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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 50b2cdd | The real and proper question is: why is it beautiful? | Annie Dillard | ||
| 62c3450 | Who was it who said that forgiveness is giving up all hope of having had a different past? | Anne Lamott | ||
| 76d668b | Then the singing enveloped me. It was furry and resonant, coming from everyone's very heart. There was no sense of performance or judgment, only that the music was breath and food. | music inspirational singing church | Anne Lamott | |
| 33f1907 | About novel by Anne Lamott. Q: What does the title "Imperfect Birds" mean? | Anne Lamott | ||
| e52897c | You are a person and then you cease to be a person, and a cadaver takes your place. | Mary Roach | ||
| b2e0d74 | From my earliest years I had always wanted to be a writer. It was not that I had any particular message for humanity. I am still plugging away and not the ghost of one so far, so it begins to look as though, unless I suddenly hit mid-season form in my eighties, humanity will remain a message short. | writing humor pg-wodehouse mission | P.G. Wodehouse | |
| eb78206 | Being told when to shit, shower, shave, eat, and sleep isn't my idea of paradise. But then again, Paradise, where i grew up, wasn't paradise either. I'm wondering if paradise is just some word in the dictionary with the definition: this doesn't fucking exist. --Caleb to himself | Simone Elkeles | ||
| d4c9845 | Kiss me to see if we still have it. 'Cause you own my heart,soul,and everything else in between. | ellis | Simone Elkeles | |
| 66b8095 | A garter. You're supposed to take it off and keep it as a memento. K-k-kinda like a trophy for going far sexually with a girl. It's stupid, really. And kind of d-d-degrading if I think about it too m-m-much." "I know what it is," he says, amusement evident in his voice. "I just wanted to hear your explanation." | kiara-westford | Simone Elkeles | |
| 068e6aa | Nothin'," Alex says. "We'll talk later, chica. It's not a big deal." "Don't chica me, Alex," his bride snaps. "I think she's gonna deck him," Ben murmurs, amused." | Simone Elkeles | ||
| 4f1e659 | Running should be saved for the times when you're being chased. | Simone Elkeles | ||
| 7e75710 | Beware of those who weep with realization, for they have realized nothing. | Carlos Castaneda | ||
| 433d072 | Suffer love! A good ephitet! I do suffer love indeed, for I love thee against my will. | romance | William Shakespeare | |
| a5cfeea | Tis in my memory lock'd, And you yourself shall keep the key of it. | William Shakespeare | ||
| 722d119 | Vengeance is in my heart, death in my hand, Blood and revenge are hammering in my head | William Shakespeare | ||
| 88abc33 | Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? E'en in Australia art thou still more hot Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May (Since that's your winter it don't mean a lot) Sometimes too bright the eye of heaven shines And bushfires start through half of New South Wales Just so, when I do see thy bosom's lines A fire consumes me and my breathing fails But thine eternal summer shall not fade This is in no way due to global warming; Nay, fro.. | romance | Manny Rayner | |
| 713f639 | Who wants to be a goddess when we can be human? Perfection is a flaw disguised as control. | Terry Tempest Williams | ||
| 83cea0a | Keep your temper, said the Caterpillar. | Lewis Carroll | ||
| f5bafaa | And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! He chortled in his joy. | Lewis Carroll | ||
| a7b85d9 | Hi," I whisper. He peels off my hands and turns toward the aisle. "Please don't make this any harder than it already is," he whispers back." | Stephanie Perkins | ||
| ab2dd41 | It's midnight, it's sweltering, and I might be high on Vicodin, but that guy - that guy right over there - that's him. The him. | Stephanie Perkins | ||
| 8a91b86 | For the two of us, home isn't a place. It's a person. And we're finally home. | stephanie-perkins | Stephanie Perkins | |
| e62a93e | And it totally depresses me, but the ladies eat it up. They love my father's books and they love his cable-knit sweaters and they love his bleachy smile and orangey tan. And they have turned him into a bestseller and a total dick. | Stephanie Perkins | ||
| 30270dd | I still felt like I might hurl, and I thought about how awful that would be in midair. | James Patterson | ||
| f1791d9 | Angel is right,"said Dr. G-H quickly. "This is my clumsy way of demonstrating." "Demonstrating what?" I was barely able to keep a snarl out of my voice. "How to get yourself beat up in one easy step?" | max | James Patterson | |
| 20342fd | Knowledge is a terrible burden. It may help you, but it might also destroy you. | James Patterson | ||
| d30a251 | The intensity with which young people live demands that they "blank out" as often as possible." | Maya Angelou | ||
| 65139ea | Good words," I replied. "But deeds must prove it also; and after he is well, remember you don't forget resolutions formed in the hour of fear." | inspirational | Emily Brontë | |
| 204db00 | There's never an easy route to the things that matter. | east-route joe-crazy-dog onion-girl things-that-matter never | Charles de Lint | |
| a64fa98 | Here then, as I lay down the pen and proceed to seal up my confession, I bring the life of that unhappy Henry Jekyll to an end. | Robert Louis Stevenson | ||
| 6e1c779 | If desire causes suffering, it may be because we do not desire wisely, or that we are inexpert at obtaining what we desire. Instead of hiding our heads in a prayer cloth and building walls against temptation, why not get better at fulfilling desire? Salvation is for the feeble, that's what I think. I don't want salvation, I want life, all of life, the miserable as well as the superb. If the gods would tax ecstasy, then I shall pay; however,.. | suffering prayer religion repression salvation desire | Tom Robbins | |
| d8c7aa5 | There is lovemaking that is bad for a person, just as there is eating that is bad. That boysenberry cream pie from the Thrift-E Mart may appear inviting, may, in fact, cause all nine hundred taste buds to carol from the tongue, but in the end, the sugars, the additives, the empty calories clog arteries, disrupt cells, generate fat, and rot teeth. Even potentially nourishing foods can be improperly prepared. There are wrong combinations and .. | sex | Tom Robbins | |
| 686a4d5 | You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. --Maya Angelou | Brené Brown | ||
| 40e9e54 | Worries find you easily enough without inviting them. | Gillian Flynn | ||
| 4d7090d | The Days were a clan that mighta lived long But Ben Day's head got screwed on wrong That boy craved dark Satan's power So he killed his family in one nasty hour Little Michelle he strangled in the night Then chopped up Debby: a bloody sight Mother Patty he saved for last Blew off her head with a shotgun blast Baby Libby somehow survived But to live through that ain't much a life --SCHOOLYARD RHYME, CIRCA 1985 | rhyme | Gillian Flynn | |
| 0977468 | It was. It will never be again. Remember. | paul-auster quotes | Paul Auster | |
| 8226240 | I'm scared of him," said Piggy, "and that's why I know him. If you're scared of someone you hate him but you can't stop thinking about him. You kid yourself he's all right really, an' then when you see him again; it's like asthma an' you can't breathe..." | William Golding | ||
| 6383209 | What I mean is... maybe it's only us... | William Golding | ||
| 4e17652 | Have you noticed that the imbecile always smiles? Man's first frown is the first touch of God on his forehead. The touch of thought. | Ayn Rand | ||
| b4db181 | Genius is an exaggeration of dimension. So is elephantiasis. Both may be only a disease. | Ayn Rand | ||
| b783a65 | Look at them. There are your true philosophers. I think that Mack and the boys know everything that has ever happened in the world and possibly everything that will happen. I think they survive in this particular world better than other people. In a time when people tear themselves to pieces with ambition and nervousness and covetousness, they are relaxed. All of our so-called successful men are sick men, with bad stomachs, and bad souls, b.. | John Steinbeck | ||
| b4decd5 | The Hebrew word, the word timshel - 'Thou mayest' - that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in the world. That says the way is open...Why, that makes a man great...He can choose his course and fight it through and win...I have a new love for that glittering instrument, the human soul. It is a lovely and unique thing in the universe. It is always attacked and never destroyed - because 'Thou mayest'. ch 24 | John Steinbeck | ||
| 406cae9 | Men seem to be born with a debt they can never pay no matter how hard they try. | John Steinbeck | ||
| 2dd7de3 | The strong live off the weak and the clever live off the strong. | Neil Strauss |