Every accepted public quote

“I've apparently been the victim of growing up, which apparently happens to all of us at one point or another. It's been going on for quite some time now, without me knowing it. I've found th...”

“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.”

“To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.”

“It does not matter how long you are spending on the earth, how much money you have gathered or how much attention you have received. It is the amount of positive vibration you have radiated...”

“I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to”

“I always channel my emotions into my work. That way, I don't hurt anyone but myself.”

“A DEFINITION NOT FOUND IN THE DICTIONARY Not leaving: an act of trust and love, often deciphered by children”

“War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for hi...”

“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

“Vote for the man who promises least; he'll be the least disappointing.”

“Go boldly and honestly through the world. Learn to love the fact that there is nobody else quite like you.”

“Watch out for intellect, because it knows so much it knows nothing and leaves you hanging upside down, mouthing knowledge as your heart falls out of your mouth.”

“Sometimes I sit alone under the stars and think of the galaxies inside my heart and truly wonder if anyone will ever want to make sense of all that I am”

“That's the thing about depression: A human being can survive almost anything, as long as she sees the end in sight. But depression is so insidious, and it compounds daily, that it's impossib...”

“Sometimes scientific discoveries are like that […]. Once people know something is possible, the pace of new findings increases. (Wylan)”

“The less you knew, the fewer monsters you’d attract,”

“Sex is neither art nor science. That’s why it’s not taught in school. And that’s why people find it difficult to talk about it. It is simply a gift God gave us with his left hand. ~Nkwachukw...”

“Then Thalia Grace became their leader and started recruiting even more young women to their cause, which grated on Nico – as if Bianca’s death could be forgotten. As if she could be replaced...”

“Nico found a sort of freedom in knowing that eventually, no matter what happened, he would end up at the foot of his father’s throne.”

“Hazel has to realize that her mom was wrong when she said, “I won’t be a mother anymore.” The truth is, after Hazel dies (assuming she dies), her mom will still be her mom, just as my grandm...”

“It was her chaos that made her beautiful.”

“Nerd girls are the world’s most underutilized romantic resource. And guys, do not tell me that nerd girls are not hot because that shows a Paris Hilton-esque failure to understand hotness.”

“Nico knew something about ghosts. Letting them get inside your head was dangerous. He wanted to help Reyna, but since his own strategy was to deal with his problems alone, spurning anyone wh...”

“Because I was dying. And Warner could’ve let me die. He was angry and hurt and had every reason to be bitter. I’d just ripped his heart out; I’d let him believe something would come of our r...”

“The most significant attribute and personality trait someone can possess is constant renewal; the continual process of renewing our wisdom in our personal life and in the workplace. This quo...”

“Often father and daughter look down on mother (woman) together. They exchange meaningful glances when she misses a point. They agree that she is not bright as they are, cannot reason as they...”

“He moved to sniff some white-and-yellow flowers. A nightmare. This was a nightmare. “You can’t really like flowers.” Again those dark eyes shifted to her. Blinked once. I most certainly do,...”

“But Grover’s voice was already growing fainter. ‘Sweet dreams. Don’t let me die!”

“I’ve met plenty of embarrassing parents, but Kronos, the evil Titan Lord who wanted to destroy Western Civilization? Not the kind of dad you invited to school for Career Day.”

“What about a compromise? I’ll kill them first, and if it turns out they were friendly, I’ll apologize.”

“I think it’s beautiful the way you sparkle when you talk about the things you love.”

“A sky full of stars and he was staring at her. —ATTICUS”

“He’s dozed off again, but I kiss him awake, which seems to startle him. Then he smiles as if he’d be happy to lie there gazing at me forever.”

“You can’t leave yet. I’m not finished falling in love with you.”

“The words ‘I Love You’ kill, and resurrect millions, in less than a second.”

“You’ll never be able to find yourself if you’re lost in someone else.”

“I’m in love with you, and I know that love is just a shout into the void, and that oblivion is inevitable, and that we’re all doomed and that there will come a day when all our labor has bee...”

“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”

“I didn’t need you, you idiot. I picked you. And then you picked me back.”

“You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tel...”

“Life is too short to waste your time on people who don’t respect, appreciate, and value you.”

“You’ve got about as much charm as a dead slug.”

“Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly -- they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced.”

“The so-called ‘psychotically depressed’ person who tries to kill herself doesn’t do so out of quote ‘hopelessness’ or any abstract conviction that life’s assets and debits do not square. And...”

“I’d said it before and meant it: Alive or undead, the love of my life was a badass.”

“The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter. ’tis the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.”

“She was a girl who knew how to be happy even when she was sad. And that’s important—you know”

“For attractive lips, speak words of kindness. For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people. For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry. For beautiful hair, let a child run his finger...”