“She thought a writer should work harder writing a book than she did reading it.”
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.”
Source: A Wild Sheep Chase
“You are wonderful, Father.""I'm more than wonderful, how dare you insult me.”
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.”
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)
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.”
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
Source: For Whom the Bell Tolls
“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.”
Source: The Wise Man's Fear