Discovery

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”

“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”

“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, Love like you'll never be hurt, Sing like there's nobody listening, And live like it's heaven on earth.”

“So many books, so little time.”

“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”

“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”

“We accept the love we think we deserve.”

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”

“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.”

“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”

“I'm not afraid of death; I just don't want to be there when it happens.”

“Saying 'I notice you're a nerd' is like saying, 'Hey, I notice that you'd rather be intelligent than be stupid, that you'd rather be thoughtful than be vapid, that you believe that there are...”

“This life is what you make it. No matter what, you're going to mess up sometimes, it's a universal truth. But the good part is you get to decide how you're going to mess it up. Girls will be...”

“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”

“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.”

“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life...”

“A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.”

“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.”

“Whenever I feel the need to exercise, I lie down until it goes away.”

“Without music, life would be a mistake.”

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”

“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”

“Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that you’ve never shared with another soul and they absorb everythin...”

“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”

“Anyone who thinks sitting in church can make you a Christian must also think that sitting in a garage can make you a car.”

“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”

“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”

“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”

“Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well.”

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”

“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”

“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”

“Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up.”

“Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.”

“Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.”

“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”

“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which...”

“If you're reading this... Congratulations, you're alive. If that's not something to smile about, then I don't know what is.”

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”

“Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.”

“The story so far: In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”

“If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.”

“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”