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1,300 | “We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.” | famous_quote |
1,243 | “Don't stop there. I suppose there are also, what, vampires and werewolves and zombies?""Of course there are. Although you mostly find zombies farther south, where the voudun priests are.""What about mummies? Do they only hang around Egypt?""Don't be ridiculous. No one believes in mummies.” | famous_quote |
520 | “It is a curious thing, the death of a loved one. We all know that our time in this world is limited, and that eventually all of us will end up underneath some sheet, never to wake up. And yet it is always a surprise when it happens to someone we know. It is like walking up the stairs to your bedroom in the dark, and thinking there is one more stair than there is. Your foot falls down, through the air, and there is a sickly moment of dark surprise as you try and readjust the way you thought of things.” | famous_quote |
1,806 | “Ah, music," he said, wiping his eyes. "A magic beyond all we do here!” | famous_quote |
9 | “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” | famous_quote |
983 | “I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!” | famous_quote |
2,425 | “He is half of my soul, as the poets say.” | famous_quote |
1,656 | “When I get lonely these days, I think: So BE lonely, Liz. Learn your way around loneliness. Make a map of it. Sit with it, for once in your life. Welcome to the human experience. But never again use another person's body or emotions as a scratching post for your own unfulfilled yearnings.” | famous_quote |
1,660 | “Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you've been to college.” | famous_quote |
2,199 | “A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what's going on. ” | famous_quote |
719 | “What I want is to be needed. What I need is to be indispensable to somebody. Who I need is somebody that will eat up all my free time, my ego, my attention. Somebody addicted to me. A mutual addiction.” | famous_quote |
1,072 | “I go to seek a Great Perhaps.” | famous_quote |
858 | “God has no religion.” | famous_quote |
1,316 | “If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.” | famous_quote |
1,603 | “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” | famous_quote |
49 | “The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.” | famous_quote |
145 | “There is no pretending," Jace said with absolute clarity. "I love you, and I will love you until I die, and if there is life after that, I'll love you then.” | famous_quote |
914 | “Life becomes easier and more beautiful when we can see the good in other people.” | famous_quote |
1,462 | “A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.” | famous_quote |
2,289 | “The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.” | famous_quote |
580 | “I am a man" he told her, "and men do not consume pink beverages. Get thee gone woman, and bring me something brown.” | famous_quote |
1,584 | “But he who dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose.” | famous_quote |
482 | “There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out.” | famous_quote |
1,249 | “Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book. And then there are books like An Imperial Affliction, which you can't tell people about, books so special and rare and yours that advertising your affection feels like betrayal” | famous_quote |
672 | “Remember: the time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself. Life's cruelest irony.” | famous_quote |
630 | “Reader's Bill of Rights1. The right to not read 2. The right to skip pages 3. The right to not finish 4. The right to reread 5. The right to read anything 6. The right to escapism 7. The right to read anywhere 8. The right to browse 9. The right to read out loud 10. The right to not defend your tastes” | famous_quote |
661 | “Religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man living in the sky who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do. And if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever 'til the end of time! But He loves you. He loves you, and He needs money! He always needs money! He's all-powerful, all-perfect, all-knowing, and all-wise, somehow just can't handle money!” | famous_quote |
2,466 | “The bird, the pin, the song, the berries, the watch, the cracker, the dress that burst into flames. I am the mockingjay. The one that survived despite the Capitol's plans. The symbol of the rebellion.” | famous_quote |
987 | “When I was a little girl I used to read fairy tales. In fairy tales you meet Prince Charming and he's everything you ever wanted. In fairy tales the bad guy is very easy to spot. The bad guy is always wearing a black cape so you always know who he is. Then you grow up and you realize that Prince Charming is not as easy to find as you thought. You realize the bad guy is not wearing a black cape and he's not easy to spot; he's really funny, and he makes you laugh, and he has perfect hair.” | famous_quote |
1,546 | “A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.” | famous_quote |
649 | “Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.” | famous_quote |
968 | “It has been said, 'time heals all wounds.' I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone.” | famous_quote |
1,100 | “The reason it hurts so much to separate is because our souls are connected.” | famous_quote |
440 | “I DON'T CARE!" Harry yelled at them, snatching up a lunascope and throwing it into the fireplace. "I'VE HAD ENOUGH, I'VE SEEN ENOUGH, I WANT OUT, I WANT IT TO END, I DON'T CARE ANYMORE!""You do care," said Dumbledore. He had not flinched or made a single move to stop Harry demolishing his office. His expression was calm, almost detached. "You care so much you feel as though you will bleed to death with the pain of it.” | famous_quote |
920 | “Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.” | famous_quote |
769 | “Fiction is the truth inside the lie.” | famous_quote |
1,343 | “There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.” | famous_quote |
1,826 | “Have you really read all those books in your room?â€�Alaska laughing- “Oh God no. I’ve maybe read a third of ‘em. But I’m going to read them all. I call it my Life’s Library. Every summer since I was little, I’ve gone to garage sales and bought all the books that looked interesting. So I always have something to read.” | famous_quote |
262 | “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” | famous_quote |
1,577 | “The best fantasy is written in the language of dreams. It is alive as dreams are alive, more real than real ... for a moment at least ... that long magic moment before we wake. Fantasy is silver and scarlet, indigo and azure, obsidian veined with gold and lapis lazuli. Reality is plywood and plastic, done up in mud brown and olive drab. Fantasy tastes of habaneros and honey, cinnamon and cloves, rare red meat and wines as sweet as summer. Reality is beans and tofu, and ashes at the end. Reality is the strip malls of Burbank, the smokestacks of Cleveland, a parking garage in Newark. Fantasy is the towers of Minas Tirith, the ancient stones of Gormenghast, the halls of Camelot. Fantasy flies on the wings of Icarus, reality on Southwest Airlines. Why do our dreams become so much smaller when they finally come true? We read fantasy to find the colors again, I think. To taste strong spices and hear the songs the sirens sang. There is something old and true in fantasy that speaks to something deep within us, to the child who dreamt that one day he would hunt the forests of the night, and feast beneath the hollow hills, and find a love to last forever somewhere south of Oz and north of Shangri-La. They can keep their heaven. When I die, I'd sooner go to middle Earth.” | famous_quote |
2,506 | “Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.” | famous_quote |
998 | “Everything tells me that I am about to make a wrong decision, but making mistakes is just part of life. What does the world want of me? Does it want me to take no risks, to go back to where I came from because I didn't have the courage to say "yes" to life?” | famous_quote |
699 | “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” | famous_quote |
2,349 | “There is a saying in Tibetan, 'Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.'No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that's our real disaster.” | famous_quote |
1,603 | “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” | famous_quote |
1,241 | “I would like to be the air that inhabits you for a moment only. I would like to be that unnoticed and that necessary.” | famous_quote |
1,125 | “People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can't be fixed.” | famous_quote |
2,335 | “Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along.” | famous_quote |
1,190 | “Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.” | famous_quote |
1,005 | “I believe the universe wants to be noticed. I think the universe is inprobably biased toward the consciousness, that it rewards intelligence in part because the universe enjoys its elegance being observed. And who am I, living in the middle of history, to tell the universe that it-or my observation of it-is temporary?” | famous_quote |
35 | “It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.” | famous_quote |
743 | “Resist much, obey little.” | famous_quote |
1,764 | “This is the way the world endsNot with a bang but a whimper.” | famous_quote |
352 | “Grief does not change you, Hazel. It reveals you.” | famous_quote |
1,922 | “A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her.” | famous_quote |
72 | “There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment.” | famous_quote |
1,376 | “Biology gives you a brain. Life turns it into a mind.” | famous_quote |
1,914 | “No matter how careful you are, there's going to be the sense you missed something, the collapsed feeling under your skin that you didn't experience it all. There's that fallen heart feeling that you rushed right through the moments where you should've been paying attention.Well, get used to that feeling. That's how your whole life will feel some day.This is all practice.” | famous_quote |
1,093 | “And that's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.” | famous_quote |
2,472 | “Hello, Harry" said George, beaming at him. "We thought we heard your dulcet tones.""You don't want to bottle up your anger like that, Harry, let it all out," said Fred, also beaming. "There might be a couple of people fifty miles away who didn't hear you.” | famous_quote |
707 | “I would have come for you. And if I couldn't walk, I'd crawl to you, and no matter how broken we were, we'd fight our way out together-knives drawn, pistols blazing. Because that's what we do. We never stop fighting.” | famous_quote |
1,804 | “What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?” | famous_quote |
955 | “Do you think I'm pretty?I think you're beautifulBeautiful?You are so beautiful, it hurts sometimes.” | famous_quote |
2,475 | “Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.” | famous_quote |
159 | “Dumbledore watched her fly away, and as her silvery glow faded he turned back to Snape, and his eyes were full of tears."After all this time?""Always," said Snape.” | famous_quote |
2,196 | “Freedom lies in being bold.” | famous_quote |
1,735 | “Try a little harder to be a little better.” | famous_quote |
1,585 | “I'll just have them change the entry in the demonology textbook from 'almost extinct' to 'not extinct enough for Alec. He prefers his monsters really, really extinct.' Will that make you happy?” | famous_quote |
66 | “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” | famous_quote |
2,428 | “And then I am going to rattle the stars.” | famous_quote |
57 | “I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.” | famous_quote |
341 | “You are, and always have been, my dream.” | famous_quote |
1,153 | “Don't take life too seriously. Punch it in the face when it needs a good hit. Laugh at it.” | famous_quote |
1,195 | “Sometimes it seems safer to hold it all in, where the only person who can judge is yourself.” | famous_quote |
1,232 | “Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.” | famous_quote |
2,401 | “You think the dead we loved ever truly leave us? You think that we don't recall them more clearly in times of great trouble?” | famous_quote |
1,494 | “And he took her in his arms and kissed her under the sunlit sky, and he cared not that they stood high upon the walls in the sight of many.” | famous_quote |
1,821 | “Peeta, how come I never know when you're having a nightmare?â€� I say.“I don't know. I don't think I cry out or thrash around or anything. I just come to, paralyzed with terror,â€� he says.“You should wake me,â€� I say, thinking about how I can interrupt his sleep two or three times on a bad night. About how long it can take to calm me down.“It's not necessary. My nightmares are usually about losing you,â€� he says. “I'm okay once I realize you're here.” | famous_quote |
115 | “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” | famous_quote |
661 | “Religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man living in the sky who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do. And if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever 'til the end of time! But He loves you. He loves you, and He needs money! He always needs money! He's all-powerful, all-perfect, all-knowing, and all-wise, somehow just can't handle money!” | famous_quote |
1,465 | “To be, or not to be: that is the question:Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to sufferThe slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;No more; and by a sleep to say we endThe heart-ache and the thousand natural shocksThat flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummationDevoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep;To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub;For in that sleep of death what dreams may comeWhen we have shuffled off this mortal coil,Must give us pause: there's the respectThat makes calamity of so long life;For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely,The pangs of despised love, the law's delay,The insolence of office and the spurnsThat patient merit of the unworthy takes,When he himself might his quietus makeWith a bare bodkin? who would fardels bear,To grunt and sweat under a weary life,But that the dread of something after death,The undiscover'd country from whose bournNo traveller returns, puzzles the willAnd makes us rather bear those ills we haveThan fly to others that we know not of?Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;And thus the native hue of resolutionIs sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,And enterprises of great pith and momentWith this regard their currents turn awry,And lose the name of action.--Soft you now!The fair Ophelia! Nymph, in thy orisonsBe all my sins remember'd!” | famous_quote |
2,500 | “Today is the sort of day where the sun only comes up to humiliate you.” | famous_quote |
1,868 | “Time was passing like a hand waving from a train I wanted to be on. I hope you never have to think about anything as much as I think about you.” | famous_quote |
2,334 | “The role of a writer is not to say what we can all say, but what we are unable to say.” | famous_quote |
1,016 | “Right now I’m having amnesia and déjà vu at the same time. I think I’ve forgotten this before.” | famous_quote |
310 | “Maybe our favorite quotations say more about us than about the stories and people we're quoting.” | famous_quote |
207 | “Tis better to have loved and lostThan never to have loved at all.” | famous_quote |
2,493 | “My wish is that you may be loved to the point of madness.” | famous_quote |
632 | “I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn’t know.” | famous_quote |
2,102 | “Holding anger is a poison...It eats you from inside...We think that by hating someone we hurt them...But hatred is a curved blade...and the harm we do to others...we also do to ourselves.” | famous_quote |
656 | “There comes a time when the world gets quiet and the only thing left is your own heart. So you'd better learn the sound of it. Otherwise you'll never understand what it's saying.” | famous_quote |
1,423 | “When I am with you, we stay up all night.When you're not here, I can't go to sleep.Praise God for those two insomnias!And the difference between them.” | famous_quote |
1,931 | “The only thing better than imagining Dimitri carrying me in his arms was imagining him shirtless while carrying me in his arms.” | famous_quote |
1,679 | “If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.” | famous_quote |
236 | “Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.” | famous_quote |
347 | “You cannot find peace by avoiding life.” | famous_quote |
629 | “Books may well be the only true magic.” | famous_quote |
1,540 | “If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn't be. And what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?” | famous_quote |
2,003 | “I am not proud, but I am happy; and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride.” | famous_quote |
1,271 | “You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question.” | famous_quote |
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