Cider House Rules Book Quotes & Sayings

Buck up, suck up, and admit you fucked up. — Linda Hilton

Contentment is the greatest door that one enters to Allah, it is the source of tranquility for the worshiper and paradise on earth. Whoever does not enter it will not enter the Paradise in the Hereafter. — Ibn Taymiyyah

He muttered, "ow," and burst into a cloud of green flame, which I figured was going to make Babycakes pretty upset. — Rick Riordan

The greatest gains that we will ever experience arise from the greatest sacrifices that we have ever known. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

Something about the fall, the freshness of the pain, had been restorative. It was honest pain, clear pain, a pain without shame or filth, and it was a different sensation than he had felt in years ... before he was conscious of what he was doing, he was tossing himself against the brick wall, and as he did so, he imagined he was knocking out of himself every piece of dirt, every trace of liquid, every memory of the past few years. He was resetting himself; he was returning himself to something pure; he was punishing himself for what he had done. After that, he felt better, energized. — Hanya Yanagihara

Sometimes, though, you have to do things for family, even if you'd rather not. — Patricia C. Wrede