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1,913 | “Being a writer is a very peculiar sort of a job: it's always you versus a blank sheet of paper (or a blank screen) and quite often the blank piece of paper wins.” | famous_quote |
1,216 | “Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it. You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestations of your own blessings. And once you have achieved a state of happiness, you must never become lax about maintaining it. You must make a mighty effort to keep swimming upward into that happiness forever, to stay afloat on top of it.” | famous_quote |
1,424 | “Be with me always - take any form - drive me mad! only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you! Oh, God! it is unutterable! I can not live without my life! I can not live without my soul!” | 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 |
1,772 | “How nice -- to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive.” | famous_quote |
1,960 | “You are not special. You're not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You're the same decaying organic matter as everything else. We're all part of the same compost heap. We're all singing, all dancing crap of the world.” | famous_quote |
1,603 | “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” | famous_quote |
708 | “I lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me.” | famous_quote |
650 | “Deserves it! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.” | famous_quote |
946 | “I love you more than there are stars in the sky and fish in the sea.” | famous_quote |
660 | “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” | famous_quote |
2,146 | “He died not for men, but for each man. If each man had been the only man made, He would have done no less.” | famous_quote |
2,329 | “You're something between a dream and a miracle.” | famous_quote |
2,450 | “A trap is only a trap if you don't know about it. If you know about it, it's a challenge.” | famous_quote |
1,132 | “That was the thing. You never got used to it, the idea of someone being gone. Just when you think it's reconciled, accepted, someone points it out to you, and it just hits you all over again, that shocking.” | famous_quote |
699 | “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” | famous_quote |
2,246 | “I was not a pet, not a doll, not an animal.I was a survivor, and I was strong.I would not be weak, or helpless again I would not, could not be broken. Tamed.” | famous_quote |
2,038 | “To err is human, to forgive, divine.” | famous_quote |
2,374 | “Can you be a girl for a few seconds?""I'm always a girl" I frown."You know what I mean. Like a silly, annoying girl"I twirl my hair around my finger. "Kay.” | famous_quote |
2,201 | “The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.” | famous_quote |
551 | “Two people in love, alone, isolated from the world, that's beautiful.” | famous_quote |
404 | “We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.” | famous_quote |
461 | “Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.” | famous_quote |
2,179 | “We dream to give ourselves hope. To stop dreaming - well, that’s like saying you can never change your fate.” | famous_quote |
873 | “How many slams in an old screen door? Depends how loud you shut it. How many slices in a bread? Depends how thin you cut it. How much good inside a day? Depends how good you live 'em. How much love inside a friend? Depends how much you give 'em.” | famous_quote |
83 | “You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters? She's not perfect—you aren't either, and the two of you may never be perfect together but if she can make you laugh, cause you to think twice, and admit to being human and making mistakes, hold onto her and give her the most you can. She may not be thinking about you every second of the day, but she will give you a part of her that she knows you can break—her heart. So don't hurt her, don't change her, don't analyze and don't expect more than she can give. Smile when she makes you happy, let her know when she makes you mad, and miss her when she's not there.” | famous_quote |
1,422 | “Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come.” | famous_quote |
220 | “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” | famous_quote |
1,391 | “If you are a dreamer come inIf you are a dreamer a wisher a liarA hoper a pray-er a magic-bean-buyerIf youre a pretender com sit by my fireFor we have some flax golden tales to spinCome in! Come in!” | famous_quote |
111 | “One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.” | famous_quote |
614 | “The unexamined life is not worth living.” | 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 |
474 | “Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.” | famous_quote |
1,913 | “Being a writer is a very peculiar sort of a job: it's always you versus a blank sheet of paper (or a blank screen) and quite often the blank piece of paper wins.” | famous_quote |
270 | “We're all human, aren't we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving.” | famous_quote |
2,468 | “I hope you find someone you can't live without.I really do. And I hope you never have to know what it's like to have to try and live without them.” | famous_quote |
1,920 | “Books have to be heavy because the whole world's inside them.” | famous_quote |
1,390 | “A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for.” | famous_quote |
39 | “Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.” | famous_quote |
1,982 | “My rapier wit hides my inner pain.” | famous_quote |
2,236 | “For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you.” | famous_quote |
993 | “You never fail until you stop trying.” | famous_quote |
2,012 | “I guess that’s just part of loving people: You have to give things up. Sometimes you even have to give them up.” | famous_quote |
289 | “Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it's not because they enjoy solitude. It's because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them.” | famous_quote |
2,480 | “If he loved with all the powers of his puny being, he couldn't love as much in eighty years as I could in a day.” | famous_quote |
278 | “The Road Not TakenTwo roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.” | 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 |
862 | “The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that the situation is over, you cannot move forward.” | famous_quote |
253 | “Is this the part where you start tearing off strips of your shirt to bind my wounds?""If you wanted me to rip my clothes off, you should have just asked.” | famous_quote |
180 | “Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” | famous_quote |
680 | “People are afraid of themselves, of their own reality; their feelings most of all. People talk about how great love is, but that’s bullshit. Love hurts. Feelings are disturbing. People are taught that pain is evil and dangerous. How can they deal with love if they’re afraid to feel? Pain is meant to wake us up. People try to hide their pain. But they’re wrong. Pain is something to carry, like a radio. You feel your strength in the experience of pain. It’s all in how you carry it. That’s what matters. Pain is a feeling. Your feelings are a part of you. Your own reality. If you feel ashamed of them, and hide them, you’re letting society destroy your reality. You should stand up for your right to feel your pain.” | famous_quote |
824 | “I've got a stele we can use. Who wants to do me?""A regrettable choice of words," muttered Magnus.” | famous_quote |
699 | “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” | famous_quote |
1,349 | “No woman really wants a man to carry her off; she only wants him to want to do it.” | famous_quote |
1,380 | “If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, will answer you: I am here to live out loud.” | famous_quote |
1,673 | “Let our scars fall in love.” | famous_quote |
2,438 | “My only love sprung from my only hate!Too early seen unknown, and known too late!Prodigious birth of love it is to me,That I must love a loathed enemy.” | famous_quote |
1,638 | “Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.” | famous_quote |
1,957 | “Let the first act of every morning be to make the following resolve for the day:- I shall not fear anyone on Earth. - I shall fear only God. - I shall not bear ill will toward anyone. - I shall not submit to injustice from anyone. - I shall conquer untruth by truth. And in resisting untruth, I shall put up with all suffering.” | famous_quote |
211 | “Do you remember me telling you we are practicing non-verbal spells, Potter?""Yes," said Harry stiffly."Yes, sir.""There's no need to call me "sir" Professor."The words had escaped him before he knew what he was saying.” | famous_quote |
1,538 | “You think my first instinct is to protect you. Because you're small, or a girl, or a Stiff. But you're wrong."He leans his face close to mine and wraps his fingers around my chin. His hand smells like metal. When was the last time he held a gun, or a knife? My skin tingles at the point of contact, like he's transmitting electricity through his skin. "My first instinct is to push you until you break, just to see how hard I have to press." he says, his fingers squeezing at the word break. My body tenses at the edge in his voice, so I am coiled as tight as a spring, and I forget to breathe.His dark eyes lifting to mine, he adds, "But I resist it." "Why..." I swallow hard. "Why is that your first instinct?""Fear doesn't shut you down; it wakes you up. I've seen it. It's fascinating." He releases me but doesn't pull away, his hand grazing my jaw, my neck. "Sometimes I just want to see it again. Want to see you awake.” | famous_quote |
383 | “You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit.” | famous_quote |
1,714 | “One of the advantages of being disorganized is that one is always having surprising discoveries.” | famous_quote |
341 | “You are, and always have been, my dream.” | famous_quote |
1,838 | “I bet you could sometimes find all the mysteries of the universe in someone's hand.” | famous_quote |
1,987 | “Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.” | famous_quote |
843 | “You cannot control the behavior of others, but you can always choose how you respond to it.” | famous_quote |
1,534 | “A good book is an event in my life.” | famous_quote |
419 | “Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he does not want to sign.” | famous_quote |
1,988 | “Where words leave off, music begins.” | 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 |
1,849 | “We are addicted to our thoughts. We cannot change anything if we cannot change our thinking.” | famous_quote |
305 | “This life’s hard, but it’s harder if you’re stupid.” | famous_quote |
868 | “Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.” | famous_quote |
1,135 | “A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.” | famous_quote |
1,434 | “From the moment I picked up your book until I put it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.” | famous_quote |
205 | “Be nice to nerds. You may end up working for them. We all could.” | famous_quote |
495 | “I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.” | famous_quote |
1,909 | “If I’m honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.” | famous_quote |
1,045 | “Basically, I have two speeds.... Hostile or smart-aleck. Your choice.” | famous_quote |
212 | “Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.” | famous_quote |
309 | “Never love anyone who treats you like you're ordinary.” | famous_quote |
1,991 | “I could die for you. But I couldn't, and wouldn't, live for you.” | famous_quote |
271 | “With great power... comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later.” | famous_quote |
1,822 | “I'm a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let him down.” | famous_quote |
2,079 | “Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all.” | famous_quote |
442 | “I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.” | famous_quote |
2,209 | “With enough courage, you can do without a reputation.” | famous_quote |
253 | “Is this the part where you start tearing off strips of your shirt to bind my wounds?""If you wanted me to rip my clothes off, you should have just asked.” | 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 |
976 | “Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.” | famous_quote |
9 | “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” | famous_quote |
1,583 | “There was another life that I might have had, but I am having this one.” | famous_quote |
2,483 | “A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?” | famous_quote |
1,134 | “Reading is escape, and the opposite of escape; it's a way to make contact with reality after a day of making things up, and it's a way of making contact with someone else's imagination after a day that's all too real.” | famous_quote |
152 | “He's like a drug for you, Bella.” | famous_quote |
1,658 | “Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.” | famous_quote |
1,856 | “What do you want?""Just coffee. Black - like my soul.” | famous_quote |
1,214 | “Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.” | famous_quote |
1,752 | “Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.” | famous_quote |
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