We are here and it is now. Further than that, all human knowledge is moonshine.
—H. L. Mencken
What does 'I love you' even mean? It's weird how different three words can feel. I mean, I've said it before but it's never felt so… big, you know? I'm not sure it meant the same thing then. Like, I was too young to get it.
—Christina Lauren in Beautiful Stranger
What I know at sixty I knew at twenty. Forty years of superfluous verification.
—Emil Cioran
The only thing that counts is the bit that cannot be explained.
—Georges Braque
People know their feelings much sooner than they consciously accept them.
—Leah Raeder in Unteachable
Good breeding consists of concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.
—Mark Twain
Sometimes you think you know things, know things very deeply, only to realize you don't know a damn thing.
—Jandy Nelson in I'll Give You the Sun
Success usually occurs in private, while failure occurs in full view.
—Jill Shalvis in The Sweetest Thing
A specification that will not fit on one page of 8.5x11 inch paper cannot be understood.
—Mark Ardis
We are here and it is now. Further than that all human knowledge is moonshine.
—H. L. Mencken
George Washington, as a boy, was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie.
—Mark Twain
I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
—J. R. R. Tolkien
Either the United States will destroy ignorance or ignorance will destroy the United States.
—W. E. B. Du Bois
The charitable acts that count the most are those done without anyone knowing.
—Elin Hilderbrand in The Perfect Couple
The moon is a loyal companion. It never leaves. It's always there, watching, steadfast, knowing us in our light and dark moments, changing forever just as we do. Every day it's a different version of itself. Sometimes weak and wan, sometimes strong and full of light. The moon understands what it means to be human.
—Tahereh Mafi in Shatter Me