Quotes

Sophia Loren photo

“Nothing makes a woman more beautiful than the belief that she is beautiful.”

Sophia Loren (1934) Italian actress

As quoted in The Subtlety of Emotions (2001) by Aaron Ben-Ze'ev, p. 204.

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“But when all was said the important thing was to love rather than to be loved.”

Source: Of Human Bondage (1915), Ch. 70

“I'd rather look forward and dream, than look backward and regret.”

James Van Praagh (1958) American psychic

Source: Unfinished Business: What the Dead Can Teach Us About Life

Dr. Seuss photo

“Remember me and smile, for it's better to forget than to remember me and cry.”

Dr. Seuss (1904–1991) American children's writer and illustrator, co-founder of Beginner Books
Alice Hoffman photo

“I'm at the point where going forward is easier than going back.”

Alice Hoffman (1952) Novelist, young-adult writer, children's writer

Source: Green Witch

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“One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself.”

Leonardo Da Vinci (1452–1519) Italian Renaissance polymath

The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XIX Philosophical Maxims. Morals. Polemics and Speculations.
Variant: You can have no dominion greater or less than that over yourself.

“She misses him more now than when he was away”

Melina Marchetta (1965) Australian teen writer

Source: The Piper's Son

Lauryn Hill photo

“See no one loves you more than me… and no one ever will”

Lauryn Hill (1975) American singer, rapper, songwriter, record producer, actress
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“There are occasions when it pays better to fight and be beaten than not to fight at all.”

Charles Dickens (1939)
Source: Homage to Catalonia

Rachel Caine photo

“I had no name for that particular hue of orange, other than unfortunate.”

Rachel Caine (1962) American writer

Source: Bitter Blood

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