Many things are not as they seem: The worst things in life never are.

-- Jim Butcher, White Night

I clung to each word that fell from his lips like a spider to a web.

-- Dannika Dark, Twist

Mother is a verb. It's something you do. Not just who you are.

-- Cheryl Lacey Donovan, The Ministry of Motherhood

A good relationship with our children is the ultimate comfort we have while dying.

-- Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Me Before Them

She's always loved writers, even more than the books I think. They're like personal friends to her.

-- Josephine Hart, The truth about love

If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.

-- Benjamin Franklin, A Thousand Pieces of You

She burned too bright for this world.

-- Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights

Science has given us a great lie. It is this lie that ends the current age of faith in God.

-- Compton Gage, The Ecstasy of Loving God

Life is dear to every living thing; the worm that crawls upon the ground will struggle for it.

-- Solomon Northup, Twelve Years a Slave

Progress is a natural result of staying focused on the process of doing anything.

-- Thomas M. Sterner, The Practicing Mind: Bringing Discipline and Focus into Your Life

My head’ll explode if I continue with this escapism.

-- Jess C. Scott, EyeLeash: A Blog Novel

I only read biographies, metaphysics and psychology. I can dream up my own fiction.

-- Mae West, Magic Bites

We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.

-- Anaïs Nin, South of the Border, West of the Sun

The world was hers for the reading.

-- Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Some doors are open, but we are still searching for the right keys.

-- Alin Sav, Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby: An Agile Primer

There is nothing so convincing as a thing well done.

-- Roy T. Bennett, My Style, My Way: Top Experts Reveal How to Create Yours Today

Dancers are the athletes of God.

-- Albert Einstein, War and Peace

Happiness will grow if you plant the seeds of love in the garden of hope with compassion and care.

-- Debasish Mridha, The Gift of Past Relationships

The holy knowledge is the fear of God.

-- Lailah Gifty Akita, The Undying Fire

Every great achiever overcame the greatest obstacles.

-- Lailah Gifty Akita, Steppenwolf