https://atomicquote.com/author/nick-joaquin/quote/if-you-beget-a-monster-of-a-child-it-could-prove-you-were-rather-monstrous-yourself 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/elizabeth-george/quote/raising-your-children-to-love-and-serve-jesus-is-fulfilling-one-of-gods-highest-callings-upon-your-life 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/yevgeny-zamyatin/quote/children-are-the-only-bold-philosophers-and-bold-philosophers-are-invariably-children 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/orson-scott-card/quote/welcome-to-the-human-race-nobody-controls-his-own-life-ender-the-best-you-can-do-is-choose-to-fill-the-roles-given-you-by-good-people-by-people-who-love-you-i-didnt-come-here-because-i-wanted 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/tim-seldin/quote/children-love-to-polish-brass-and-silver-then-move-on-to-polishing-their-own-shoes 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mf-moonzajer/quote/once-my-brother-was-very-angry-on-my-parents-and-told-them-you-should-have-killed-me-when-i-was-a-child-interestingly-i-was-present-and-told-him-i-dont-think-it-is-still-too-late-and-i-have-n 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/toba-beta/quote/i-really-love-to-read-bedtime-story-for-my-kids-before-they-fall-asleepmaking-them-so-excited-and-inspired-its-truly-my-favorite-quality-time 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/vahan-zanoyan/quote/children-do-not-dwell-on-the-ordinary-harshness-of-life-even-as-they-suffer-through-it 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mia-sheridan/quote/there-are-many-soul-stirring-things-in-this-world-but-not-many-as-profound-as-watching-the-beautiful-man-you-love-holding-the-baby-you-created-together-no-not-many 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/thomas-cathcart/quote/sorting-out-whats-good-and-bad-is-the-province-of-ethics-it-is-also-what-keeps-priests-pundits-and-parents-busy-unfortunately-what-keeps-children-and-philosophers-busy-is-asking-the-priests-p 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/william-stolzenburg/quote/the-world-as-first-seen-by-the-child-becomes-his-lifelong-standard-of-excellence-mindless-of-the-fact-he-is-admiring-the-ruins-of-his-parents 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/helen-smith/quote/i-never-realized-before-that-taking-care-of-someone-makes-you-love-them-more-than-when-they-take-care-of-you 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/l-frank-baum/quote/perhaps-i-should-admit-on-the-title-page-that-this-book-is-by-l-frank-baum-and-his-correspondents-for-i-have-used-many-suggestions-conveyed-to-me-in-letters-from-children-once-on-a-time-i-rea 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/marston-bates/quote/all-children-are-curious-and-i-wonder-by-what-process-this-trait-becomes-developed-in-some-and-suppressed-in-others-i-suspect-again-that-schools-and-colleges-help-in-the-suppression-insofar-a 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ladene-mayville/quote/a-harvester-ant-never-quits-and-she-never-ever-gives-up 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jani-ortlund/quote/when-we-mother-well-we-teach-our-children-to-embrace-the-moral-obligations-that-build-solid-relationships-healthy-marriages-and-secure-families 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/amy-chua/quote/im-not-holding-myself-out-as-a-model-but-i-do-believe-that-we-in-america-can-ask-more-of-children-than-we-typically-do-and-they-will-not-only-respond-to-the-challenge-but-thrive 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ava-wilson/quote/dont-forget-to-be-kind-you-will-make-someones-day 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/guy-vanderhaeghe/quote/not-to-do-as-the-child-wishes-would-be-wrong-because-he-is-born-on-a-path-and-it-would-be-evil-a-crime-against-nature-to-make-him-deny-his-spirit 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/marjorie-weinman-sharmat/quote/i-left-a-note-for-my-mother-i-always-leave-a-note-for-my-mother-when-i-am-on-a-case 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/quote/what-pretty-oracles-nature-yields-us-on-this-text-in-the-face-and-behaviour-of-children-babes-and-even-brutes-that-divided-and-rebel-mind-that-distrust-of-a-sentiment-because-our-arithmetic-h 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/shweta-ganesh-kumar/quote/why-did-they-have-kids-then-why-did-they-have-children-if-they-didnt-want-to-love-and-nurture-them-werent-you-supposed-to-cherish-every-moment-you-got-with-your-kids-the-wives-sounded-like-th 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/trebor-healey/quote/how-many-of-these-children-would-one-day-be-queer-how-many-would-be-felled-by-the-acronym-how-many-by-something-else-how-many-would-forget-the-circus-how-many-would-never-see-it-at-all-how-ma 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/alison-gopnik/quote/we-decided-to-become-development-psychologists-and-study-children-because-there-arent-any-martians-these-brilliant-beings-with-the-little-bodies-and-big-heads-are-the-closest-we-can-get-to-a- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ben-marcus/quote/it-was-hard-not-to-realize-what-kind-of-kid-his-parents-wished-theyd-had-and-when-he-thought-about-that-kind-of-kid-it-was-tempting-for-paul-to-want-to-track-hunt-and-eat-the-little-thing 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/celia-mcmahon/quote/since-the-beginning-of-time-there-was-always-stories-like-this-he-replies-as-children-we-reveled-in-the-dream-that-there-was-a-place-out-there-that-was-different-from-the-one-we-lived-in 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/adam-gidwitz/quote/there-is-a-wisdom-in-children-a-kind-of-knowing-a-kind-of-believing-that-we-as-adults-do-not-have-there-is-a-time-when-a-kingdom-needs-its-children 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/asa-don-brown/quote/as-fathers-we-should-have-a-desire-to-be-active-participants-in-our-childrens-lives 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/craig-stone/quote/parents-raise-children-then-grow-old-and-their-children-forget-the-things-their-old-parents-did-for-them-because-their-brains-dont-remember-before-they-grew-selfishthere-are-buildings-all-ove 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/oche-otorkpa/quote/increasingly-the-girl-child-is-becoming-an-endangered-specie-aspedophiles-continue-to-roam-free-in-our-societies-terrorizingthe-lives-of-our-children-and-stripping-them-of-all-the-joy-andexci 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/meg-wolitzer/quote/for-while-theyd-stayed-close-during-the-absurd-years-of-his-sharp-rise-having-children-had-knocked-it-all-into-a-different-arrangement-the-minute-you-had-children-you-closed-ranks-you-didnt-p 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/gary-shteyngart/quote/every-moment-i-have-ever-experienced-as-a-child-is-as-important-as-every-moment-i-am-experiencing-now-or-will-experience-ever-i-guess-what-im-saying-is-that-not-everybody-should-have-children 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/scott-thompson/quote/my-parents-wont-let-me-have-a-motorcycle-but-they-give-me-all-the-guns-i-want-i-asked-them-for-a-motorcycle-last-christmas-and-they-told-me-id-only-kill-myself-they-got-me-this-twelve-gauge-i 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/gary-shteyngart/quote/i-wonder-what-children-whose-parents-have-money-think-about-in-their-spare-time 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/alice-mcdermott/quote/his-love-for-his-children-bore-down-on-his-heart-with-the-weight-of-three-heavy-stones-there-were-all-his-unnamed-fears-for-them-and-hopes-for-them-there-was-all-he-was-powerless-to-change-in 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/martin-l-kutscher/quote/this-is-not-a-contest-with-your-child-the-winner-is-not-the-one-with-more-points-the-winner-is-the-one-whose-child-still-loves-them-when-they-graduate-from-high-school 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/wally-lamb/quote/your-children-are-not-your-children-they-are-the-sons-and-daughters-of-lifes-longing-for-itself 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/carmela-lavigna-coyle/quote/mommy-do-princesses-seem-at-all-like-melook-inside-yourself-and-youll-see 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/laura-lam/quote/you-two-are-children-almost-grown-your-hearts-have-not-hardened-to-the-realities-of-the-world-your-dreams-have-not-fallen-through-your-fingers-you-still-know-hope 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/robert-g-ingersoll/quote/i-do-not-believe-in-the-government-of-the-lash-if-any-one-of-you-ever-expects-to-whip-your-children-again-i-want-you-to-have-a-photograph-taken-of-yourself-when-you-are-in-the-act-with-your-f 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ga-aiken/quote/you-wanted-hatchlingsi-know-i-just-didnt-want-those-hatchlings-personally-i-blame-your-fatherbercelaks-eyes-grew-wide-excuse-meon-a-burst-of-laughter-she-exclaimed-well-that-came-out-horribly 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/robert-g-ingersoll/quote/call-me-infidel-call-me-atheist-call-me-what-you-will-i-intend-so-to-treat-my-children-that-they-can-come-to-my-grave-and-truthfully-say-he-who-sleeps-here-never-gave-us-a-moment-of-pain-from 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/carolyn-byers-ruch/quote/imagine-pretend-and-play-so-you-can-become-anyone-you-want-to-be-you-dont-need-to-be-afraid 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/carolyn-byers-ruch/quote/and-ana-remembered-her-fathers-words-say-no-run-tell-me 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/robert-g-ingersoll/quote/i-have-heard-them-preach-when-i-sat-in-the-pew-and-my-feet-did-not-touch-the-floor-about-the-final-home-of-the-unconverted-in-order-to-impress-upon-the-children-the-length-of-time-they-would- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/tf-hodge/quote/a-culture-of-vultures-steeped-and-born-of-violence-shall-choke-on-the-blood-of-its-offspring 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ga-aiken/quote/you-two-are-perfect-together-and-one-day-one-day-your-children-will-change-everything 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mf-moonzajer/quote/writing-a-book-is-like-raising-a-child-the-only-difference-is-you-dont-have-the-fucking-part-in-writing-a-book 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jz-colby/quote/i-dont-think-tera-is-capable-of-working-with-you-by-her-own-choice-no-matter-how-much-grass-you-pull-for-her-no-matter-how-much-you-brush-her-i-think-shes-more-like-a-three-or-four-year-old-c 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/gayle-forman/quote/mom-was-adamantly-pro-choice-she-had-a-bumper-sticker-on-the-car-that-read-if-you-cant-trust-me-with-a-choice-how-can-you-trust-me-with-a-child-but-in-her-case-the-choice-was-to-keep-me 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/keith-haring/quote/children-know-something-that-most-people-have-forgotten 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/nikki-sex/quote/the-child-through-no-fault-of-its-own-and-through-the-very-nature-of-being-a-child-is-egocentric-and-self-absorbed-thus-if-the-daughter-does-not-make-her-bed-and-the-mother-yells-and-the-fath 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/dan-pearce/quote/parenting-is-the-greatest-pay-it-forward-system-on-earth-we-dont-owe-our-parents-anything-we-owe-our-children-everything-the-same-was-true-for-our-parents-the-same-will-be-true-for-our-childr 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jonathan-evison/quote/i-remember-us-saying-that-we-liked-small-houses-that-proximity-engendered-closeness-in-a-family-that-nobody-should-be-raised-by-a-nanny-or-in-day-care-i-remember-us-saying-that-time-not-money 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/peter-hoeg/quote/a-child-who-is-born-is-something-to-seek-out-something-to-search-for-a-star-a-northern-light-a-column-of-energy-in-the-universe-and-a-child-who-dies-thats-an-abomination 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ellen-j-barrier/quote/i-believe-that-parents-who-love-their-children-do-everything-for-them-with-love-even-discipline 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/julia-wills/quote/dont-you-remember-what-your-grandfather-used-to-say-that-thing-about-pots-and-peoplethat-pots-were-like-people-alex-replied-flatly-thinking-back-to-his-grandfather-carrying-a-tray-of-wet-fres 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/carew-papritz/quote/money-it-can-buy-your-kids-anything-but-it-cannot-teach-them-love-respect-and-the-true-value-of-living-life-without-things 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/alexis-york-lumbard/quote/hes-the-king-of-all-the-heavensand-all-found-here-belowto-him-your-hearts-are-like-this-lakereflecting-in-his-glow 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/lr-knost/quote/parenting-has-nothing-to-do-with-perfection-perfection-isnt-even-the-goal-not-for-us-not-for-our-children-learning-together-to-live-well-in-an-imperfect-world-loving-each-other-despite-or-eve 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/katherine-rundell/quote/you-have-been-the-great-green-adventure-of-my-life-without-you-my-days-would-be-unlit 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/suzanne-collins/quote/my-children-who-dont-know-they-play-on-a-graveyard 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/djuna-barnes/quote/he-is-not-like-other-children-not-cruel-or-savage-for-this-very-reason-he-is-called-strange-a-child-who-is-mature-in-the-sense-that-the-heart-is-mature-is-always-i-have-observed-called-defici 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jeff-hutchins/quote/if-you-ever-meet-someone-who-thinks-they-are-so-special-the-best-thing-to-do-is-smile-you-dont-have-to-say-anything-be-friendly-and-then-go-doyour-best-that-will-make-you-special-too 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/tiffany-haisten/quote/children-need-to-know-that-the-things-that-make-them-vastly-different-from-one-another-are-the-very-things-that-make-them-beautifully-special 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/andy-lane/quote/ever-seen-a-two-year-old-tattering-around-a-garden-there-might-be-a-poison-ivy-or-rose-bushes-or-hawthorne-around-the-edges-there-might-be-spades-or-secateurs-lying-on-the-lawn-the-kid-doesnt 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/katherine-catmull/quote/a-nursery-rhyme-shapes-your-bones-and-nerves-and-it-shapes-your-mind-they-are-powerful-nursery-rhymes-and-immensely-old-and-not-toys-even-though-they-are-for-children-but-they-make-no-sense-s 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/andy-lane/quote/in-the-end-the-slow-decay-of-the-body-didnt-matter-we-all-continue-on-renewing-ourselves-through-our-offspring-they-are-what-matter-they-are-what-survives 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 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https://atomicquote.com/author/sue-townsend/quote/alexander-assured-her-eva-none-of-us-know-our-children-because-they-are-not-us 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/michael-ende/quote/all-the-games-were-selected-for-them-by-supervisors-and-had-to-have-some-useful-educational-purpose-the-children-learned-these-new-games-but-unlearned-something-else-in-the-process-they-forgo 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mark-twain/quote/children-and-fools-always-speak-the-truth 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/susan-may-warren/quote/its-a-mothers-greatest-privilege-to-give-birth-to-raise-a-child-but-a-womans-greatest-honor-is-to-look-at-her-son-with-pride-and-know-that-shes-helped-him-become-a-man 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/michael-grant/quote/i-dont-care-what-your-excuse-is-i-dont-care-what-you-think-god-told-you-to-do-if-you-are-in-the-business-of-closing-childrens-minds-and-obliterating-their-capacity-to-imagine-and-depriving-th 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/dan-brown/quote/she-lay-outside-in-the-courtyard-staring-up-at-the-raindrops-feeling-them-hit-her-body-trying-to-guess-where-one-would-land-next-the-nuns-called-again-threatening-that-pneumonia-might-make-an 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/richard-hughes/quote/being-nearly-four-years-old-she-was-certainly-a-child-and-children-are-human-if-one-allows-the-term-human-a-wide-sense-but-she-had-not-altogether-ceased-to-be-a-baby-and-babies-are-of-course- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/dan-chaon/quote/you-want-a-child-because-it-is-a-link-in-the-bridge-that-you-are-building-between-the-past-and-the-future-a-cantilever-that-holds-you-so-that-you-are-not-alone 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/aleksandar-hemon/quote/the-cafeteria-in-the-chicagos-childrens-memorial-hospital-basement-was-the-saddest-place-in-the-world-and-forever-it-shall-be-with-its-grim-neon-lights-and-gray-tabletops-and-the-diffuse-fore 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/iona-opie/quote/the-literature-of-childhood-abounds-with-evidence-that-the-peaks-of-a-childs-experience-are-not-visits-to-the-cinema-or-even-family-outings-to-the-sea-but-occasions-when-he-escapes-into-place 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jw-lord/quote/children-are-gods-way-of-letting-us-know-his-work-will-continue-even-long-after-we-are-gone 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/e-everett-evans/quote/hutch-called-into-the-semidarkness-of-the-shed-somebodys-coming-heckthen-he-with-the-rest-faded-from-sight-with-that-uncanny-quickness-known-only-to-creatures-of-the-wild-and-young-children-w 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jenny-bowen/quote/we-can-be-much-much-more-than-we-were-taught-in-teachers-college-more-than-stern-ladies-at-the-front-of-the-room-who-teach-children-to-recite-by-rote-we-can-be-we-must-be-learning-partners-ch 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/marcel-proust/quote/and-the-others-too-were-beginning-to-remark-in-swann-that-abnormal-excessive-shameful-and-deserved-senescence-of-bachelors-of-all-those-for-whom-it-seems-that-the-great-day-which-knows-no-mor 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/thomas-dukes/quote/i-walk-the-beach-to-smile-at-other-peopleand-their-busy-children-trying-to-findanother-way-to-save-the-world 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/garth-stein/quote/children-are-not-chattel-they-cannot-be-given-away-or-traded-in-the-marketplace 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/thomm-quackenbush/quote/things-had-improved-after-he-was-born-we-both-loved-him-with-such-fervor-that-it-was-impossible-that-some-wouldnt-splash-back-on-us 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/thomm-quackenbush/quote/i-have-never-tried-to-walk-through-a-mall-in-the-christmas-season-dressed-like-a-jolly-old-elf-you-might-as-well-dress-up-like-a-pork-chop-and-walk-into-an-alley-full-of-starving-dogs 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/shannon-l-alder/quote/half-of-the-time-the-holy-ghost-tries-to-warn-us-about-certain-people-that-come-into-our-life-the-other-half-of-the-time-he-tries-to-tell-us-that-the-sick-feeling-we-get-in-a-situation-is-not 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/robert-g-ingersoll/quote/if-the-bible-be-true-god-commanded-his-chosen-people-to-destroy-men-simply-for-the-crime-of-defending-their-native-land-they-were-not-allowed-to-spare-trembling-and-white-haired-age-nor-dimpl 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/asa-don-brown/quote/secure-attachment-has-been-linked-to-a-childs-ability-to-successfully-recover-and-prove-resilient-in-the-presence-of-a-traumatic-event 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/john-cage/quote/it-would-be-better-to-have-no-school-at-all-than-the-schools-we-now-have-encouraged-instead-of-frightened-children-could-learn-several-languages-before-reaching-age-of-four-at-that-age-engagi 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/john-cage/quote/why-is-it-that-children-taught-the-names-of-the-months-and-the-fact-that-there-are-twelve-of-them-dont-ask-why-the-ninth-is-called-the-seventh-september-the-tenth-called-the-eight-october-the 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/richard-paul-evans/quote/its-been-said-that-parents-should-give-their-children-roots-and-wings-that-was-a-perfect-description-of-my-parents-even-in-a-wheelchair-my-father-was-a-dreamer-with-his-head-in-the-clouds-and 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jody-cantrell-dyer/quote/adoption-is-the-most-intentional-process-on-earth 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/terry-pratchett/quote/magrat-liked-to-think-she-was-good-with-children-and-worried-that-she-wasnt-she-didnt-like-them-very-much-and-worried-about-this-too-nanny-ogg-seemed-to-be-effortlessly-good-with-children-by- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/osamu-dazai/quote/even-if-mary-gives-birth-to-a-child-who-is-not-her-husbands-if-she-has-a-shining-pride-they-become-a-holy-mother-and-child 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/michael-lewis/quote/memory-loss-is-the-key-to-human-reproduction-if-you-remembered-what-new-parenthood-was-actually-like-you-wouldnt-go-around-lying-to-people-about-how-wonderful-it-is-and-you-certainly-wouldnt- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/katie-dale/quote/mum-bought-me-kite-for-my-sixth-birthday-it-was-beautiful-snowy-white-with-long-tail-of-ribbons-sheheld-the-string-and-i-ran-and-ran-as-fast-as-i-could-but-it-kept-dropping-to-clumsy-heap-on- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/criss-jami/quote/god-speaks-of-his-children-shining-best-in-ways-that-only-he-can-provide-the-heavens-lift-one-as-a-golden-child-while-the-flesh-lowers-one-to-a-child-with-gold 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/joe-newman/quote/people-tend-to-raise-the-child-inside-of-them-rather-than-the-child-in-front-of-them 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/brook-tesla/quote/are-you-imperfect-romantically-irrational-ridiculously-fearless-and-utterly-illogical-youre-my-ideal-reader-friend-partner-im-your-fan 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/sarah-napthali/quote/i-had-uncovered-a-widely-held-but-overlooked-attachment-our-attachment-to-the-view-that-every-problem-must-have-a-solution-we-delude-ourselves-that-we-can-think-our-way-out-of-a-problem-or-we 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jim-george/quote/our-wives-our-families-and-our-churches-need-godly-men-who-have-discernment-discernment-to-deal-with-life-and-life-issues-on-a-spiritual-level 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/chris-galford/quote/say-what-you-will-dear-sister-we-do-what-we-do-for-the-promise-of-our-youth-yet-it-is-always-they-who-scar-beneath-the-points-of-daggers 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/susan-hill/quote/small-children-will-talk-to-anyone-once-the-guard-of-shyness-has-fallen-and-they-have-like-the-elderly-a-sense-of-immediacy-a-need-to-say-or-do-something-now-now-the-minute-it-is-thought-of-c 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/anne-ursu/quote/if-shadows-were-caused-by-the-interplay-between-light-and-life-a-childs-was-still-forming-an-adults-was-inextricably-bound-to-his-body-but-a-child-had-a-tenuous-relationship-to-his-own-perman 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/thea-harrison/quote/behold-the-power-of-the-peanut-his-body-mass-may-be-small-but-his-influence-is-mighty-the-last-holdout-in-the-tower-has-officially-fallen-to-him-said-by-pia-about-the-effect-her-son-peanut-ha 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jim-gaffigan/quote/occasionally-a-dog-will-be-presented-as-some-training-method-for-having-a-baby-my-girlfriend-and-i-got-a-dog-we-are-going-to-see-if-we-can-handle-that-before-we-have-kids-this-is-a-little-lik 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/cindi-madsen/quote/the-toddler-started-making-this-whinemoan-noise-while-pawing-at-tabitha-i-know-as-a-woman-im-supposed-to-have-this-innate-love-of-babies-but-the-truth-is-they-kind-of-remind-me-of-zombies-the 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/scott-lynch/quote/what-do-you-do-said-jean-with-ah-ungifted-children-when-you-have-themcherish-them-and-raise-them-you-imbecile-most-of-them-end-up-working-for-us-in-karthain-and-elsewhere-what-did-you-think-w 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/maurice-sendak/quote/so-that-it-isnt-upsetting-to-anybody-its-something-weve-always-known-about-fairy-tales-they-talk-about-incest-the-oedipus-complex-about-psychotic-mothers-like-those-of-snow-white-and-hansel-a 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/danielle-wood/quote/its-said-that-sport-is-the-civilised-societys-substitute-for-war-and-also-that-the-games-we-play-as-children-are-designed-to-prepare-us-for-the-realities-of-adult-life-certainly-its-true-that 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/drew-magary/quote/were-constantly-judging-and-grading-other-parents-just-to-make-sure-that-they-arent-any-better-than-us-im-as-guilty-as-anyone-i-see-some-lady-hand-her-kid-a-nintendo-ds-at-the-supermarket-and 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/shannon-celebi/quote/youre-saying-what-the-hell-am-i-gonna-do-with-her-youre-saying-shit-did-she-take-her-pills-youre-saying-once-upon-a-time-i-used-to-have-a-little-girl 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/katherine-boo/quote/zehrunisa-didnt-know-abduls-age-herself-seventeen-was-what-shed-said-before-the-burning-when-people-asked-her-but-he-could-have-been-twenty-seven-for-all-she-knew-you-didnt-keep-track-of-a-ch 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/christianna-brand/quote/she-was-very-ugly-the-ugliest-person-you-ever-saw-in-your-life-her-hair-was-scraped-into-a-bun-sticking-straight-out-at-the-back-of-her-head-like-a-teapot-handle-and-her-face-was-round-and-wr 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ken-dereste-dorcely/quote/my-demons-creep-like-a-pedo-in-a-park-full-of-kids-each-one-reminding-me-of-the-consequences-what-i-didnt-do-or-did 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/christianna-brand/quote/good-evening-children-said-nurse-matilda-and-she-gave-a-loud-thump-on-the-floor-with-her-big-black-stick-i-am-nurse-matilda 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/lisa-dekis/quote/you-were-always-an-annoyingly-holy-child-frankie-what-the-hell-was-wrong-with-you 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jodie-mccallum/quote/appeals-to-the-young-and-the-young-at-heart 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/missy-anne/quote/small-children-are-capable-of-great-love-love-that-overwhelms-love-that-changes-small-worlds-completely-dangerous-feelings-that-blot-out-everything 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/bruce-d-perry/quote/the-more-healthy-relationships-a-child-has-the-more-likely-he-will-be-to-recover-from-trauma-and-thrive-relationships-are-the-agents-of-change-and-the-most-powerful-therapy-is-human-love 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/catherynne-m-valente/quote/shall-i-tell-her-shall-i-be-a-kind-and-merciful-narrator-and-take-our-girl-aside-shall-i-touch-her-new-red-heart-and-make-her-understand-that-she-is-no-longer-one-of-the-tribe-of-heartless-ch 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/judith-martin/quote/we-are-all-born-rude-no-infant-has-ever-appeared-yet-with-the-grace-to-understand-how-inconsiderate-it-is-to-disturb-others-in-the-middle-of-the-night 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/tamara-hill/quote/a-lot-of-people-believe-that-mental-illness-does-not-affect-our-children-within-the-school-system-but-the-truth-is-that-a-lot-of-bullying-stems-from-untreated-or-poorly-treated-mental-and-beh 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/criss-jami/quote/we-first-become-salesmen-as-children-in-the-confession-booths-of-our-parents 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/rl-lafevers/quote/as-far-as-i-can-tell-it-doesnt-make-any-difference-to-adults-how-clever-children-are-they-always-stick-together-unless-you-are-sick-or-dying-or-mortally-wounded-they-will-always-side-with-the 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/maddy-malhotra/quote/no-child-ever-became-good-by-being-told-that-she-or-he-was-bad-or-by-beating-herhim 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/sylvia-plath/quote/nick-and-the-candlesticki-am-a-miner-the-light-burns-blue-waxy-stalactitesdrip-and-thicken-tearsthe-earthen-wombexudes-from-its-dead-boredom-black-bat-airswrap-me-raggy-shawls-cold-homicidest 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mf-moonzajer/quote/lets-appreciate-and-welcome-the-arrival-of-a-new-prophet-the-one-who-can-be-reasonable-and-rational-realistic-and-democratthe-one-who-respects-the-rights-of-women-and-childrenand-does-not-mak 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/tricia-goyer/quote/every-time-that-god-gives-us-a-child-its-his-way-of-saying-he-trusts-us-trusts-us-to-offer-love-and-to-guide-the-child-toward-him 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/molly-ringwald/quote/betty-had-forgotten-how-you-only-get-slivers-of-stories-from-children-usually-what-they-echo-from-overheard-adult-conversations 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/norman-fischer/quote/meditation-is-doing-what-you-are-doing-whether-you-are-doing-formal-meditation-or-child-care 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jim-gaffigan/quote/tv-news-is-like-kryptonite-to-children-the-two-major-shifts-in-taste-for-children-to-adulthood-are-news-and-mustard-kids-hate-news-and-mustard-well-mustard-even-has-the-word-turd-in-it-maybe- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/nancy-rose/quote/make-no-mistake-every-child-has-his-own-light-no-matter-how-difficult-or-defiant-or-unlikeable-he-or-she-might-seem 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/lisa-dekis/quote/were-assigned-to-children-who-are-doomed 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/melanie-benjamin/quote/would-my-son-love-me-when-he-was-old-enough-to-know-what-love-meantp-181 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/christianna-brand/quote/once-upon-a-time-there-was-a-huge-family-of-children-and-they-were-terribly-terribly-naughty 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/christianna-brand/quote/the-agency-was-doubtful-because-they-had-already-sent-a-lot-of-nurses-and-nannies-and-governesses-to-mr-and-mrs-browns-family-the-person-you-want-they-said-is-nurse-matilda 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/christianna-brand/quote/and-as-they-spoke-lo-and-behold-there-was-a-knock-at-the-door-and-there-stood-a-small-stout-figure-dressed-in-rusty-black-and-she-said-good-evening-mr-and-mrs-brown-i-am-nurse-matilda 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/alessandra-torre/quote/a-child-is-the-quickest-to-trust-because-they-have-no-concept-of-the-depravity-of-our-species 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mary-ann-shaffer/quote/i-dont-know-as-much-about-children-as-i-would-like-to-i-am-godmother-to-a-wonderful-three-year-old-boy-named-dominic-the-son-of-my-friend-sophie-they-live-in-scotland-near-oban-and-i-dont-get 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/vasily-grossman/quote/he-sensed-death-with-a-depth-and-clarity-of-which-only-small-children-or-great-philosophers-are-capable-philosophers-who-are-themselves-almost-childlike-in-the-power-and-simplicity-of-their-t 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/paul-kropp/quote/the-joy-of-reading-with-our-children-doesnt-stop-as-they-and-we-get-older-it-simply-changes 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ruta-sepetys/quote/but-wasnt-there-some-sort-of-rule-that-said-parents-had-to-be-smarter-than-their-kids-it-didnt-seem-fair 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/amanda-coplin/quote/they-were-blessed-said-jane-they-were-going-to-give-birth-to-themselves-it-would-be-themselves-they-gave-birth-to-only-better-that-was-why-she-and-della-must-work-so-hard-to-protect-them-thei 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mary-ann-shaffer/quote/yesterday-amelia-and-kit-came-over-for-supper-and-we-took-a-blanket-down-to-the-beach-afterward-to-watch-the-moon-rise-kit-loves-to-do-that-but-she-always-falls-asleep-before-it-is-fully-rise 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mokokoma-mokhonoana/quote/when-coming-to-making-kids-size-doesnt-count-its-sperm-count-that-counts 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jane-austen/quote/and-here-is-my-sweet-little-annamaria-she-added-tenderly-caressing-a-little-girl-of-three-years-old-who-had-not-made-a-noise-for-the-last-two-minutes-and-she-is-always-so-gentle-and-quiet-nev 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/wendy-milton/quote/we-call-them-grunters-theyre-ghost-hunters-but-grunters-is-more-appropriate-because-most-of-them-are-pigs 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/virginia-woolf/quote/it-struck-her-this-was-tragedy-not-palls-dust-and-the-shroud-but-children-coerced-their-spirits-subdued 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/charlotte-pearson/quote/motherhoodthe-most-exhausting-emotional-rewardingand-life-enhancing-journey-a-woman-can-take 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jonathan-v-last/quote/to-raise-a-child-is-to-submit-to-a-staggering-amount-of-work-much-of-which-is-deeply-unpleasant-it-would-be-crazy-to-have-children-if-they-werent-so-damned-important 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/charlotte-pearson/quote/in-order-for-them-to-be-the-best-they-can-be-my-children-need-me-to-be-the-best-version-of-me-i-can-be-that-meanstaking-charge-of-our-lives-being-strong-even-if-i-dont-feel-itbeing-brave-and- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mokokoma-mokhonoana/quote/dating-a-woman-with-a-kid-is-the-new-adoption 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/nadeem-aslam/quote/tell-me-the-man-leans-forward-ans-says-have-you-heard-of-a-lady-called-madeleine-no-in-1996-this-lady-named-albright-madeleine-the-us-ambassador-to-the-united-nations-was-asked-on-television- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/lindsay-armstrong/quote/you-need-a-husband-and-some-babies-to-look-after-otherwise-youre-going-to-grow-up-into-a-virago 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/adalbert-stifter/quote/how-great-inexperience-and-innocence-is-on-the-authority-of-their-parents-they-go-to-a-place-where-they-could-meet-their-death-for-the-zirder-in-flood-is-very-dangerous-and-given-the-ignoranc 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ludwig-bemelmans/quote/for-gypsies-do-not-like-to-stay-they-only-come-to-go-away 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/dr-silva/quote/christians-are-famous-for-telling-people-to-be-child-like-and-yet-one-of-the-greatest-qualities-of-a-child-the-never-ending-list-of-questions-is-often-discouraged 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mokokoma-mokhonoana/quote/most-parents-are-not-really-supportive-because-they-want-their-kids-to-succeed-they-support-their-kids-as-an-attempt-to-avoid-appearing-to-have-bred-a-failure-or-failures-in-the-eyes-of-their 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ashley-ormon/quote/children-take-joy-in-their-work-and-sometimes-as-adults-we-forget-thats-something-we-should-continue-doing 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/andrew-galasetti/quote/papas-should-be-loving-their-children-so-much-that-they-cry-when-they-gone-thats-what-papas-is-supposed-to-do 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mokokoma-mokhonoana/quote/dating-a-woman-with-a-child-is-adoption-without-the-paperwork 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mokokoma-mokhonoana/quote/to-know-what-should-be-going-on-in-a-household-spend-a-few-minutes-with-the-wife-or-the-husband-to-know-whats-really-going-on-spend-a-few-minutes-with-their-kids 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/andrew-galasetti/quote/do-whatever-you-must-do-to-protect-your-children-and-wife 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/erica-bauermeister/quote/stories-of-her-children-when-they-were-small-their-round-little-bodies-barely-containing-their-personalities-which-bloomed-and-glittered-and-melted-into-her 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mokokoma-mokhonoana/quote/a-white-kid-that-asks-too-many-questions-is-called-curious-a-black-kid-that-asks-too-many-questions-is-called-forward 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/erica-bauermeister/quote/it-was-interesting-isabelle-thought-the-children-that-chose-you-some-come-through-your-body-others-came-in-cars-in-the-middle-of-the-night 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/patrick-carman/quote/there-would-be-times-in-the-years-to-come-when-he-murphy-would-accompany-me-back-and-forth-between-the-two-worlds-id-come-to-know-other-times-yipes-would-venture-out-over-the-water-and-even-m 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/brian-rock/quote/i-wonder-if-a-fishsone-and-only-wish-isthat-other-fish-will-never-saythis-fish-is-sure-delicious 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/phoebe-stone/quote/i-am-told-many-children-block-out-the-memory-of-trauma-in-fact-the-healing-process-can-only-truly-begin-when-we-are-willing-to-remember 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/andrew-galasetti/quote/he-says-that-we-must-protect-our-families-no-matter-what-no-matter-what-we-got-to-do-to-protect-them 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/andrew-galasetti/quote/mamas-are-always-crying-about-how-one-day-they-see-you-as-a-baby-and-the-next-morning-they-see-you-growed-up 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mandy-hale/quote/single-moms-you-are-a-doctor-a-teacher-a-nurse-a-maid-a-cook-a-referee-a-heroine-a-provider-a-defender-a-protector-a-true-superwoman-wear-your-cape-proudly 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/sydney-j-harris/quote/at-its-highest-level-the-purpose-of-teaching-is-not-to-teach-it-is-to-inspire-the-desire-for-learning-once-a-students-mind-is-set-on-fire-it-will-find-a-way-to-provide-its-own-fuel 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/lord-dunsany/quote/there-passed-a-child-of-four-a-small-girl-on-a-footpath-over-the-fields-going-home-in-the-evening-to-erl-they-looked-at-each-other-with-round-eyeshullo-said-the-childhullo-child-of-men-said-t 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/sydney-j-harris/quote/what-is-much-harder-to-handle-is-the-sense-that-you-have-to-live-up-to-the-mark-someone-else-has-set-for-you-the-grades-become-too-important-the-competition-too-frantic-the-fear-of-disappoint 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/cooper-davis/quote/sometimes-i-wonder-if-im-nothing-more-than-the-sum-of-who-my-parents-were-even-worse-i-worry-that-i-dont-add-up-nearly-so-well-that-im-just-a-shadowed-reflection-of-them-now-that-question-hou 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/erma-bombeck/quote/girls-mature-faster-than-boys-cost-more-to-raise-and-statistics-show-that-the-old-saw-about-girls-not-knowing-about-money-and-figures-is-a-myth-girls-start-to-outspend-boys-before-puberty-and 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/sydney-j-harris/quote/and-the-end-of-this-paradox-is-that-only-when-the-child-is-thus-free-can-he-have-the-proper-attachment-to-his-parents-only-when-we-allow-his-independence-can-he-then-freely-offer-us-love-and- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/sydney-j-harris/quote/and-most-of-the-failures-in-parent-child-relationships-from-my-observation-begin-when-the-child-begins-to-acquire-a-mind-and-a-will-of-its-own-to-make-independent-decisions-and-to-question-th 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/harper-lee/quote/a-boy-trudged-down-the-sidewalk-dragging-a-fishing-pole-behind-him-a-man-stood-waiting-with-his-hands-on-his-hips-summertime-and-his-children-played-in-the-front-yard-with-their-friend-enacti 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/sydney-j-harris/quote/i-am-convinced-that-an-immense-number-of-people-who-have-children-should-not-have-them-and-do-not-particularly-want-them-except-as-symbols-of-family-life-what-they-want-are-ideal-children-not 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/kj-bishop/quote/it-occurred-to-raule-that-all-children-were-monsters-in-the-world-and-were-instinctively-aware-of-it-they-were-reminded-of-their-anomalous-nature-by-adults-whom-they-failed-to-resemble-and-wi 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/sydney-j-harris/quote/genuine-love-for-a-child-it-seems-to-me-must-include-a-desire-for-his-maturity-and-ultimately-his-independence-watching-a-personality-unfold-is-perhaps-the-deepest-pleasure-of-parenthood-wish 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/victor-castelo/quote/true-courage-is-when-you-are-afraid-of-something-but-go-through-with-it-anyway 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ian-bg-burns/quote/a-boy-ranga-is-the-light-in-his-fathers-eye-and-the-love-in-his-mothers-heart 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/wendy-milton/quote/angel-of-fire-is-about-an-ordinary-boy-to-whom-extraordinary-things-happen 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jenny-downham/quote/parents-dont-know-their-children-at-allno-one-knows-anyone-in-fact 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/manu-joseph/quote/no-matter-what-the-delusions-are-parents-do-not-really-know-their-children 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/kyo-maclear/quote/if-i-were-flying-i-would-travel-to-a-perfect-place-a-place-with-frosted-cakes-and-beautiful-flowers-and-excellent-trees-to-climb-and-absolutely-no-doldrums 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/neil-gaiman/quote/i-thought-about-adults-i-wondered-if-that-was-true-if-they-were-all-really-children-wrapped-in-adult-bodies-like-childrens-books-hidden-in-the-middle-of-dull-long-adult-books-the-kind-with-no 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/neil-gaiman/quote/i-wanted-to-shout-down-to-him-to-warn-him-that-he-was-giving-flowers-to-a-monster-but-i-did-not 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/rachel-reiland/quote/some-scientists-were-conducting-an-experiment-he-said-trying-to-gauge-the-impact-of-abuse-on-children-ducks-like-people-develop-bonds-between-mother-and-young-they-call-it-imprinting-so-the-s 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/madeline-levine/quote/our-children-cannot-be-assumed-to-follow-in-our-footsteps-assuage-our-losses-or-compensate-for-our-inadequacies 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/sage-steadman/quote/he-was-not-being-courageous-as-he-bore-the-freezing-stream-for-his-wife-and-children-he-simply-chose-between-the-lesser-of-two-evils-the-pain-and-suffering-he-would-endure-in-the-river-a-phys 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/rebecca-eanes/quote/in-between-every-action-and-reaction-there-is-a-space-usually-the-space-is-extremely-small-because-we-react-so-quickly-but-take-notice-of-that-space-and-expand-it-be-aware-in-that-space-that- 2026-10-23T17:27:17+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/dan-pearce/quote/fishing-is-much-less-about-the-fishing-and-much-more-about-the-time-alone-with-your-kid-away-from-the-hustle-and-bustle-of-the-everyday 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jm-barrie/quote/he-did-not-alarm-her-for-she-thought-she-had-seen-him-before-in-the-faces-of-many-women-who-have-no-children-perhaps-he-is-to-be-found-in-the-faces-of-some-mothers-also 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/sean-wilsey/quote/kids-are-trusting-and-wise-and-i-cannot-think-of-a-less-useful-combination-to-be-born-with-the-wisdom-lets-children-know-who-they-are-and-then-the-trust-lets-everyone-else-take-that-knowledge 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/al-yankovic/quote/ill-bet-every-great-thinker-and-leader-weve-gotcould-see-all-kinds-of-things-other-people-could-notso-then-why-get-upset-if-somebody-like-metries-to-look-at-the-world-just-a-bit-differently 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/aberjhani/quote/the-instinct-to-tell-our-children-that-they-are-better-than-someone-elses-children-based-on-nothing-more-than-the-color-of-their-skin-is-now-a-fossilized-aberration-that-serves-no-useful-purp 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jay-woodman/quote/lookingthe-world-goes-by-and-what-have-i-to-do-with-it-i-merely-observe-how-the-geese-stretch-their-necks-towards-the-orange-rim-of-sky-i-watch-how-light-fades-and-children-make-their-way-hom 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/rebecca-eanes/quote/so-often-children-are-punished-for-being-human-children-are-not-allowed-to-have-grumpy-moods-bad-days-disrespectful-tones-or-bad-attitudes-yet-we-adults-have-them-all-the-time-we-think-if-we- 2026-10-23T20:02:33+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/dan-pearce/quote/do-we-not-see-the-influence-we-have-when-we-say-we-believe-in-one-thing-but-our-children-see-us-living-something-else-do-we-not-realize-how-little-we-encourage-our-children-to-actually-decide 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/dan-pearce/quote/dads-do-you-honestly-expect-anybody-to-believe-that-you-cant-find-20-minutes-to-step-away-from-your-computer-or-turn-off-the-television-to-play-with-your-child-it-has-to-happen-every-single-d 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/elder-porphyrios/quote/the-life-of-the-parents-is-the-only-thing-that-makes-good-children-parents-should-be-very-patient-and-saintlike-to-their-children-they-should-truly-love-their-children-and-the-children-will-s 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/molly-friedenfeld/quote/god-never-leaves-his-children-to-wander-alone-we-are-always-surrounded-with-unconditional-love 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/molly-friedenfeld/quote/one-of-the-nicest-things-you-can-do-to-kick-start-your-childrens-day-is-to-tell-them-honestly-they-look-nice-as-they-head-out-the-door-this-easy-five-second-exchange-says-to-your-child-i-see- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/dan-pearce/quote/and-if-you-are-a-mom-who-has-watched-your-childs-father-leave-my-heart-goes-out-to-you-i-also-pray-that-you-had-no-part-in-it-i-pray-that-you-didnt-make-it-impossible-for-him-while-he-was-the 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/marie-louise-gay/quote/where-do-starfish-come-from-asked-samfrom-the-sky-answered-stella-starfish-are-shooting-stars-that-fell-in-love-with-the-seawerent-the-stars-afraid-of-drowning-asked-samno-said-stella-they-al 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/marc-maron/quote/people-who-have-babies-tell-me-i-will-know-a-love-that-is-beyond-anything-i-can-imagine-and-a-joy-that-is-indescribable-love-and-joy-that-sounds-horrifying-i-have-no-way-of-knowing-whether-i- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/florence-king/quote/children-have-no-business-expressing-opinions-on-anything-except-do-you-have-enough-room-in-the-toes 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ted-chiang/quote/and-then-there-will-be-the-times-when-i-see-you-laughing-like-the-time-youll-be-playing-with-the-neighbors-puppy-poking-your-hands-through-the-chain-link-fence-separating-our-back-yards-and-y 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jr-miller/quote/it-is-impossible-to-estimate-full-influence-of-the-reading-of-the-word-in-a-home-day-after-day-and-year-after-year-it-filters-into-the-hearts-of-the-young-it-is-absorbed-into-their-souls-it-c 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/yukio-mishima/quote/they-had-laid-the-tender-down-ruffled-little-bird-on-a-platter-and-appeared-now-to-be-pondering-a-way-to-eat-out-its-heart-without-causing-it-distress 2026-10-23T17:17:06+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/dan-pearce/quote/i-am-far-from-a-perfect-dad-and-i-always-will-be-but-im-a-damn-good-dad-and-my-son-will-always-feel-bigger-than-anything-life-can-throw-at-him-why-because-i-get-it-i-get-the-power-a-dad-has-i 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/dan-pearce/quote/dads-do-you-not-realize-that-your-child-needs-to-feel-your-skin-on-his-do-you-not-realize-the-incredible-and-powerful-bond-that-skin-on-skin-contact-with-your-daughter-will-give-you-do-you-no 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/dan-pearce/quote/good-fathers-and-by-that-i-mean-real-fathers-who-are-there-have-the-ability-to-change-almost-every-social-problem-we-now-find-ourselves-facing-id-be-assumptive-enough-to-say-that-there-isnt-a 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/barbara-honigmann/quote/then-i-probably-fainted-the-woman-at-the-registration-desk-managed-to-put-on-a-sympathetic-expression-afterward-as-if-she-wanted-to-ask-what-are-you-going-to-do-now-i-told-her-not-to-worry-i- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/susan-forward/quote/children-who-are-not-encouraged-to-do-to-try-to-explore-to-master-and-to-risk-failure-often-feel-helpless-and-inadequate-over-controlled-by-anxious-fearful-parents-these-children-often-become 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jana-oliver/quote/he-slid-his-hand-onto-rileys-bare-abdomen-i-got-to-thinkin-that-a-few-years-down-the-line-when-yer-older-what-if-that-was-our-baby-and-i-could-feel-it-right-here-under-my-hand-feel-the-life-w 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/susan-forward/quote/just-as-verbally-and-physically-abused-children-internalize-blame-so-do-incest-victims-however-in-incest-the-blame-is-compounded-by-the-shame-the-belief-that-its-all-my-fault-is-never-more-in 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/lydia-davis/quote/at-a-certain-point-in-her-life-she-realises-it-is-not-so-much-that-she-wants-to-have-a-child-as-that-she-does-not-want-not-to-have-a-child-or-not-to-have-had-a-child 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/claire-king/quote/a-blown-kiss-is-not-a-proper-kiss-hugs-and-kisses-should-be-hugs-and-kisses-not-breaths-of-air-i-am-tired-of-breaths-of-air-and-not-enough-hugs-and-kisses 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/judy-blume/quote/a-person-can-have-a-happy-and-fulfilling-life-without-children 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/penelope-lively/quote/children-are-infinitely-credulous-my-lisa-was-a-dull-child-but-even-so-she-came-up-with-things-that-pleased-and-startled-me-are-there-dragons-she-asked-i-said-that-there-were-not-have-there-e 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/susan-schaeffer-macaulay/quote/no-parenthomechildteacherschool-has-an-all-round-100-percent-wholeness-we-all-have-limitations-and-problems-but-i-must-never-think-it-is-all-or-nothing-perhaps-id-like-to-live-in-the-country- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/italo-calvino/quote/eyes-that-like-those-of-children-look-at-an-eternal-present-without-forgiveness 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/david-markson/quote/i-like-mr-dickens-books-much-better-than-yours-papa-said-one-of-thackerays-daughters 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/maralee-mckee/quote/today-our-children-are-our-reflection-tomorrow-they-will-be-our-shadows 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/laura-anderson-kurk/quote/i-really-want-to-believe-that-when-our-quiet-waters-kids-wake-up-in-the-middle-of-the-night-scared-theyll-remember-being-in-their-bunks-with-john-and-kate-and-whit-and-me-right-there-protecti 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/christopher-smart/quote/for-he-is-an-instrument-for-the-children-to-learn-benevolence-upon 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/guy-de-maupassant/quote/there-were-some-children-round-him-playing-in-the-dust-on-the-paths-they-had-long-fair-hair-and-with-very-earnest-faces-and-solemn-attention-were-making-little-mountains-of-sand-so-as-to-stam 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/leo-tolstoy/quote/peaceful-with-six-children-darya-alexandrova-could-not-berare-indeed-were-the-brief-periods-of-peacehard-though-it-was-for-the-mother-to-bear-the-dread-of-illness-the-illnesses-themselves-and 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/gusty-mccabe/quote/gusty-mccabe-thas-m-name-and-tellin-stories-thas-m-game-if-they-all-aint-true-i-aint-t-blame-ill-tell-em-all-just-the-same 2026-10-23T17:11:16+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/amanda-coplin/quote/and-that-was-the-point-of-children-thought-caroline-meddey-to-bind-us-to-the-earth-and-to-the-present-to-distract-us-from-death 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/fred-rogers/quote/if-we-can-bring-our-children-understanding-comfort-and-hopefulness-when-they-need-this-kind-of-support-then-they-are-more-likely-to-grow-into-adults-who-can-find-these-resources-within-themse 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/john-wyndham/quote/children-have-a-different-convention-of-the-fearful-until-they-have-been-taught-the-proper-things-to-be-shocked-at 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/richelle-e-goodrich/quote/a-mother-is-a-childs-first-looking-glass-into-the-world 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/rick-bass/quote/in-a-way-that-i-havent-yet-figured-out-how-to-fully-articulate-i-believe-that-children-who-get-to-see-bald-eagles-coyotes-deer-moose-grouse-and-other-similar-sights-each-morning-will-have-a-c 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/alfie-kohn/quote/many-of-our-elected-officials-have-virtually-handed-the-keys-to-our-schools-over-to-corporate-interests-presidential-commissions-on-education-are-commonly-chaired-by-the-executives-of-large-c 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/david-graeber/quote/residents-of-the-squatter-community-of-christiana-denmark-for-example-have-a-christmastide-ritual-where-they-dress-in-santa-suits-take-toys-from-department-stores-and-distribute-them-to-child 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/john-lanchester/quote/no-roger-had-not-seen-the-funny-side-but-there-had-been-a-moment-when-after-looking-at-his-watch-he-had-thought-i-can-remember-when-christmas-morning-would-start-at-about-half-past-ten-with-a 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/shea-darian/quote/as-we-embrace-the-mystery-of-love-we-see-that-it-contains-not-an-absence-of-error-but-the-presence-of-grace-it-contains-not-the-absence-of-anger-or-pain-but-the-presence-of-forgiveness-and-he 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/laura-anderson-kurk/quote/he-was-taking-a-leap-here-negotiating-with-a-crackhead-under-the-table-in-a-dark-cantina-the-courage-etched-on-his-face-came-from-loving-aidia-so-much-hed-close-his-eyes-and-walk-through-fire 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/richard-hell/quote/i-think-love-is-sort-of-a-con-you-play-on-yourself-i-think-the-whole-conception-of-love-is-something-the-previous-generation-invents-to-justify-having-created-you-you-know-i-think-the-real-re 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/toni-morrison/quote/god-take-what-he-would-she-said-and-he-did-and-he-did-and-he-did-and-then-gave-her-halle-who-gave-her-freedom-when-it-didnt-mean-a-thing 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/shea-darian/quote/i-began-to-see-that-creating-a-healthy-family-in-which-members-develop-the-ability-for-mutual-respect-and-caring-is-a-prerequisite-for-a-more-peaceful-world-for-it-is-the-family-that-creates- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/erica-bauermeister/quote/she-found-herself-wondering-at-what-point-in-her-life-she-had-ceased-to-be-gulliver-and-had-become-the-strings-holding-him-to-the-ground 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/grete-lainer/quote/i-should-like-to-know-what-sacrifices-they-make-i-think-its-the-children-who-make-the-sacrifices-when-i-want-to-eat-gooseberries-and-am-not-allowed-to-the-sacrifice-is-mine-not-mothers 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/david-chuka/quote/stealing-is-wrong-billy 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mf-moonzajer/quote/there-were-no-fear-of-death-in-childrens-eyes-because-they-had-seen-hanging-stoning-to-death-and-chopping-heads-in-playgrounds-and-parks 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/kurt-vonnegut-jr/quote/yes-and-our-sisters-sons-are-candid-now-about-a-creepy-business-which-used-to-worry-them-a-lot-they-cannot-find-their-mother-or-their-father-in-their-memories-anywhere-not-anywhere-the-goat-f 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/yoko-ogawa/quote/he-preferred-smart-questions-to-smart-answers 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/kurt-vonnegut-jr/quote/i-can-think-of-another-quickie-education-for-a-child-which-in-its-way-is-almost-as-salutary-meeting-a-human-being-who-is-tremendously-respected-by-the-adult-world-and-realizing-that-that-pers 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/lr-knost/quote/for-a-child-it-is-in-the-simplicity-of-play-that-the-complexity-of-life-is-sorted-like-puzzle-pieces-joined-together-to-make-sense-of-the-world 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/steve-maraboli/quote/there-is-nothing-better-for-your-family-than-for-you-to-be-at-your-best-for-you-to-be-at-your-own-peace-for-you-to-be-showing-them-in-every-way-who-you-are-and-what-you-stand-for 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/aaron-b-powell/quote/save-the-children-save-mankind 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/susan-may-warren/quote/its-an-awe-filled-wonderful-terrifying-act-to-have-a-child-for-you-suddenly-wear-your-heart-on-the-outside-of-your-body-you-risk-a-little-more-each-day-as-he-wanders-from-your-arms-into-the-w 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/anurag-bhatt/quote/a-child-is-a-best-story-teller-if-it-is-encouraged-to-do-so-parents-shouldnt-get-confused-between-a-lie-and-an-excuse-they-should-let-their-children-open-for-excuses-and-see-how-many-fantasie 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/denise-sevier-fries/quote/smile-at-the-fates-and-you-will-feel-less-their-slave 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/adrienne-rich/quote/vous-travaillez-pour-larmee-madame-you-are-working-for-the-army-a-frenchwoman-said-to-me-early-in-the-vietnam-war-on-hearing-i-had-three-sons 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/sherley-mondesir-prescott/quote/what-would-your-shoes-say-about-the-things-you-do-everyday 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/phyllis-theroux/quote/children-are-born-with-imaginations-in-mint-condition-able-to-leap-tall-buildings-in-a-single-bound-then-life-corrects-for-grandiosity 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/eleonore-caron/quote/i-think-children-want-to-believe-that-they-can-be-heroes-too 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/erica-bauermeister/quote/time-went-on-life-with-the-children-unfolding-in-its-own-ecosystem-small-plastic-toys-seeming-to-grow-up-from-the-carpet-like-mushrooms-clothes-falling-to-the-floor-like-autumn-leaves-every-o 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/vt-davy/quote/i-couldnt-imagine-leaving-a-child-not-because-it-was-unthinkable-but-because-i-couldnt-imagine-having-a-child-to-leave 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/steve-maraboli/quote/dont-be-so-quick-to-count-out-the-teenagers-some-of-the-worlds-greatest-changes-brilliant-poetry-and-innovations-have-come-from-the-teenage-mind 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ben-fountain/quote/why-he-kept-asking-in-his-sweetly-belling-voice-its-tone-as-pure-as-marbles-swirled-around-a-crystal-pail-why-him-wun-up-the-tree-why-him-nest-up-theah-why-him-gadder-nuts-why-why-why-and-bil 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jeanne-marie-laskas/quote/brooding-is-more-something-i-do-when-im-working-i-know-so-much-more-about-sitting-around-worrying-about-a-work-project-than-i-do-about-worrying-about-kids-this-could-just-be-a-fact-of-life-fo 2026-10-23T17:30:21+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/najwa-bin-laden/quote/for-that-entire-journey-across-the-rough-terrain-of-afghanistan-i-never-stopped-praying-that-everything-of-the-world-could-be-peaceful-that-all-lives-might-return-to-normal-i-believe-that-wis 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/kelley-york/quote/the-idea-of-not-being-a-kid-anymore-terrifies-me-i-am-an-adult-and-i-have-been-hurled-out-of-the-world-of-boys-and-girls-into-the-fray-of-men-and-women-and-expected-to-function-as-a-grown-up- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/fisher-amelie/quote/they-are-funny-little-representatives-of-simplicity-of-awareness-no-one-is-more-aware-of-themselves-as-these-children-are-they-have-nothing-have-no-one-but-us-have-seemingly-no-reason-to-be-h 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/otsuichi/quote/strange-combination-isnt-it-gratitude-and-resentment-but-this-is-the-way-i-think-actually-i-think-everybody-thinks-that-way-even-the-children-of-the-humans-who-died-long-ago-i-think-they-live 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/wess-stafford/quote/but-when-adults-speak-up-for-the-vulnerable-and-the-weak-working-and-demanding-that-safety-and-respect-prevail-gods-little-lambs-are-protected-and-nourished-they-know-they-are-not-abandoned-t 2026-10-23T19:47:17+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/rebecca-west/quote/she-understood-children-and-knew-that-they-were-adults-handicapped-by-a-humiliating-disguise-and-had-their-adult-qualities-within-them 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/julia-hubery-mary-mcquillam/quote/why-are-you-sad-baby-askedbecause-some-day-youll-fly-higher-than-high-and-the-blue-will-fill-your-eyes-and-maybe-youll-forget-to-come-down-said-wishmoleybaby-snuggled-next-to-him-ill-never-fo 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/wess-stafford/quote/children-are-ingenuous-they-are-also-blessed-with-uncanny-ability-to-read-a-persons-character-instantly-even-though-they-are-inexperienced-and-unsophisticated-they-often-know-instinctively-wh 2026-10-23T19:54:20+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/nina-lugovskaya/quote/now-i-understand-why-women-want-to-have-children-its-simply-the-urge-to-create-happiness-for-yourself-somehow-to-fill-the-oppressive-unbearable-emptiness-in-your-soul 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/charlene-costanzo/quote/someday-all-the-children-of-the-world-will-learn-the-truth-about-their-noble-inheritance-when-that-happens-a-miracle-will-unfold-on-the-kingdom-of-earth 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/sarah-l-cook/quote/one-of-the-greatest-gifts-we-can-give-our-children-is-the-empowerment-to-create-a-life-they-love-filled-with-purposeful-enjoyable-work-and-relationships-they-hold-dear 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/kathy-griffin/quote/of-course-ive-told-jesus-to-suck-it-too-which-earned-me-a-certain-measure-of-notoriety-because-you-have-to-make-fun-of-any-religion-that-would-let-you-have-sixteen-kids-and-say-its-gods-will 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/wess-stafford/quote/just-know-this-what-you-will-do-among-children-is-as-close-to-the-heart-of-god-and-central-to-his-kingdom-as-anything-we-could-mention 2026-10-23T19:48:23+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/wess-stafford/quote/it-all-begins-i-maintain-with-that-powerful-and-underutilized-thing-called-love-gods-love-for-the-individual-is-displayed-by-those-people-who-reflect-his-love-in-their-words-and-deeds-it-ulti 2026-10-23T19:47:41+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ned-beauman/quote/she-had-so-many-freckles-that-erskine-wondered-if-she-might-have-stolen-some-from-other-children 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/shinichi-suzuki/quote/i-played-with-children-so-that-i-could-learn-from-them 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/david-bergen/quote/hope-had-finally-learned-to-live-in-the-present-often-when-she-found-herself-in-a-space-of-tremendous-comfort-usually-out-in-nature-or-when-her-children-were-safe-all-around-her-and-on-the-ve 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/elizabeth-spencer/quote/his-house-to-me-was-a-child-was-a-heart-of-happiness-if-there-is-a-wonder-childhood-possesses-which-makes-it-forever-superior-to-what-shall-come-after-it-is-the-happy-and-uncritical-love-of-w 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/charlene-costanzo/quote/the-twelve-royal-gifts-of-birth-belong-to-every-child-born-anywhere-at-anytime 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/keith-mcgowan/quote/i-love-children-eating-them-that-is 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/wess-stafford/quote/every-major-movement-in-world-history-has-recognized-the-strategic-importance-of-mobilizing-children-the-nazis-had-their-hitler-youth-bands-the-chinese-communists-had-their-red-guards-the-tal 2026-10-23T19:51:03+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/chrissie-gittins/quote/sam-sam-quite-contrarybought-a-budgiewanted-a-canarysam-sam-quite-contrary-kissed-suzannahmeant-to-kiss-marrysam-sam-quite-contrarydressed-as-a-pirateplaying-a-fairysam-sam-quite-contraryate- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/fernando-lachica/quote/even-with-my-deepest-soul-i-knew-too-well-that-all-of-these-were-just-a-stairs-to-heaven 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/erica-lorraine-scheidt/quote/you-dont-look-like-anyone-special-at-all-i-tell-him-and-i-curse-him-and-i-start-a-club-to-hate-him-and-i-make-a-magic-spell-to-get-rid-of-him 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/stephenie-meyer/quote/time-passes-even-when-it-seems-impossible-even-when-each-tick-of-the-second-hand-aches-like-the-pulse-of-blood-behind-a-bruise-it-passes-unevenly-in-strange-lurches-and-dragging-lulls-but-pas 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/simone-elkeles/quote/but-wishes-are-only-granted-in-fairy-tales 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/rick-yancey/quote/you-know-how-sometimes-you-tell-yourself-that-you-have-a-choice-but-really-you-dont-have-a-choice-just-because-there-are-alternatives-doesnt-mean-they-apply-to-you 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/lucy-christopher/quote/and-its-hard-to-hate-someone-once-you-understand-them 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 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https://atomicquote.com/author/sasha-sokolov/quote/happily-chatting-and-counting-pocket-change-patting-each-other-on-the-back-and-whistling-foolish-songs-we-go-out-on-the-thousand-legged-street-and-miraculously-turn-into-passersby 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/flannery-oconnor/quote/the-sorry-religious-novel-comes-about-when-the-writer-supposes-that-because-of-his-belief-he-is-somehow-dispensed-from-the-obligation-to-penetrate-concrete-reality-he-will-think-that-the-eyes 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/lucy-ribchester/quote/its-never-the-deviants-who-are-the-problem-puss-dont-forget-that-its-the-people-who-wont-open-their-minds-that-are-dangerous 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jermaine-watkins/quote/from-the-moment-of-birth-folks-suddenly-wanted-what-others-said-they-could-not-have-kids-craved-the-most-sugary-sweets-how-alcoholics-thirsted-for-one-more-drink-with-the-most-impactful-punch 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/juvy-ann/quote/fate-bring-two-people-togetherand-it-is-loves-job-t-o-keep-them-there 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/lauren-b-grossman/quote/the-kindest-thing-you-can-offer-an-author-is-a-review-and-a-star-rating-so-appreciated-the-golden-peacock-has-had-a-successful-5-star-run-on-goodreads-and-on-amazon-thank-you-lauren-b-grossma 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/al-mabry/quote/best-seller-material-and-she-didnt-have-to-write-a-single-word 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/cully-perlman/quote/aut-viam-inveniam-aut-faciamit-means-in-essence-ill-find-a-way-or-ill-make-one-its-how-i-live-my-life-another-definition-is-basically-never-give-up-which-is-the-path-ive-taken-when-it-comes-t 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/yukio-mishima/quote/everything-really-has-this-quality-of-sacredness-but-we-can-desecrate-it-at-a-touch-how-strange-man-is-his-touch-defiles-and-yet-he-contains-the-source-of-miracles 2026-10-23T17:24:35+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/guy-fraser-sampson/quote/storylines-from-fiction-always-seem-inherently-improbable-to-occur-in-real-life-yet-when-we-read-them-we-are-happy-to-suspend-our-disbelief-which-may-simply-suggest-that-in-our-everyday-lives 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/daniel-sean-campbell/quote/waves-gently-caress-the-sand-as-they-glide-along-the-shore-sunlight-fills-the-sky-rocks-float-along-the-water-and-make-waves-that-glisten-as-they-ripple-im-supposed-to-be-happy-but-im-not-its 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/juvy-ann/quote/life-is-short-break-the-rulesforgive-quickly-kiss-slowly-love-truly-laugh-uncontrollably-and-never-regret-anything-that-makes-you-smile 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/juvy-ann/quote/string-of-fate-brings-two-people-together-and-it-is-loves-job-to-keep-them-there 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/david-wojnarowicz/quote/my-eyes-have-always-been-advertisements-for-an-early-death 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/asaad-almohammad/quote/ive-been-told-that-i-cannot-change-shit-so-i-might-as-well-stop-torturing-myself-my-emotions-are-ridiculed-and-branded-as-childish-i-have-been-told-that-the-world-has-given-up-on-my-people-i- 2026-10-23T19:12:39+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/asaad-almohammad/quote/for-im-neither-a-submitter-nor-a-hating-retaliator-i-acknowledge-the-boundaries-of-my-existence-yet-i-still-care-i-care-regardless-of-the-way-they-choose-to-reduce-me-to-the-brand-that-is-the 2026-10-23T20:02:15+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/asaad-almohammad/quote/for-some-reason-notwithstanding-the-alienation-and-utter-rejection-i-consider-myself-a-global-citizen-they-say-misery-calls-for-company-and-ive-always-been-a-man-of-funerals-the-companion-of- 2026-10-23T19:10:23+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/asaad-almohammad/quote/as-a-citizen-of-the-world-its-my-instinct-to-keep-the-fallen-and-the-suffering-in-my-thoughts-the-human-brain-fascinates-me-its-limitless-bounds-of-empathy-you-see-in-my-mind-there-is-logic-t 2026-10-23T19:21:08+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/emma-cline/quote/poor-girls-the-world-fattens-them-on-the-promise-of-love-how-badly-they-need-it-and-how-little-most-of-them-will-ever-get-the-treacled-pop-songs-the-dresses-described-in-the-catalogs-with-wor 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/richard-scarsbrook/quote/each-time-i-discovered-a-potential-link-between-one-characters-story-and-anothers-several-more-connections-would-reveal-themselves-like-a-beautiful-complex-web-spinning-itself 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jack-chaucer/quote/its-hard-being-15-16-17-you-get-so-angry-you-want-to-do-something-with-that-anger-i-guess-try-to-find-some-other-way-to-let-it-out-dont-kill-people-dont-kill-yourself-let-yourself-grow-up-a-l 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ernest-hemingway/quote/i-thought-youd-be-interested-in-these-things-as-a-government-man-aint-you-mixed-up-in-the-prices-of-things-we-eat-or-something-aint-that-it-making-them-more-costly-or-something-making-the-gri 2026-10-23T17:23:13+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/tessa-emily-hall/quote/words-to-me-are-the-same-as-an-instrument-is-to-a-musician-i-never-know-where-this-typewriter-is-going-to-take-me-until-i-begin-i-never-know-what-im-feeling-until-i-read-over-what-i-have-writ 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/julie-otsuka/quote/soon-we-could-barely-recognize-them-they-were-taller-than-we-were-and-heavier-they-were-loud-beyond-belief-i-feel-like-a-duck-thats-hatched-gooses-eggs 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jon-chopan/quote/do-you-want-the-truth-or-fiction 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/asaad-almohammad/quote/as-a-citizen-of-the-world-its-my-instinct-to-keep-the-fallen-and-the-suffering-in-my-thoughts-you-see-in-my-mind-there-is-logic-to-it-do-no-harm-prevent-harm-help-support-care-for-the-harmed- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/dylan-randall-wong-en-lai/quote/but-you-became-self-aware-somehow-you-began-to-hear-the-narrators-voice-you-realised-that-you-were-a-character-in-a-story-you-tried-to-fight-these-actions-have-disrupted-the-flow-of-fiction 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/kim-bongiorno/quote/boney-freckled-knees-pressed-into-bits-of-bark-and-stone-refusing-to-feel-any-more-painher-faded-t-shirt-hugged-her-protruding-ribs-as-she-held-on-hunched-in-silencea-lone-tear-followed-the-l 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/nic-joseph/quote/youre-supposed-to-make-your-child-feel-like-you-want-them-no-matter-what-even-if-youre-tired-or-youre-stressed-or-you-have-a-fucking-photo-shoot-or-you-move-across-the-world-or-you-havent-got 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/sahara-sanders/quote/the-shadowy-edge-between-normal-and-paranormal-is-more-than-illusory 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/sahara-sanders/quote/if-something-unusual-is-what-you-really-see-and-really-feel-and-if-thats-what-does-happen-to-you-in-your-real-life-how-is-that-called-fiction-one-simple-reason-that-its-the-only-way-the-socie 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/sylvain-de-ville-amois/quote/empires-come-and-go-chanterelles-are-timeless 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/flannery-oconnor/quote/ill-call-any-length-of-fiction-a-story-whether-it-be-a-novel-or-a-shorter-piece-and-ill-call-anything-a-story-in-which-specific-characters-and-events-influence-each-other-to-form-a-meaningful 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/craig-groeschel/quote/when-we-front-a-fiction-we-are-destined-for-loneliness 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/john-grisham/quote/after-eight-days-in-the-sun-of-the-virgin-islands-her-skin-was-brown-enough-and-her-hair-was-returning-to-its-natural-colour-she-walked-miles-up-and-down-the-beaches-and-ate-nothing-except-fi 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mark-haddondon/quote/the-second-main-reason-that-christopher-finds-people-confusing-is-that-people-often-talk-using-metaphors-these-are-examples-of-metaphorsi-laughed-my-socks-offhe-was-the-apple-of-her-eyethey-h 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jocelyn-gibb/quote/it-may-be-that-the-chronicles-of-narnia-may-outlive-the-allegory-of-love-and-perelandra-outlive-them-both-few-works-of-learning-and-criticism-survive-a-hundred-years-what-it-was-learned-to-kn 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/asaad-almohammad/quote/the-old-law-of-an-eye-for-an-eye-didnt-make-them-blind-to-the-fact-that-another-mans-terrorist-wasnt-their-freedom-fighter 2026-10-23T17:13:26+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/asaad-almohammad/quote/i-am-not-an-atheist-preacher-i-am-not-an-absolutist-or-chauvinist-whose-ways-are-immune-to-evolution-my-core-philosophy-is-that-i-might-be-wrong 2026-10-23T17:14:06+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/asaad-almohammad/quote/in-light-of-my-distanced-telescopic-exposure-to-the-mayhem-i-refused-to-plagiarise-others-personal-tragedies-as-my-own-there-is-an-authorship-in-misery-that-costs-more-than-empathy-often-id-f 2026-10-23T17:11:03+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/asaad-almohammad/quote/in-the-mantra-of-shared-hatred-and-placing-the-blame-on-israel-our-cowardice-to-face-the-barbarity-of-our-heads-of-states-was-replaced-with-a-divine-purpose-contemplating-the-manifestation-of 2026-10-23T17:14:06+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/asaad-almohammad/quote/i-have-to-stress-that-my-duties-towards-victims-of-all-sorts-be-it-helping-taking-their-side-or-caring-ends-the-moment-their-status-becomes-a-bargaining-chip-the-moment-the-victim-becomes-a-r 2026-10-23T17:39:58+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mj-umland/quote/theres-one-thing-i-want-you-to-do-for-meanything-he-pleadedwhen-youre-all-alone-sitting-in-the-silence-behind-bars-separated-from-your-freedom-ask-yourself-was-it-worth-it-she-closed-her-eyes 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/roy-l-pickering-jr/quote/perhaps-all-love-stories-no-matter-how-varied-are-essentially-the-same 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/roy-l-pickering-jr/quote/and-although-he-recognized-that-tenderness-was-not-the-same-as-passion-and-certainly-not-equivalent-to-love-for-now-it-seemed-to-him-a-suitable-substitute 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 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https://atomicquote.com/author/roy-l-pickering-jr/quote/his-fierce-appreciation-of-female-beauty-the-unrelenting-desire-he-felt-for-their-company-the-pleasure-he-both-derived-and-sought-to-give-had-led-him-in-and-out-of-quite-a-few-bedroom-doors 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/roy-l-pickering-jr/quote/forever-meant-different-things-to-people-at-different-times-they-could-imagine-what-infinity-looked-and-felt-like-as-much-as-they-wanted-but-could-never-truly-grasp-its-meaning-nor-bear-its-f 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/tk-naliaka/quote/what-an-interesting-contrast-between-us-even-just-in-the-consideration-of-one-woman-your-complete-disregard-for-her-will-ironically-be-your-destruction-while-my-regard-for-her-will-be-my-triu 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 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https://atomicquote.com/author/belinda-murrell/quote/violet-smiled-up-at-nikolai-im-so-very-glad-you-came-to-riversleighnikolai-looked-serious-as-he-thought-for-a-moment-you-know-what-myshka-im-very-glad-too-the-old-world-and-the-old-ways-are-d 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/bangambiki-habyarimana/quote/if-you-are-writing-fiction-think-like-a-god-release-all-the-power-of-your-imagination-create-worlds-and-destroy-them-at-your-will-create-as-many-miracles-as-your-story-needs 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ethel-rohan/quote/hed-never-known-he-had-so-much-fight-in-him-never-known-he-could-be-capable-of-so-much-he-was-going-to-change-the-world 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/christian-f-burton/quote/while-kalila-didnt-quite-know-what-she-wanted-she-knew-what-she-didnt-want-she-didnt-want-to-live-a-charade-she-didnt-want-a-marriage-of-convenience-where-you-were-together-but-alone 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/stephen-whitfield/quote/no-one-can-stop-death-omari-it-is-normal-and-certain-and-nothing-should-get-in-the-way-of-a-persons-true-destiny 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/stephen-whitfield/quote/what-you-must-do-she-continued-you-will-your-mission-will-be-as-clear-to-you-and-as-demanding-as-your-heartbeat-everything-else-is-just-a-waste-of-your-time 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/roy-l-pickering-jr/quote/if-audrey-sensed-what-he-was-contemplating-her-silence-did-not-let-on-he-turned-from-the-window-and-found-her-looking-at-him-with-a-flawless-poker-face-it-may-have-been-attentiveness-and-curi 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/roy-l-pickering-jr/quote/the-locale-did-not-make-him-think-of-her-nor-did-most-things-he-felt-no-negativity-about-the-time-they-had-spent-together-but-simply-did-not-dwell-on-it-much-she-had-been-a-seat-filler-memora 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/roy-l-pickering-jr/quote/life-was-a-swirl-of-mysteries-each-one-waiting-to-be-plucked-up-and-explored-but-not-necessarily-solved-as-the-weight-of-responsibility-bore-down-on-a-person-it-could-feel-like-a-long-list-of 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/roy-l-pickering-jr/quote/was-happiness-which-was-perhaps-achieved-not-by-getting-what-you-wanted-but-rather-by-obtaining-what-you-didnt-know-you-wished-for-until-it-was-in-hand-a-hologram-that-would-continually-chang 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/amanda-lovelace/quote/fictionthe-oceani-diveheadfirstintowhen-icanno-longerbreathe-in-re 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mc-steve/quote/because-zombies-cant-go-out-into-the-sun-most-of-them-tend-to-be-afraid-of-anything-that-can-go-into-the-sun-and-live-to-tell-the-tale 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/dani-hedlund/quote/we-made-the-choice-right-there-in-our-local-coffee-shop-that-we-were-going-to-do-things-differently-we-were-going-to-put-the-story-first-no-matter-where-that-led-us-wed-open-ourselves-up-to-a 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/eshelle-butler/quote/the-revised-edition-of-my-book-a-woman-of-courage-is-now-available 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ki-hope/quote/there-were-things-hiding-inside-of-her-i-wasnt-equipped-to-see-and-this-collapse-ripped-her-open-to-me-i-searched-her-cavities-for-symbols-that-would-betray-her-true-nature-but-found-nothing- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ge-moore/quote/fiction-is-as-useful-as-truth-for-giving-us-matter-upon-which-to-exercise-the-judgment-of-value 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/lani-brown/quote/i-was-seven-she-answered-in-my-room-under-the-bed-i-heard-something-like-fingernails-dragging-across-the-floor-i-got-up-the-courage-hung-my-head-over-the-side-and-looked-underyoure-never-supp 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/matthew-culberson/quote/i-knew-when-i-got-into-self-publishing-i-would-have-to-compete-with-other-authors-words-i-did-not-however-know-that-i-was-going-to-have-to-compete-with-so-many-sculpted-abs 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mark-a-mccormick/quote/there-will-be-no-holding-off-there-will-be-no-remorse-and-there-will-be-no-hesitation-they-will-die-and-they-will-die-a-horrible-death-this-is-my-pledge-and-vow-so-bank-on-it-and-dont-try-to- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/john-connolly/quote/real-life-was-curious-enough-without-the-embellishments-of-fiction 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ki-hope/quote/i-wake-up-and-look-at-that-bridge-try-to-count-the-red-taillights-i-see-heading-east-every-morning-a-kind-of-rosary-as-i-pray-for-another-crisis-to-dwarf-the-one-defining-us-right-now 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/suzy-davies/quote/the-sea-is-rushing-in-now-as-unconsciousness-doesi-can-see-a-chord-hear-gospel-songs-as-we-hoist-the-sailsthe-sails-are-a-soft-white-bird-we-are-airborne-we-are-primitive 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/sarah-moss/quote/it-was-important-to-tell-people-to-let-people-know-that-this-can-happen-your-childs-body-can-stop-stop-breathing-stop-beating 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/john-pipkin/quote/the-quiet-brings-to-mind-the-multitude-of-men-and-women-living-out-their-days-in-solitude-each-convinced-that-their-fears-and-wants-are-unique-to-themselves-and-she-longs-to-press-herself-int 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/peter-benchley/quote/god-isnt-going-to-scribble-across-the-sky-the-shark-is-gone 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mirette-baghat/quote/the-first-time-kiya-met-hapi-was-over-a-year-ago-on-that-day-she-was-at-the-temple-not-to-sell-pigeons-and-bread-as-usual-but-to-pray-and-offer-sacrifices-on-the-altar-of-horus-the-god-of-pro 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/marko-phiri/quote/the-small-chinese-man-sank-onto-the-plush-leather-sofa-he-sank-so-low-on-the-large-brown-sofa-it-looked-like-it-would-swallow-him-whole-he-sat-clutching-his-briefcase-close-to-his-chest-his-a 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/marko-phiri/quote/yet-nathan-appreciated-being-alone-as-he-sipped-his-cold-glass-of-beer-it-gave-him-time-to-think-in-the-next-thirty-minutes-or-so-the-flight-he-was-waiting-for-would-land-and-his-day-would-be 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/marko-phiri/quote/as-zhao-ducked-he-sneaked-a-blow-aimed-at-homwes-stomach-homwe-groaned-in-surprise-and-confusion-shocked-at-his-opponents-speed-and-strength-he-quickly-drew-a-handgun-from-under-his-jacket-an 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/emma-jane-leeson/quote/ill-tell-you-a-story-about-johnny-magory 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/john-pipkin/quote/here-the-sky-is-wrapped-in-silk-the-breathings-of-so-many-men-and-animals-and-the-smoke-of-your-coal-and-the-fog-oh-it-is-too-much-the-paris-sky-is-perfect-a-man-must-see-clearly-to-see-somet 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/john-pipkin/quote/sometimes-he-counts-himself-to-sleep-by-imagining-the-miles-between-stars-like-the-succession-of-footsteps-cleaving-him-from-his-home-as-if-mastering-the-distance-in-thought-might-blunt-the-s 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/john-pipkin/quote/time-lost-to-pointless-delay-can-never-be-regained-it-is-the-most-reprehensible-kind-of-theft-why-was-it-that-men-did-not-grasp-this-simple-fact-money-comes-and-goes-and-comes-again-and-knowl 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mirette-baghat/quote/as-insane-as-his-request-sounded-to-her-the-fact-that-he-already-saw-her-nakedness-the-day-before-made-her-calm-down-a-little-he-even-covered-my-nakedness-and-gifted-me-with-a-beautiful-dress 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/john-pipkin/quote/the-same-ratios-that-govern-music-give-laws-to-optics-and-to-the-movement-of-the-heavens-as-well-simple-elegant-predictable 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/john-pipkin/quote/but-at-night-when-he-turns-the-awkward-telescope-skyward-he-catches-his-breath-at-the-clarity-of-the-image-and-the-vast-populations-of-stars-unknown-to-him-until-then-the-riotous-glittering-i 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/john-pipkin/quote/as-the-eclipse-progresses-a-confusion-of-chattering-birds-sweeps-low-in-search-of-dusk-and-their-shadows-skip-over-the-waters-surface-and-it-makes-perfect-sense-that-these-small-creatures-sho 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ayibu-makolo/quote/christophers-heart-bled-that-night-and-he-could-not-sleep-deborah-who-used-to-call-him-numerous-times-in-a-day-and-send-countless-messages-was-now-not-answering-his-calls-and-she-never-called 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/john-pipkin/quote/so-we-will-cover-every-possibility-we-will-take-turns-at-the-telescope-i-will-keep-watch-in-the-day-and-at-night-you-will-take-my-place-and-together-we-will-see-to-it-that-no-part-of-the-sky- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/james-wood/quote/convention-itself-like-metaphor-itself-is-not-dead-but-it-is-always-dying 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/i-h-richardson/quote/alexier-found-that-a-dose-of-humility-did-wonders-to-ones-ability-to-grasp-new-ideas-and-after-all-it-had-been-this-very-ability-that-made-him-the-researcher-he-was-today 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/nathaniel-benchley/quote/nick-got-home-the-first-week-in-december-to-find-new-york-still-wallowing-in-its-post-armistice-euphoria-service-men-were-celebrities-wherever-they-went-and-nothing-was-too-good-for-them-espe 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/nathaniel-benchley/quote/this-is-a-work-of-fiction-and-the-people-in-it-are-fictitious-the-ghosts-are-real 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ann-wertz-garvin/quote/why-do-you-think-movies-and-fiction-authors-invent-vampires-lottery-winners-and-soulmates-ill-tell-you-why-because-watching-someone-brush-their-teeth-shop-for-sandwich-meat-and-change-the-toi 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ayibu-makolo/quote/the-problem-was-not-an-issue-of-availability-because-there-were-african-girls-everywhere-christopher-met-them-in-church-in-bars-and-in-the-cafeteria-on-the-ground-floor-of-the-sir-duncan-rice 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/john-pipkin/quote/he-tracks-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-glittering-darkness-thronged-with-specks-and-tendrils-of-luminous-secrets-falling-stars-crackle-in-the-cold-air-and-prickle-his-skin-they-flash-in-the-corne 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/j-sheridan-le-fanu/quote/if-your-dear-heart-is-wounded-my-wild-heart-bleeds-with-yours 2026-10-23T17:22:38+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/christina-lauren/quote/she-was-like-a-fire-cracker-standing-too-close-to-a-match-all-potential-energy-still-wrapped-up-so-neatly-he-wanted-to-watch-her-explode-hell-he-was-the-match-he-wanted-to-make-her-explode 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jacqueline-simon-gunn/quote/you-know-this-has-really-affected-my-ability-to-trust-myself-no-matter-what-happened-in-my-life-i-was-always-able-to-trust-myself-my-instincts-two-men-in-a-row-carrying-on-indiscretions-makes 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/zainab-omaki/quote/the-feeling-all-encompassing-safe-and-warm-like-a-blanket-permanently-draped-over-her-shoulders-follows-her-around-she-takes-it-into-the-shower-to-meals-with-her-mother-and-sister-to-work-as- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/minae-mizumura/quote/writing-a-modern-novel-in-a-national-language-hence-means-writing-with-the-awareness-that-you-inhabit-the-same-world-as-others-around-the-globe-you-see-the-same-world-map-and-the-same-world-h 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/stanley-gazemba-bahati-books/quote/the-carcass-was-still-warm-barely-a-few-minutes-dead-with-the-blood-clotting-on-the-ugly-wound-on-its-head-where-pinchez-had-bashed-it-in-with-a-brick 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/john-guinan/quote/every-man-has-his-own-story-his-own-agonythe-watcher-o-the-dead 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/john-guinan/quote/there-is-no-man-but-carries-in-his-breast-the-makings-of-a-story-which-though-never-told-comes-more-home-to-him-than-any-the-mind-of-another-man-can-find-and-fashion-in-wordsthe-watcher-o-the 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/john-pipkin/quote/what-has-been-his-cause-for-searching-the-heavens-day-and-night-for-testing-the-limit-of-his-reach-hour-by-hour-like-a-man-trapped-inside-an-expanding-balloon-the-reasons-were-as-various-as-t 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/john-pipkin/quote/her-calculations-have-always-held-the-utmost-accuracy-but-mathematics-alone-will-not-be-enough-to-guide-her-she-must-learn-to-trust-in-chance-and-if-need-be-in-accident 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/john-pipkin/quote/each-new-scientific-fact-gives-rise-to-new-uncertainties-and-every-pattern-of-starlight-holds-both-a-record-and-a-prophecy 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/john-pipkin/quote/the-heavens-are-too-immense-too-beautiful-and-varied-to-fit-into-the-mind-of-any-one-deity-the-murmured-creeds-of-fathers-and-sons-are-no-match-for-the-astronomers-gasp 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/john-pipkin/quote/nothing-in-heaven-or-earth-is-content-to-be-alone-and-so-there-must-always-be-something-more-the-universe-is-governed-by-a-principle-no-more-complicated-than-this-that-a-solitary-body-will-fo 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 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https://atomicquote.com/author/john-pipkin/quote/but-if-watching-the-sky-is-to-be-his-duty-how-should-he-begin-now-and-then-he-has-spotted-one-of-the-five-bright-planets-or-recognized-a-constellation-but-he-knows-little-about-the-turning-of 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/robert-anton-wilson/quote/in-almost-all-other-professions-a-man-must-be-able-to-observe-carefully-and-report-accurately-what-he-has-seen-those-qualifications-are-unnecessary-for-journalists-however-since-their-job-is- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/nina-lacour/quote/i-want-to-confess-i-thought-that-her-story-was-comprised-of-scenes-i-thought-the-tragedy-could-be-glamorous-and-her-grief-could-be-undone-by-a-sunnier-future-i-thought-we-could-pinpoint-drama 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/vanda/quote/i-hardly-know-her-but-whenever-i-see-her-i-lose-my-mind-i-know-i-should-run-away-but-i-cantthats-called-sexual-attraction-honey-max-said-its-very-nice-but-be-careful-it-can-burn-you-bad-belie 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ng-yi-sheng/quote/one-day-i-decided-to-be-an-island-i-took-off-my-clothes-and-walked-into-the-sea-then-floated-there-bobbing-along-with-the-tide-suspended-by-my-inflatable-tube-and-water-wings 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/vivek-pereira/quote/all-this-simply-shows-us-that-communalism-and-terrorism-are-nothing-but-opposite-sides-of-the-same-coin-they-keep-feeding-on-each-other-in-a-vicious-cycle-resulting-in-a-society-full-of-viole 2026-10-23T19:36:37+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/you-jin/quote/i-remember-clearly-the-afternoon-that-she-stood-at-the-corner-beside-the-door-of-the-tourist-centre-in-gdansk 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/miroslav-penkov/quote/at-seventy-one-you-cant-expect-to-hear-a-story-any-story-and-take-it-as-it-is-at-my-age-a-story-stirs-up-a-vortex-that-sucks-into-its-eye-more-stories-and-spits-out-still-more-i-must-remember 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/you-jin/quote/the-four-of-us-got-back-into-the-car-in-an-instant-i-distinctly-heard-a-soundless-music-it-was-the-melody-of-friendship-the-sound-of-a-perfectly-tuned-quartet-who-got-together-by-chance-four- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ana-claudia-antunes/quote/just-when-you-see-a-kid-selling-a-mascotif-you-dont-buy-it-because-he-winks-not-only-that-will-be-considered-a-boycottxenophobically-it-will-also-be-a-jinx 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/neha-daraad/quote/love-is-the-connection-between-souls-synchronized-through-heart-beats-quote-from-my-upcoming-book-always-be-mine 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ken-liu/quote/as-the-wind-continued-to-howl-and-groan-through-her-decaying-body-she-began-to-sing-her-story 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jacob-m-held/quote/great-literature-is-literature-that-speaks-to-deep-fundamental-human-truths-and-experience-in-a-way-that-is-relatable-to-the-reader-and-that-may-provoke-engagement-or-facilitate-insight-into- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/peter-j-tanous/quote/well-theyve-come-a-long-way-to-think-that-he-now-could-access-a-secret-document-held-in-the-vatican-archives-via-electronic-technology 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mohamed-latiff-mohamed/quote/pak-karman-hugged-his-wifes-gravestone-tightly-you-left-without-saying-farewell-the-whole-of-the-graveyard-was-ablaze-with-light 2026-10-23T19:12:14+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mohamed-latiff-mohamed/quote/they-will-try-to-ascribe-a-purpose-to-my-death-as-though-it-were-a-punishment-but-dont-you-do-so-in-order-that-i-continue-to-live-in-all-the-shadows-of-your-longing-i-will-always-be-in-your-s 2026-10-23T19:14:25+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mohamed-latiff-mohamed/quote/i-think-therefore-i-am-my-fingers-that-caress-these-rose-and-frangipani-petals-are-a-result-of-my-thoughts-i-feel-content-tender-i-feel-entranced-ecstatic-and-besotted-by-the-fragrance-of-the 2026-10-23T19:29:13+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/eliza-victoria/quote/rebecca-woke-up-with-her-knees-hurting-and-her-fingers-ice-cold-and-the-specifics-of-her-life-returned-to-her-as-the-dream-disappeared-weekend-hotel-room-baguio-memory-memory-memory 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jy-yang/quote/but-we-will-not-bury-our-mother-we-have-no-interest-in-putting-her-bones-in-soft-ground-no-desire-for-memorials-and-platitudes-no-feelings-attached-to-the-organic-detritus-of-her-terminated-e 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/o-thiam-chin/quote/any-moment-now-i-thought-he-was-going-to-wake-up-any-moment 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/sandy-vaile/quote/backstory-is-like-a-flavour-you-cant-quite-pick-lurking-in-the-layers-of-a-curry-you-know-its-there-and-it-enhances-the-flavour-but-its-intangible-and-fleeting-use-it-sparingly 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/sandy-vaile/quote/delayed-gratification-hints-that-something-terrible-is-going-to-happen-and-then-delays-the-resolution-its-that-interval-between-the-promise-of-something-awful-and-it-actually-happening-where- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/sandy-vaile/quote/suspense-doesnt-always-have-to-be-about-physical-danger-making-the-reader-worry-is-a-universal-concept-that-can-be-applied-to-any-story 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mary-t-kincaid/quote/im-unhappy-doing-just-mole-stuff-whats-wrong-with-me-why-couldnt-i-look-forward-to-digging-my-own-burrow 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jeremy-tiang/quote/she-looked-at-me-like-i-was-stupid-the-same-look-the-girls-in-jc-used-to-give-me-when-i-hadnt-heard-of-the-latest-boy-band-or-turned-up-at-zouk-wearing-unfashionable-clothes 2026-10-23T19:24:48+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/evan-adam-ang/quote/lim-oh-kee-kills-himself-in-the-early-hours-on-the-12th-day-of-december-1921-his-last-meal-is-rice-and-nothing 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jojo-moyes/quote/sometimes-just-getting-through-each-day-requires-almost-superhuman-strength 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/megan-abbott/quote/she-wasnt-just-a-b-girl-she-was-carrying-the-whole-ugly-world-in-her-eyes 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/megan-abbott/quote/they-watch-her-when-she-comes-to-city-hall-they-watch-her-at-the-social-events-they-watch-the-way-she-walks-hips-rolling-with-no-suggestion-of-provocation-but-with-every-sense-that-she-knows- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/moksh/quote/my-eyes-were-wet-tears-waiting-to-drop-from-my-eyes-and-heart-started-to-sob-the-words-from-jiya-pushed-me-on-my-back-footsource-the-unpredictable-heart-you-may-be-a-victim 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/da-pupa/quote/lifes-unpredictable-patterns-had-a-strange-way-of-forming-a-connected-web 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/amit-sharma/quote/he-was-not-a-likeable-figure-but-then-when-you-are-a-part-of-a-family-you-cannot-wish-to-see-someone-wither-away-even-when-you-dislike-him-he-is-a-part-of-your-blood-he-and-all-his-idiosyncra 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/riley-cavanaugh/quote/people-are-complicated-and-messy-seems-too-convenient-that-wed-all-fit-inside-some-multiple-choice-question 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/hanya-yanagihara/quote/i-found-myself-thinking-that-perhaps-there-was-something-inexorable-about-the-way-events-unfolded-as-if-my-life-which-had-begun-to-seem-something-not-my-own-but-rather-something-into-which-i- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/peter-nilson/quote/in-the-library-of-the-observatory-in-ondrejov-above-prague-i-once-found-a-catalogue-of-stars-that-astounded-me-it-had-hundreds-of-pages-with-tables-of-stars-that-had-been-observed-and-confirm 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jonathan-gottschall/quote/fiction-is-an-ancient-virtual-reality-technology-that-specializes-in-simulating-human-problems 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/thomas-ligotti/quote/when-the-world-uncovers-some-dark-disguiseembrace-the-darkness-with-averted-eyes 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/thomas-ligotti/quote/forsake-the-world-and-cling-to-the-shadows 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/cassia-leo/quote/youre-one-tough-egg-to-crack-you-know-that-youre-like-a-kinder-egg-wrapped-inside-a-mystery-wrapped-inside-an-enigma 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/cassia-leo/quote/then-maybe-youll-believe-me-when-i-sayyoure-pretty-fucking-special-laney-hill 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/cassia-leo/quote/eventually-youre-gonna-have-to-let-someone-in 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/michele-l-rivera/quote/it-has-been-said-by-many-that-a-true-love-story-has-no-happy-ending-simply-because-the-truest-of-loves-never-ends-it-is-immortal-this-is-the-kind-of-love-that-lives-forever-in-your-heart-as-a 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jc-dorian/quote/and-maybe-her-eyes-still-worked-regardless-of-the-shape-she-took-and-she-could-see-everything-and-maybe-somehow-she-broke-through-the-atmosphere-and-was-sent-somewhere-out-in-space-where-she- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/james-rozoff/quote/i-write-pre-apocalyptic-fiction-in-other-words-im-not-interested-in-a-future-where-everything-is-blown-to-hell-id-rather-write-something-that-helps-to-prevent-it-from-happening 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/lauren-groff/quote/dont-they-understand-what-fiction-is 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/andres-ruzo/quote/sometimes-ill-pick-up-the-heart-of-the-jungle-fossil-on-my-bookshelf-or-pull-out-my-old-field-notebooks-from-my-desk-drawer-warped-by-amazonian-rains-and-the-rivers-steam-the-scent-of-the-jun 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/wynne-mclaughlin/quote/i-want-the-real-story-the-one-that-wont-make-it-into-the-history-books-or-the-scientific-journalsand-you-think-im-the-man-to-tell-it-do-youif-you-were-actually-there-you-are-most-definitely-t 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/catherine-lowell/quote/are-there-any-leading-men-in-your-lifeseveral-but-theyre-all-fictional 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/catherine-lowell/quote/i-realized-that-my-life-of-late-had-consisted-of-far-too-much-dialogue-and-not-enough-exposition-i-imagined-an-angry-bespectacled-english-teacher-slashing-his-pen-through-the-transcript-of-my 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mirella-muffarotto/quote/she-was-afraid-of-giving-in-to-that-overwhelming-absolute-unconditional-love-a-love-that-had-shown-her-the-route-to-heaven-but-which-had-also-taught-her-how-much-one-could-suffer-to-the-point 2026-10-23T17:31:08+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/fredrik-backman/quote/normal-life-is-presentable-in-normal-life-you-clean-up-the-kitchen-and-keep-your-balcony-tidy-and-take-care-of-your-children-its-hard-work-harder-than-one-might-think 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/catherine-lowell/quote/my-father-used-to-say-that-all-protagonists-were-versions-of-the-author-who-wrote-them-even-if-it-meant-the-author-had-to-acknowledge-a-side-of-himself-that-he-did-not-know-existed-it-just-re 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/argus-flich/quote/my-cat-has-been-petrifiedi-want-to-see-some-punishment 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/sunil-yapa/quote/there-was-something-distinctly-american-about-it-all-a-fundamental-difference-in-perspective-and-place-in-how-they-saw-themselves-in-the-world-and-this-was-what-made-it-so-american-not-that-t 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/heather-curnow/quote/these-stories-have-a-dark-side-outsiders-and-eccentrics-are-regarded-with-suspicion-tortured-even-killed-the-major-theme-that-emerges-is-of-families-diminished-by-conflict-almost-a-generation 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/abhik-chatterjee/quote/she-slapped-him-hard-tell-me-she-screamed-tell-methe-truth-isi-am-a-liar-jack-said-quietly-dont-be-one-with-me-she-sobbed-it-hurts-the-lies-or-the-truth-he-asked 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/abhik-chatterjee/quote/i-would-like-to-think-of-myself-as-an-artistexcluding-the-part-where-he-bows-before-an-audience-there-are-no-appreciations-for-killings 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/elena-carpenter/quote/elizabeth-this-one-last-task-you-will-enter-in-a-moment-will-determine-your-fate-and-who-you-are-you-are-eighteen-now-and-with-the-blood-of-past-generations-running-through-your-veins-this-wi 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/paul-regnier/quote/there-were-no-mirrors-nearby-to-pose-in-front-of-but-i-was-convinced-i-was-looking-pretty-awesome 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/abhik-chatterjee/quote/people-like-you-end-up-dead-one-day-they-are-roaming-about-in-their-underpants-pretending-to-be-superman-and-the-next-day-they-are-killed-because-they-jump-off-their-roof-thinking-that-they-c 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mirella-muffarotto/quote/the-french-poet-mallarme-and-after-him-borges-claimed-that-everything-in-the-world-exists-to-end-up-in-a-book-and-if-thats-true-and-that-even-every-man-is-a-book-federico-was-undoubtedly-crea 2026-10-23T17:37:02+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mirella-muffarotto/quote/its-absurd-how-crazy-love-can-make-youbut-even-more-absurd-how-stupid-jealousy-can-make-you 2026-10-23T17:38:46+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/anais-nin/quote/then-i-realized-the-vital-necessity-of-art-human-life-yes-you-nurse-people-you-clean-house-you-market-but-then-comes-the-moment-of-solace-and-flight-i-sit-and-write-and-summon-other-friends-o 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/danila-botha/quote/the-joy-im-feeling-is-too-intense-to-expressi-dont-know-whatll-happen-next-month-or-even-next-week-what-i-know-is-that-we-both-want-to-try 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/danila-botha/quote/theres-something-about-her-i-remember-thinking-a-little-mysterious-i-tried-to-absorb-the-feeling-for-as-long-as-i-could-before-i-went-back-to-work-i-tried-not-to-think-about-it-feelings-throw 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/charlotte-bronte/quote/no-you-shall-tear-yourself-away-none-shall-help-you-you-shall-yourself-pluck-out-your-right-eye-yourself-cut-off-your-right-hand-your-heart-shall-be-the-victim-and-you-the-priest-to-transfix- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/lee-boudroux/quote/im-a-little-bit-of-a-plot-junkie-i-like-stakes-in-my-books-sometimes-storytelling-gets-a-bit-of-a-bad-rap-plots-easy-or-theres-a-higher-art-we-are-all-aspiring-to-yes-first-and-foremost-we-ar 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/sidharth-oberoi/quote/crushes-dont-just-develop-over-timethey-are-built-over-the-foundation-of-basic-trust 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/zandile/quote/you-said-my-name-and-my-heart-went-rogue 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/colleen-hoover/quote/whether-or-not-the-couple-ends-up-together-at-the-end-of-a-book-doesnt-determine-whether-the-book-has-a-happy-ending-or-not-as-long-as-the-two-people-end-up-happy-it-doesnt-really-matter-if-t 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/zandile/quote/hes-made-me-believe-im-worth-love-of-the-liquid-kind-you-know-the-kind-that-seeps-to-all-my-damaged-parts 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/carlos-ruiz-zafon/quote/if-you-dont-trust-a-novelist-who-are-you-going-to-trust 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/cassandra-clare/quote/my-one-true-love-remains-my-self-i-dump-myself-occasionally-to-keep-it-interesting 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/christina-baker-kline/quote/if-you-want-trouble-find-yourself-a-redhead 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/nathaniel-hawthorne/quote/would-not-the-earth-quickened-to-an-evil-purpose-by-the-sympathy-of-his-eye-greet-him-with-poisonous-shrubs-would-he-not-suddenly-sink-into-the-earth-leaving-a-barren-and-blasted-spot-where-i 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/neil-gaiman/quote/i-wanted-stories-and-i-wanted-them-always-and-i-wanted-the-experience-that-only-fiction-could-give-me-i-wanted-to-be-inside-them 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/dennis-mckay/quote/so-many-hilarious-scenes-and-seductions 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ce-dimond/quote/no-one-asked-your-opinion-obrien-the-red-haired-one-snapped-againno-one-ever-asks-yours-either-that-doesnt-seem-to-stop-you-from-giving-it-he-countered 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jonathan-friesen/quote/i-miss-home-i-miss-ignorance-ive-seen-a-beauty-i-cant-fathom-in-the-aquifer-and-met-a-girl-who-moves-my-heart 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/kanza-javed/quote/one-realizes-the-immortality-of-true-love-only-after-the-lover-dies 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/kanza-javed/quote/gossip-is-not-adopted-by-the-bored-it-is-an-art-of-discourse-adopted-by-those-who-have-experienced-absolutely-nothing-thrilling-in-their-lives-they-have-never-really-fallen-in-love-or-casuall 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/kanza-javed/quote/and-what-is-gossip-anywayjust-fragments-of-sad-accounts-maneuvered-and-mutilated-year-after-year-for-our-sinful-pleasure 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/charles-bukowski/quote/i-write-fictionwhats-fictionfiction-is-an-improvement-on-life 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/sophia-elaine-hanson/quote/freedom-is-a-state-of-mind 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/charles-stoll/quote/the-only-real-purpose-of-time-is-to-escort-humanity-in-and-out-of-this-mortal-coil-in-an-orderly-fashion 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/asma-nadia/quote/i-dont-know-but-it-takes-a-special-woman-to-have-such-a-great-love-zhongwen 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ana-claudia-antunes/quote/both-tears-and-sweat-are-salty-but-none-of-them-are-faulty-the-tears-can-get-you-somewhere-the-sweat-will-make-you-only-wet 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/cameron-jace/quote/how-would-i-feel-about-hearing-that-the-plague-killed-another-nearby-village-a-month-later-didnt-i-tell-you-stupidity-is-the-eighth-sinexcerpt-from-cameron-jace 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/susan-marie-murdoch/quote/be-the-best-you-can-be-for-yourself 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/philip-sidney/quote/but-hereto-is-replied-that-the-poets-give-names-to-men-they-write-of-which-argueth-a-conceit-of-an-actual-truth-and-so-not-being-true-proveth-a-falsehood-and-doth-the-lawyer-lie-then-when-und 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mav-skye/quote/at-the-end-of-the-world-music-always-played-on-like-a-bad-movie 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/isabelle-hardesty/quote/jade-felt-the-cool-rain-on-her-new-shapechanger-skin 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jacqueline-simon-gunn/quote/it-was-a-fictional-story-but-like-any-good-fiction-without-the-need-to-adjust-or-conceal-the-truth-it-actually-might-bethe-greatest-expression-of-truth 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jonathan-friesen/quote/i-belong-everywhere-and-nowhere-and-i-alone-can-save-two-worlds 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/bangambiki-habyarimana/quote/fiction-writers-magicians-politicians-and-priests-are-the-only-people-rewarded-for-entertaining-us-with-their-lies 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/kij-johnson/quote/does-carthage-even-have-forests-did-virgil-know-for-sure-or-was-it-just-convenient-for-his-story-virgil-was-a-professional-liar-this-would-not-be-the-only-place-where-he-pruned-the-truth-unti 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/kn-smith/quote/upon-reaching-the-preserve-everyone-knew-that-the-explanation-of-this-incident-was-dreadfully-imminent-with-parents-already-on-edge-the-looming-task-of-crafting-a-story-out-of-thin-air-was-on 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/elena-ferrante/quote/i-believe-that-books-once-they-are-written-have-no-need-of-their-authors-if-they-have-something-to-say-they-will-sooner-or-later-find-readers-if-not-they-wont-i-very-much-love-those-mysteriou 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/kn-smith/quote/the-dark-stranger-nodded-in-agreement-knowing-the-time-had-come-for-the-boys-to-know-more-but-it-would-not-be-tonight-he-grabbed-kinsus-arm-nodded-again-and-then-ran-off-into-the-night-with-c 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/kn-smith/quote/and-in-the-absence-of-even-a-hint-of-an-exchange-joaquin-spun-around-and-lunged-at-ross-grabbed-him-by-the-throat-and-knocked-him-down-with-dry-brittle-leaves-and-debris-suddenly-thrust-upwar 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/kn-smith/quote/she-reached-behind-her-back-and-pulled-out-slender-black-nunchucks-and-simply-invited-them-to-come-get-her-their-eyes-could-barely-follow-the-chucks-as-they-circled-around-her-shoulders-and-t 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/christopher-j-pumphrey/quote/fiction-cannot-betray-the-truth-though-it-must-tryas-said-by-ernest-hemingway-in-blastthe-first-short-story-in-bullet 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https://atomicquote.com/author/leland-cheuk/quote/sure-i-told-him-to-fuck-himself-and-yes-i-paid-for-it-dearly-ruptured-spleen-but-after-my-recovery-and-given-the-time-to-reflect-i-have-a-better-understanding-of-who-i-am-penning-this-for-not 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/johnny-rich/quote/i-know-everything-must-be-a-lie-but-i-believe-it-anyway 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/stephen-king/quote/the-heart-also-knows-things-and-so-does-the-imagination-thank-god-if-not-for-heart-and-imagination-the-world-of-fiction-would-be-a-pretty-seedy-place-it-might-not-even-exist-at-all 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/junot-diaz/quote/what-is-it-with-dictators-and-writers-anyway-since-before-the-infamous-caesar-ovid-war-theyve-had-beef-like-the-fantastic-four-and-galactus-like-the-x-men-and-the-brotherhood-of-evil-mutants- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/carolyn-lee-adams/quote/i-shut-up-i-dont-fight-i-dont-scream-shame-rides-alongside-my-terror-but-somewhere-deep-deep-inside-i-hear-mom-tell-me-to-trust-my-gut-my-gut-tells-me-i-am-blind-and-i-am-lost-and-if-i-fought 2026-10-23T19:46:21+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/hillary-jordan/quote/if-womens-pants-were-suggestive-mens-were-equally-so-and-they-revealed-a-great-deal-more-of-what-was-underneath-them-and-yet-no-one-accused-men-of-being-improper-or-encouraging-sin-by-remindi 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/sa-tawks/quote/the-only-thing-better-than-a-well-read-book-is-a-well-read-book-only-read-by-yourself 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/sa-tawks/quote/the-imagination-is-a-wild-and-dangerous-forest-that-is-impossible-to-know-the-full-might-of 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 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https://atomicquote.com/author/shannon-messenger/quote/sing-swan-spring-swan-then-lets-flyfollow-the-pretty-bird-across-the-skycall-swan-fall-swan-then-lets-resttucked-in-the-branches-of-your-quiet-nest 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/javier-marias/quote/fiction-has-the-ability-to-show-us-what-we-dont-know-and-what-doesnt-happen 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/javier-marias/quote/when-you-dont-know-what-to-believe-when-youre-not-prepared-to-play-the-amateur-detective-then-you-get-tired-and-dismiss-the-entire-business-you-let-it-go-you-stop-thinking-and-wash-your-hands 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/johnny-rich/quote/is-it-murder-to-kill-a-man-if-the-man-never-existed-to-the-man-it-is 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/javier-marias/quote/everything-becomes-a-story-and-ends-up-drifting-about-in-the-same-sphere-and-then-its-hard-to-differentiate-between-what-really-happened-and-what-is-pure-invention-everything-becomes-a-narrat 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/javier-marias/quote/unlikely-truths-are-useful-and-life-is-full-of-them-far-more-than-the-very-worst-of-novels-no-novel-would-ever-dare-give-houseroom-to-the-infinite-number-of-chances-and-coincidences-that-can- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/eva-walker/quote/breathe-emma-now-is-not-the-time-to-swoon 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/stephen-king/quote/there-was-nothing-and-nothing-and-then-the-car-bumped-up-again-there-was-a-muffled-pop-the-sound-of-a-small-pumpkin-exploding-in-a-microwave-ovenmorris-cut-the-wheel-to-the-left-and-there-was 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/quadidra-s-williams/quote/life-is-definitely-about-taking-chances-living-every-minute-with-zeal-and-then-laying-back-and-regretting-nothing 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/katie-neipris/quote/but-everything-evened-out-eventually-didnt-it-every-wave-subsided-lapsed-back-into-the-ocean-returning-giving-them-time-to-put-themselves-back-together-again-he-was-her-moon-he-balanced-out-h 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/johnny-rich/quote/stories-are-just-lies-made-to-look-like-truth 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/elin-hilderbrand/quote/nothing-was-a-natural-predator-of-productive-fiction-writing-like-the-cell-phone-ditto-the-laptop-as-she-had-well-learned-the-laptop-could-destroy-a-day 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/johnny-rich/quote/job-understood-that-he-was-nothing-more-than-gods-invention-and-so-too-was-his-suffering 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/amy-zhang/quote/theres-more-to-life-than-cause-and-effect 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/anuradha-bhattacharyya/quote/misunderstandings-arise-only-in-undefined-relationships 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/sara-naveed/quote/dont-you-ever-cry-again-miss-zarish-he-said-in-a-strict-but-mild-tone-i-would-rather-die-than-see-tears-in-your-eyes 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/yann-rousselot/quote/we-roar-along-the-rust-belts-the-great-red-spot-the-polar-vortex-the-caress-of-solar-flares-ruffle-the-molten-methane-and-ammonia-oceans-of-me-the-storm-riven-non-surface-of-me-and-mine-that- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/james-purdy/quote/all-you-need-do-bernieshe-gulped-her-toast-soaked-in-coffee-is-present-the-truth-as-fiction 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/heather-robinson/quote/the-first-draft-doesnt-have-to-be-perfect-but-it-does-have-to-be-written 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/charles-finch/quote/there-are-a-lot-of-ways-for-a-novelist-to-create-suspense-but-also-really-only-two-one-a-trick-one-an-artthe-trick-is-to-keep-a-secret-or-many-secrets-even-in-lee-childs-books-jack-reacher-al 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ma-george/quote/you-scared-the-crap-out-of-me-i-shove-his-bare-chest-with-a-growl-wasthat-you-at-the-front-doorya-think-he-fires-back-with-a-raise-of-his-eyebrows-taking-hold-of-my-armagain-as-he-practically 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/keith-steinbaum/quote/i-started-to-drink-heavily-comfortably-caught-in-the-tentacle-like-clutches-of-alcohol 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/zahraa-arif/quote/you-have-filled-every-fibre-of-my-soul-and-the-spaces-in-between 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/cassandra-clare/quote/surely-she-was-too-young-to-have-so-many-ghosts 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/cs-lewis/quote/i-enjoy-writing-fiction-more-than-writing-anything-else-wouldnt-anyone 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/missouri-vaun/quote/love-is-the-greatest-unseen-force-in-the-universe-cole 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/hl-sudler/quote/before-the-autumn-of-our-years-there-exists-a-time-when-we-struggle-to-reconcile-what-we-are-with-what-we-wish-to-be-this-time-can-be-known-as-summer-after-spring-gives-us-life-before-winter- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/hl-sudler/quote/the-ocean-drummed-as-loud-as-pulsating-blood-eroding-the-sand-rushing-the-beach-as-if-it-had-a-point-to-prove-and-like-many-things-it-receded-was-gone-and-was-replaced-anew 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/edward-fahey/quote/darkness-crept-through-shadows-pried-at-doors-teased-dull-edges-of-recollections-that-never-quite-took-hold-memories-that-would-have-shriveled-under-the-blinding-sun-of-daylight-and-reason 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/hl-sudler/quote/she-had-traveled-to-more-cities-had-experienced-more-scenes-than-anyone-she-knew-and-still-she-had-come-away-from-it-all-with-only-an-abysmal-sense-of-dissatisfaction-when-would-it-all-begin- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/elizabeth-newton/quote/curiosity-is-called-curiosity-because-of-how-curiously-it-can-creep-into-peoples-behavior-no-matter-what-dangers-are-around 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/hl-sudler/quote/even-in-the-gay-spots-around-town-he-could-walk-in-and-suddenly-realize-he-was-the-only-person-of-color-in-the-room-he-faced-questions-in-all-the-eyes-he-greeted-whats-he-doing-here-does-he-t 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 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https://atomicquote.com/author/augustine-sam/quote/perfect-love-like-perfect-partner-does-not-exist-we-create-our-own-perfect-love-if-you-care-to-know-a-a-good-partner-is-like-a-construction-engineer-to-build-the-kind-of-house-he-want-he-must 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/rebecca-ybarra/quote/im-scared-to-fall-asleep-i-dont-want-to-see-it 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/pat-patrick/quote/the-taellywood-treasure-beckoned-us-all-of-us-ached-for-gods-wisdom-we-had-so-many-questions-we-wanted-to-know-why-things-happened-the-way-they-did-we-needed-to-know-we-desired-the-truth-and- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/chew-chia-shao-wei/quote/there-was-something-vaguely-sad-about-the-rock-it-was-as-old-as-it-looked-standing-weathered-and-lonely-amidst-the-stretch-of-sand-and-its-thoughts-were-quiet-as-it-listened-to-the-waves 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 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https://atomicquote.com/author/melinda-west-seifert/quote/one-of-the-things-about-writing-that-inspires-and-impresses-me-is-the-music-words-can-make-and-like-music-the-spaces-between-the-notes-can-mean-as-much-as-the-notes-themselves-the-jesus-horse 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/minae-mizumura/quote/presently-a-soprano-voice-of-richness-and-depth-floated-from-the-open-windows-of-the-parlor-resonating-over-the-darkening-greenery-all-at-once-it-was-as-if-the-entire-scene-before-them-was-aw 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/david-corbett/quote/the-problem-lies-not-with-genre-but-with-formula-which-consists-of-seeing-genre-conventions-as-restrictions-rather-than-mere-guidelines-ends-in-themselves-rather-than-possibilities 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 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https://atomicquote.com/author/todd-m-brenneman/quote/sentimentality-was-used-because-other-political-avenues-were-closed-and-authors-hoped-that-through-it-they-could-bring-about-a-political-change-that-would-fulfill-the-egalitarian-promises-of- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/krishna-udayasankar/quote/the-more-we-prepare-for-war-the-more-we-make-it-a-reality-yet-it-would-seem-to-prepare-for-war-may-also-be-the-best-and-possibly-the-only-way-to-avoid-it-govinda-shauri-the-aryavarta-chronicl 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/veena-nagpal/quote/every-harsh-word-spoken-every-such-act-or-even-thought-doesnt-just-disappear-it-hangs-around-somewhere-in-totality-and-some-day-it-boomerangs-to-haunt-us 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/krishna-udayasankar/quote/for-too-long-now-divinity-and-destiny-have-legitimized-what-reason-and-compassion-would-not-an-individual-for-a-family-a-family-for-the-kingdom-a-kingdom-for-an-empire-and-now-an-empire-for-h 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/krishna-udayasankar/quote/no-one-person-is-the-cause-for-or-consequence-of-all-that-happens-i-am-just-the-tenth-man-the-threshold-the-turn-in-the-tide-i-stand-here-on-the-shoulders-of-humanity-a-mere-instrument-of-tim 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/krishna-udayasankar/quote/kill-them-kill-them-all-remind-the-world-what-it-means-to-be-arya-remind-the-world-what-it-is-to-walk-with-the-gods-syoddhan-kauravya 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/krishna-udayasankar/quote/kill-them-kill-them-all-remind-the-world-what-it-means-to-be-arya-remind-the-world-what-it-is-to-walk-with-the-gods-syoddhan-kauravyaw 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/krishna-udayasankar/quote/we-are-at-war-there-will-be-scars-uttara-vairati 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/krishna-udayasankar/quote/the-wheel-of-time-spins-there-is-beginning-and-there-is-end-but-why-does-the-wheel-of-time-spin-is-it-some-divine-force-that-propels-it-or-is-that-force-humanity-people-in-search-of-change-an 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/krishna-udayasankar/quote/i-have-placed-my-faith-in-humanity-but-faith-in-the-universal-becomes-meaningless-without-faith-in-the-individual-panchali-draupadi 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/krishna-udayasankar/quote/peace-is-one-thing-revolution-is-another-you-were-either-impatient-or-highly-optimistic-to-think-one-would-lead-to-the-other-panchali-draupadi 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/krishna-udayasankar/quote/men-like-you-and-i-make-myths-we-weave-stories-to-sanctify-the-life-that-has-been-given-to-us-but-not-govinda-men-like-him-dont-make-myths-they-make-destiny-kshatta-vidur 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/krishna-udayasankar/quote/without-love-we-would-not-comprehend-compassion-govinda-shauri 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/krishna-udayasankar/quote/a-new-age-dawns-uttara-the-wheel-of-time-has-turned-not-too-long-from-now-hopefully-in-our-lifetime-aryavarta-will-be-a-janapada-a-realm-ruled-by-its-people-the-largest-such-in-the-world-abhi 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/susan-sontag/quote/sisyphus-i-i-cling-to-my-rock-you-dont-have-to-chain-me-stand-back-i-roll-it-up-up-up-and-down-we-go-i-knew-that-would-happen-see-im-on-my-feet-again-see-im-starting-to-roll-it-up-again-dont- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/krishna-udayasankar/quote/noble-though-it-may-be-our-way-of-life-is-nothing-but-servitude-it-does-not-take-long-for-servitude-to-turn-to-subjugation-shikandin-draupada 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/pramoedya-ananta-toer/quote/capital-dictates-the-fate-of-humanity 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/suzanne-rindell/quote/what-was-justice-after-all-but-a-particular-outcome 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/catherine-lacey/quote/thats-the-thing-about-fiction-that-you-live-in-it-totally-for-a-little-while-but-you-must-forget-it-sometimes-totally-forget-it-in-order-to-go-about-the-rest-of-your-day 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/justin-ker/quote/perhaps-she-moves-too-slowly-now-or-the-world-moves-too-fast-for-her-she-enters-the-lift-a-giant-wheel-turns-and-steel-cables-lower-the-mechanized-box-the-lift-drops-down-a-black-shaft-which- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/cyril-wong/quote/i-mostly-believe-deep-in-my-bones-that-life-is-very-simply-beyond-description-regardless-of-what-one-makes-of-it-life-always-spills-over-the-parameters-of-how-anyone-has-chosen-to-define-it 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/gregory-nalpon/quote/there-used-to-be-a-rubbish-heap-under-the-great-tree-in-dhoby-ghaut-with-a-sarabat-stall-parked-next-to-it-it-was-a-low-sprawling-rubbish-heap-made-up-of-the-usual-things-refuse-from-dustbins 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/katherine-soh/quote/in-its-basic-form-nursing-can-be-seen-as-a-duty-but-beyond-the-incessant-operational-activities-that-lay-the-foundation-of-our-daily-work-the-profession-is-all-about-grace-helping-people-is-a 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/stephanie-ye/quote/there-are-myriad-kisses-in-a-relationship-desperate-ones-as-involuntary-as-breathing-stolen-ones-on-crowded-trains-ceremonial-ones-at-the-front-door-routine-ones-as-dispassionate-as-licking-a 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/cyril-wong/quote/soon-i-find-myself-squatting-on-the-floor-i-am-still-striking-my-face-not-with-my-fists-this-time-but-with-wide-open-hands-i-am-slapping-myself-the-sounds-i-make-when-my-palms-meet-my-cheeks- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/yu-mei-balasingamchow/quote/she-remembered-the-way-the-damp-coarse-sand-had-clumped-to-her-legs-and-hands-and-burrowed-beneath-her-nails-and-into-the-folds-of-her-clothes-and-she-had-wondered-why-the-british-children-in 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mohamed-latiff-mohamed/quote/during-the-japanese-invasion-bombs-had-fallen-from-the-sky-and-people-could-run-for-cover-now-they-exploded-in-the-middle-of-the-road-or-in-the-fields-while-people-were-playing-soccer 2026-10-23T17:12:20+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/chew-kok-chang/quote/his-wife-had-also-studied-art-in-her-hometown-and-she-could-paint-but-depending-on-such-work-for-her-livelihood-was-just-not-possible-as-far-as-appearances-went-she-was-definitely-a-real-beau 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/koh-choon-hwee/quote/dear-familyi-am-drafting-a-new-laundry-protocol-for-better-and-more-considerate-usage-of-the-washing-machine 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/lim-thean-soo/quote/it-was-past-midnight-from-the-carpark-of-the-apartment-blocks-a-human-figure-with-an-unsteady-gait-emerged 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/andrew-koh/quote/english-that-was-where-i-met-him 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jolene-tan/quote/brian-organised-for-the-body-to-be-flown-back 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/karen-kwek/quote/the-day-the-earth-moving-machines-arrived-it-was-as-if-aliens-had-invaded-earth-overnight-they-appeared-diggers-with-huge-scoops-plodding-their-slow-and-ancient-ways-across-the-landscape-by-t 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/s-rajaratnam/quote/the-exhausted-earth-groaned-and-quivered-under-the-monotonous-glare-of-the-sun-spirals-of-heat-rose-from-the-ground-as-if-from-molten-lava-a-panting-lizard-crawled-painfully-over-the-fevered- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/monica-lim/quote/my-mind-skipped-to-a-sunlit-saturday-morning-a-few-months-ago-when-noah-was-supposed-to-be-revising-for-his-exams-i-caught-him-looking-out-the-window-instead-distracted-by-a-roving-butterfly- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jennifer-elisabeth/quote/how-you-spend-your-time-when-you-are-not-working-or-studying-says-everything-about-who-you-are-and-what-is-motivating-your-life 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jennifer-elisabeth/quote/you-battled-monsters-you-sweat-and-cried-your-way-to-this-one-prolific-moment-where-you-finally-realize-that-those-dark-days-and-sleepless-nights-were-pre-requisites-to-your-becoming 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jennifer-elisabeth/quote/i-never-want-a-girl-to-lose-all-hope-that-her-life-cant-completely-turn-around-even-if-she-feels-that-she-is-at-the-edge-standing-on-one-foot-and-ready-to-say-goodbye 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jennifer-elisabeth/quote/we-live-in-a-world-where-there-is-such-a-clear-definition-of-what-a-girl-should-be-that-it-takes-almost-no-effort-at-all-to-completely-hate-ourselves 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jennifer-elisabeth/quote/remember-nothing-happens-before-its-supposed-to-so-trust-that-as-you-are-striving-for-authenticity-and-personal-excellence-the-recognition-of-your-lifes-purpose-is-nearing-closer 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jennifer-elisabeth/quote/i-think-it-all-basically-breaks-down-to-something-like-this-you-have-to-look-and-feel-great-first-if-you-eat-well-exercise-and-get-enough-sleep-you-will-have-ample-energy-and-the-proper-self- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jennifer-elisabeth/quote/although-many-things-may-still-need-to-happen-before-you-identify-what-your-exact-work-will-be-i-know-that-every-single-person-whom-youre-meeting-and-every-experience-that-youre-having-is-nec 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jennifer-elisabeth/quote/recognize-that-you-have-been-chosen-to-be-alive-right-now-at-this-exact-moment-in-time-and-know-that-none-of-that-is-random-there-is-something-about-you-your-past-or-your-future-that-is-requi 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/hermann-hesse/quote/he-thought-that-all-men-trickled-away-changing-constantly-until-they-finally-dissolved-while-the-artist-created-images-remained-unchangeably-the-same-he-thought-that-the-fear-of-death-was-per 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jennifer-elisabeth/quote/finding-yourself-and-creating-a-life-that-feels-authentic-and-safe-is-the-hardest-most-important-work-that-we-will-ever-do-and-for-girls-especially-young-girls-there-is-no-one-more-equipped-t 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jennifer-elisabeth/quote/the-only-way-that-you-can-identify-and-then-fulfill-your-lifes-purpose-is-for-you-to-love-yourself-charge-up-your-life-and-serve-the-world 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/justin-ker/quote/the-rain-is-a-screen-that-changes-the-colour-of-the-sky-causing-a-sepia-filter-to-fall-over-the-city-it-is-as-if-the-city-has-gone-back-in-time-to-the-age-before-the-invention-of-full-coloure 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jennifer-elisabeth/quote/sometimes-you-have-to-let-go-a-little-bit-and-travel-the-path-of-least-resistance-but-this-doesnt-mean-that-you-quit-when-things-get-tough-as-you-are-working-towards-a-goal-it-just-means-that 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jennifer-elisabeth/quote/as-girls-we-will-do-anything-for-the-person-whom-we-love-we-will-scale-buildings-in-the-rain-or-run-through-fire-if-it-means-saving-our-loves-life-there-is-absolutely-nothing-more-life-alteri 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/lois-ann-yamanaka/quote/for-the-girl-without-words-there-is-laughter-for-what-is-light-gesture-for-want-and-tears-for-all-that-is-dark-there-is-not-much-more-names-are-nothing-but-extravagance 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/yeng-pway-ngon/quote/time-will-solve-all-the-problems-chinese-school-graduates-face-in-our-bilingual-society-there-are-no-more-chinese-school-graduates-only-english-school-graduates-who-can-speak-mandarin-these-e 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/guy-gavriel-kay/quote/reading-is-a-collaboration-between-the-writer-and-reader-both-parties-must-keep-that-in-mind-when-dealing-with-a-work-of-fictionguy-gavriel-kay 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/r-barri-flowers/quote/lending-my-voice-to-a-dedicated-readership-is-a-match-made-in-heaven 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jennifer-elisabeth/quote/for-most-of-us-free-thinking-wild-hearts-our-relationship-with-god-or-the-universe-will-go-through-peaks-and-valleys-transforming-into-new-concepts-and-beliefs-completely-disappearing-at-time 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ming-cher/quote/coincidence-sometimes-happens-as-in-a-fairy-tale-wong-was-in-an-emotional-state-of-mind-still-smoking-opium-he-thought-about-kwangs-long-dead-father-who-had-arrived-in-singapore-from-amoy-on- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/dawn-kohler/quote/and-from-here-i-realized-with-the-deepest-sense-of-my-being-that-we-can-erect-and-dismantle-the-great-walls-of-the-world-but-we-will-only-truly-survive-as-a-species-when-we-dedicate-ourselves 2026-10-23T17:26:21+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jesse-andrews/quote/so-if-this-was-some-normal-fictional-young-adult-book-this-is-the-part-of-the-story-where-after-the-film-the-entire-high-school-would-rise-to-their-feet-and-applaud-and-earl-and-i-would-find- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/meena-kandasamy/quote/the-problem-with-thinking-up-a-new-and-original-idea-within-a-novel-is-that-you-have-to-make-sure-that-kurt-vonnegut-did-not-already-think-of-it 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/justine-winter/quote/luna-the-thought-of-losing-you-is-like-losing-my-heart-you-have-me-completely-and-if-you-died-because-i-wasnt-there-to-protect-you-it-would-kill-me-i-know-youre-strong-i-know-youre-different- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/christopher-rice/quote/good-horror-offers-a-sense-of-an-upended-lawless-world-and-thats-appealing-to-anyone-who-grew-up-feeling-like-an-outsider 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mark-zero/quote/in-french-culture-the-best-way-of-buying-time-or-getting-off-the-hook-entirely-in-a-thorny-personal-situation-is-to-claim-that-its-complicated-the-french-did-not-invent-love-but-they-did-inve 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mark-zero/quote/the-french-have-a-penchant-for-absolutism-for-thinking-that-things-are-all-one-way-or-all-another-which-is-why-their-politics-are-marked-by-a-general-inability-to-compromise-and-why-they-tend 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mark-zero/quote/she-was-a-pudding-of-immaturity-and-precocious-wisdom-that-had-not-yet-set-into-a-stable-mold 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/justine-winter/quote/unfortunately-our-minds-are-our-greatest-assets-and-our-biggest-flaws 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mark-zero/quote/how-can-you-be-kissing-at-a-time-like-this-have-you-no-respect-for-the-dead 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mark-zero/quote/when-youre-used-to-being-in-dangerous-situations-you-develop-a-sixth-sense-about-your-surroundings-about-where-possible-enemies-might-be-lurking-how-many-steps-it-will-take-to-reach-the-next- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mark-zero/quote/never-run-upstairs-when-someones-chasing-you-dont-try-to-quick-draw-a-man-who-already-has-his-gun-out-never-light-a-match-in-the-dark-in-a-strange-building-half-of-staying-safe-is-just-keepin 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mark-zero/quote/it-wasnt-playing-both-sides-of-the-fence-it-was-betting-against-yourself-but-still-playing-to-win-and-it-encapsulated-everything-absurd-and-paradoxical-that-i-loved-about-the-french 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mark-zero/quote/and-i-had-just-kissed-my-ex-girlfriend-who-had-cried-while-my-current-girlfriend-was-in-jail-so-far-it-had-not-been-my-best-day 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mark-zero/quote/i-congratulate-you-on-your-success-stealing-the-painting 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/graham-greene/quote/for-a-moment-he-came-near-to-sharing-their-incredible-belief-it-would-do-no-harm-to-mutter-a-prayer-of-thanks-to-the-god-of-his-childhood-the-god-of-the-common-and-the-castle-that-no-ill-had- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/andres-aloi/quote/i-was-so-drunk-i-couldnt-tell-a-vagina-from-a-bullet-hole 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/lauren-oliver/quote/it-was-unfair-that-people-could-pretend-to-be-one-thing-when-they-were-really-something-else-that-they-would-get-you-on-their-side-and-then-do-nothing-but-fail-and-fail-and-fail-again-people- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/pushpa-rana/quote/i-read-not-for-entertainment-but-to-feel-what-the-writer-has-felt-while-writing-even-though-if-it-was-fiction 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/david-cook/quote/he-had-panicked-tessier-cursed-his-own-stupidity-he-should-have-remained-in-the-column-where-he-would-have-been-protected-instead-he-saw-an-enemy-coming-for-him-like-a-revenant-rising-from-a- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/hal-duncan/quote/losing-maturity-in-ones-fiction-for-the-sake-of-marvels-and-monsters-can-also-mean-losing-propriety-and-thats-not-always-a-bad-thing 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/david-cook/quote/the-defenders-retreated-but-in-good-order-a-musket-flamed-and-a-ball-shattered-a-marines-collar-bone-spinning-him-around-the-soldiers-screamed-terrible-battle-cries-as-they-began-their-grim-j 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/david-cook/quote/ready-yourselves-mullone-heard-himself-say-which-was-strange-he-thought-for-he-knew-his-men-were-prepareda-great-cry-came-from-beyond-the-walls-that-were-punctuated-by-musket-blasts-and-mullo 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/david-cook/quote/ill-find-out-whos-inside-wait-here-and-keep-alert-hallam-rasped-he-skirted-the-main-path-to-skulk-towards-one-of-the-shuttered-windows-on-the-buildings-eastern-wall-there-was-a-crack-in-the-w 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/daniel-silva/quote/he-felt-as-though-the-bones-of-his-ribcage-were-snapping-beneath-the-weight-of-the-stone-that-god-had-laid-over-his-heart 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/bram-stoker/quote/for-i-determined-that-if-death-came-he-should-find-me-ready 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/neil-gaiman/quote/the-magic-and-the-danger-of-fiction-is-this-it-allows-us-to-see-through-other-eyes-it-takes-us-to-places-we-have-never-been-allows-us-to-care-about-worry-about-laugh-with-and-cry-for-people-w 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/trevor-d-richardson/quote/i-think-the-idea-that-we-have-anything-to-begin-with-is-a-lie-we-tell-ourselves-every-day-until-we-believe-it-i-think-the-law-is-there-to-enforce-fictions-that-would-not-exist-otherwise-certa 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mirella-muffarotto/quote/marika-could-feel-herself-cocking-the-trigger-of-a-loaded-gun-and-pointing-it-at-herself-because-the-truth-could-be-too-shocking-a-revelation-something-that-would-shake-their-lives-to-the-cor 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mark-zero/quote/there-are-only-two-things-in-life-berge-said-love-and-beauty 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mark-zero/quote/this-was-a-crime-of-passion-but-unlike-most-crimes-of-passion-it-had-been-meticulously-and-diabolically-well-planned 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/edwin-fontanez/quote/there-are-tales-that-rise-like-the-early-sun-breathe-and-take-on-a-life-of-their-own-there-are-ones-that-flow-quietly-and-effortlessly-until-time-forsakes-them-but-there-are-others-that-fight 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/hal-duncan/quote/i-likes-me-some-shit-blows-up-fiction-dont-get-me-wrong 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mark-zero/quote/berges-yelling-had-attracted-the-attention-of-everyone-in-the-kibati-hall-champagne-flutes-stopped-halfway-to-heavily-painted-lips-eyes-widened-massive-diamonds-groaned-scornfully-in-their-se 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/thomas-sweeney/quote/the-use-of-your-gift-for-good-is-your-responsibility-you-must-decide-for-yourself 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/thomas-sweeney/quote/have-you-ever-believed-in-something-so-completely-that-you-were-willing-to-give-up-everything-and-everyone-in-your-life-to-protect-it 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/thomas-sweeney/quote/the-destruction-of-something-beautiful-can-appear-so-entertaining 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/thomas-sweeney/quote/my-eyes-refuse-to-let-him-leave-but-he-stands-still-holding-my-hand-lingering-for-as-long-as-possible 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/cs-lewis/quote/good-characters-in-fiction-are-the-very-devil-not-only-because-most-authors-have-too-little-material-to-make-them-of-but-because-we-as-readers-have-a-strong-subconscious-wish-to-find-them-inc 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 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