A life without books is a thirsty life, and one without poetry is...like a life without pictures.

-- Stephen King, The Uncommon Reader

I think, that if the world were a bit more like ComicCon, it would be a better place.

-- Matt Smith, Kushiel's Chosen

If you remain static and wait for success to come to you it will certainly not happen.

-- Steve Backley, The Champion in all of Us: 12 Rules for Success

We may think we live for wisdom, but in fact we're living for the the pleasure wisdom brings us.

-- Josef Škvorecký, The Engineer of Human Souls

Unless we have something worth dying for, Atretes, we've nothing worth living for.

-- Francine Rivers, A Voice in the Wind

Every time I tried kissing happiness, it came very close to me and then pushed me away.

-- Toffee, Finding Juliet

Silence does not always mark wisdom.

-- Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Crave

When you praise God in pain, it is preparing you for provision.

-- Patience Johnson, Why Does an Orderly God Allow Disorder

You could do a lot worse.

-- Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire

人們只喜歡計算他們的麻煩，不喜歡計算他們的喜悅。

Man only likes to count his troubles, but he does not count his joys.

-- 費奧多爾·杜斯妥也夫斯基，俄國作家

I am the shore and the ocean, awaiting myself on both sides.

-- Dejan Stojanovic, The Shape

The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it.

-- Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are, "It might have been.

-- Kurt Vonnegut Jr., The Little Prince

Spirituality is feeling a oneness with humanity.

-- Debasish Mridha, Father Joe: The Man Who Saved My Soul

Friends are the family you choose (~ Nin/Ithilnin, Elven rogue).

-- Jess C. Scott, The Other Side of Life

Well, Jenny thought, he certainly likes to cuddle.

-- Katie Allen, Breaking the Silence

Forget being a bad failure, use Cosmic Ordering and be good at success.

-- Stephen Richards, Cosmic Ordering Guide

You're always with yourself, so you might as well enjoy the company.

-- Diane Von Furstenberg, Season of Mists

Today is the oldest you've ever been, and the youngest you'll ever be again.

-- Eleanor Roosevelt, All About Love: New Visions

L'uomo è infelice perchè è incontentabile.

-- Giacomo Leopardi, Operette Morali: Essays and Dialogues