Every accepted public quote

“The weak are the most treacherous of us all. They come to the strong and drain them. They are bottomless. They are insatiable. They are always parched and always bitter. They are everyone's...”

“First the priests arrive. Then the conquistadores.”

“To swear off making mistakes is very easy. All you have to do is swear off having ideas.”

“I mean, I hope you're happy, But the sky is still the sky without you, And I'm not surprised by that anymore.”

“If you have two friends in your lifetime, you're lucky. If you have one good friend, you're more than lucky.”

“Literature delivers tidings of the world within and the world without.”

“I am nearly the worst role model for a healthy person. To me, a healthy person is someone in balance. Sometimes you eat hamburgers, sometimes salad; sometimes you move, sometimes you don't....”

“We are all alike, on the inside.”

“It was never about the world being too big, it was more like she was too much for the world to handle.”

“There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn't.”

“Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries,hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent.”

“There is no magic wand to get rid of haters. There is no secret spell to win them over to your side.”

“The devil does not stay where music is.”

“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of the intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to a...”

“None of us are immune to grief, and everyone who has suffered loss understands that grief changes, but you never wake up one morning and you've moved on. It stays with you, and, you know, yo...”

“She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me, and I am in no humor at present to give consequence to young ladies who are slighted by other men.”

“I think and think for months, for years. Ninety-nine times the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.”

“Had he but turned back then, and looked out once more on to the rose-lit garden, she would have seen that which would have made her own sufferings seem but light and easy to bear--a strong m...”

“There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, "Thy will be done," and those to whom God says, "All right, then, have it your way."”

“Second star to the right and straight on 'til morning.”

“In a democracy only protection, defense and freedom are promised; equality, wealth, and healthcare can be enhanced based upon the path you follow; some are bestowed a paved golden path at bi...”

“There are people who want to be everywhere at once, and they get nowhere.”

“It reminds me that no embrace will ever feel the same again, because no one will ever be like her again, because she's gone. She's gone, and crying feels so useless, so stupid, but it's all...”

“To fully communicate with people, you need to find tactics that would interest them”

“Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.”

“Ergo: girls should always make the first move, because (a) they are, on the whole, less likely to be rejected than guys, (b) that way, girls will never get kissed unless they want to be kiss...”

“Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering.”

“If you listen to the wind very carefully, you'll be able to hear me whisper my love for you.”

“If I feel anxious every time someone is staring at me, well, I can't control what they stare at, but my reaction is, I'm just not going to go outside the house. I'm going to stay in and chil...”

“You can love someone deeply, but somehow not always do the right thing by them. People have flaws. We get so much wrong. Maybe if you try to understand him as a human being with faults then...”

“What's the difference between being dead, and just not knowing you're alive?”

“How little do they see what really is, who frame their hasty judgment upon that which seems.”

“Anyone can love a thing because. That's as easy as putting a penny in your pocket. But to love something despite. To know the flaws and love them too. That is rare and pure and perfect.”

“Be proud of struggles in your life. They bring you closer to greatness.”

“How could my brain let my heart think so stupidly?”

“Twinkle, twinkle little bat How I wonder what you're at! Up above the world you fly, Like a tea-tray in the sky.”

“The villain in 'Call Me by Your Name' is the tragedy of love - what seems to be part of the deal you sign with someone when you experience an amazing time with them.”

“There is no education like adversity.”

“For the briefest moment, Ulla despised Signy, as we can only hate those who rescue us from loneliness.”

“Courage is being scared to death ... and saddling up anyway.”

“God wanted to make heaven and the earth is that heaven. Nowhere in the universe there is so much love, life, beauty and peace. Enjoy your stay with the fellow beings.”

“Whether our days trip along like the angels mounting on Jacob's ladder to heaven or grind along like the wagons that Joseph sent for Jacob, they are in each case ordered by God's mercy.”

“We know the battle ahead will be long, but always remember that no matter what obstacles stand in our way, nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change....”

“Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.”

“You cannot change anyone, but you can be the reason someone changes.”

“What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?”

“I wonder why I don't go to bed and go to sleep. But then it would be tomorrow, so I decide that no matter how tired, no matter how incoherent I am, I can skip on hour more of sleep and live.”

“In high school for a couple years we did archery.”