My God! The English language is a form of communication! Conversation isn't just crossfire where you shoot and get shot at! Where you've got to duck for your life and aim to kill! Words aren't only bombs and bullets — no, they're little gifts, containing meanings! —Philip Roth More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We didn't have a relationship; we had a personality clash. —Alice Molloy More about this quote Tags: relationship personality Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Whatever people in general do not understand, they are always prepared to dislike; the incomprehensible is always the obnoxious. —L.E. Landon More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Mabel Pettigrew thought: I can read him like a book. She had not read a book for over forty years, could never concentrate on reading, but this nevertheless was her thought. —Muriel Spark More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I know I've changed. Nothing gets to me anymore. Well, okay, except for stuff in the past. Back then I was all innocent and trusting and didn't know anything. —Laura Wiess in Leftovers More about this quote Tags: innocence memory past change trust numbness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
He had known the rarest of things—love, real love—he'd held it in his hand and he'd thrown it away. What was left for him? A lifetime of second-bests. —Jennifer Donnelly in The Tea Rose More about this quote Tags: feeling love knowledge Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Isn't it nice…once you've outgrown the ideas of what life should be and you just enjoy what it is. —Taylor Jenkins Reid in After I Do More about this quote Tags: life simplicity ideas enjoyment joy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Love's about finding the one person who makes your heart complete. Who makes you a better person than you ever dreamed you could be. —Julia Quinn in The Viscount Who Loved Me More about this quote Tags: love relationships completion better Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Sometimes the best way to find out what you're supposed to do is by doing the thing you're not supposed to do. —Gayle Forman in Just One Day More about this quote Tags: action purpose Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I hate hiding how much the stupid things he did hurt me, but I hated the idea of him finding out even more. —Leigh Bardugo in Shadow and Bone More about this quote Tags: relationships hurt hatred Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I don't think anyone ever remembers what they were really like as kids. Adults think they do, but they don't. Photos and videos don't capture the real you, or bring back to life the person you used to be. You have to return to the past to do that. —Darren Shan in Sons of Destiny More about this quote Tags: life memory past identity kids Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Part of the beauty of love was that you didn't need to explain it to anyone else. You could refuse to explain. With love, apparently you didn't necessarily feel the need to explain anything at all. —Meg Wolitzer in The Interestings More about this quote Tags: love beauty explanation feelings Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
When do I stop? When I'm twenty-five? Thirty? Thirty-five? Forty? Or right this minute? Nobody tells you how long you should keep doing something before you give up forever. —Meg Wolitzer in The Interestings More about this quote Tags: life aging reputation rest stopping forever Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
There is a limit to the amount of misery and disarray you will put up with for love, just as there is a limit to the amount of mess you can stand around a house. You can't know the limit beforehand, but you will know when you've reached it. —Alice Munro More about this quote Tags: love limits misery cleanliness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained. —Mark Twain More about this quote Tags: life mystery explanation craziness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email