quotes i like

"The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come..."

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:40:29 -0400

““The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.””

- Georgie Eliot, Scenes of Clerical Life

"The phoenix must burn to emerge."

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:20:38 -0400

““The phoenix must burn to emerge.””

- Janet Finch, White Oleander

"I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right."

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:40:24 -0400

““I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.””

- Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

"One passes through the world knowing few, if any, of the important things about even the people with..."

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 13:20:41 -0400

““One passes through the world knowing few, if any, of the important things about even the people with whom one has been from time to time in the closest intimacy.””

- Anthony Powell, The Kindly Ones

"What can I do with my happiness? How can I keep it, conceal it, bury it where I may never lose it? I..."

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 09:40:27 -0400

““What can I do with my happiness? How can I keep it, conceal it, bury it where I may never lose it? I want to kneel as it falls over me like rain, gather it up with lace and silk, and press it over myself again.””

- Anaïs Nin, Henry & June

"I mean they don’t seem able to love us just the way we are. They don’t seem able to love..."

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:20:45 -0400

““I mean they don’t seem able to love us just the way we are. They don’t seem able to love us unless they can keep changing us a little bit. They love their reasons for loving us almost as much as they love us, and most of the time more.””

- J.D. Salinger, Nine Stories

"A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition."

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 09:40:41 -0400

““A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition.””

- Henry Miller, The Books in My Life

"When people talk listen completely. Don’t be thinking what you’re going to say. Most..."

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 09:40:17 -0400

““When people talk listen completely. Don’t be thinking what you’re going to say. Most people never listen. Nor do they observe. You should be able to go into a room and when you come out know everything that you saw there and not only that. If that room gave you any feeling you should know exactly what it was that gave you that feeling.””

- Ernest Hemingway, Across the River and Into the Trees

"Saki says that youth is like hors d’oeuvres: you are so busy thinking of the next courses you..."

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 09:40:32 -0400

““Saki says that youth is like hors d’oeuvres: you are so busy thinking of the next courses you don’t notice it. When you’ve had them, you wish you’d had more hors d’oeuvres.””

- Philip Larkin, Philip Larkin: Letters to Monica

"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free."

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 13:20:52 -0400

““None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.””

- Goethe, Elective Affinities

"In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion."

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 09:40:31 -0400

““In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.””

- Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphys and Other Essays

"Love is a striking example of how little reality means to us."

Sun, 02 Jun 2013 13:20:30 -0400

““Love is a striking example of how little reality means to us.””

- Marcel Proust, In Search of Lost Time

"I was within and without. Simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of..."

Sun, 02 Jun 2013 09:40:25 -0400

““I was within and without. Simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life.””

- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

"To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe."

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 09:40:26 -0400

““To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.””

- Anatole France, Works of Anatole France

"It’s amazing how right you can be about a person you don’t know; it’s only the..."

Fri, 31 May 2013 09:40:24 -0400

““It’s amazing how right you can be about a person you don’t know; it’s only the people you do know who confuse you.””

- Elaine Dundy, The Dud Avocado

"Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new..."

Wed, 29 May 2013 09:40:38 -0400

““Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.””

- Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky

"If I got rid of my demons, I’d lose my angels."

Mon, 27 May 2013 09:40:23 -0400

““If I got rid of my demons, I’d lose my angels.””

- Tennessee Williams, Conversations with Tennessee Williams

"If there’s a single lesson that life teaches us, it’s that wishing doesn’t make it..."

Sun, 26 May 2013 09:40:42 -0400

““If there’s a single lesson that life teaches us, it’s that wishing doesn’t make it so. ””

- Lev Grossman, The Magicians

"If we only fell in love with people who were perfect for us…then there wouldn’t be so..."

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:40:22 -0400

““If we only fell in love with people who were perfect for us…then there wouldn’t be so much fuss about love in the first place.””

- Amor Towles, Rules of Civility

"If you asked me now who I am, the only answer I could give with any certainty would be my name. For..."

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:40:30 -0400

““If you asked me now who I am, the only answer I could give with any certainty would be my name. For the rest: my loves, my hates, down even to my deepest desires, I can no longer say whether these emotions are my own, or stolen from those I once so desperately wished to be.””

- Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited