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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 250eacb | Remember that the best and greatest among mankind are those who do themselves no worldly good. Every successful man is more or less a selfish man. The devoted fail... | Thomas Hardy | ||
| 9ce3504 | Our culture has filled our heads but emptied our hearts, stuffed our wallets but starved our wonder. It has fed our thirst for facts but not for meaning or mystery. It produces "nice" people, not heroes." | heroes christianity spirituality philosophy culture-critique jesus-shock culture theology | Peter Kreeft | |
| 627cd82 | I think this man might actually possess supernatural powers. He makes people lose their minds and I'm sure some of them do lose bladder control as well." "I see. And who is this author" "Neil Fucking Gaiman." "His second name is Fucking?" "No Leif that's the honorary second name all celebrities are given by their fans. It's not an insult it's a huge compliment and he's earned it." | Kevin Hearne | ||
| 8254a52 | Reading is important. | libraries reading newbery-medal-acceptance-speech | Neil Gaiman | |
| a679a8c | On the first day Coraline's family moved in, Miss Spink and Miss Forcible made a point of telling Coraline how dangerous the well was, and they warned her to be sure she kept away from it. So Coraline set off to explore for it, so that she knew where it was, to keep away from it properly. | humor | Neil Gaiman | |
| 0e36c81 | Human beings do not like being pushed about by gods. They may seem to, on the surface, but somewhere on the inside, underneath it all, they sense it, and they resent it. | Neil Gaiman | ||
| 23809c4 | I wish I was a kid again, when I had all the answers. | S.E. Hinton | ||
| 99358ad | Indeed, organizing atheists has been compared to herding cats, because they tend to think independently and will not conform to authority. But a good first step would be to build up a critical mass of those willing to 'come out,' thereby encouraging others to do so. Even if they can't be herded, cats in sufficient numbers can make a lot of noise and they cannot be ignored. | coming-out cats organization | Richard Dawkins | |
| 9f636c6 | We should go back inside," she said, in a half whisper. She did not want to go back inside. She wanted to stay here, with Will achingly close, almost leaning into her. She could feel the heat that radiated from his body. His dark hair fell around the mask, into his eyes, tangling with his long eyelashes. "We have only a little time-" She took a step forward-and stumbled into Will, who caught her. She froze-and then her arms crept around him.. | tessa-gray clockwork-prince infernal-devices will-herondale | Cassandra Clare | |
| ba6d200 | It would hardly benefit me to hold anything back unnecessarily, when I know what I'm asking. For you to find a needle in--God, not even a haystack. A needle in a tower full of other needles. | Cassandra Clare | ||
| df15a38 | Will pushed his hands through his damp hair. "Oh, yes," he said bitterly. "Perhaps in some other life, beyond this one, when we have passed beyond the river, or turned upon the Wheel, or whatever kind words you want to use to describe leaving this world, I shall find my friend again, my parabatai. But I have lost you now--now, when I need you more than I ever did!" | Cassandra Clare | ||
| 2e78da8 | Doubtless the lunatic asylums of the world are filled with unfortunate women who have failed to see my charms. | Cassandra Clare | ||
| 0f5d82d | Jem always said that Will rushed toward the end of a mission rather than proceeding in a measured manner, and that one must look at the next step on the path ahead, rather than the destination in the distance, or one would never reach one's goal. Will closed his eyes for a moment. He knew that Jem was right, but it was hard to remember, when the goal that he sought was the girl that he loved. | tessa-gray will-herondale | Cassandra Clare | |
| c76038c | In the Old Language, she hissed, "If any harm shall befall him, I will come after you, and find you where you sleep. I do not care where you lay your head or who with, my vengeance shall rain upon you until you drown." That last word was drawn out, until its syllable was lost in more growling. Dead silence. Until Doc Jane said dryly, "Annnnd this is why they say the female of the species is more dangerous than the male." | funny layla qhuinn | J.R. Ward | |
| 20b1063 | Now tell me something. What's your word for husband?" "Hellren, I suppose. The short version is just hell." She laughed softly. "Go figure." | J.R. Ward | ||
| 5fd3589 | The Universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose. | universe science misattributed-arthur-c-clarke physics | J.B.S. Haldane | |
| f89ae4f | Whenever I'm asked what advice I have for young writers, I always say that the first thing is to read, and to read a lot. The second thing is to write. And the third thing, which I think is absolutely vital, is to tell stories and listen closely to the stories you're being told. | storytelling | John Green | |
| aa68ac4 | So you've been gone a couple days,' Alison said. 'Hmm, what'd you miss...A celebrity did drugs. Politicians disagreed. A different celebrity wore a bikini that revealed a bodily imperfection. A team won a sporting event, but another team lost. | John Green | ||
| 18fade2 | The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. To dig for treasures shows not only impatience and greed, but lack of faith. Patience, patience, patience, is what the sea teaches. Patience and faith. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach--waiting for a gift from the sea. | Anne Morrow Lindbergh | ||
| fb5e605 | It is so fatally easy to make young children believe that they are horrible. | upbringing mistakes children | T.H. White | |
| 4d54be5 | I love you anyway-even if there isn't any me or any love or even any life- I love you. | Zelda Fitzgerald | ||
| c9cf4ba | The best thing for being sad ... is to learn something. | T.H. White | ||
| cba0387 | I was listening," the king said, aggrieved. "I closed my eyes to listen better." "What did you hear?" "I'm not sure," he said." That's why I was listening so closely. I may have to ask the baron to repeat some parts of his report on his grain tax." "I am sure you can arrange an appointment." "I am sure I can too." | Megan Whalen Turner | ||
| 157f11e | Some people will always fear change. But we can't indulge them. | fear | Veronica Roth | |
| d3782ec | Our ability to know about ourselves and the world is what makes us human | Veronica Roth | ||
| d070a96 | I decide to keep the shirt to remind me why I chose Dauntless in the first place: not because they are perfect, but because they are alive. Because they are free. | Veronica Roth | ||
| 300b517 | Brod's life was a slow realization that the world was not for her, and that for whatever reason, she would never be happy and honest at the same time. She felt as if she were brimming, always producing and hoarding more love inside of her. But there was no release. Table, ivory, elephant charm, rainbow, onion, hairdo, mollusk, Shabbos, violence, cuticle, melodrama, ditch, honey, doily...None of it moved her. She addressed her world honestly.. | Jonathan Safran Foer | ||
| 3b3f3fb | Before we belonged to anyone else, we were each other's. | Elizabeth Noble | ||
| df65b9c | I've seen the world and I'm tired now. | Emma Donoghue | ||
| 07cb3b6 | Blot out the moon, Pull down the stars. Love in the dark, for we're for the dark So soon, so soon. | Jean Rhys | ||
| 230b00c | When someone refuses to tell me a certain piece of information, it only makes me that much more determined to find out the truth. I hate being ignorant. For me, a question unanswered is like a thorn in my side | Christopher Paolini | ||
| 4829f8c | But hope is no less realistic than despair. It is still our choice whether to live in light or lie down in darkness. | light hope despair | Rick Yancey | |
| 0009a65 | No one just starts giggling and wearing black and signs up to become a villainous monster. How the hell do you think it happens? It happens to people. Just people. They make questionable choices, for what might be very good reasons. They make choice after choice, and none of them is slaughtering roomfuls of saints, or murdering hundreds of baby seals, or rubber-room irrational. But it adds up. And then one day they look around and realized .. | good-and-evil villains dresden-files evil | Jim Butcher | |
| 39c258d | Like "love," "hope" is one of those ridiculously disproportional words that by all rights should be a lot longer." | quote | Jim Butcher | |
| 4429c9e | Pet the cat dude," says Sam. "She brought you a present. She wants you to tell her how badass she is." "You are a tiny tiny killing machine." Daneca coos. "What's she doing?" I ask. "Purring!" says Daneca. She sounds delighted. "Good kitty. Who's an amazing killing machine? That's right. You are! You are a brutal brutal tiny lion! Yes, you are." | Holly Black | ||
| 610b9c9 | I love my parents' murderer; I suppose I could love anyone. | love-quotes love the-cruel-prince jude | Holly Black | |
| 579a188 | But in some ways, the most significant choices one makes in life are done for reasons that are not all that dramatic, not earth-shaking at all; often enough, the choices we make are, for better or for worse, made by default. | Marya Hornbacher | ||
| d5b7898 | To do something that you feel in your heart that's great, you need to make a lot of mistakes. Anything that's successful is a series of mistakes. | green-day musician inspirational | Billie Joe Armstrong | |
| 78b670c | If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams. | les-brown motivational inspirational | Les Brown | |
| a3b4d36 | I admire those who do good and expect nothing in return. | kindness goodness inspiration inspirational-quotes inspire life-quotes living optimistic positive-affirmation positive-life inspiring positive positive-thinking optimism life inspirational | Roy T. Bennett | |
| 09174cd | Travel light, live light, spread the light, be the light. | inspirational | Yogi Bhajan | |
| 2c49834 | Leaders live by choice, not by accident. | mark-gorman choice leadership dreams inspirational winning leaders goals | Mark Gorman | |
| 482287b | I'm not going to die, I'm going home like a shooting star. | humor inspirational | Sojourner Truth | |
| 4ae1a4c | But as the years went on, I realised that what I really want to be, all told, is a human. Just a productive, honest, courteously treated human. | feminist inspirational | Caitlin Moran |