He often envied people who hadn't read his favourite books. They had such happiness before them.
-- Charles Finch, A Stranger in Mayfair
We never know which lives we influence, or when, or why.
-- Stephen King, 11/22/63
Sleep is good, he said, and books are better.
-- George R.R. Martin, Conversations with William Styron
You recreate yourself, when you relax.
-- Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Never feel ashamed of your longing for happiness.
-- Sharon Salzberg, Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection
Happiness is never in a rush. If you move too fast, you leave it behind.
-- Richelle E. Goodrich, Slaying Dragons
人人都有天賦,但可貴的是,你是否有勇氣追隨你的天賦到黑暗之地。
Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.
-- 艾麗卡.瓊,美國作家
Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity.
-- George Carlin, The Once and Future King
The important thing to you is not how many years in your life, but how much life in your years!
-- Edward J. Stieglitz, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
You are judged many times more by what you give assent to others doing than what you do yourself.
-- Compton Gage, ক্রীতদাসের হাসি
交換名片的真正目的不在於交換,而是從交換名片的那一刻起,就開始維繫關係,與往後的拜訪產生連結。
-- 新田龍,《一張價值千萬的名片》作者
Never read a book through merely because you have begun it.
-- John Witherspoon, Arok Dedes
Don’t wait for things to happen. Make them happen.
-- Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
From whichever side I start, I think I am in an old place where others have been before me.
-- Dejan Stojanovic, The Sun Watches the Sun
If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.
-- Mother Teresa, The Black Cauldron
What is given to you is what is needed; what you want, requires giving up what you don't need.
-- George Alexiou, A Call to Spiritual Reformation: Priorities from Paul and His Prayers
I saw no way out but to dive right in, to a good book.
-- Genesis Quihuis, You Can't Be Too Careful
Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well.
-- Mark Twain, All's Well That Ends Well
Some people have a way with words, and other people...oh, uh, not have way.
-- Steve Martin, Demian. Die Geschichte von Emil Sinclairs Jugend
...because all happiness is contagious, and disarms the spirit of hatred.
-- Irène Némirovsky, Suite Française