“Life is much more of a compromise than I ever imagined.”

“A little too much anger, too often or at the wrong time, can destroy more than you would ever imagine.”

Marilynne Robinson Gilead

“I was in love, and the feeling was even more wonderful than I ever imagined it could be.”

Nicholas Sparks (1965) American writer and novelist

“I cannot imagine life without books any more than I can imagine life without breathing.”

Terry Brooks (1944) American writer

“I eat as much as I ever did, I drink more than I should, and my sex life is none of your goddamned business.”

John Wayne (1907–1979) American film actor

“I know it's a rare privilege, but if one can really tackle something in adult life that means that much to you, then it's more rewarding than anything I can imagine.”

Andrew Wiles (1953) British mathematician

“I held her close to me with my eyes closed, wonering if anything in my life had ever been this perfect and knowing at the same time that it hadn't. I was in love, and the feeling was even more wonderful than I ever imagined it could be.”

Nicholas Sparks book A Walk to Remember

“Life has more imagination than we do.”

Francois Truffaut (1932–1984) film director

“You are capable of so much more than we usually dare to imagine”

Sharon Salzberg (1952) American writer

“It is a little bit humiliating when I have to say that Chou En-lai to me appears as the most superior brain I have so far met in the field of foreign politics… so much more dangerous than you imagine because he is so much better a man than you have ever admitted.”

Dag Hammarskjöld (1905–1961) Swedish diplomat, economist, and author