them my Rolex for that. I wish they would smile, and pour me a cup of jasmine tea. I wish the world was like that. | David Mitchell | ||
| b5929dc | Perpetual encagement endows any mirage of salvation with credibility. | David Mitchell | ||
| 4e98389 | We were, to quote the proverb, "The one dog who barks at nothing answered by a thousand dogs barking at something..." -- | David Mitchell | ||
| 7652003 | All these people like my mother paying counselors and clinics to reattach them to reality; all of us people here paying Sony and Sega to reattach us to unreality. | David Mitchell | ||
| 55c1fd6 | Politicians and sports coaches both need to be smart enough to master the game, but dumb enough to think it matters. | David Mitchell | ||
| d0c50a4 | Only the trombonist played on. That's trombonists for you. | David Mitchell | ||
| 70a377b | It was a morning for Ella Fitzgerald. There are fine things in the world, after all. Dignity, refinement, warmth and humour, where you'd never expect to find them. Even as an old woman, an amputee in a wheelchair, Ella sang like a girl who could still be at high school, falling in love for the first time"." | David Mitchell | ||
| 53b0bd3 | Humor is the ovum of dissent, and the Juche should fear it. | David Mitchell | ||
| 0ff854f | Luisa rolls her napkin into a compact ball. "I ask three simple questions. How did he get that power? How is he using it? And how can it be taken off the sonofabitch?" | power | David Mitchell | |
| 4738313 | but it is attitude, not years, that condemns one to the ranks of the Undead, or else proffers salvation. In the domain of the young there dwells many an Undead soul. They rush about so, their inner putrefaction is concealed for a few decades, that is all. | David Mitchell | ||
| 6718718 | I find a certain comfort," confesses Marinus, "in humanity's helplessness." | helplessness humanity | David Mitchell | |
| 7c9ef23 | Dreamt I stood in a china shop so crowded from floor to far-off ceiling with shelves of porcelain antiques, etc. that moving a muscle would cause several to fall and smash to bits. Exactly what happened but instead of a crashing noise, an august chord rang out, half cello, half celeste, D major (?), held for four beats. My wrist knocked a Ming vase affair off its pedestal-E flat. Whole string section, glorious, transcendant, angels wept. De.. | David Mitchell | ||
| 4a0afc0 | The clock's pendulum catches the firelight, and in the rattle-breathed final moments of Jacob de Zoet, amber shadows in the far corner coagulate into a woman's form. She slips between the bigger, taller onlookers unnoticed ... ... and adjusts her headscarf, the better to hide her burn. She places her cool palms on Jacob's fever-glazed face. Jacob sees himself, when he was young, in her narrow eyes. Her lips touch the place between his e.. | David Mitchell | ||
| b3c995b | Astronomers at the University of Bullshitshire have just found new evidence that, yes, teenagers really are the center of the universe.' | David Mitchell | ||
| 6767b65 | escape is never further than the nearest book | David Mitchell | ||
| 128a566 | Why tinker with the plain truth that we hurry the darker races to their graves in order to take their land & its riches? Wolves don't sit in their caves, concocting crapulous theories of race to justify devouring a flock of sheep! "Intellectual courage"? True "intellectual courage" is to dispense with these fig leaves & admit all peoples are predatory, but White predators, with our deadly duet of disease dust & firearms, are examplars of pr.. | justify predators | David Mitchell |