Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
How very awkward places we do choose in which to propose to one another!' remarked Mr. Beaumaris
Sooner or later. It had better be sooner. Later is like the horizon; it recedes as you approach.
Books fall open, you fall in. When you climb out again, you're a bit larger than you used to be.
How poetic you are," she said. "I've a notion that poetry is the highest form of self-deception.
One must lie under certain circumstances and at all times when one can't do anything about them.
From childhood on, I did sit in the courtroom watching my father argue cases and talk to juries.
I do tend to feel more connected to dead writers, perhaps because they have finished their work.
Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it, a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.
I cherish the greatest respect towards everybody's religious obligations, no matter how comical.
Give to a wounded heart seclusion; consolation nor reason ever effected anything in such a case.
In the medical profession a horse and carriage are more necessary than any scientific knowledge.
Not everything people did could be in a correct, logical order, especially when they were alone.
Something is missing in our culture. We can't quite celebrate the scientific literary tradition.
It's not your job to die for your Pack! It's your job to make the other bastards die for theirs.
Every handsome man had a flaw. It was just her luck that in William's case that flaw was lunacy.
Circumstances define us; they force us onto one road or another, and then they punish us for it.
I only know that I feel tired, antiquated; I feel as though I had been living a long, long time.
Women leave their marriages when they can't take any more. Men leave when they find someone new.
I have learned that to do one's next duty is to take a step toward all that is worth possessing.
If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
In truth, I never consider the audience for whom I'm writing. I just write what I want to write.
I always have a basic plot outline, but I like to leave some things to be decided while I write.
Are — you — insane?” said Hermione in a hushed voice. 'I don't think so,' said Harry, shrugging.
I say there are spots that don't come off.... Spots that never come off, d'you know what I mean?
Never be ashamed! There's some who'll hold it against you, but they're not worth bothering with.
Imagine losing fingernails, Harry! That really puts our sufferings into perspective, doesn't it?
Then you should have died! Died, rather than betray your friends, as we would have done for you!
Sometimes words were less valuable than the air that carried them when it came to getting close.
I have no words,” he said hoarsely. “And I know exactly what you’re telling me.” Lover Unleashed
You're so very naked," she whispered against his shoulder. He smiled into her hair. "So are you.
Love’em or hate’em, by blood or by heart, family was a kind of oxygen. Necessary for the living.
Man, life was complicated. But the truth was simple. He was her home. He was where she belonged.
Put down the pen someone else gave you. No one ever drafted a life worth living on borrowed ink.
The closer you get to real matter, rock air fire and wood, boy, the more spiritual the world is.
And when the fog's over and the stars and the moon come out at night it'll be a beautiful sight.
Things are so hard to figure out when you live from day to day in this feverish and silly world.
I like melancholy. I like to pretend that I'm alone in the world and I'm just sort of abandoned.
You don’t have a home until you leave it and then, when you have left it, you never can go back.
Truth only smells sweet forever, and illusions, however innocent, are deadly as the canker worm.
The search for the truth is the most important work in the whole world - and the most dangerous.
But my body was like a harp and her words and gestures were like fingers running upon the wires.
The demand that I make of my reader is that he should devote his whole Life to reading my works.
A mind lively and at ease, can do with seeing nothing, and can see nothing that does not answer.
It is very unfair to judge any body's conduct, without an intimate knowledge of their situation.
I go too long without picking up a good book, I feel like I've done nothing useful with my life.
I assure you. I have no notion of treating men with such respect. That is the way to spoil them.
I do not think it worth while to wait for enjoyment until there is some real opportunity for it.
We met Dr. Hall in such deep mourning that either his mother, his wife, or himself must be dead.
We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.
Now be sincere; did you admire me for my impertinence?" "For the liveliness of your mind, I did.