302 quotes found
“Maybe part of finding what you wanted was recognizing what you didnt want.”
“Why one human being is attracted to another is one of the great mysteries of the world.”
“He looks good for a while, but ya know, ya cant shine a sneaker.”
“The remnants of his adolescent vulnerability were all over his face.”
“You never know what you're going to get with a pinball game," John said. "It's a lot like life. You can't control it, so you have to just roll with it and do the best you can. And if you do well en...”
“Breathe in the small things”
“Make time your friend and not your enemy”
“It's not how long you live somewhere that makes it home. Home is a feeling here, (she tapped on the chest). That you belong somewhere and somewhere belongs to you. But i will tell you a secret. Som...”
“Is there anything courageous or brave about making the only possible choice that will save your life? When you're drowning, you grab any hand that's offered. To me, bravery is a spontaneous decisio...”
“Encouragement from any source is like a drop of rain upon a parched desert. Thanks to all the many others who rained on me when I needed it, and even when I foolishly thought I didn't.(acknowledgem...”
“When people who remember her better than me talk of her, she is always described as headstrong and irresponsible, which, if you think about it, are just different words for untameable. The wind is ...”
“Because it was the endless wanting that would break you, I thought. The constant craving for a love that might never be fulfilled that would bring you low, bit by bit, until one day you'd no longer...”
“Never judge a book by its price"This is the price an author pays to be known. :)”
“I rewrapped the scarf around my neck, and thought about how excited Jake had been that first winter he was here. Maybe it was just as simple as this: that he'd been up here enough to know that ther...”
“...though by then it had become increasingly difficult to distinguish the acts of God from the endeavors of men. The wind was God; of this they were confident. As were the mountains funneling the w...”
“I could still turn back before I pass the last houses and really have to commit to this.”
“I'm Julia Malone and nobody has the patent on me!”
“Lust, I suspect, wears repatent stilettos, that feather boa and not much else. Maybe glossy red lipstick.”
“The problem with being a leader is that you're never sure if you're being followed or chased.”
“silence across the field. When they reached the edge of the forest, Claires anxiety faded. It really would be easier”
