Quotes about reminder
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“Cassie looked up at him, her fingers still intermeshed with his. "Sorry," she said unsteadily. "I was just scared."
"Remind me to get you scared frequently," Nick said. He looked slightly dazed.”

L.J. Smith book The Secret Circle: The Power

Source: The Power

“Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.”

Samuel Johnson The Rambler

No. 2 (24 March 1750) http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new2?id=Joh1Ram.sgm&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public&part=2&division=div1 <br class="br">Source: The Rambler (1750–1752)

Men

“I learned you pay for your happiness. That's why I don't expect to be happy all the time. I'd rather be surprised by one moment every so often to remind me that joy is possible, even if I have to pay for it later.”

Esmeralda Santiago (1948) Puerto Rican writer and actor

Source: Conquistadora

Happiness, Learning, Time, Joy

“He is great who is what he is from Nature, and who never reminds us of others.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson book Nature

Uses of Great Men
1850s, Representative Men (1850)
Source: Nature

Nature

“Meat!" he said scornfully. "I'm a vegetarian."

You eat cheese enchiladas and aluminum cans," I reminded him.

Those are vegetables.”

Rick Riordan book The Lightning Thief

Source: The Lightning Thief

“He reminded me of someone who put your fingers in the door and smiled and talked to you while he smashed them.”

Janet Fitch book White Oleander

Source: White Oleander

Smile

“I can almost hear Haymitch groaning as I team up with this wispy child. But I want her. Because she's a survivor, and I trust her, and why not admit it? She reminds me of Prim.”

Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games

Source: The Hunger Games

“I have to remind myself that some birds aren’t meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright.”

Stephen King book Different Seasons

Source: Different Seasons

Bird

“He was constantly reminded of how startlingly different a place the world was when viewed from a point only three feet to the left.”

Douglas Adams book The Salmon of Doubt

Source: The Salmon of Doubt (2002)

World

“Amos sipped his coffee. The faraway look on his face reminded me of my dad. “I don’t want to scare you.”
“Too late.”

Rick Riordan book The Red Pyramid

Source: The Red Pyramid

Coffee

“When you face adversity, you need to remind yourself that whatever is trying to defeat you could very well be what God will use to promote you.”

Joel Osteen (1963) American televangelist and author

Source: Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential

God

“Other dads actually sat at the dinner table. Mine left me a fifty and a reminder to do my goddamn katas.”

Lilith Saintcrow book Strange Angels

Source: Strange Angels

“Then I reminded myself that all intelligent children suffer bad dreams.”

Grant Morrison (1960) writer

Source: Batman: Arkham Asylum - A Serious House on Serious Earth

Children, Dreams, Intelligence, Suffering

“And when Hugh would grow progressively Gandhi on me, I'd remind him that these were pests---disease carriers who feasted upon the dead and then came indoors to dance upon our silverware.”

David Sedaris When You Are Engulfed in Flames

Source: When You Are Engulfed in Flames

Disease, Dance, Dead

“Instead, it just reminded her that sometimes there were no good choices.”

Holly Black book The Coldest Girl in Coldtown

Source: The Coldest Girl in Coldtown

“Remind yourself that you cannot fail at being yourself.”

Wayne W. Dyer (1940–2015) American writer

“You weren't afraid of me when I was Wolf," he said. "Why are you afraid of Nathan?"
"He's got big feet!"
"What?"
An insulted-sounding arrroooo came from the other side of the door, a reminder that Wolves also had big ears.”

Anne Bishop book Written in Red

Source: Written in Red

Wolf

“Pet names are a persistent remnant of childhood, a reminder that life is not always so serious, so formal, so complicated.”

Jhumpa Lahiri book The Namesake

Source: The Namesake

Life, Childhood

“I had forgotten that talking to you is like trying to pet a cactus." Saiman said dryly. "Thank you for reminding me."
"Always happy to oblige.”

Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo

Source: Magic Rises

Happiness

“When you look at yourself from a universal standpoint, something inside always reminds or informs you that there are bigger and better things to worry about.”

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity

Universe

“I'm a vampire, idiot. I don't have x-ray vision." "Some supernatural monster you are, remind me to trade you in for a werewolf, bro. Probably be more useful right now.”

Rachel Caine (1962) American writer

Source: Kiss of Death

“Not everything Jace did was insane and suicidal, she reminded herself. It just seemed that way.
-Clary, pg.46”

Cassandra Clare book City of Ashes

Source: City of Ashes

Way, Suicide

“Each snowflake was a sigh heard by an aggrieved woman somewhere in the world. All the sighs drifted up the sky, gathered into clouds, then broke into tiny pieces that fell silently on the people below. As a reminder of how women suffer.”

Khaled Hosseini book A Thousand Splendid Suns

Source: A Thousand Splendid Suns

Women, People, World, Suffering

“There is nothing for her beyond those gates," Gavriel said. "Do you think to bring her along like a talisman to remind you of your humanity? Or do you think sharing your damnation will lighten the burden of it?”

Holly Black book The Coldest Girl in Coldtown

Source: The Coldest Girl in Coldtown

Thinking

“Did that remind anybody else of something?"
"Yes," Eve said, tapping her lower lip with a bloodred fingernail. "How much I need to shave her head while she's sleeping.”

Rachel Caine (1962) American writer

Source: Ghost Town

Sleep

“I wandered through the stacks, running my hands along the spines of the books on the shelves, they reminded me of cultured or opinionated guests at a wonderful party, whispering to each other.”

Janet Fitch book White Oleander

Source: White Oleander

Books

“I find relief from the questions only when I concede that I am not obliged to know everything. I remind myself it is sufficient to know what I know, and that what I know, may not always be true.”

Maya Angelou (1928–2014) American author and poet

Question

“Grief, she reminded herself, is almost always for the mourner's loss.”

Orson Scott Card book Xenocide

Source: Xenocide

Loss

“You remind us that we’re selfish bastards. You’re not one of us, that way.”

E. Lockhart book We Were Liars

Source: We Were Liars

Way, Selfishness

“She tried to remind herself that beauty was only skin deep, but that didn't offer any helpful excuses when she was berating herself for never knowing what to say to people. There was nothing more depressing than an ugly girl with no personality.”

Julia Quinn (1970) American novelist

Source: Romancing Mister Bridgerton

People, Beauty, Girl, Help

“We have to save the world," I reminded him.
He reached for me. "The world can wait. I can't.”

Karen Marie Moning (1964) author

Source: Shadowfever

World, Waiting

“People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.”

Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) English writer

People

“According to Plato, we don't learn anything. Our soul has lived so many lives that we know everything. Teachers and education can only remind us of what we already know.”

Chuck Palahniuk book Diary

Source: Diary

Education, Soul, Learning, Teachers

“The truth sometimes reminds me of a city buried in sand. As time passes, the sand piles up even thicker, and occasionally it's blown away and what's below is revealed.”

Haruki Murakami book Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

Source: Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

Truth, Time

“To be whole. To be complete. Wildness reminds us what it means to be human, what we are connected to rather than what we are separate from.”

Terry Tempest Williams (1955) American writer

“Imperfections are not inadequacies; they are reminders that we're all in this together.”

Brené Brown (1965) US writer and professor

“Anthony looked down at his evil clutches -- hands, he reminded himself, hands -- and grinned anew.”

Julia Quinn (1970) American novelist

Source: The Viscount Who Loved Me

Evil

“You said your mom is the goddess of balance," I reminded him. "The minor gods deserve better, Ethan, but total destruction isn't balance. Kronos doesn't build. He only destroys.”

Rick Riordan (1964) American writer

God, Moms

“When you sit face to face with someone who is pleasant, respectful, and polite, you have hard time reminding yourself that nothing he says is true/sincere.”

Milan Kundera book The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Source: The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Time, Sincerity

“Literature can remind us that not all life is already written down: there are still so many stories to be told.”

Colum McCann book Let the Great World Spin

Source: Let the Great World Spin

Life, Literature

“We met each other when we were young, before we knew enough about disappointment, and once we did we found we reminded each other of it.”

Nicole Krauss The History of Love

Source: The History of Love

Disappointment

“I pray to the birds because they remind me of what I love rather than what I fear. And at the end of my prayers, they teach me how to listen.”

Terry Tempest Williams book Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place

Source: Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place

Love, Fear, Bird

“It reminded me of what Dad said after every snail’s crawl home from
Albany when snow hit.“It’s New York, people. It’s winter. We get snow. If you aren’t prepared
to deal with it, move to Miami.”

Kelley Armstrong (1968) Canadian writer

Source: Dangerous

People, Home, Winter

“And I remind you of your mother now? I have got to look into a manlier cologne.”

Cassandra Clare (1973) American author

“I swear, my dear. Sometimes our conversations remind me of a broken sword."

She raised an eyebrow.

"Sharp as hell," Lightsong said, "but lacking a point.”

Brandon Sanderson book Warbreaker

Source: Warbreaker

Hell

“Flowers that grow where old ones have withered serve to remind us that death will one day come to us all.”

Arthur Golden book Memoirs of a Geisha

Source: Memoirs of a Geisha

Death, Flowers

“Memory is a part of the present. It builds us up inside; it knits our bones to our muscles and keeps our hearts pumping. It is memory that reminds our bodies to work, and memory that reminds our spirits to work to: it keeps us who we are.~Candle”

Gregory Maguire book Son of a Witch

Source: Son of a Witch

Memory, Heart, Parting

“Albums that remind me of my childhood happiness make me incredibly sad now.”

Mindy Kaling book Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?

Source: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?

Happiness, Sadness, Childhood

“Thank goodness for the first snow, it was a reminder--no matter how old you became and how much you'd seen, things could still be new if you were willing to believe they still mattered.”

Candace Bushnell Lipstick Jungle

Source: Lipstick Jungle

“The term "political correctness" has always appalled me, reminding me of Orwell's "Thought Police" and fascist regimes.”

Helmut Newton (1920–2004) German-Australian photographer

American Photo (January/February 2000), p. 90
Context: Since the commercialization and banality of editorial magazine pages have made this work uninteresting, advertising has become an increasingly important part of my work. It is interesting to compare European and American mores in regard to my work. One will notice that most of my European images have a stronger sexual content that those destined for American publication. The term "political correctness" has always appalled me, reminding me of Orwell's "Thought Police" and fascist regimes.

“Stupid dreams. Even the good ones are bad, because they remind you how poorly reality measures up.”

Neal Shusterman book Unwind

Source: Unwind

Stupidity, Dreams, Reality

“That's why we read fiction, isn't it? To remind us that whatever we suffer, we're not the only ones?”

Jodi Picoult book The Storyteller

Source: The Storyteller

Suffering, Reading

“Last night I danced with a stranger, but she just reminded me you were the one.”

Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist

Song lyrics, Time Out of Mind (1997), Standing In The Doorway

Dance, Night

“Guns, she was reminded then, were not for girls. They were for boys. They were invented by boys. They were invented by boys who had never gotten over their disappointment that accompanying their own orgasm there wasn't a bigsound.”

Lorrie Moore (1957) American writer

Source: Like Life

Disappointment, Girl, Boy

“I love being reminded that existence itself is all about the tangling of souls.”

Carolyn Mackler (1973) American writer

Source: Tangled

Love, Soul

“I kept it to remind me that although there is evil, there is sometimes beauty and light. You, Jillian. You were always my light.”

Karen Marie Moning book To Tame a Highland Warrior

Source: To Tame a Highland Warrior

Beauty, Light, Evil

“You remind me of everything that followed.”

Jhumpa Lahiri book The Namesake

Source: The Namesake

“In a relationship the details are everything because they remind you - just when you need to be reminded the most - why you fell in love with someone in the first place.”

Mike Gayle (1970) British author

Source: His 'N' Hers

Love

“I was reminded of the Four Immutable Laws of the Spirit: Whoever is present are the right people. Whenever it begins is the right time. Whatever happens is the only thing that could have happened. And when it's over, it's over.”

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

Source: Some Assembly Required: A Journal of My Son's First Son

People, Law, Time

“When power leads men towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.”

John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) 35th president of the United States of America

1963, Speech at Amherst College
Context: When power leads men towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses. For art establishes the basic human truth which must serve as the touchstone of our judgment.

Men

“To this day, I can never shake the connection between this boy, Peeta Mellark, and the bread that gave me hope, and the dandelion that reminded me that I was not doomed.”

Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games

Source: The Hunger Games

Hope, Boy

“The kitchen was just as empty, even the refrigerator gone, the chairs, the table--the kitchen cabinets stood open, their bare shelves reminder her of a nursery rhyme. She cleared her throat. "What would demons," she said, "want with our microwave?”

Cassandra Clare book City of Bones

Source: City of Bones

“Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we're here for something else besides ourselves.”

Eric Sevareid (1912–1992) American journalist

Christmas, Christmas

“It took teams of LEP warlocks to slow down time for a few hours; the magic required to open a door to the tunnel was stupendous. It would be easier to shoot down the moon.
Opal tapped this into her notepad.
Reminder. Shoot down the moon? Viable?”

Eoin Colfer (1965) Irish author of children's books

Source: The Time Paradox

Time

“The purpose of poetry is to remind us / how difficult it is to remain just one person…”

Czeslaw Milosz (1911–2004) Polish, poet, diplomat, prosaist, writer, and translator

Personality

“At the age of 25 most people were finished. A whole god-damned nation of assholes driving automobiles, eating, having babies, doing everything in the worst way possible, like voting for the presidential candidate who reminded them most of themselves.”

Charles Bukowski book Ham on Rye

Ham On Rye (1982)
Source: Ham on Rye
Context: The problem was you had to keep choosing between one evil or another, and no matter what you chose, they sliced a little more off you, until there was nothing left. At the age of 25 most people were finished. A whole goddamned nation of assholes driving automobiles, eating, having babies, doing everything in the worst way possible, like voting for the presidential candidate who reminded them most of themselves. I had no interests. I had no interest in anything. I had no idea how I was going to escape. At least the others had some taste for life. They seemed to understand something that I didn't understand. Maybe I was lacking. It was possible. I often felt inferior. I just wanted to get away from them. But there was no place to go.

God, People, Age, Way

“I don’t think so,” Clary said. “I think maybe she reminded me of you.”
“Because I’m tiny, blonde, and look good in pigtails?”

Cassandra Clare book City of Heavenly Fire

Source: City of Heavenly Fire

Thinking