18343 Quotes & Sayings

I don't belong there."
"You do. Because of who you are. WHAT you are. One half brimming with dark curiosities and a fierce appetite for all things mad. But the other half whimsy and light - filled with courage and loyalty."
He bites his lower lip, a gesture so minute I might've imagined it.
"Nothing can break the chains you have on my heart. For you ARE Wonderland."
-Unhinged, pg 179 — A.G. Howard

Shit," I thought to myself, "I'm going to be late to New Testament class. — Nadia Bolz-Weber

Flourishing is not measured by outward signs such as income, possessions, or attractiveness. It means becoming the person he he had in mind in creating you. Flourishing means moving toward God's best version of you. — John Ortberg

Sometimes you have to do nothing to make something happen. — Marty Rubin

Tell me, did you summon me just so you could beat the crap out of me? Or is there a more productive reason for why I'm here? (Eros) — Sherrilyn Kenyon

Let them see you cry. Let them see you sweat. Let them see you bleed. Those three drops make you human. Never fear to show your humanity. It's the bravest act of all. — Toni Sorenson

Yet... if we persuade intelligent youth to hold aloof from the Army in peace, we ought not to complain if we are not properly led in war — Charles McMoran Wilson Moran

Life's a great thing, but if you live long enough, it wears out before it runs out. — Stephen King

Realism...is a kind of disappointed tribute to the ideal. — Roger Scruton

Making a film is very hard work, and you live or die by the sword just a little bit every time you do it, but I wouldn't chuck it in. — Matthew Goode

Ibn Mas'ud said, "When 'Umar died nine-tenth of all knowledge vanished with him." The people were shocked and said, "How can this be when among us now are still many of the great companions?" Ibn Mas'ud replied,"I am not speaking of the knowledge of fiqh and the science of judgements, I'm speaking about the knowledge of Allah." This struggle of isolation, hunger, sleeplessness, weeping, fear and endless service to men was for this end. The journey is only for knowledge of Allah and the whole of it lies in detachment from everything that passes away. First from what is displeasing to Allah, then from one's self-illusion and desires, and then from all men and all otherness until there is only isolation and extreme nearness to Allah. — Khalid Muhammad Khalid

I get sentimental over the music of the '90s. Deplorable, really. But I love it all. As far as I'm concerned the '90s was the best era for music ever, even the stuff that I loathed at the time, even the stuff that gave me stomach cramps. — Rob Sheffield

I'm an atheist, and a militant atheist when religion starts impacting on legislation. — Daniel Radcliffe

No need to go to the dolphins," interjected Max Brailovsky. "One of the brightest engineers in my class was fatally attracted to a blonde in Kiev. When I heard of him last, he was working in a garage. And he'd won a gold medal for designing space-stations. What a waste! — Arthur C. Clarke