Quotes about going
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“I don't think it's going to work out. Winning… won't help in any case. Because… she came here with me. - Peeta Mellark”

Suzanne Collins (1962) American television writer and novelist

Caesar Flickerman and Peeta Mellark, p. 138
The Hunger Games trilogy, The Hunger Games (2008)
Context: "So, here's what you do. You win, you go home. She can‘t turn you down then, eh?" says Caesar encouragingly.
"I don't think it‘s going to work out. Winning... won‘t help in my case," says Peeta.
"Why ever not?" says Caesar, mystified. Peeta blushes beet red and stammers out. "Because... because... she came here with me."

Thinking, Help

“Ain't that a sight? With all the things we know and learn, we still ain't touched the big mysteries -- where we come from, where we go next, why we even her. And when something truly miraculous happens, we run and hide in our caves. We deny.”

Libba Bray Going Bovine

Source: Going Bovine

Learning

“He had never known such gallantry as the gallantry of Scarlett O'Hara going forth to conquer the world in her mother's velvet curtains and the tail feathers of a rooster.”

Margaret Mitchell book Vom Winde verweht (1937 German edition)

Source: Gone with the Wind

World

“Hell, yes," Dev says, sitting up now. "Don't get me wrong - we're totally going to make the beast with two backs tonight. But if we do it right, it's going to feel like holding hands.”

David Levithan (1972) American author and editor

Source: Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist

Feeling, Hell

“In my sentences I go where no man has gone before.”

George W. Bush (1946) 43rd President of the United States

“Go slowly, my lovely moon, go slowly.”

Khaled Hosseini book The Kite Runner

Source: The Kite Runner

Love

“An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. a burn for a burn. a life for a life. that's how all this got started. and that's how it's going to end.”

Jenny Han (1980) American writer

Source: Fire with Fire

Life

“To a Young Poet

Time cannot break the bird's wing from the bird.
Bird and wing together
Go down, one feather.

No thing that ever flew,
Not the lark, not you,
Can die as others do.”

Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950) American poet

Source: Collected Poems

Bird, Time

“It's just that I'm fifteen, and I have this crazy idea I might actually have a life in front of me. I don't see how it's going to do me much good to believe that the world is over and this is just an epilogue.”

Jonathan Maberry book Rot & Ruin

Source: Rot & Ruin

Life, World, Idea

“I’m not going to kiss you,” Simon said. “Ever.”

“I’ve never heard anyone say that before,” Jace mused. “It was a unique experience.”

Cassandra Clare (1973) American author

Source: The Fiery Trial

Kiss

“Consider it: every person you have ever met, every person will suffer the loss of his friends and family. All are going to lose everything they love in this world. Why would one want to be anything but kind to them in the meantime?”

Sam Harris (1967) American author, philosopher and neuroscientist

Source: The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason

Love, World, Family, Suffering

“If they invent a car that runs on stupid jokes, you could go far.”

Haruki Murakami book Sputnik Sweetheart

Source: Sputnik Sweetheart

Stupidity, Cars

“There was nowhere I could go that wouldn't be you.”

Jeffrey Eugenides book Middlesex

Source: Middlesex

“Once you know where the roller coaster is going, are you in for the ride?”

Robert Fulghum (1937) American writer

“Rose. Roza. Open your eyes." I've never heard heard his voice so strained, so frantic. "Don't go to sleep on me. Not yet.”

Richelle Mead Vampire Academy

Source: Vampire Academy

Sleep

“I will go to my grave in a state of abject endless fascination that we all have the capacity to become emotionally involved with a personality that doesn't exist.”

Berkeley Breathed (1957) American cartoonist

Personality

“How far would you go to keep the hope of love alive?”

Nicholas Sparks book The Choice

Travis Parker, Chapter 15, p. 191
Variant: How far should a person go in the name of true love?
Source: 2000s, The Choice (2007)

Hope, Love, Hope

“One should go easy on smashing other people's lies. Better to concentrate on one's own.”

Iris Murdoch book Henry and Cato

Source: Henry and Cato

People

“Because you can't be as in love as we were and not have it invade your bone marrow. Our kind of love can go into remission, but it's always waiting to return. Like the world's sweetest cancer.”

Gillian Flynn book Gone Girl

Source: Gone Girl

Love, World, Waiting

“Oh, brothers and sisters, families can be forever! Do not let the lures [or the irritants] of the moment draw you away from them! Divinity, eternity, and family--they go together, hand in hand, and so must we!”

Spencer W. Kimball (1895–1985) President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Family, Sister, Drawing

“Writing is about hypnotizing yourself into believing in yourself, getting some work done, then unhypnotizing yourself and going over the material coldly.”

Anne Lamott (1954) Novelist, essayist, memoirist, activist

Source: Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

“If Sasha’s threatened, Astrid’s upset. If Astrid’s upset, I’m going to kill whatever’s upsetting her until she’s happy again. (Zarek)”

Sherrilyn Kenyon (1965) Novelist

Source: Dead After Dark

Happiness

“Hobey-Ho, let's go.”

D.J. MacHale (1955) American television director and producer

“We are going to fight. We are going to be hurt. And in the end, we will stand.”

Stephen King book The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three

Source: The Drawing of the Three

Fight, Hurt

“I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there.”

Stephen Chbosky book The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“This is the Hour of Lead –
Remembered, if outlived,
As Freezing persons, recollect the Snow –
First – Chill – then Stupor – then the letting go”

Emily Dickinson (1830–1886) American poet

Source: Selected Poems

Personality

“Curiosity, especially intellectual inquisitiveness, is what separates the truly alive from those who are merely going through the motions.”

Tom Robbins (1932) American writer

“People will always go. Always. They always believe the can make a better life than in the old world.
What the hell, maybe they can.”

Orson Scott Card book Ender's Game

Source: Ender's Game

Life, People, World, Hell

“A hero can go anywhere, challenge anyone, as long as he has the nerve.”

Rick Riordan (1964) American writer

Source: Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Ultimate Guide

“Learning to let go should be learned before learning to get. Life should be touched, not strangled. You’ve got to relax, let it happen at times, and at others move forward with it.”

Ray Bradbury (1920–2012) American writer

Life, Learning, Time

“Go in and get us a shrunken head!”

Ellen Schreiber book Vampire Kisses

Source: Vampire Kisses

“A farmer once told me one of the greatest luxuries of his life was to wake up early only to go back to sleep again.”

James Herriot (1916–1995) veterinary surgeon and writer

Life, Sleep

“I shall go on shining as a brilliantly meaningless figure in a meaningless world.”

F. Scott Fitzgerald book The Beautiful and Damned

Source: The Beautiful and Damned

World

“Everything we need to know is locked up in your head, under those pretty red curls."
Clary reached up to touch her hair protectively. "I dont think-"
"So what are you going to do?" Simon asked sharply. "Cut her head open to get at it?”

Cassandra Clare book City of Bones

Source: City of Bones

Thinking

“the soul's certainty that the day will have to be not traversed but sort of climbed, vertically, and then that going to sleep again at the end of it will be like falling, again, off something tall and sheer.”

David Foster Wallace book Infinite Jest

Source: Infinite Jest (1996)
Context: These worst mornings with cold floors and hot windows and merciless light—the soul’s certainty that the day will have to be not traversed but sort of climbed, vertically, and then that going to sleep again at the end of it will be like falling, again, off something tall and sheer.

Soul, Sleep

“Therea kind of magicness about going far away and then coming back all changed.”

Kate Douglas Wiggin (1856–1923) American writer

Source: New Chronicles of Rebecca

Change

“Learn a language of another country and then you can go to that country: a place where the problems of your family will not follow. A language they do not speak.”

Alice Sebold book Lucky

Source: Lucky

Family, Problem, Learning, Country

“Wrinkles will only go where the smiles have been.”

Jimmy Buffett (1946) American singer–songwriter and businessman

Smile

“I think we got in more trouble with Aunt Tasha,ʺ said Christian. ʺShe was kind of pissed off that we didnʹt tell her what was going on. I think she probably wanted to blow up the statues herself.”

Richelle Mead book Last Sacrifice

Source: Last Sacrifice

Thinking

“Go now. Our journey is done. And may we meet again, in the clearing, at the end of the path.”

Stephen King (1947) American author

“Booze takes a lot of time and effort if you're going to do a good job with it.”

Raymond Carver (1938–1988) American short story author and poet

Source: Where I'm Calling From: New and Selected Stories

Effort, Time

“A sixty - eight, he wants you to go down on him but he won't return the favor. It would be sixty-nine but he owes you one.”

Lisa Kleypas (1964) American writer

Source: Sugar Daddy

“You don't even know where I'm going."
"I don't care. I'd like to go anywhere.”

John Steinbeck book Travels with Charley: In Search of America

Source: Travels with Charley: In Search of America

“Fletcher was always going to be your ex-boyfriend, from the moment you met him. He's just finally caught up with where he's supposed to be.”

Derek Landy (1974) Irish children's writer

Source: Death Bringer

“Early in the journey you wonder how long the journey will take and whether you will make it in this lifetime. Later you will see that where you are going is HERE and you will arrive NOW… so you stop asking.”

Ram Dass book Be Here Now

Source: Be Here Now

“Where are we going?” Annabelle asked, resisting his hold on her wrist.
“To the house. If they’re not willing to be witnesses, then it seems I’ll have to debauch you in front of someone else.”

Lisa Kleypas (1964) American writer

Source: Secrets of a Summer Night

Housing

“If you go to your death rather than do everything you might to prevent what is happening, you are merely committing suicide and trying to make yourself feel better about it. That is the act of a coward. It is beneath contempt.”

Jim Butcher Dead Beat

Source: Dead Beat

Death, Feeling, Suicide

“My friend is going to save a little girl from monsters. I am going with him. That's what friends do.”

Jim Butcher book Changes

Source: Changes

Girl

“Me and Ma have a deal, we're going to try everything one time so we know what we like.”

Emma Donoghue Room

Source: Room

Time

“What’s going on?” he demanded.
“The usual, old man,” I replied cheerily. “Danger, insane plans… you know, the stuff that runs in our family.”

Richelle Mead book Last Sacrifice

Source: Last Sacrifice

Family

“I'm worried he's going to… do something crazy."
"He lives in a hole in the ground, dresses funny, and occasionally eats his assistants," Eve said. "Define crazy.”

Rachel Caine (1962) American writer

Source: Ghost Town

“He looked at her. “We’re meant to be together…”
“And this is exactly what I mean.”
“Our love is written in the stars.”
“And there you go again.”
“I love you.”
“You bore me.”

Derek Landy (1974) Irish children's writer

Source: Death Bringer

Love, Star

“Of course there’s destiny, but destiny doesn’t push you where you don’t want to go. You’re the ones who choose. Destiny is up to you.”

Richard Bach (1936) American spiritual writer

Source: One

“Our is a world where people don't know what they want and are willing to go through hell to get it.”

Don Marquis (1878–1937) American writer

People, World, Hell

“Just the way it never rains when you have an umbrella, you'll never run into people if you look fantastic. But go outside in pajamas, and you'll run into every ex you have.”

Tim Gunn (1953) American actor and fashion consultant

Source: Gunn's Golden Rules: Life's Little Lessons for Making It Work

People, Way

“Go all the way with it. Do not back off. For once, go all the goddamn way with what matters.”

Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American author and journalist

Source: The Complete Short Stories

Way

“Sadie, I can't intervene." He turned up his palms in frustration. "I told you when we first met, this isn't an actual physical body."
"Shame," I mumbled.
"What?"
"Nothing. Go on.”

Rick Riordan book The Throne of Fire

Source: The Throne of Fire

“And in the end, I lost him. I did it on purpose, the way Garance lost
Baptiste in the crowd. I needed to be alone, I felt. I wanted to be going on alone to my future.”

Susanna Kaysen (1948) American writer

Way, Future

“No matter how bad things get, you've got to go on living, even if it kills you.”

Sholem Aleichem (1859–1916) Yiddish author and playwright

“People always ask me where they should go to work, and I always tell them to go to work for whom they admire the most.”

Warren Buffett (1930) American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist

People

“Whatever is at the center of our life will be the source of our security, guidance, wisdom, and power. Life just has to go on!”

Rick Warren (1954) Christian religious leader

Life, Wisdom

““You can prove anything you want by coldly logical reason—if you pick the proper postulates. We have ours and Cutie has his.”
“Then let’s get at those postulates in a hurry. The storm’s due tomorrow.”
Powell sighed wearily. “That’s where everything falls down. Postulates are based on assumptions and adhered to by faith. Nothing in the Universe can shake them. I’m going to bed.””

Isaac Asimov book I, Robot

Source: I, Robot (1950), “Reason”, p. 63

Faith, Universe

“Tessa knows Will,” protested Charlotte. “She trusts Will.”
“Iwouldn’t go that far,” muttered Tessa.”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Angel

Source: Clockwork Angel

“Overall, she seemed to be going for a sort of mid-’80s postapocalyptic cyberpunk girl-next-door look. And it was working for me, in a big way. In a word:.”

Ernest Cline book Ready Player One

Source: Ready Player One

Way, Girl

“All the world's a stage we're going through.”

Lorrie Moore (1957) American writer

Source: Anagrams

World

“Some guys step on a rake in the dark, and get mad and go punch somebody. Others step on a rake in the dark and fall down laughing at themselves. I know which kind of guy I'd rather be. So do my friends.”

Spider Robinson book Callahan's Crosstime Saloon

Source: Callahan's Crosstime Saloon

Guy, Madness

“The human body is an amazing organism. It can go from dead tired to completely alert in a terrified blink.”

Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo

Source: Questing Beast

Dead

“I said, “I need to hear something that’s going to save my life.”

Re: Selecting songs from a jukebox.”

Michael Chabon book Wonder Boys

Source: Wonder Boys

Life

“If I didn't know the ending of a story, I wouldn't begin. I always write my last lines, my last paragraph first, and then I go back and work towards it. I know where I'm going. I know what my goal is. And how I get there is God's grace.”

Katherine Anne Porter (1890–1980) American journalist, essayist, short story writer, novelist, and political activist

God

“And it is still true, no matter how old you are -- when you go out into the world, it is best to hold hands and stick together.”

Robert Fulghum book All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

Source: All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (1986)
Context: Take any one of those items and extrapolate it into sophisticated adult terms and apply it to your family life or your work or your government or your world and it holds true and clear and firm. Think what a better world it would be if we all — the whole world — had cookies and milk about three o’clock every afternoon and then lay down with our blankies for a nap. Or if all governments had as a basic policy to always put things back where they found them and to clean up their own mess.
And it is still true, no matter how old you are — when you go out into the world, it is best to hold hands and stick together.

World

“Jack, there are only two of us here. One of us is going to push him out, one of us is going to catch him. Which job do you want?”
(Melinda talking to her husband)”

Robyn Carr American writer

“Never throw stones if you think they're going to come back and hit you.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book Hit List

Source: Hit List

Thinking

“I'm not going out of my way looking for devils; but I wouldn't step out of my path to let one go by.”

Robert E. Howard (1906–1936) American author

"Beyond the Black River" (1935)
Context: "There's nothing in the universe cold steel won't cut," answered Conan. "I threw my ax at the demon, and he took no hurt, but I might have missed in the dusk, or a branch deflected its flight. I'm not going out of my way looking for devils; but I wouldn't step out of my path to let one go by."

Way