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2,100 | “All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened and after you are finished reading one you will feel that all that happened to you and afterwards it all belongs to you: the good and the bad, the ecstasy, the remorse and sorrow, the people and the places and how the weather was. If you can get so that you can give that to people, then you are a writer.” | famous_quote |
557 | “Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?” | famous_quote |
1,815 | “I'm going to wake Peeta," I say."No, wait," says Finnick. "Let's do it together. Put our faces right in front of his."Well, there's so little opportunity for fun left in my life, I agree. We position ourselves on either side of Peeta, lean over until our faces are inches frim his nose, and give him a shake. "Peeta. Peeta, wake up," I say in a soft, singsong voice.His eyelids flutter open and then he jumps like we've stabbed him. "Aa!"Finnick and I fall back in the sand, laughing our heads off. Every time we try to stop, we look at Peeta's attempt to maintain a disdainful expression and it sets us off again.” | famous_quote |
2,005 | “I can only note that the past is beautiful because one never realises an emotion at the time. It expands later, and thus we don't have complete emotions about the present, only about the past.” | famous_quote |
397 | “I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naïve or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.” | famous_quote |
674 | “It may be unfair, but what happens in a few days, sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime...” | famous_quote |
386 | “Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very;' your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.” | famous_quote |
2,158 | “If you're texting Magnus to say 'I think u r kewl,' I'm going to kill you.""Who's Magnus?" Max inquired."He's a warlock," said Alec."A sexy, sexy warlock," Isabelle told Max, ignoring Alec's look of total fury."But warlocks are bad," protested Max, looking baffled."Exactly," said Isabelle.” | famous_quote |
2,064 | “Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.” | famous_quote |
883 | “I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.” | famous_quote |
540 | “Faith is taking the first step even when you can't see the whole staircase.” | famous_quote |
170 | “I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally. ” | famous_quote |
2,456 | “مش مهم انك تغير الكون... المهم انك تخلي الكون ما يغيركش” | famous_quote |
739 | “No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally – and often far more – worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond.” | famous_quote |
1,401 | “She read books as one would breathe air, to fill up and live.” | famous_quote |
2,277 | “What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better.” | famous_quote |
118 | “When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.” | famous_quote |
2,151 | “Have you ever lost someone you love and wanted one more conversation, one more chance to make up for the time when you thought they would be here forever? If so, then you know you can go your whole life collecting days, and none will outweigh the one you wish you had back.” | famous_quote |
1,995 | “I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes.Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You're doing things you've never done before, and more importantly, you're Doing Something.So that's my wish for you, and all of us, and my wish for myself. Make New Mistakes. Make glorious, amazing mistakes. Make mistakes nobody's ever made before. Don't freeze, don't stop, don't worry that it isn't good enough, or it isn't perfect, whatever it is: art, or love, or work or family or life.Whatever it is you're scared of doing, Do it.Make your mistakes, next year and forever.” | famous_quote |
1,705 | “silence is the language of god, all else is poor translation.” | famous_quote |
1,722 | “Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door. ” | famous_quote |
2,222 | “Usually we walk around constantly believing ourselves. "I'm okay" we say. "I'm alright". But sometimes the truth arrives on you and you can't get it off. That's when you realize that sometimes it isn't even an answer--it's a question. Even now, I wonder how much of my life is convinced.” | famous_quote |
1,697 | “Families are messy. Immortal families are eternally messy. Sometimes the best we can do is to remind each other that we're related for better or for worse...and try to keep the maiming and killing to a minimum.” | famous_quote |
1,444 | “A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.” | famous_quote |
1,759 | “If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.” | famous_quote |
1,524 | “This is what you shall do; Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence toward the people, take off your hat to nothing known or unknown or to any man or number of men, go freely with powerful uneducated persons and with the young and with the mothers of families, read these leaves in the open air every season of every year of your life, re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul, and your very flesh shall be a great poem and have the richest fluency not only in its words but in the silent lines of its lips and face and between the lashes of your eyes and in every motion and joint of your body.” | famous_quote |
664 | “That's the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.” | famous_quote |
32 | “The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.” | 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 |
2,059 | “Evil is always possible. And goodness is eternally difficult.” | famous_quote |
1,551 | “You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection” | 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 |
2,420 | “I didn’t go to religion to make me happy. I always knew a bottle of Port would do that. If you want a religion to make you feel really comfortable, I certainly don’t recommend Christianity.” | famous_quote |
483 | “You get a little moody sometimes but I think that's because you like to read. People that like to read are always a little fucked up.” | famous_quote |
972 | “I love you. Remember. They cannot take it” | famous_quote |
306 | “I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer” | famous_quote |
456 | “It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.” | famous_quote |
2,207 | “I sit beside the fire and think Of all that I have seenOf meadow flowers and butterfliesIn summers that have beenOf yellow leaves and gossamerIn autumns that there wereWith morning mist and silver sunAnd wind upon my hairI sit beside the fire and thinkOf how the world will beWhen winter comes without a spring That I shall ever seeFor still there are so many thingsThat I have never seenIn every wood in every springThere is a different greenI sit beside the fire and thinkOf people long agoAnd people that will see a worldThat I shall never knowBut all the while I sit and thinkOf times there were beforeI listen for returning feet And voices at the door” | famous_quote |
330 | “Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.” | famous_quote |
224 | “I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.” | famous_quote |
1,479 | “The best portion of a good man's life: his little, nameless unremembered acts of kindness and love.” | famous_quote |
1,082 | “How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.” | famous_quote |
643 | “We are all different. Don’t judge, understand instead.” | famous_quote |
615 | “So please, oh please, we beg, we pray,Go throw your TV set away,And in its place you can installA lovely bookshelf on the wall.Then fill the shelves with lots of books.” | famous_quote |
194 | “So it's not gonna be easy. It's going to be really hard; we're gonna have to work at this everyday, but I want to do that because I want you. I want all of you, forever, everyday. You and me... everyday.” | famous_quote |
488 | “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” | famous_quote |
2,204 | “If you have the words, there's always a chance that you'll find the way.” | 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 |
2,459 | “If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.” | famous_quote |
1,102 | “Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.” | famous_quote |
1,147 | “The darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God!” | 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 |
515 | “We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.” | famous_quote |
1,625 | “Dreams do come true, if only we wish hard enough. You can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it.” | famous_quote |
1,127 | “Treat everyone with politeness and kindness, not because they are nice, but because you are.” | famous_quote |
392 | “I don't want to go to heaven. None of my friends are there.” | 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 |
1,847 | “Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours.” | famous_quote |
979 | “The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.” | famous_quote |
433 | “You can't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.” | famous_quote |
277 | “Becoming fearless isn't the point. That's impossible. It's learning how to control your fear, and how to be free from it.” | famous_quote |
232 | “It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.” | famous_quote |
1,552 | “In a way, it's nice to know that there are Greek gods out there, because you have somebody to blame when things go wrong. For instance, when you're walking away from a bus that's just been attacked by monster hags and blown up by lightning, and it's raining on top of everything else, most people might think that's just really bad luck; when you're a half-blood, you understand that some devine force is really trying to mess up your day.” | famous_quote |
1,594 | “It's all in the view. That's what I mean about forever, too. For any one of us our forever could end in an hour, or a hundred years from now. You never know for sure, so you'd better make every second count.” | famous_quote |
1,113 | “And so it goes...” | famous_quote |
2,409 | “I love you as certain dark things are loved, secretly, between the shadow and the soul.” | famous_quote |
25 | “Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.” | famous_quote |
1,417 | “I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” | famous_quote |
2,314 | “This is where it all begins. Everything starts here, today.” | famous_quote |
460 | “Here’s to books, the cheapest vacation you can buy.” | famous_quote |
2,503 | “Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people we personally dislike.” | famous_quote |
1,091 | “What Is Love? I have met in the streets a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, the water passed through his shoes and the stars through his soul” | famous_quote |
1,006 | “Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything, it is because we are dangerously close to wanting nothing.” | famous_quote |
1,994 | “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” | famous_quote |
490 | “Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.” | famous_quote |
1,072 | “I go to seek a Great Perhaps.” | famous_quote |
215 | “What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Don't complain.” | famous_quote |
1,723 | “Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.” | famous_quote |
1,592 | “People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.” | famous_quote |
158 | “When someone loves you, the way they talk about you is different. You feel safe and comfortable.” | famous_quote |
685 | “To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best day and night to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight and never stop fighting.” | famous_quote |
1,776 | “I fell in love with you, smartass, because you were one of us—because you weren’t afraid of me, and you decided to end your spectacular victory by throwing that piece of bone at Amarantha like a javelin. I felt Cassian’s spirit beside me in that moment, and could have sworn I heard him say, ‘If you don’t marry her, you stupid prick, I will.” | famous_quote |
2,052 | “Sometimes I wonder if there's something wrong with me. Perhaps I've spent too long in the company of my literary romantic heroes, and consequently my ideals and expectations are far too high.” | famous_quote |
1,843 | “The spell. Victor said you had to want me... to care about me... for it to work." When he didn't say anything, I tried to grip his shirt, but my fingers were too weak. "Did you? Did you want me?"His words came out thickly. "Yes, Roza. I did want you. I still do. I wish... we could be together.""Then why did you lie to me?"We reached the clinic, and he managed to open the door while still holding me. As soon as he stepped inside, he began yelling for help. "Why did you lie?" I murmured again.Still holding me in his arms, he looked down at me. I could hear voices and footsteps getting closer."Because we can't be together.""Because of the age thing, right?" I asked. "Because you're my mentor?"His fingertip gently wiped away a tear that had escaped down my cheek. "That's part of it," he said. "But also... well, you and I will both be Lissa's gaurdians someday. I need to protect her at all cost. If a pack of Strogoi come, I need to throw my body between them and her."I know that. Of course that's what you have to do." The black sparkles were dancing in front of my eyes again. I was fading out."No. If I let myself love you, I won't throw myself in front of her. I'll throw myself in front of you.” | famous_quote |
2,408 | “The unhappiest people in this world, are those who care the most about what other people think.” | 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 |
2,295 | “No good deed goes unpunished.” | famous_quote |
1,589 | “Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.” | famous_quote |
1,696 | “I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam.” | famous_quote |
2,469 | “Demons run when a good man goes to warNight will fall and drown the sunWhen a good man goes to warFriendship dies and true love liesNight will fall and the dark will riseWhen a good man goes to warDemons run, but count the costThe battle's won, but the child is lost” | famous_quote |
1,946 | “1. Be Impeccable With Your WordSpeak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love. 2. Don't Take Anything PersonallyNothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won't be the victim of needless suffering. 3. Don't Make AssumptionsFind the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life. 4. Always Do Your BestYour best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.” | famous_quote |
2,062 | “Why are you worrying about YOU-KNOW-WHO, when you should be worrying about YOU-NO-POO? The constipation sensation that's gripping the nation!” | famous_quote |
1,145 | “The greater the love, the greater the tragedy when it's over.” | famous_quote |
2,324 | “The mountains are calling and I must go.” | famous_quote |
1,581 | “I meant," said Ipslore bitterly, "what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?"Death thought about it.CATS, he said eventually. CATS ARE NICE.” | famous_quote |
2,500 | “Today is the sort of day where the sun only comes up to humiliate you.” | famous_quote |
2,493 | “My wish is that you may be loved to the point of madness.” | famous_quote |
2,257 | “I suffer from girlnextdooritis where the guy is friends with you and that's it.” | 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 |
1,932 | “You're a painter. You're a baker. You like to sleep with the windows open. You never take sugar in your tea. And you always double-knot your shoelaces.” | famous_quote |
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