Quotes

David Adams Richards photo

“There is no worse flaw in man's character than that of wanting to belong.”

David Adams Richards (1950) Canadian writer and politician

Source: Mercy Among the Children

Dan Brown photo

“Fear cripples faster than any implement of war.”

Source: Angels & Demons

Robert Jordan photo

“Only a battle lost is sadder than a battle won.”

Source: The Fires of Heaven

David Foster Wallace photo

“I wish you way more than luck.”

David Foster Wallace (1962–2008) American fiction writer and essayist

Source: This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life

Paul Fussell photo

“i find nothing more depressing than optimism.”

Paul Fussell (1924–2012) Recipient of the Purple Heart medal
Percy Bysshe Shelley photo

“The pleasure that is in sorrow is sweeter than the pleasure of pleasure itself.”

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822) English Romantic poet

A Defence of Poetry http://www.bartleby.com/27/23.html (1821)

Sue Grafton photo

“Pretending to be 'normal' is a lot harder than you think.”

Sue Grafton (1940–2017) American writer

Source: F is for Fugitive

Jean De La Fontaine photo

“Patience and time do more than strength or passion.”

Jean De La Fontaine (1621–1695) French poet, fabulist and writer.

Patience et longueur de temps
Font plus que force ni que rage.
Book II (1668), fable 11.
Fables (1668–1679)

Jerry Spinelli photo

“Nothing’s more fun than being carried away.”

Source: Stargirl

Alison Croggon photo

“It is far better to put away fear than to be driven by it.”

Source: The Riddle

David Hume photo

“The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.”

David Hume (1711–1776) Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian

Source: On Suicide

James Patterson photo
Isaac Asimov photo

“The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing.”

Isaac Asimov (1920–1992) American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, known for his works of science fiction …
E.E. Cummings photo

“the voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses”

E.E. Cummings (1894–1962) American poet

Source: Selected Poems

Robert Baden-Powell photo

“Leave this world a little better than you found it.”

Robert Baden-Powell (1857–1941) lieutenant-general in the British Army, writer, founder and Chief Scout of the Scout Movement

Baden-Powell's Last Message (1941)

Mark Twain photo