And how could anyone consent to give up the smell of open books, old or new?
-- Elizabeth Kostova, The Swan Thieves
Recognizing power in another does not diminish your own.
-- Joss Whedon, The Hobbit
Books are the salt of life; without them, there is no flavor.
-- Cheryl Koevoet, The Complete Stories and Poems
Mine was the twilight and the morning. Mine was a world of rooftops and love songs.
-- Roman Payne, Rooftop Soliloquy
Never give up because when you give up, dreams get lost.
-- Auliq-Ice, Wealth of Words
Ability, experience and books have solution for all the problems.
-- Amit Kalantri, Maelyn
Prosperity begins with a great partner experience
-- Paul Bradley Smith, The Big O
There is doggedness to genius. It is the ability to dig deep and hold on to the dream.
-- Stephen Richards, Ask and the Universe Will Provide: A Straightforward Guide to Manifesting Your Dreams
We were all born equal, but where we are in life now is of our own making.
-- Stephen Richards, The River of Winged Dreams
Every configuration of people is an entirely new universe unto itself.
-- Kristin Cashore, Bitterblue
每個人在某些方面都失敗過,所以我能接受失敗,但我不能接受沒有嘗試。
I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.
-- 麥可.喬丹,美國籃球明星
Haste is from the Devil.
-- Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams
For a bookworm like Mother, a Brontë novel sister was better than a biological one.
-- Eileen Favorite, The Heroines
Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn.
-- Mahatma Gandhi, Dark Horse
Intelligence is more important than strength, that is why earth is ruled by men and not by animals.
-- Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words
Reading makes me feel like I've lived a thousand lives in addition to my own.
-- Arlaina Tibensky, The Complete Stories and Poems
Hermione was screaming again: the sound went through Harry like physical pain.
-- J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
It isn't every day an ex decides to haunt us.
-- Marybeth Niederkorn, Small Town Tales: Volume 1
We can never know what might have been but what is to come is another matter entirely
-- C.S. Lewis, The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever
You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question.
-- Albert Camus, The Fall