“We humans are willing to believe anything rather than the truth.”
Carlos Ruiz Zafón book The Shadow of the Wind
Variant: We are willing to believe anything other than the truth.
Source: The Shadow of the Wind
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“Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence.”
Pythagoras (-585–-495 BC) ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher
“In this world of gossip, a good listener is rarer than a great orator.”
Christopher Pike (1954) American author Kevin Christopher McFadden
Source: Black Blood
“It is so much simpler to bury reality than it is to dispose of dreams”
Don DeLillo book Americana
Source: Americana
“It's much easier, she realized, to be on the verge of something than to actually be it.”
Markus Zusak book The Book Thief
Variant: It's much easier... to be on the verge of something than to actually be it. This would still take time.
Source: The Book Thief
“He's just rather more lively than most fossils.”
Tamora Pierce (1954) American writer of fantasy novels for children
“I was with them for all of it, but more like an echo than a participant.”
Aimee Bender (1969) Novelist, short story writer
Source: The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
“It's easier to put on a pair of shoes than to wrap the earth in leather.”
Chögyam Trungpa (1939–1987) Tibetan Buddhist lama and writer
“Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.”
Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965) French-German physician, theologian, musician and philosopher
Variant: Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.
“Nothing captures human interest more than human tragedy.”
Dan Brown book Angels & Demons
Source: Angels & Demons
“Language exists less to record the actual than to liberate the imagination.”
Anthony Burgess (1917–1993) English writer
“A wise man will make more opportunities, than he finds.”
Francis Bacon book Essays
Of Ceremonies and Respect
Essays (1625)
Variant: Wise men make more opportunities than they find.
Source: The Essays
“It is is better to know one book intimately than a hundred superficially.”
Donna Tartt book The Secret History
Source: The Secret History
“The simple lack of her is more to me than others' presence.”
Edward Thomas (1878–1917) Poet and journalist
Source: "The Unknown", line 16, cited from Collected Poems (London: Selwyn & Blount, 1920), p. 116.
“Better to live one year as a tiger, than a hundred as sheep.”
Madonna (1958) American singer, songwriter, and actress
Madonna: 50 Years Of Wit And Wisdom, The Insider http://www.theinsider.com/news/1130430_Madonna_50_Years_Of_Wit_And_Wisdom,
“The Clique…. the only thing harder than getting in is saying goodbye.”
Lisi Harrison (1970) Canadian writer
Variant: The Clique: The only thing harder then getting in is staying in.
Source: Charmed and Dangerous: The Rise of the Pretty Committee
“Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet