Famous British Literature Quotes & Sayings

The human ego is the ugliest part of man. We lift up men who only show us darkness, and put down those brave enough to show us the light. Likewise, people engage in darkness when it is light outside, and acknowledge the light only when it is dark. We abandon those fighting for us to cheer behind those fighting against us. And, we only remember good people and God when it is convenient for us, and take them for granted because their doors are always open - only to chase after closed doors and personalities void of substance and truth. — Suzy Kassem

Jealousy isn't a pleasant quality, but if it isn't overdone (and if it's combined with modesty), apart from its inconvenience there's even something touching about it. — Milan Kundera

I've made a lot of grown men cry with laughter, because I really am quite the joke. — Peta Wilson

I'd think it strange that the boardinghouse attracted both him and me, but that's what cheap places do
draw in people with no money. An apartment of my own was unthinkable at that time of my life, and even if I'd found an affordable one it wouldn't have satisfied my fundamental need to live in a communal past, or what I imagined the past to be like: a world full of antiques. — David Sedaris

The only thing worse than growing up is never quite learning how — Joel Plaskett

Though we loved school, we hadn't realized how important education was until the Taliban tried to stop us. Going to school, reading and doing our homework wasn't just a way of passing time, it was our future. — Malala Yousafzai

We were totally opposite - me coming from the West Coast and a junior college, and him [ Christopher Reeve] from the hard-core Ivy League. He used to be the studly studly of all studlies, and I was the little fool ferret boy. — Robin Williams

You're acting like a little kid, Carrie said, slapping — Debbie Macomber

When the bus driver gets off the bus, who shuts the door? — Bill Engvall

Obviously, being a forward, I would like to score more goals. But while the team does well, there is no problem. — Luis Suarez

Women can really be who they are. I'm about to say the F word, feminist. Often that word has such a negative connotation. — Laura Kightlinger

Why do most people write poems about nature? For the same reason that every community center is propped up with industrious, self painted landscapes: you have no need of any imagination to simply describe what is around you, and the amateur naturally thinks an idyllic picture is best, not the dirty city around him. What makes van de Waarsenburg special is that he crams a hundred idyllic scenes into a single poem, as if he does not trust a single boathouse would be poetic enough for the reader. — Martijn Benders

There was a road between the but, strangely, all the cars disappeared. — Sarah Addison Allen

Those who betray me only do so once. ~Malkom Slaine (Demon From the Dark) — Kresley Cole