“She thought a writer should work harder writing a book than she did reading it.”
Jeffrey Eugenides book The Marriage Plot
Source: The Marriage Plot
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“A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself”
Joseph Campbell (1904–1987) American mythologist, writer and lecturer
Variant: A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.
“It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
Cited as an example of "What Mark Twain Didn't Say" in Mark Twain by Geoffrey C. Ward, et al.
Misattributed
Variant: It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.
“Most everything you think you know about me is nothing more than memories.”
Haruki Murakami book A Wild Sheep Chase
Source: A Wild Sheep Chase
“You are wonderful, Father.""I'm more than wonderful, how dare you insult me.”
William Goldman book The Princess Bride
Source: The Princess Bride
“The 12-step chocoholics program: Never be more than 12 steps away from chocolate!”
Terry Moore (1929) actress
Variant: The 12-step chocolate program: NEVER BE MORE THAN 12 STEPS AWAY FROM CHOCOLATE!
“I care more about the people in books than the people I see every day.”
Jo Walton book Among Others
Source: Among Others
“No one can hate you with more intensity than someone who used to love you.”
Rick Riordan book The Blood of Olympus
Variant: No one can hate you more than someone who used to love you.
Source: The Blood of Olympus
“A great memory does not make a philosopher, any more than a dictionary can be called grammar.”
John Henry Newman (1801–1890) English cleric and cardinal
Discourse VIII, pt. 10.
The Idea of a University (1873)
Laurence Sterne book The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
Source: The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
“Of all the hardships a person had to face, none was more punishing than the simple act of waiting.”
Khaled Hosseini book A Thousand Splendid Suns
Variant: Laila came to believe that of all the hardships a person has to face, none was more punishing than the simple act of waiting.
Source: A Thousand Splendid Suns
“Why does the eye see more clearly when asleep than the imagination when awake?”
Leonardo Da Vinci (1452–1519) Italian Renaissance polymath
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XIX Philosophical Maxims. Morals. Polemics and Speculations.
Variant: Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than with the imagination being awake?
“That is how heavy a secret can become. It can make blood flow easier than ink.”
Patrick Rothfuss book The Wise Man's Fear
Source: The Wise Man's Fear