“ I had left my anger somewhere long ago. Put it down on a park bench and walked away. And yet. It had been so long, I didn't know any other way of being. One day I woke up and said to myself: It's not… Nicole Krauss
“ I believe there is another world waiting for us. A better world. And I'll be waiting for you there. David Mitchell
“ Hope that had sparked in my chest now lit a fire, and I fanned it, wanting it to burn hot and bright, because hope… hope was not the enemy. It was a friend, a savior. Hope was more than a new beginnin… Jennifer L. Armentrout
“ His life was gentle; and the elementsSo mixed in him, that Nature might stand upAnd say to all the world, THIS WAS A MAN! William Shakespeare
“ He was not thinking that the Christian law which he had wanted to follow all his life prescribed that he forgive and love his enemies; but the joyful feeling of love and forgiveness of his enemies fil… Leo Tolstoy
“ For much longer, he could have stayed with Kamaswami, made money, wasted money, filled his stomach, and let his soul die of thirst; for much longer he could have lived in this soft, well upholstered h… Hermann Hesse
“ Doubt can paralyze you, can make you not want to do anything. But if you learn to channel it, to turn those feelings away from yourself and out at the world you can doubt what's impossible. Brian K. Vaughan
“ Do you know what I think about crying? I think some people have to learn to do it. But once you learn, once you know how to really cry, there's nothing quite like it. I feel sorry for those who don't… Anne Rice
“ Did you let him know that if he can't see fit to return your blow job immediately, you will have no choice but to sue? Meg Cabot
“ Das Leben ist zu kurz, um schlechten Wein zu trinken.- Quoted from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Ben Aaronovitch
“ Compassion dervies from the Latin patiri and the Greek pathein, meaning to suffer, undergo or experience. So compassion means to endure [something] with another person, to put ourselves in somebody el… Karen Armstrong
“ But I know nothing; my future is a wide-open vista, leading to an unknown country - The Rest Of My Life. Kate Atkinson
“ Bean finds the best apple in our tree and hands it up to me. You know what this tastes like when you first bite into it? she asks. No, what? Blue sky. You're zoomed. You ever eat blue sky?No, I admit.… Rodman Philbrick
“ Basically, if you want to become a good writer, you need to do three things. Read a lot, listen well and deeply, and write a lot. And don't think too much. Just enter the heat of words and sounds and… Natalie Goldberg
“ A novel takes the courage of a marathon runner, and as long as you have to run, you might as well be a winning marathon runner. Serendipity and blind faith faith in yourself won't hurt a thing. All th… Leon Uris
“ A man with charm is an entertaining thing, and a man with looks is, ofcourse, a sight to behold, but a man with honor - ah, he is the one, dear reader, to which young ladies should flock. Julia Quinn
“ Do you think artists are supposed to be happy? -Everyone is supposed to be. -I said staunchly,and I knew that I was indeed an idiot and that was my destiny and I didn't mind it Elizabeth Kostova
“ The woman we love ought to swim as slowly as we do, she ought to have no past of her own to look back on happily. But when the illusion of absolute identity vanishes (the girl looks back happily on he… Milan Kundera
