Every accepted public quote

“I don't deserve this award, but I have arthritis and I don't deserve that either.”

“One who learns to justify forgets to learn.”

“Maybe when water yearned for fire / it invented waves / so one day they might become flames”

“The seeds of divorce are often sown and the problems of children begin when Mother works outside the home.”

“I prefer the pen. There is something elemental about the glide and flow of nib and ink on paper.”

“I think of life as a good book. The further you get into it, the more it begins to make sense.”

“You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.”

“Nothing in the world is ever completely wrong. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.”

“You're thinking about something, and it makes you forget to talk.”

“The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive”

“Hidup harus terus berlanjut,tidak peduli seberapa menyakitkan atau membahagiakan, biar waktu yg menjadi obat”

“Market forces impose certain rules before a film can actually get made.”

“Be careless in your dress if you must, but keep a tidy soul.”

“The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn from it.”

“I think you can get to a point where nihilism, if that's the right word, is overwhelming, and the basic laws that society has set up - either religious or social laws - become meaningless.”

“It does good to no woman to be flattered [by a man] who does not intend to marry her; and it is madness in all women to let a secret love kindle within them, which, if unreturned and unknown...”

“Love goes very far beyond the physical person of the beloved. It finds its deepest meaning in his spiritual being, his inner self. Whether or not he is actually present, whether or not he is...”

“Books have a way of finding their way into our lives, usually, right when we need them the most.”

“Books are no more threatened by Kindle than stairs by elevators.”

“I don't know if I can relax. Relax, I can't do. My brain, on idle, is a bad thing. I just get weird. I mean, not weird. I get, I get antsy.”

“Next time I see you, remind me not to talk to you.”

“I must talk, and you must listen, for we are engaged here in the most important pursuit in history: the search for meaning. What is the nature of being a person? What is the best way to go a...”

“Mother Earth Speaks: You live in my womb, learn from my seasons and grow old in my arms Listen to my heart I give you garments woven in gold I bless your arrival then let you fly free knowin...”

“My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or blessed, believing that in a t...”

“No lake so still but it has its wave. No circle so perfect but that it has its blur. I would change things for you if I could; As I can't you must take them as they are.”

“All thinking men are atheists.”

“They were just kind of simultaneous - the film ending and the sets being destroyed. I was struck the first time I saw the Great Hall become a big pile of burning rubble and getting scattered...”

“The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely, or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature, and God. Because only then does one feel tha...”

“Whatever you are physically...male or female, strong or weak, ill or healthy--all those things matter less than what your heart contains. If you have the soul of a warrior, you are a warrior...”

“There are three hundred and sixty-four days when you might get un-birthday presents, and only one for birthday presents, you know.”

“Is it possible that the portrait of the divine Son of God is an exaggeration, at best, or a complete fabrication, at worst, of the original Jesus?”

“When a nation is over-reliant on one or two commodities like oil or precious minerals, corrupt government ministers and their dodgy associates hoard profits and taxes instead of properly all...”

“The thing about the 600 words, I mean some day, you can do a very, very, very hard day's work and not write a word, just revising, or you would scribble a few words.”

“I want to be the only thing touching him. I want to be the only thing that ever touches him again. I will be envious of every shirt he ever wears, the cuffs of his coats, the trousers going...”

“If you'd blush saying something in person, don't write it.”

“When I hear somebody say 'Life is hard', I am always tempted to ask 'Compared to what?'”

“Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your inner voice. Have the courage to follow your heart & intuition.”

“No matter what, I'm trying to have fun and, depending on the mood, fun can be on a roller coaster and playing onstage, or fun can be sitting in a room with three of your best friends talking...”

“Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman.”

“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”

“Even the most ignorant fool can teach us something about life; particularly in temperament and manner.”

“The thing about comedy is it gives you a platform to expose your own shortcomings, so it becomes a public display of weirdness.”

“a man was found floating dead in the San Francisco bay. a note in his pocket read: I won't jump if someone smiles at me today.”

“We can halt the destruction of the world's rainforests - and even restore parts of them - in order to ensure that the forests do what they are so good at - in other words, storing carbon nat...”

“Jennifer Lopez and Sara Bareilles are my tops! Both incredibly hard-working and talented women.”

“I haven't heard of anybody who wants to stop living on account of the cost.”

“I like men with quick wit, good conversation and a great sense of humour. I love banter. I want a man to like me for me - I want him to be authentic.”

“When you're lost in those woods, it sometimes takes you a while to realize that you are lost. For the longest time, you can convince yourself that you've just wandered off the path, that you...”