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“Every single answer starts with the phrase 'I don't know.' But most of the time she does know, if I give her the time and the space in which to answer.”

David Levithan book Every Day

Source: Every Day

Time

“We're all blessed and we're all blighted, Chief Inspector," said Finney. "Everyday each of us does our sums. The question is, what do we count?”

Louise Penny (1958) Canadian woman writer

Source: A Rule Against Murder

Question

“The human animal is adapted to, and apparently can thrive on, an extraordinary range of different diets, but the Western diet, however you define it, does not seem to be one of them.”

Michael Pollan (1955) American author, journalist, activist, and professor of journalism

Source: In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto

Animals

“But what man does out of despair, is not necessarily a key to his character. I have always thought that the real key is in that which he seeks for his enjoyment.”

Ayn Rand (1905–1982) Russian-American novelist and philosopher

Despair

“(…): Oh, David, I would trust you with my life! Oh, Jonathan, I would sacrifice my own life for your holy mission! (He almost does): (weeping) David, you must return to me! I need you! I cannot do this thing without you!: Lo, I return!”

Cassandra Clare book The Shadowhunter's Codex

Source: The Shadowhunter's Codex

Life

“Sebastian never does anything just for fun.” Jace took Clary’s hand and pulled her toward him. “But I do.”

Cassandra Clare The City of Lost Souls

Source: City of Lost Souls

“A dream does not die on its own. A dream is vanquished by the choices ordinary people make about real things in their own lives…”

Jonathan Kozol (1936) American activist and educator

Source: Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation

People, Dreams

“Maruman does not loll.”

Isobelle Carmody book The Keeping Place

Source: The Keeping Place

“doesn’t really fit the definition of banter, now does it?”

Lilith Saintcrow (1976) American writer

Source: Reckoning

“don't say it. don't tell me that nobody's going to stare at me, because they will. don't tell me it doesn't matter, because it does. and don't tell me i look fine because that's a lie.”

Jodi Picoult My Sister's Keeper

Source: My Sister's Keeper

Lie

“At last, she makes her choice. She turns around, drops her head, and walks toward a horizon she cannot see. After that, she does not look back anymore. She knows that if she does, she will weaken.”

Khaled Hosseini book And the Mountains Echoed

Source: And the Mountains Echoed

“Poetry should be great and unobtrusive, a thing which enters into one's soul, and does not startle it or amaze it with itself, but with its subject.”

John Keats (1795–1821) English Romantic poet

Letter to John Hamilton Reynolds (February 3, 1818)
Letters (1817–1820)

Soul

“It is easy to live for others; everybody does. I call on you to live for yourselves.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet

May 3, 1845
1820s, Journals (1822–1863)

“This does not matter. This is not anything yet. It all depends on what you do with it, afterward.”

William Faulkner (1897–1962) American writer

Dependency

“Joe" I said. "It's Stephanie."
"Does this involve death?"
"Not yet."
"Does this involve sex?"
"Not yet."
"I can't imagine why else you'd be calling me.”

Janet Evanovich Four to Score

Source: Four to Score

Death, Sex, Imagination

“If one's actions are honest, one does not need the predated confidence of others.”

Ayn Rand book Atlas Shrugged

Source: Atlas Shrugged

Confidence

“Oh, Blimey O'Riley's pantyhose…. What is the point of Shakespeare? I know he is a genius and so on, but he does rave on. 'What light doth through yonder window break?' It's the bloody moon, for God sake, Will, get a grip!”

Louise Rennison (1951–2016) British writer

Variant: Oh Blimey O‘Reilly's pantyhose... what is the point of Shakespeare? I know he is a genius and so on, but he does rave on. It's the bloody moon, for God's sake, Will, get a grip!!
Source: Dancing in My Nuddy-Pants

God, Light

“Most musicians remain poor. But the music that they make, even if it does not bring them millions, gives millions of people happiness.”

Langston Hughes (1902–1967) American writer and social activist

Happiness, People, Music

“I also remembered that you were beautiful."
"Memory does play tricks on us."
"No. Your face is the same, but I don't remember what beautiful means anymore.”

Orson Scott Card book Ender's Game

Source: Ender's Game

Beauty, Memory

“What does it feel like to get shot?"
"I don't recommend it," said Nellie in a controlled voice. "Chocolate is definitely better.”

Gordon Korman book The Medusa Plot

Source: The Medusa Plot

Feeling

“A man does what he must — in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers, and pressures — and that is the basis of all human morality.”

John F. Kennedy book Profiles in Courage

1964 Memorial Edition, p. 266 http://www.jfklibrary.org/Research/Research-Aids/Ready-Reference/JFK-Quotations/Profiles-in-Courage-quotations.aspx <br class="br">Variant: A man does what he must — in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures — and that is the basis of all human morality. <br class="br">Source: Pre-1960, Profiles in Courage (1956) <br class="br">Context: The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy. A man does what he must — in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers, and pressures — and that is the basis of all human morality. In whatever area in life one may meet the challenges of courage, whatever may be the sacrifices he faces if he follows his conscience — the loss of his friends, his fortune, his contentment, even the esteem of his fellow men — each man must decide for himself the course he will follow. The stories of past courage can define that ingredient — they can teach, they can offer hope, they can provide inspiration. But they cannot supply courage itself. For this each man must look into his own soul. <br class="br">Context: For without belittling the courage with which men have died, we should not forget those acts of courage with which men — such as the subjects of this book — have lived. The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy. A man does what he must — in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers, and pressures — and that is the basis of all human morality. In whatever area in life one may meet the challenges of courage, whatever may be the sacrifices he faces if he follows his conscience — the loss of his friends, his fortune, his contentment, even the esteem of his fellow men — each man must decide for himself the course he will follow. The stories of past courage can define that ingredient — they can teach, they can offer hope, they can provide inspiration. But they cannot supply courage itself. For this each man must look into his own soul.

Personality, For Men

“Cats can do whatever they want, whenever they want, without regard to what anyone says or does. Rather like Princesses.”

Terry Brooks A Princess of Landover

Source: A Princess of Landover

Cats, Princess

“Oh God. valentine's Day tomorrow. Why? Why? Why is (the) entire world geared to make people not involved in romance feel stupid when everyone knows romance does not work anyway. Look at (the) royal family. Look at Mum and Dad.”

Helen Fielding book Bridget Jones's Diary

Source: Bridget Jones's Diary

God, People, Stupidity, World

“Restlessness and impatience change nothing except our peace and joy. Peace does not dwell in outward things, but in the heart prepared to wait trustfully and quietly on Him who has all things safely in His hands.”

Elisabeth Elliot (1926–2015) American missionary

Peace, Change, Waiting, Heart

“In poverty she is envious. In riches she may be a snob. Money does not change the sickness, only the symptoms”

John Steinbeck book The Winter of Our Discontent

Source: The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), unplaced by chapter
Context: Ellen, only last night, asked, 'Daddy, when will we be rich?' But I did not say to her what I know: 'We will be rich soon, and you who handle poverty badly will handle riches equally badly.' And that is true. In poverty she is envious. In riches she may be a snob. Money does not change the sickness, only the symptoms.

Money, Change

“How we live our lives does not, unfortunately depend on us alone. Circumstances, good or bad, constantly intervene. A person close to us die. A person not so close to us carries on living. All these things affect how we live.”

Tariq Ali (1943) British Pakistani writer, journalist, and historian

Source: The Stone Woman

Dependency, Personality

“Calmness of mind does not mean you should stop your activity. Real calmness should be found in activity itself. We say, "It is easy to have calmness in inactivity, it is hard to have calmness in activity, but calmness in activity is true calmness.”

Shunryu Suzuki (1904–1971) Japanese Buddhist missionary

Source: Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

“It doesnt always help us to love the world, but it does prevent us from hating the world.”

Gregory David Roberts book Shantaram

Source: Shantaram

Love, Hate, World, Help

“A mob's always made up of people, no matter what. Mr. Cunningham was part of a mob last night, but he was still a man. Every mob in every little Southern town is always made up of people you know--doesn't say much for them, does it?”

Harper Lee book To Kill a Mockingbird

Source: To Kill a Mockingbird

People, Parting, Night

“… if you ever wonder what you've done in your life, and everyone does wonder sooner or later, you have been God's grace to me, a miracle, something more than a miracle.”

Marilynne Robinson Gilead

Source: Gilead

Life, God

“… sometimes you just want the comfort of knowing that somebody really does care about you (even if they show it in peculiar ways).”

Cara Lockwood (1973) American writer

Source: I Do -- But I Don't

Way

“Look at him now, poor fellow. That's what a dose of reality does for you… Never touch the stuff myself, you understand. Find it gets in the way of the hallucinations.”

Alan Moore (1953) English writer primarily known for his work in comic books

Way, Understanding, Reality

“I wish," he said, "I had known at eighteen what I know now - that there are some things on which one does not compromise.”

Mary Balogh (1944) Welsh-Canadian novelist

Source: Simply Perfect

“There will always be people who say it does not exist because they cannot have it. But I tell you it is true and that you have it and that you are lucky even if you die tomorrow.”

Ernest Hemingway book For Whom the Bell Tolls

Source: For Whom the Bell Tolls

People

“There's a fine edge to new grief, it severs nerves, disconnects reality--there's mercy in a sharp blade. Only with time, as the edge wears, does the real ache begin.”

Christopher Moore (1957) American writer of comic fantasy

Reality, Time

“I like my human experience served up with a little silence and restraint. Silence makes experience go further and, when it does die, gives it that dignity common to a thing one had touched and not ravished.”

Djuna Barnes (1892–1982) American Modernist writer, poet and artist

Silence

“If we are merely matter intricately assembled, is this really demeaning? If there's nothing here but atoms, does that make us less or does that make matter more?”

Carl Sagan (1934–1996) American astrophysicist, cosmologist, author and science educator

Source: The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God

“The chief wonder of education is that it does not ruin everybody concerned in it, teachers and taught.”

Henry Adams book The Education of Henry Adams

The Education of Henry Adams (1907)
Source: The Education of Henry Adams

Education, Teachers

“I will never hurt you.
I will always help you.
If you are hungry
Ill give you my food.
If you are frightened
I am your friend.
I love you now.
And love does not end.”

Orson Scott Card Songmaster

Source: Songmaster

Love, Food, Help, Hurt

“As the rain falls
so does
your love

bathe every
open
object of the world”

William Carlos Williams (1883–1963) American poet

Love, World

“Does Curran not involve you in his strategic sessions?” Ghastek asked.

“Nope, I’m just here to look pretty.”

Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo

Source: Magic Slays

“Being six feet off the ground does give one a sense of superiority.”

Megan Whalen Turner The Thief

Source: The Thief

Sense

“They say that genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains," he remarked with a smile. "It's a very bad definition, but it does apply to detective work.”

Arthur Conan Doyle book A Study in Scarlet

Source: A Study in Scarlet

Pain, Smile

“The behavior of the oppressed is a prescribed behavior, following as it does the guidelines of the oppressor.”

Paulo Freire book Pedagogy of the Oppressed

Source: Pedagogia do oprimido (Pedagogy of the Oppressed) (1968, English trans. 1970), Chapter 1, on the oppressed

Behavior

“Let's do it. Monkeys are always funny. You pretty much can't go wrong with a monkey, right? Hi paused. Well unless that monkey wants you dead, or does needle drugs or something. Then it's wrong, and a bad monkey.”

Kathy Reichs Virals

Source: Virals

Dead

“Stupidity is far more dangerous than evil, for evil takes a break from time to time, stupidity does not.”

Anatole France (1844–1924) French writer

Stupidity, Evil, Time

“My dear, I used to think I was serving humanity… and I pleasured in the thought. Then I discovered that humanity does not want to be served; on the contrary it resents any attempt to serve it. So now I do what pleases myself.”

Robert A. Heinlein book Stranger in a Strange Land

Source: Stranger in a Strange Land

Pleasure, Thinking

“A person who has no conscience, no goodness, does not suffer.”

Khaled Hosseini book The Kite Runner

Variant: A man who has no conscience, no goodness, does not suffer.
Source: The Kite Runner

Suffering, Personality

“Does truth have a moral?”

Rick Riordan book The Sea of Monsters

Source: The Sea of Monsters

Truth

“Does it take the harsh light of disaster to show a person’s true nature?”

Jean-Dominique Bauby (1952–1997) French journalist, author and editor of the French fashion magazine ELLE

Nature, Light, Personality

“Sometimes choice is a luxury that fate does not afford us.”

Jasper Fforde book The Last Dragonslayer

Source: The Last Dragonslayer

Fate

“If we love God while thinking that he does not exist, he will manifest his existence.”

Simone Weil book Gravity and Grace

Source: Simone Weil : An Anthology (1986), Detachment (1947), p. 260
Source: Gravity and Grace

Love, God, Thinking

“Real isn’t how you are made,” said the Skin Horse. “It’s a thing that happens to you.” “Does it hurt?” asked the Rabbit. “Sometimes,” said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. “When you are Real you don’t mind being hurt.” —MARGERY WILLIAMS”

Jenny Han book P.S. I Still Love You

Source: P.S. I Still Love You

Truth, Horse, Hurt

“I don't know what the definition of pornography is and nobody else does either. Pornography is somebody else's erotica that you don't like. People are interested in their own sexuality and they've always reflected it in their art. End of story.”

Erica Jong (1942) Novelist, poet, memoirist, critic

People, Art

“Don't let love interfere with your appetite. It never does with mine.”

Anthony Trollope book Barchester Towers

Source: Barchester Towers (1857), Ch. 38

Love

“That which is around me does not affect my mood; my mood affects that which is around me.”

Garth Stein The Art of Racing in the Rain

Source: The Art of Racing in the Rain

Mood

“Man does not control his own fate. The women in his life do that for him.”

Groucho Marx (1890–1977) American comedian

Life, Women, Fate, For women

“The Church does not dispense the sacrament of baptism in order to acquire for herself an increase in membership but in order to consecrate a human being to God and to communicate to that person the divine gift of birth from God.”

Hans Urs Von Balthasar (1905–1988) Swedish Catholic theologian

Source: Unless You Become Like This Child

God, Communication, Birth, Personality

“I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way.”

John Paul Jones (1747–1792) American naval officer

Letter to Le Ray de Chaumont (16 November 1778), as quoted in The Naval History of the United States (1890) by Willis John Abbot, p. 82

Way

“One resists the invasion of armies; one does not resist the invasion of ideas.”

Victor Hugo (1802–1885) French poet, novelist, and dramatist

Idea

“If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. But do not care to convince him. Men will believe what they see. Let them see.”

Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) 1817-1862 American poet, essayist, naturalist, and abolitionist

Men

“It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.”

Andy Warhol (1928–1987) American artist

Deep, Leadership, Back To Work

“Life does not ask what we want. It presents us with options”

Thomas Sowell (1930) American economist, social theorist, political philosopher and author

Life

“I also think he is given to disguises… Sometimes he wears spectacles and sometimes he does not. And twice he has worn an extremely peculiar hat. Inside.”

Julia Quinn (1970) American novelist

Source: What Happens in London

Thinking

“The wave does not need to die to become water. She is already water.”

Thich Nhat Hanh (1926) Religious leader and peace activist

Source: The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation

Water

“The Brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear”

Cecelia Ahern (1981) Irish novelist

Source: How to Fall in Love

Fear, Feeling, Courageous

“Does it make you brave to stick your hand in a bear's mouth? Would you do it again just because you didn't die?”

Robert Jordan The Dragon Reborn

Source: The Dragon Reborn

“A tree growing out of the ground is as wonderful today as it ever was. It does not need to adopt new and startling methods.”

Robert Henri (1865–1929) American painter

Tree

“Love life. Engage in it. Give it all you've got. Love it with a passion because life truly does give back, many times over, what you put into it.”

Maya Angelou (1928–2014) American author and poet

Love, Life, Passion, Time

“Why does shame and self-loathing become cruelty to the innocent?”

Anne Rice book Merrick

Source: Merrick

“There is nothing inhuman, evil, or irrational which does not give some comfort, provided it is shared by a group.”

Erich Fromm book Psychoanalysis and Religion

Source: Psychoanalysis and Religion

Evil

“What difference does it make if the Gospel is mostly a lie? It's an engrossing story and the words of its hero are excellent words to live by, even today.”

Tom Robbins (1932) American writer

Lie

“The bruises go away, and so does how you hate, and so does the feeling that everything you receive from life is something you have earned.”

Jonathan Safran Foer book Everything Is Illuminated

Source: Everything Is Illuminated

Life, Hate, Feeling

“If there is one person I do despise more than another, it is the man who does not think exactly the same on all topics as I do.”

Jerome K. Jerome book Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow

"On Eating and Drinking".
Source: Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow (1886)
Context: Foolish people — when I say "foolish people" in this contemptuous way I mean people who entertain different opinions to mine. If there is one person I do despise more than another, it is the man who does not think exactly the same on all topics as I do.

Thinking, Personality

“I cheat him, I deceive him, yet the world does not sink in sulphur-colored mists. Madness conquers. I can no longer put my mosaics together. I just cry and laugh.”

Anaïs Nin (1903–1977) writer of novels, short stories, and erotica

World, Color, Cheating, Cry

“The warrior (Zsadist) rolled his black eyes. "Come on, man. What does it matter to me? You, Tohr. Britney Spears.”

Jessica Bird book Dark Lover

Source: Dark Lover

“God knows the mess we’re in when He calls us. His light shines greater through “cracked pots” than it does through those who have it all together.”

Joyce Meyer (1943) American author and speaker

God, Light

“Do you take pride in your hurt? Does it make you seem large and tragic?… Well, think about it. Maybe you're playing a part on a great stage with only yourself as audience.”

John Steinbeck book East of Eden

Source: East of Eden

Thinking, Parting, Hurt

“But why don't you take him with you into the light?
He does not deserve the light, he deserves peace”

Mikhail Bulgakov book The Master and Margarita

Source: The Master and Margarita

Peace, Light

“Attending church does not necessarily mean living the principles taught in those meeting. You can be active in a church but inactive in its gospel.”

Stephen R. Covey book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

“There are dead stars that still shine because their light is trapped in time. Where do I stand in this light, which does not strictly exist?”

Don DeLillo book Cosmopolis

Source: Cosmopolis

Star, Light, Time, Dead

“The culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves. And you have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn't work, don't buy it. Create your own.”

Mitch Albom Tuesdays with Morrie

Source: Tuesdays with Morrie

People, Feeling, Strong

“Tell me, is he always really rude, or does he save that for mundanes?”

Cassandra Clare book City of Bones

Source: City of Bones

“Perhaps it is impossible for a person who does no good not to do harm.”

Harriet Beecher Stowe book Uncle Tom's Cabin

Source: Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), Ch. 28.

Personality

“For what's the point of breeding children, if each generation does not improve on what went before.”

Hilary Mantel book Wolf Hall

Source: Wolf Hall

Children

“I never do anything I don't want to do. Nor does anyone, but in my case I am always aware of it.”

Robert A. Heinlein book Stranger in a Strange Land

Source: Stranger in a Strange Land

“I've heard that the soul often recognizes truth when it hears it, even if the mind does not.”

Richelle Mead (1976) American writer

Source: Storm Born

Truth, Soul

“But she's not, and I am left to wonder on my own: How does this work, the getting to know a new guy without revealing too much desperation for his undivided attention?”

Rachel Cohn (1968) American writer

Source: Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist

Guy

“What does it mean to live in truth? Putting it negatively is easy enough: it means not lying, not hiding, and not dissimulating.”

Milan Kundera book The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Source: The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Truth, Lying

“You know how sometimes you lie in bed at night and think, “What if the law of gravity just wears out and lets go and I drift into space?” Does that ever make you anxious?”

Elaine May (1932) American screenwriter, film director, actress, and comedian

Lie, Law, Thinking, Night

“But sooner or later the last good time would come around. It does for all of us.”

Stephen King book Joyland

Source: Joyland

Time

“I thought lightning wasn't supposed to strike in the same place twice…. sure it does… but only if you're too dumb to move.”

Jodi Picoult My Sister's Keeper

Source: My Sister's Keeper

“Let every book-worm, when in any fragrant, scarce old tome, he discovers a sentence, a story, an illustration, that does his heart good, hasten to give it the widest circulation that newspapers and magazines, penny and halfpenny, can afford.”

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) English poet, literary critic and philosopher

Books, Heart

“If we long to believe that the stars rise and set for us, that we are the reason there is a Universe, does science do us a disservice in deflating our conceits?”

Carl Sagan book The Demon-Haunted World

Source: The Demon-Haunted World : Science as a Candle in the Dark (1995), Ch. 1 : The Most Precious Thing, p. 12
Source: The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

Star, Universe, Science