We were not put here on this earth to barely squeak by and settle for a lukewarm, watered-down version of life, or to live in fear of what other people will think. Our lives can't rise any higher than our standards. Rise above settling in life or in love. And next time someone tells you your standards are too high, don't apologize. Tell them, "Thank you." The standards you set determine the life you get. And those who know their worth don't even entertain the lesser things. They hold out for the best things.
—Mandy Hale in The Single Woman
There comes a point when you just love someone. Not because they're good, or bad, or anything really. You just love them. It doesn't mean you'll be together forever. It doesn't mean you won't hurt each other. It just means you love them.
—Laurell K. Hamilton in Incubus Dreams
In the calculus of feelings, you never really know how one person's absence will affect you more than another's.
—Gayle Forman in Where She Went
Some men can love forever, some for six years, some for six months, and others for six hours.
—Michael Bassey Johnson
I'm not saying it's going to be easy. Nothing in life is easy. But that's no reason to give up. You'll be surprised what you can accomplish if you set your mind to it. After all, you only have one life, so you should try to make the most of it.
—Louis Sachar in Holes
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
—Edgar Allan Poe
Who are you and how did you get in here?' 'I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.
—Leslie Nielsen
Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law?
—Dick Clark
Channeling is just bad ventriloquism. You use another voice, but people can see your lips moving.
—Penn Jillette
I can't bring myself to say, 'Well, I guess I'll be toddling along.' It isn't that I can't toddle. It's just that I can't guess I'll toddle.
—Robert Benchley
The town where I grew up has a zip code of E-I-E-I-O.
—Martin Mull
Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.
—Mark Twain
The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything - or nothing.
—Nancy Astor
If it were done, when 'tis done, then 'twere well it were done quickly.
—William Shakespeare
The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.
—James Joyce