Quotes about the trip
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“She wasnt exactly sure when it happened. Or even when it started. All she knew for sure was that right here and now, she was falling hard and she could only pray that he was feeling the same way.”

Nicholas Sparks book Safe Haven

Source: Safe Haven

Feeling

“I've been treating you with courtesy and respect because that's the way I choose to treat everyone. But never, ever mistake kindness with weakness.”

Louise Penny book Still Life

Source: Still Life

“Tessa put a hand against the wall as she made her way numbly down the stairs. What had she almost done? What had she nearly told Will?”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Princess

Source: Clockwork Princess

“Because it gives him and excuse to be around her--without making it look like he gave in first. That way, he can still seem manly."

"That's ridiculous." Especially the part about Christian being manly.

"Guys do ridiculous things for love.”

Richelle Mead book Spirit Bound

Source: Spirit Bound

Love, Guy, Parting

“Talking to oneself, I have often thought, is the best way to be sure of intelligent and witty conversation.”

Grant Morrison Sebastian O

Source: Sebastian O

Intelligence

“Good, old-fashioned ways keep hearts sweet, heads sane, hands busy.”

Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888) American novelist

Fashion, Business, Heart

“part memory part distance remaining
mine in the ways that I learn to miss you”

W.S. Merwin The Shadow of Sirius

Source: The Shadow of Sirius

Learning, Memory, Parting

“Send me out into another life
lord because this one is growing faint
I do not think it goes all the way”

W.S. Merwin (1927–2019) American poet

Life, Thinking

“Often we ask ourselves
to make absolute sense
out of what just happens,
and in this way, what we are practicing

is suffering,
which everybody practices,
but strangely few of us
grow graceful in.”

Tony Hoagland (1953–2018) American writer

Sense, Suffering

“By then Esthappen and Rahel had learned that the world had other ways of breaking men. They were already familiar with the smell. Sicksweet. Like old roses on a breeze.”

Arundhati Roy book The God of Small Things

Source: The God of Small Things

Men, World, Learning

“Whoever it was, whether I knew them or not, if I could help in some way, I would. I mean, if you can help, you have to help. Don't you think? - Poppy Wyatt”

Sophie Kinsella book I've Got Your Number

Source: I've Got Your Number

Thinking, Help

“When I replied that I loved her too in that way, I was the liar, not she, for I never lose the consciousness of time: to me the present is never here: it is always last year or next week.”

Graham Greene book The End of the Affair

Source: The End of the Affair

Love, Time

“The way to a man's heart is through his stomach… just make sure you thrust upward through his ribcage.”

Stephen Colbert (1964) American political satirist, writer, comedian, television host, and actor

Heart

“Philosophizing is simply one way of being afraid, a cowardly pretense that doesn't get you anywhere.”

Louis-ferdinand Céline book Journey to the End of the Night

Source: Journey to the End of the Night

“Oh, obviously,” Reyna said. “Without you, I doubt Percy could find his way out of a paper bag.” “True,” Annabeth agreed.”

Rick Riordan book The House of Hades

Source: The House of Hades

“Friendship is like a glass ornament, once it is broken it can rarely be put back together exactly the same way.”

Charles Kingsley (1819–1875) English clergyman, historian and novelist

Heartbreaking, Friendship, For Friend, For Bestfriend

“The future could go this way, that way. The future's futures have never looked so rocky. Don't put money on it. Take my advice and stick to the present. It's the real stuff, the only stuff, it's all there is, the present, the panting present.”

Martin Amis book Money

Source: Money

Money, Future

“Writing about the unholy is one way of writing about what is sacred.”

Clive Barker (1952) author, film director and visual artist

“Don't ask me any questions. I've seen how things that seek their way find their void instead.”

Federico García Lorca Poet in New York

Source: Poet in New York

Question

“In her way, she was a hard one. Faith in any sort of natural justice was nothing but a night light; she knew of that. Whatever she did, she would end the same way with everyone does: flat on her back with a tube in her nose, wondering, "Is this all?”

Thomas Harris Red Dragon

Source: Red Dragon

Faith, Justice, Nature, Light

“I'm happy that I have brought laughter because I have been shown by many the value of it in so many lives, in so many ways.”

Lucille Ball (1911–1989) American actress and businesswoman

Laughter, Happiness

“They hurt you. You hurt 'em back. Or maybe it is the other way around. Whatever. Someday you might find a way to forgive each other. But it won't be like it used to 'cause that pain never really goes away.”

Brian K. Vaughan (1976) American screenwriter, comic book creator

Source: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: No Future for You

Pain, Forgiveness, Hurt

“but it's so hard to dance that way when it's cold and there's no music.”

Tom Waits (1949) American singer-songwriter and actor

Music, Dance

“You wanted to think of yourself as someone who did these kinds of things.
                 You wanted to be in love
                             and he happened to get in the way.”

Richard Siken (1967) American poet

Source: Crush

Love, Thinking

“Uh-huh, right. Let me count all the ways you and I aren't going there.”

Jessica Bird (1969) U.S. novelist

Source: Lover Awakened

“And sure, I know if you eat this way you'll die. So? If you don't eat this way you're still going to die. Why not die happy?”

Robert Fulghum book All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

Source: All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

Happiness

“In a way, I was safe writing”

Franz Kafka Letter to His Father

Source: Letter to His Father

“It is helpful to know the proper way to behave, so one can decide whether or not to be proper.”

Gail Carson Levine Ella Enchanted

Source: Ella Enchanted

Help

“Doroga thumped a finger against his skull. Head got nothing to do with the heart. Your heart wants what it wants. Head got to learn that it can only kill the heart or else get out of the way”

Jim Butcher book Academ's Fury

Source: Academ's Fury

Learning, Heart

“Sometimes it's necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance correctly.”

Edward Albee (1928–2016) American playwright

The Zoo Story (1959)
Variant: It's one of those things a person has to do; sometimes a person has to go a very long distance out of his way to come back a short distance correctly.
Source: The American Dream & The Zoo Story

“We all start out so damn sure, thinking we've got the world on a string. If we ever stopped to think about the infinite number of ways we could be undone, we'd never leave our bedrooms.”

Jonathan Tropper (1970) American writer

Source: This is Where I Leave You

World, Thinking

“In the first few seconds an aching sadness wrenched his heart, but it soon gave way to a feeling of sweet disquiet, the excitement of gypsy wanderlust”

Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940) Russian author primarily known for his novel "Master and Margarita"

Sadness, Feeling, Heart

“Earrings are like orgasms. You can never have too many."
" I never thought about it quite that way."
Well, you're a man. " She gave his knee a friendly pat.”

Nora Roberts (1950) American romance writer

Source: Daring to Dream

“Because of you, the world makes sense to me in a way it didn't before. I have a place now, with you.”

Sylvia Day (1973) American writer

Source: Reflected in You

World, Sense

“If you hold back on the emotions--if you don't allow yourself to go all the way through them--you can never get to being detached, you're too busy being afraid.”

Mitch Albom Tuesdays with Morrie

Source: Tuesdays with Morrie

Business

“In New York, people are unhappy on purpose, because unhappiness makes them seem more complex; in Washington DC it just sort of works out that way.”

Chuck Klosterman book Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story

Source: Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story

People

“He wanted to believe that his own lack of movement had stopped all movement in the world, the way a hibernating frog abolishes winter.”

Kóbó Abe book The Woman in the Dunes

Part 1, Ch. 8
Source: The Woman in the Dunes (1962)

World, Winter

“Starlight and comet tails burned the tips of endless grass below into hammered silver. Like thousands of tapers in the chapel, just blown out but still glowing.
If one could drown in the grass… it might be the best way to die.”

Gregory Maguire book Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

Source: Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

Grass

“So you were going to rescue the Prince! Why did you pretend to run away? To deceive the Witch?"

"Not likely! I'm a coward. Only way I can do something this frightening is to tell myself I'm not doing it!”

Diana Wynne Jones book Howl's Moving Castle

Source: Howl's Moving Castle

“Love was that way. You could not render it in black or white. It always came down to the strange, blended shades of grey.”

Jodi Picoult (1966) Author

Love

“It is no way to live, to wait to love.”

Dave Eggers (1970) memoirist, novelist, short story writer, editor, publisher

Love, Waiting

“Hindus, in their capacity for love, are indeed hairless Christians, just as Muslims, in the way they see God in everything, are bearded Hindus, and Christians, in their devotion to God, are hat-wearing Muslims.”

Yann Martel book Life of Pi

Source: Life of Pi (2001), Chapter 16, pp. 54–55

Love, God

“What does all this mean finally, I kept asking like a college kid. Why does it make me want to cry? Maybe it’s that we are all outsiders, we are all making our own unusual way through a wilderness of
normality that is just a myth.”

Anne Rice Exit to Eden

Source: Exit to Eden

Cry

“Tyson," I said "We're turning around!"
Going the wrong way?" he asked.
Always," I grumbled, but I steered the chariot towards the stands.”

Rick Riordan book The Sea of Monsters

Source: The Sea of Monsters

“I'm guessing whatever 'ways' you have in mind aren't Jill-appropriate either."
"Put your books away and I'll show you.”

Richelle Mead book The Fiery Heart

Source: The Fiery Heart

Books

“But it seemed to me that this was the way we all lived: full to the brim with gratitude and joy one day, wrecked on the rocks the next. Finding the balance between the two was the art and the salvation.”

Elizabeth Berg (1948) American novelist

Source: The Year of Pleasures

Art, Joy, Gratitude

“We may have a perfectly adequate way of doing something, but that does not mean there cannot be a better way. So we set out to find an alternative way. This is the basis of any improvement that is not fault correction or problem solving.”

Edward de Bono (1933) Maltese physician

Source: Six Thinking Hats Revised Edition

Problem

“Girl, he wants to dip you in Frosted Flakes and have you for breakfast. That's his favorite cereal, by the way." I… had no words for that.”

Gena Showalter (1975) American writer

Source: Alice in Zombieland

Girl

“It's strange though. People make such a big deal about looks, but after a while, when you know someone, you don't even notice anymore, do you? It's just the way they look.”

Alex Flinn book Beastly

Source: Beastly

People

“There are times in life to grow, and there are times in life to shine. One can't grow and shine at the same time; it just doesn't work that way. Now you're growing. Tomorrow you'll shine.”

Carol Plum-Ucci (1957) American writer

Source: What Happened to Lani Garver

Life, Time

“He turned, registering a face with blond hair, and for a split second he thought it was Will Solace. When Nico realized it was Jason, he was disappointed. Then he felt angry with himself for feeling that way.”

Rick Riordan book The Blood of Olympus

Source: The Blood of Olympus

Disappointment, Feeling

“Men who believe that they are accomplishing something by speaking speak in a different way from men who believe that speaking is a waste of time.”

Neal Stephenson book Cryptonomicon

Source: Cryptonomicon

Men, Time

“The best way to predict your future is to create it”

Peter F. Drucker (1909–2005) American business consultant

Motivational, Deep, Success, Happy

“You will be leaving, of course."

"Or I could help you."

"I've had a bit of practice bathing myself and I think I can stumble my way through this.”

Kresley Cole American writer

Source: Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night

Thinking, Help

“Sometimes, we are so attached to our way of life that we turn down wonderful opportunities simply because we don't know what to do with it.”

Paulo Coelho book Like the Flowing River

Source: Like the Flowing River

Life

“Don’t.” She looks directly into my eyes. After a month of being forced to avoid her, I feel stripped bare by her gaze. “You can be as much of a charming bastard as you want, but you’re never going to bullshit your way into my heart again.”

Holly Black book Black Heart

Source: Black Heart

Feeling, Heart

“The best way of being kind to bears is not to be very close to them.”

Margaret Atwood book MaddAddam

Source: MaddAddam

“I wondered if this was the way old crushes died, with a whimper, slowly, and then, just like that—gone.”

Jenny Han (1980) American writer

Source: The Summer I Turned Pretty

“If you believe in your heart that you are right, then you must fight with all your might to do it your way. Only dead fish swim with the stream all the time.”

Linda Ellerbee (1944) journalist

Fish, Time, Heart, Fight

“I like the sky. It's rational to me in a way that life isn't.”

Maria Dahvana Headley (1977) American writer

Source: Magonia

Life

“When first love ends, most people eventually know there will be more to come. They are not through with love. Love is not through with them. It will never be the same as the first, but it will be better in different ways.”

David Levithan book Every Day

Source: Every Day

Love, People

“I say money has no value; it's just the way you spend it.”

William Faulkner book The Sound and the Fury

Source: The Sound and the Fury

Money

“For me, books have always been a way to feel less alone while being alone.”

Jonathan Ames (1964) American novelist, memoirist

Books, Feeling

“One of the things I've always liked about science fiction is the way it makes you think about things, and look at things from angles you'd never have thought about before.”

Jo Walton book Among Others

Source: Among Others

Thinking, Science

“The only way to have eternal love is to never let your heart forget what it’s like to live without it.”

Sherrilyn Kenyon (1965) Novelist

Source: Night Play

Love, Heart, Forgetting

“Always leave a way out, unless you really want to find out how hard a man can fight when he’s nothing to lose.”

Robert Jordan The Fires of Heaven

Source: The Fires of Heaven

Fight

“My gratitude for good writing is unbounded; I’m grateful for it the way I’m grateful for the ocean.”

Anne Lamott (1954) Novelist, essayist, memoirist, activist

Source: Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

Gratitude

“It's the way our founding fathers would have wanted it, if they had founded corporations instead of just a country.”

Stephen Colbert (1964) American political satirist, writer, comedian, television host, and actor

Country

“Escape? There is one unwatched way: your eyes. O Beauty! Keep me good that secret gate.”

Wilfred Owen (1893–1918) English poet and soldier (1893-1918)

Source: The Poems Of Wilfred Owen

Secret, Beauty

“me: you know what sucks about love?
o. w. g.: what?
me: that it's so tied to the truth.

I know it sucks, but in a way, it's good…. Love and truth being tied together, I mean. They make each other possible, you know?”

David Levithan book Will Grayson, Will Grayson

Source: Will Grayson, Will Grayson

Love, Truth

“Do you ever wonder why things have to turn out the way they do?”

Nicholas Sparks book A Walk to Remember

Source: A Walk to Remember

“I want the same one, the way she always is, without failures, without fights, without bad memories.”

Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014) Colombian writer

Failure, Memory, Fight

“Every night when I go to bed I think, In the morning I will wake up in my own house and things will be back the way they were.
It hasn’t happened this morning, either.”

Margaret Atwood book The Handmaid's Tale

Source: The Handmaid's Tale

Thinking, Housing, Night

“The world rests upon a turtle, which itself stands on the back of an elephant!”
Alek tried not to laugh. “Then what does the elephant stand on, madam?”
“Don’t try to be clever, young man.” She narrowed her eyes. “It’s elephants all the way down!”

Scott Westerfeld book Behemoth

Source: Behemoth

World

“There's no way I can stop writing, it's a form of insanity.”

Charles Bukowski book Women

Source: Women

“Is it my birthday again? Already? Wherethe time go?"
"Behind us --or in front. It depends on which way you are looking.”

David Eddings book Belgarath the Sorcerer

Source: Belgarath the Sorcerer

Birthday, Time, Dependency

“You two. You can do a cleaning spell."
One slurred, "But Nixie, I'm really pre-hung-over."
Nix's eyes went wide. "Do it, or the photos go live!"
The witch shook her fist to the sky, crying, "Damn you, Valkyrie! Damn you and your digital ways!”

Kresley Cole American writer

Source: Kiss of a Demon King

Photo, Cry

“Every masterpiece is just dirt and ash put together in some perfect way.”

Chuck Palahniuk book Diary

Source: Diary

Perfection

“I often wonder if God recognizes His own son the way we've dressed him up, or is it dressed him down?”

Ray Bradbury book Fahrenheit 451

Source: Fahrenheit 451

God

“I'm just not convinced that Jesus is going to say, "When I was hungry, you gave a check to the United Way and they fed me.”

Shane Claiborne The Irresistible Revolution

Source: The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical

“I learned from him that often contradiction is the clearest way to truth”

Patti Smith Just Kids

Source: Just Kids

Truth, Learning

“For the sake of one soul. For one loved one. For one life." I called power into my blasting rod, and its tip glowed incandescent white. "The way I see it, there's nothing else worth fighting a war for.”

Jim Butcher book Grave Peril

Source: Grave Peril

Love, Life, War, Soul

“I'll be the way I was when I first met him. Then maybe he'll like me again. I was always sweet, at first. Oh, it's so easy to be sweet to people before you love them.”

Dorothy Parker (1893–1967) American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist

Source: The Portable Dorothy Parker

Love, People

“Children do live in fantasy and reality; they move back and forth very easily in a way we no longer remember how to do.”

Maurice Sendak (1928–2012) American illustrator and writer of children's books

As quoted in Questions to an Artist Who Is Also an Author : A Conversation between Maurice Sendak and Virginia Haviland (1972) by Virginia Haviland
Context: I believe there is no part of our lives, our adult as well as child life, when we're not fantasizing, but we prefer to relegate fantasy to children, as though it were some tomfoolery only fit for the immature minds of the young. Children do live in fantasy and reality; they move back and forth very easily in a way we no longer remember how to do.

Children, Reality