Timeless Literary Quotes & Sayings

Were the life of man prolonged, he would become such a proficient in villainy, that it would become necessary again to drown or to burn the world. Earth would become an hell; for future rewards when put off to a great distance, would cease to encourage, and future punishments to alarm. — Charles Caleb Colton

Look for happiness under your own roof. — Gretchen Rubin

Everything new is on the rim of our view, in the darkness, below the horizon, so that nothing new is visible but in the light of what we know. — Zia Haider Rahman

Sometimes I feel that it's our
destiny. We met, liked each other
and fell in love before we knew
it! — Santonu Kumar Dhar

I am one of a team of Iraqi weapons inspectors currently travelling through the United Kingdom under very difficult conditions searching for weapons of mass distraction. — Attila The Stockbroker

Write your sins on apples still hanging on the tree; when they fall away so do your burdens (There — Jandy Nelson

As one gets older being sad and miserable can become a bit of a habit. To counteract this, she suggests making a point of savoring such things as the tastiness of a piece of fruit, or other small things we might have been prone to overlook during our younger, busier days. — Rumer Godden

Buddha was a responsible guy and believed in his monks being responsible, their responsibility would no longer be to their practice or to the sangha, but to their child because that's the only honest way to do it. You can't have it both ways. So anytime a monk would have sex, there was always that possibility and it was a very big deal. — Brad Warner

The real threat comes from terrorism. — Francois Hollande

When I get into the moment of actually feeling like I want to write, to finish something, I do what I've always read authors do, and park myself at a desk and bang things out for three hours. And if I have to throw it all away, I throw it all away. — Ted Leo

Speak your mind, but ride a very fast horse!! — John Wain

I am more strongly confirmed than ever in the belief that the time devoted to chess is literally frittered away. — Paul Morphy

We are persons of quality, I assure you, and women of fashion, and come to see and to be seen. — Ben Jonson

The moment this is over, you're mind," Diesel all but groaned, keeping his eyes on the road so he wouldn't pull over and take her right there.
"No, wolf, you're mine."
the look on his face went immediately from lust to yearning.
"That's right," she said with a sigh. "We're going to finish what we started. And then do it all over again. — Amanda Carlson