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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| d76e5d1 | He never fell, never slipped back, never flew. | John Steinbeck | ||
| 579f8b5 | You may be hurt if you love too much, but you will live in misery if you love too little. | Napoleon Hill | ||
| f58bc84 | We knew, finally, that the girls were really women in disguise, that they understood love and even death, and that our job was merely to create the noise that seemed to fascinate them. | the-virgin-suicides | Jeffrey Eugenides | |
| 045c9d7 | Patience, he thought. So much of this was patience - waiting, and thinking and doing things right. So much of all this, so much of all living was patience and thinking. | waiting thinking patience | Gary Paulsen | |
| 83a55ac | Laila has moved on. Because in the end she knows that's all she can do. That and hope. | Khaled Hosseini | ||
| a154d58 | Let yourself go. Pull out from the depths those thoughts that you do not understand, and spread them out in the sunlight and know the meaning of them. | E.M. Forster | ||
| ff5e564 | My dear Watson," said [Sherlock Holmes], "I cannot agree with those who rank modesty among the virtues. To the logician all things should be seen exactly as they are, and to underestimate one's self is as much a departure from truth as to exaggerate one's own powers." | self-esteem | Arthur Conan Doyle | |
| 8b73949 | You're not hurt, Watson? For God's sake, say that you are not hurt!" It was worth a wound -- it was worth many wounds -- to know the depth of loyalty and love which lay behind that cold mask. The clear, hard eyes were dimmed for a moment, and the firm lips were shaking. For the one and only time I caught a glimpse of a great heart as well as of a great brain. All my years of humble but single-minded service culminated in that moment of reve.. | three-garridebs doyle watson sherlock-holmes | Arthur Conan Doyle | |
| 730a832 | Fireheart," he said onto her mouth. "Buzzard," she murmured onto his." | Sarah J. Maas | ||
| 7c20f27 | I'm sick of this. Call me what you like, say I'm without honor, I don't care. I'm not getting on any more horses to whack you people with a stick. | kel | Tamora Pierce | |
| facdcf8 | I don't know how to answer. I know what I think, but words in the head are like voices underwater. They are distorted. | Jeanette Winterson | ||
| 89e5d63 | If it looks like a Dwarf, and it smells like a Dwarf, then it's probably a Dwarf or a latrine wearing dungerees. | Eoin Colfer | ||
| e121d39 | What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness. | Leo Tolstoy | ||
| 922ee87 | The more identities a man has, the more they express the person they conceal. | John le Carré | ||
| 2fbf3a9 | Make no mistake, the woman had a heart. She had a bigger one that people would think. There was a lot in it, stored up, high in miles of hidden shelving. Remember that she was the woman with the instrument strapped to her body in the long, moon-slit night. | rosa-hubermann the-book-thief | Markus Zusak | |
| 921440d | And when you sense a faint potentiality for happiness after such dark times you must grab onto the ankles of that happiness and not let go until it drags you face-first out of the dirt - this is not selfishness, but obligation. You were given life; it is your duty to find something beautiful within life no matter how slight. | Elizabeth Gilbert | ||
| 95e66be | The trouble with miracles is, they don't last long. | Jerry Spinelli | ||
| 0af7ccf | who knows if the moon's a balloon,coming out of a keen city in the sky--filled with pretty people? ( and if you and I should get into it,if they should take me and take you into their balloon, why then we'd go up higher with all the pretty people than houses and steeples and clouds: go sailing away and away sailing into a keen city which nobody's ever visited,where always it's Spring)and everyone's in love and flowers pick themselves | balloon hot-air-balloon lunar spring flowers moonlight luna | e.e. cummings | |
| 1af54df | Anybody else think that was weird?' Shane asked as they got into the car. Eve sent him an exasperated glance; the three of them were, of course, in the backseat. Amelie had the front, with Michael. 'Ya think? In general, or in particular?' 'Weird that we got through the entire thing, and I didn't have to hit anybody.' There was a moment of silence. Michael said, as he started the car, 'You're right, Shane. That is strange. | eve-rosser michael-glass claire-danvers morganville-vampires shane-collins | Rachel Caine | |
| 6315689 | I am but mad north-north-west. When the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw. | William Shakespeare | ||
| 299cd5a | Se podes olhar, ve. Se podes ver, repara. | José Saramago | ||
| e974ee2 | You will begin to touch heaven, Jonathan, in the moment that you touch perfect speed. And that isn't flying a thousand miles an hour, or a million, or flying at the speed of light. Because any number is a limit, and perfection doesn't have limits. Perfect speed, my son, is being there. | Richard Bach | ||
| 671f660 | Alcohol makes other people less tedious, and food less bland, and can help provide what the Greeks called , or the slight buzz of inspiration when reading or writing. The only worthwhile miracle in the New Testament--the transmutation of water into wine during the wedding at Cana--is a tribute to the persistence of Hellenism in an otherwise austere Judaea. The same applies to the seder at Passover, which is obviously modeled on the Platoni.. | reading writing christianity inspiration religion ancient-greeks cana entheos judaea marriage-at-cana mullahs omar-khayyam symposia iran hellenism passover passover-seder oxford new-testament boredom brotherhood plato miracles atheism food wine | Christopher Hitchens | |
| 00d1fd4 | All we have to believe with is our senses, the tools we use to perceive the world: our sight, our touch, our memory. If they lie to us, then nothing can be trusted. And even if we do not believe, then still we cannot travel in any other way than the road our senses show us; and we must walk that road to the end. | Neil Gaiman | ||
| 5f7234b | But sorry is the Kool-Aid of human emotions. [...] True sorrow is as rare as true love. | sorrow sorry stephen-king remorse | Stephen King | |
| 99a08aa | And the most terrifying question of all may be just how much horror the human mind can stand and still maintain a wakeful, staring, unrelenting sanity. | Stephen King | ||
| c90cf51 | I came to you, Jane. Every night this week, I came to you. I didn't want you to be alone. And I didn't want to sleep without you." -Vishous" -- | j-r-ward vishous | J.R. Ward | |
| 29bd5c6 | High school is neither a democracy nor a dictatorship - nor, contrary to popular belief, an anarchic state. High school is a divine-right monarchy. And when the queen goes on vacation, things change. | system | John Green | |
| 8c621e2 | The only real limitation on your abilities is the level of your desires. If you | wisdom | Brian Tracy | |
| e82a72d | You are not a perfect woman.You have an evil temper, you're as blind as a mole, you're a deplorable poet, and frankly, your French accent could use some work." Supporting himself on his elbows, Leo took her face in his hands. "But when I put those things together with the rest of you, it makes you into the most perfectly imperfect woman I've ever known." | love lisa-kleypas | Lisa Kleypas | |
| daa0949 | All the fires of hell could burn for a thousand years and it wouldn't equal what I feel for you in one minute of the day. I love you so much there is no pleasure in it. Nothing but torment. Because if I could dilute what I feel for you to the millionth part, it would still be enough to kill you. And even if it drives me mad, I would rather see you live in the arms of that cold, soulless bastard than die in mine," Merripen said to Win." | museum merripen win | Lisa Kleypas | |
| 2ae7a50 | Yes," she says, her eyes bright with tears. "My dear child, you've done so well." | Veronica Roth | ||
| bc56f55 | I just wanted to thank you' he says, his voice low. 'A group of scientists told you that my genes were damaged, that there was something wrong with me - they showed you the test results that proved it. And even I started to believe it.' He touches my face, his thumb skimming my cheekbone, and his eyes are on mine, intense and insistent. 'You never believed it,' he says 'Not for a second. You always insisted I was... I don't know, whole. | love genes tobias-eaton fourtris tris-prior belief wholeness | Veronica Roth | |
| 83b5f34 | It's easy to be brave when they're not my fears. | Veronica Roth | ||
| 8cd28ec | Talent is cheap; dedication is expensive. It will cost you your life. | dedication talent | Irving Stone | |
| 83f0b16 | The curse of mortality. You spend the first portion of your life learning, growing stronger, more capable. And then, through no fault of your own, your body begins to fail. You regress. Strong limbs become feeble, keen senses grow dull, hardy constitutions deteriorate. Beauty withers. Organs quit. You remember yourself in your prime, and wonder where that person went. As your wisdom and experience are peaking, your traitorous body becomes a.. | mortality | Brandon Mull | |
| 6798932 | I had a feeling that Pandora's box contained the mysteries of woman's sensuality, so different from a man's and for which man's language was so inadequate. The language of sex had yet to be invented. The language of the senses was yet to be explored. | sex erotica | Anaïs Nin | |
| 7e9888d | Really? That would be a first. I'm the son of , Jason. I might as well be covered in blood or sewage, the way people treat me. I don't belong anywhere. I'm not even from this . But that's not enough to set me apart. | son-of-hades heroes-of-olympus percy-jackson house-of-hades jason-grace nico-di-angelo rick-riordan | Rick Riordan | |
| 82002e5 | Piper patted his shoulder. "Trust me, Valdez. Beautiful people never lie." | piper | Rick Riordan | |
| eaca89d | Annabeth didn't want to sleep, but her body betrayed her. Her eyelids turned to lead. "Percy, wake me for second watch. Don't be a hero." He gave her that smirk she'd come to love. "Who, me?" He kissed her, his lips parched and feverishly warm. "Sleep." | percy-jackson | Rick Riordan | |
| 760104d | She wears trouble like a crown. If she ever falls in love, she'll fall like a comet, burning the sky as she goes. | Holly Black | ||
| 6853e55 | Just be yourself and you'll be fine | Natsuki Takaya | ||
| ed14b81 | My dear Watson," said [Sherlock Holmes], "I cannot agree with those who rank modesty among the virtues. To the logician all things should be seen exactly as they are, and to underestimate one's self is as much a departure from truth as to exaggerate one's own powers. | inspirational self-esteem | Arthur Conan Doyle | |
| 27fe791 | You have come a long way and have won many battles. Whenever you're faced with a difficult or challenging situation, you'll overcome it. Yes, you can. | 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 difficulty challenge | Roy T. Bennett |