“ I was tired of seeing the Graces always depicted as beautiful young things. I think wisdom comes with age and life and pain. And knowing what matters. Louise Penny
“ Mum liked to say that some things happen for a reason, that sometimes obstacles were there to stop you from doing something stupid. Maggie Stiefvater
“ Ignorance is hardly unusual, Miss Davar. The longer I live, the more I come to realize that it is the natural state of the human mind. There are many who will strive to defend its sanctity and then ex… Brandon Sanderson
“ Because some things are never meant to be anything more than a moment. And that was one of them. Kevin Brooks
“ Every form of art is another way of seeing the world. Another perspective, another window. And science –that’s the most spectacular window of all. You can see the entire universe from there. Claudia Gray
“ Okay, this is the wisdom. First, time spent on reconnaissanse is never wasted. Second, almost anything can be improved with the addition of bacon. And finally, there is no problem on Earth that can't… Jasper Fforde
“ Lucy: You learn more when you lose Charlie Brown: Well then I must be the smartest person in world!!! Charles M. Schulz
“ There will come a time in your life when you lose something that matters to you. You'll fight for it and you won't win. But what really matters isn't the war you're waging, it's that you don't lose th… J. Sterling
“ ...Nobody knows like a woman how to say things that are both sweet and profound. Sweetness and depth, this is all of woman; this is Heaven. Victor Hugo
“ Peace is not happenstance. It is a living fire that must be fed constantly. It must be tended to with vigilance, else it dies out. Libba Bray
“ Wisdom comes through suffering.Trouble, with its memories of pain,Drips in our hearts as we try to sleep,So men against their willLearn to practice moderation.Favours come to us from gods. Aeschylus
“ Travel brings wisdom only to the wise. It renders the ignorant more ignorant than ever. Joe Abercrombie
“ Stories have a way of changing faces. They are unruly things, undisciplined, given to delinquency and the throwing of erasers. This is why we must close them up into thick, solid books, so they cannot… Catherynne M. Valente
“ It’s always hard to lose somebody. It leaves a hole in you heart that never grows back. Kevin Brooks
“ Sometimes you weren't supposed to share pain. Sometimes it was best just to deal with it alone. Sarah Addison Allen
“ Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live… Theodore Roosevelt
“ Mama used to say, you have to know someone a thousand days before you can glimpse her soul. Shannon Hale
“ A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise. Gautama Buddha