A lot of people get so hung up on what they can't have that they don't think for a second about whether they really want it. —Lionel Shriver in Checker and the Derailleurs More about this quote Tags: desire wanting having Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We kiss again. This next kiss is the kind that breaks open the sky. It steals my breath and gives it back. It shows me that every other kiss I've had in my life has been wrong. —Gayle Forman in Just One Day More about this quote Tags: love life kisses breath Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Although many things may still need to happen before you identify what your exact work will be, I know that every single person whom you're meeting and every experience that you're having is necessary to you discovering your purpose. They are points on a map leading you to the moment where a match will finally be lit and you will be able to see through the darkness. —Jennifer Elisabeth More about this quote Tags: purpose discovery experience work darkness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
You don't stop loving someone just because they've hurt you. Yes, what you did hurt me, but I gain nothing if I stay angry with you. But I might gain everything by forgiving you. —Cassia Leo in Pieces of You More about this quote Tags: love relationships forgiveness pain hurt anger Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Right now I want a word that describes the feeling that you get—a cold sick feeling, deep down inside—when you know something is happening that will change you, and you don't want it to, but you can't stop it. And you know, for the first time, for the very first time, that there will now be a before and an after, a was and a will be. And that you will never again quite be the same person you were. —Jennifer Donnelly in A Northern Light More about this quote Tags: feeling change Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
When love is gone, there's always justice./ And when justice is gone, there's always force./ And when force is gone, there's always Mom./ Hi, Mom! —Laurie Anderson More about this quote Tags: justice love force parenting mothers dependability Mom Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost. —Gustave Flaubert More about this quote Tags: health happiness stupidity selfishness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information on it. —Samuel Johnson More about this quote Tags: knowledge research information Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If you live to be one hundred, you've got it made. Very few people die past that age. —George Burns More about this quote Tags: life age immortality old age Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books. —Thomas Carlyle More about this quote Tags: learning becoming knowledge books university Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
In the United States there is more space where nobody is than where anybody is. That is what makes America what it is. —Gertrude Stein More about this quote Tags: space USA Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those of libel. —James Thurber More about this quote Tags: comedy taste libel Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends. —Friedrich Nietzsche More about this quote Tags: love hate friends enemies Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I imagine that yes is the only living thing. —e. e. cummings More about this quote Tags: living yes Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. —Dale Carnegie More about this quote Tags: success happiness want Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email