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432805d I finally understood what my grandmother meant. If I wasn't comfortable with myself, I would never be comfortable. Marjane Satrapi
0cf13ee It's just that you're about to do something out of the ordinary. And after you do something like that, the everyday look of things might seem to change a little. Things may look different to you than they did before. But don't let appearances fool you. There's always only one reality. reality Haruki Murakami
492fef7 The word "busy" is the relationship Weapon of Mass Destruction. It seems like a good excuse, but in fact, in every silo you uncover, all you're going to find is a man who didn't care enough to call. Remember: Men are never too busy to get what they want." Greg Behrendt Liz Tuccillo
8ed1ebe The important thing is not what we look like, but the role we play in our best friend's life. Friends choose certain friends because that's the kind of company they are looking for at that specific time, not because they're the correct height, age, or have the right hair color Cecelia Ahern
74b5909 In a strange room you must empty yourself for sleep. And before you are emptied for sleep, what are you. And when you are emptied for sleep, you are not. And when you are filled with sleep, you never were. I don't know what I am. I don't know if I am or not. Jewel knows he is, because he does not know that he does not know whether he is or not. He cannot empty himself for sleep because he is not what he is and he is what he is not. Beyond t.. William Faulkner
65ede54 She might even be your lovely school-teacher who is reading these words to you at this very moment. Look carefully at that teacher. Perhaps she is smiling at the absurdity of such a suggestion. Don't let that put you off. It could be part of cleverness. I am not, of course, telling you for one second that your teacher actually is a witch. All I am saying is that she might be one. It is most unlikely. But--here comes the big "but"--not impos.. Roald Dahl
0c6277a His cold eyes stared at me. At last, he said wearily: "I have more faith in Hitler than in anyone else. He alone has kept his promises, all his promises, to the Jewish people." Elie Wiesel
1fa442f Books, the children of the brain. Jonathan Swift
c5bb30a Ichigo: You got that? Huh?! I'm the rescuer, so you just SHUT UP!! Rukia: Wha--wha'd you say? A rescuer isn't supposed to ignore the rescuee! Ichigo: Yeah? And what kind of rescuee complains about the rescue!? Why don't you go sit in a corner and tremble in fear and cry out "Save me! Save me!" like you're supposed to?! bleach humor ichiruki Tite Kubo
1f06a57 That's why I love spiders. 'If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again. Diana Wynne Jones
6da04f1 She laughed enough to migrate an entire flock of birds. That was how she said yes Jonathan Safran Foer
09daced If you sit down and think about it , you come up with some very funny ideas. Like: why make people inquisitive, and then put some forbidden fruit where they can see it with a big neon finger flashing on and off saying 'THIS IS IT!'? ... I mean, why do that if you really don't them to eat it, eh? I mean, maybe you just want to see how it all turns out. Maybe it's all part of a great big ineffable plan. All of it. You, me, him, everything... fantasy humor life religion Neil Gaiman
6734d8d Clary closed her eyes. Remembering the way Jace had looked at her the night she'd freed Ithuriel, she couldn't help but imagine the way he'd look at her now if he saw her trying to lie down to die on the sand beside him. He wouldn't be touched, wouldn't think it was a beautiful gesture. He'd be angry at her for giving up. He'd be so--disappointed. Cassandra Clare
1c21a73 Your trusting idiocy knows no bounds jace-lightwood trust Cassandra Clare
d2d295b I'm what I need to be at any moment to stay above the ground but below the radar. The only sentence that begins with 'I' that's true of me is 'I'm full of shit. John Green
0cf6d8b I have to tell you man, that my stalker meter is kind of registering in the red zone right now. John Green
395beae Then his eyes focus on something over my shoulder, and he starts walking. I turn to see Uriah jogging from the elevator bank. He is grinning. "Heard a rumor you were a dirty traitor," Uriah says. "Yeah, whatever," says Zeke. They collide in an embrace that looks almost painful to me, slapping each other's backs and laughing with their fists clasped between them." Veronica Roth
d203b87 Will you make a song for him?' the woman asked. 'He has a song,' the man replied. 'He is the prince that was promised, and his is the song of ice and fire. George R.R. Martin
3a4a172 I hate how my past actions keep messing up my future options, Seth muttered. Then you've started down the road to wisdom, Grandpa replied. Brandon Mull
76013fc I'll fight when needed, revel when there's an occasion, mourn when there is grief and die if my time comes...But I will not let anyone use me against my will. self-determination Christopher Paolini
80c3620 Lord Bacchus, do you remember me? I helped you with that missing leopard in Sonoma." Bacchus scratched his stubbly chin. "Ah... yes. John Green." "Jason Grace." "Whatever," the god said." rick-riordan the-mark-of-athena Rick Riordan
0a4a26b Let's have a toast. To the incompetence of our enemies. jude madoc the-cruel-prince Holly Black
7f7ef38 Girls like her, my grandfather once warned me, girls like her turn into women with eyes like bullet holes and mouths made of knives. They are always restless. They are always hungry. They are bad news. They will drink you down like a shot of whisky. Falling in love with them is like falling down a flight of stairs. What no one told me, with all those warnings, is that even after you've fallen, even after you know how painful it is, you'd st.. Holly Black
6c6c7ec And then there were cats, thought Dog. He'd surprised the huge ginger cat from next door and had attempted to reduce it to cowering jelly by means of the usual glowing stare and deep-throated growl, which had always worked on the damned in the past. This time they had earned him a whack on the nose that had made his eyes water. Cats, Dog considered, were clearly a lot tougher than lost souls. He was looking forward to a further cat experime.. dogs Terry Pratchett
9828ab7 I know that the molecules in my body are traceable to phenomena in the cosmos. That makes me want to grab people on the street and say: 'Have you HEARD THIS? connectedness inspirational knowledge perspective philosophy science Neil deGrasse Tyson
ed41df7 Some people try to tell you the things you want in life are out of your grasp, while others lift you up on their shoulders and help you reach them. I may not know a lot, but I prefer to fill my life with people who let me climb on top of their shoulders, not people who try to keep me planted on the ground. inspirational Katie Kacvinsky
6d05a8e Successful people don't have fewer problems. They have determined that nothing will stop them from going forward. inspirational Ben Carson
50f8e8f There is no such thing as a child who hates to read; there are only children who have not found the right book. inspirational literacy reading Frank Serafini
079c647 Status quo, you know, is Latin for 'the mess we're in'. inspirational latin politics Ronald Reagan
f7c6244 It is our wounds that create in us a desire to reach for miracles. The fulfillment of such miracles depends on whether we let our wounds pull us down or lift us up towards our dreams. breakup broken broken-heart broken-hearted broken-hearted-quotes dating faith healing heartache heartbreak heartbroken hope hurt hurt-feelings hurting hurting-heart inspirational life life-lessons love romance Jocelyn Soriano
e316125 as we rise from the organic and sink back ignominiously into the organic, it is a glory and a privilege to love what Death doesn't touch. Donna Tartt
ffac36e You know the difference between news and gossip, don't you? News tells you what people did. Gossip tells you how much they enjoyed it. Gregory David Roberts
b70cac3 Do they choose to be so dense? Were they born that way? I have no friends. I have nothing. I say nothing. I am nothing. speak Laurie Halse Anderson
91f7a48 If the injustice is part of the necessary friction of the machine of government, let it go, let it go: perchance it will wear smooth--certainly the machine will wear out... but if it is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then I say, break the law. Let your life be a counter-friction to stop the machine. What I have to do is to see, at any rate, that I do not lend myself to the wrong which I condem.. dissent Henry David Thoreau
1bb3463 Man is a rope stretched between the animal and the Superman--a rope over an abyss. A dangerous crossing, a dangerous wayfaring, a dangerous looking-back, a dangerous trembling and halting. What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not a goal: what is lovable in man is that he is an OVER-GOING and a DOWN-GOING. I love those that know not how to live except as down-goers, for they are the over-goers. I love the great despisers, beca.. Friedrich Nietzsche
8588b4f As our listeners will know, unless they've taken refuge at the bottom of a garden pond or somewhere similar, You-Know-Who's strategy of remaining in the shadows is creating a nice little climate of panic. J.K. Rowling
47c54f6 I think I'll just go down and have some pudding and wait for it all to turn up - it always does in the end. J.K. Rowling
32b5cc1 I am not worried, Harry," said Dumbledore, his voice a little stronger despite the freezing water. "I am with you." faith harry-potter inspirational J.K. Rowling
c0cbfdf It is impossible to manufacture or imitate love. romance J.K. Rowling
a526e1d She was, in other words, the kind of girl who made the rest of us look bad, and whenever she glanced my way, I couldn't help but feel guilty, even though I hadn't done anything wrong. Nicholas Sparks
c1e9f9f He finally understood that God's presence was everywhere, at all times, and was experienced by everyone at one time or another. Nicholas Sparks
ad65bae Here's a basic difference between Morelli and me. My first thought was always of cake. His first thought was always of sex. Don't get me wrong. I like sex . . . a lot. But it's never going to replace cake. humour Janet Evanovich
591e153 But if you call me Anne, please call me Anne with an 'e'. L.M. Montgomery
939a628 I love you for who you are, not who the world thinks you should be. Libba Bray