Kindle Smart Quotes & Sayings

There were some things that needed to be said even if the person you were saying them to didn't understand; words that must be released from their trapped place where their flapping to get out could cause internal damage. — Patti Callahan Henry

Charlie Brown: A penny! Rats! Why couldn't I have found a nickel? What good is a penny these days? Why do things like that always happen to me?! *walks off frustrated*
Lucy: Gee, he found a penny! Why don't things like that ever happen to me? — Charles M. Schulz

It isn't possible," she said. "But there it is. Look again." In the distance, pinpricks of light arranged into a grid. There, plainly visible on the side of a hill some miles distant: a town, or a village, whose streets were lit up with electricity. — Emily St. John Mandel

I'd feel better about myself if I did stomach crunches, but I don't. — Courteney Cox

We accept gods that don't speak to us. We accept gods that would place us in a world filled with injustices and do nothing as we struggle. It's easier than accepting that there's nothing out there at all, and that, in our darkest moments, we are truly alone. — Lauren DeStefano

In the years since his murder, we have transformed King into a kind of innocuous black Santa Claus. — Timothy B. Tyson

He helped the Librarian up. There was a red glow in the ape's eyes. It had tried to steal his books. This was probably the best proof any wizard could require that the trolleys were brainless. — Terry Pratchett

She had been beaten down by too many boys and men, too much hurt and poverty and fear. This was what Mala was destined to become, someone who ran from her attackers because she couldn't afford to anger them. She wouldn't do it. — Cory Doctorow

Getting extraordinary results is all about creating a domino effect in your life. — Gary Keller

Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success. — Louisa May Alcott

Believe me, I have better things to do than sabotage your friendships. No one else's world revolves around you, Cassandra.
-Paige to Cassandra — Kelley Armstrong

Instead of men kissing you, and touching you, they revealed their minds to you. It was great fun! But what cold minds! — D.H. Lawrence

I'd like to imagine that in order to beat me a person would have to play almost perfect tennis. — Venus Williams

I was convinced by now that his feelings for Laoghaire were only those of a chivalrous friendship, but I didn't know what he might do if he knew that his uncle had seduced the girl and got her with child. — Diana Gabaldon