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When it comes to using your power and directing the universe to work with you, your age doesn’t matter, your race doesn’t matter, your gender doesn’t matter.
Source: And Then I Met Margaret
Author: Rob White
Submitted by
Scott, on February 1, 2018, at 3:23 pm.
I believe a successful day consists of not only thinking about changes you have to make to improve your life, but also of taking action to begin making those changes.
Source: And Then I Met Margaret
Author: Rob White
Submitted by
Scott, on February 1, 2018, at 3:22 pm.
If you’re sitting in the back, it’s time to make a move. The show is still going on. It’s a great show. It’s your show! Step up front; step into your power; stop watching life as a distant spectator. Nothing’s holding you back except you.
Source: And Then I Met Margaret
Author: Rob White
Submitted by
Scott, on February 1, 2018, at 3:25 pm.
Daydreaming is part of future planning.
Source: And Then I Met Margaret
Author: Rob White
Submitted by
KFree_Reads, on February 8, 2018, at 9:26 pm.
Look where you want to go in life, not at where you don’t want to go.
Source: And Then I Met Margaret
Author: Rob White
Submitted by
Scott, on February 1, 2018, at 3:19 pm.
He couldn't remember when he fell in love with the pain.
Source: Raven's Peak
Author: Lincoln Cole
Submitted by
Lincoln, on January 22, 2018, at 12:37 pm.
You can live a life of hesitation, or you can live a life of inspiration. A life of inspiration requires believing in yourself today more than yesterday. Supporting this belief requires taking on more—the more you dare to do, the more you can do.
Source: And Then I Met Margaret
Author: Rob White
Submitted by
Scott, on February 1, 2018, at 3:18 pm.
Feeling upset sometimes may be unavoidable, but acting distressed is always optional.
Source: And Then I Met Margaret
Author: Rob White
Submitted by
Scott, on February 1, 2018, at 3:20 pm.
To be nobody-but-yourself — in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else — means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.
Source: A Miscellany
Author: E. E. Cummings
Submitted by
Scott, on February 1, 2018, at 3:16 pm.
I don’t much care for the idea of being dead. It makes me nervous. I’m allergic to dying; I break out in screaming.
Source: Nightlord: Sunset
Author: Garon Whited
Submitted by
GaronWhited, on January 22, 2018, at 10:09 pm.
Like the river transforms the land, the bond of friendship can transform your life. Trusting the currents, navigating the terrain, and figuring out how to read the water are all skills that take patience, time, and love.
Source: The Reel Sisters
Author: Michelle Cummings
Submitted by
michmc3, on January 30, 2018, at 5:25 pm.
When I tripped, I would get back up, fix the trip hazard, and keep on running.
Source: Burn Zones
Author: Jorge P. Newbery
Submitted by
Jorge P Newbery, on January 22, 2018, at 7:48 am.
Evil is selfishness to the point of destruction.
Source: The Diary Of An Immortal (1945-1959)
Author: David J Castello
Submitted by
David J Castello, on January 15, 2018, at 4:22 pm.
If it is to be, it is up to me.
Source: And Then I Met Margaret
Author: Rob White
Submitted by
Scott, on February 1, 2018, at 3:17 pm.
Never let greed make decisions for you.
Source: And Then I Met Margaret
Author: Rob White
Submitted by
KFree_Reads, on February 8, 2018, at 9:24 pm.
How you love yourself, is how you teach others to love you.
Source: Milk and Honey
Author: Rupi Kaur
Submitted by
Sophie12, on February 16, 2018, at 12:35 am.
I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?
Source: A Farewell to Arms
Author: Ernest Hemingway
Submitted by
Amy ab, on February 21, 2018, at 12:54 pm.
Sometimes I forget how good a memory I have.
Source: Final Notice
Author: Van Fleisher
Submitted by
Van F, on January 18, 2018, at 6:09 pm.
Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second's encounter with God and with eternity.
Source: The Alchemist
Author: Paulo Coelho
Submitted by
Mukti1, on February 16, 2018, at 10:31 am.
Nothing stays the same
Source: My Trip to Adele
Author: A.I.Alyaseer, R.I.Alyaseer
Submitted by
aialyaseer, on January 15, 2018, at 7:33 pm.
“How can people make decisions when facts are withheld? How is a kid born into poverty without parents supposed to be able to make the same decisions as a kid born into wealth with a silver spoon in his mouth?”
Source: Raven's Peak
Author: Lincoln Cole
Submitted by
Lincoln, on January 22, 2018, at 12:39 pm.
The greatest reward is inner applause.
Source: And Then I Met Margaret
Author: Rob White
Submitted by
Scott, on February 1, 2018, at 3:20 pm.
If you ever see a person trying to drown his sorrows kindly inform him that his sorrows know how to swim.
Source: the power of six
Author: Pittacus Lore
Submitted by
Mukti1, on February 16, 2018, at 10:28 am.
If we want a joyous life, we must think joyous thoughts. If we want a prosperous life, we must think prosperous thoughts. If we want a loving life, we must think loving thoughts.
Source: You Can Heal Your Life
Author: Louise L. Hay
Submitted by
LV2R, on April 29, 2018, at 5:07 am.
Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light. I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
Source: The Best Loved Poems of the American People
Author: Hazel Felleman
Submitted by
adillon6, on May 6, 2018, at 3:18 pm.
"To change a country, we need the support of everyone, sharing in the mission, rich or poor."
Source: Burn Zones
Author: Jorge P. Newbery
Submitted by
Jorge P Newbery, on January 22, 2018, at 7:38 am.
If I look beyond what I insist is true—I often find something new.
Source: And Then I Met Margaret
Author: Rob White
Submitted by
Scott, on February 1, 2018, at 3:22 pm.
“I know that life isn’t life if you just float through it. I know that the whole point-the only point-is to find the things that matter, and hold on to them, and fight for them, and refuse to let them go.”
Source: The Truth About Forever
Author: Sarah Dessen
Submitted by
Book_Lover85, on April 2, 2018, at 11:29 am.
Philippa displayed three wonderful character qualities that I now work to make part of my personality: cheerfulness in the face of rudeness, tolerance in the face of discourtesy, and forgiveness in the face of intrusiveness.
Source: And Then I Met Margaret
Author: Rob White
Submitted by
Scott, on February 1, 2018, at 3:22 pm.
Those who feel grateful, and are eternally generous, experience life at its richest.
Source: And Then I Met Margaret
Author: Rob White
Submitted by
Scott, on February 1, 2018, at 3:23 pm.
Sometimes how we believe others think of us is actually how we think of ourselves.
Source: Asymptote
Author: L. Anthony Skelton
Submitted by
heliz_t, on February 23, 2018, at 5:49 pm.
I’d convinced myself that bigger homes, fancier cars, and luxury cruises to exotic ports would give me inner satisfaction. To the contrary, these acquisitions and junkets only intensified the feeling that something was missing.
Source: And Then I Met Margaret
Author: Rob White
Submitted by
Scott, on January 13, 2018, at 4:42 pm.
With a conviction to go beyond oneself, personal power is without limit.
Source: And Then I Met Margaret
Author: Rob White
Submitted by
Scott, on February 1, 2018, at 3:24 pm.
You don't realize what you have isn't love until you find someone else and have something to compare with
Source: My Ladybird Story
Author: Magus Tor
Submitted by
Emiko07, on February 14, 2018, at 9:29 am.
If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star - you'll still get beaten by the people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.
Source: The wee free men
Author: Terry Pratchett
Submitted by
emminorris0586, on March 20, 2018, at 11:30 am.
Careful what you wish for Tom, because you just might get it.
Source: The Abduction Chronicles
Author: Thomas L. Hay
Submitted by
thomaslhay, on April 4, 2018, at 12:46 pm.
She generally gave herself good advice though she very seldom followed it.
Source: Alice in Wonderland
Author: Lewis Carrol
Submitted by
britburkett87, on April 22, 2018, at 2:31 am.
I find that when we really love and accept and APPROVE OF OURSELVES EXACTLY AS WE ARE, then everything in life works.
Source: You Can Heal Your Life
Author: Louise L. Hay
Submitted by
LV2R, on April 29, 2018, at 5:03 am.
Some things remain broken no matter how much of an optimist you are
Source: My Trip to Adele
Author: A.I.Alyaseer, R.I.Alyaseer
Submitted by
aialyaseer, on January 15, 2018, at 7:31 pm.
"When I raced bicycles, I looked at races as having 'burn zones', which were relatively short periods of extraordinary effort that separated the winners and losers."
Source: Burn Zones
Author: Jorge P. Newbery
Submitted by
Jorge P Newbery, on January 22, 2018, at 7:43 am.
The world moves at a geological pace, no pun intended. That is, there’s lots of standing still, doing nothing much, and then the occasional short, sharp yank. Once in a while, there’s a huge kaboom, and nothing is quite the same afterward.
Source: Nightlord: Sunset
Author: Garon Whited
Submitted by
GaronWhited, on January 22, 2018, at 10:06 pm.
Once your stop ordinary thoughts from reigning in your mind, extraordinary thinking can begin.
Source: And Then I Met Margaret
Author: Rob White
Submitted by
Scott, on February 1, 2018, at 3:01 pm.
...if we’re to do something strikingly new, we must be willing to think something strikingly new about ourselves.
Source: And Then I Met Margaret
Author: Rob White
Submitted by
KFree_Reads, on February 8, 2018, at 9:20 pm.
In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.
Source: The Hobbit
Author: J R R Tolkien
Submitted by
cristinaro, on February 15, 2018, at 7:12 am.
How beautiful it is and how easily it can be broken.
Source: The Glass Menagerie
Author: Tennessee Williams
Submitted by
R-Myra, on February 23, 2018, at 2:26 pm.
“Like any artist without an art form, she became dangerous.”
Source: Sula
Author: Toni Morrison
Submitted by
Carissa Myung, on February 27, 2018, at 4:18 pm.
Some rise by sin and some in their virtue fail.
Source: Measure for Measure
Author: William Shakespeare
Submitted by
Chuks Daniel, on March 7, 2018, at 1:58 am.
The worst thing that good could do to evil was ignore it....
Source: The Chronicles of the Virago
Author: Michael Bialys
Submitted by
bialys, on April 1, 2018, at 8:40 pm.
“No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.”
Source: A Grief Observed
Author: C. S. Lewis
Submitted by
Britty01, on April 30, 2018, at 12:23 pm.
I hadn't known then whether fate really played such an influential role in people's lives or whether it was merely a scapegoat we used to blame for our failures
Source: My Trip to Adele
Author: A.I.Alyaseer, R.I.Alyaseer
Submitted by
aialyaseer, on January 15, 2018, at 7:29 pm.
I hold stories. As girl I was trained as girls have been trained forever.This story is short. This is the story from the time before there were people as we are people. The first story, this tells how we became people.
Source: Strong Heart
Author: Charlie Sheldon
Submitted by
Charlie Sheldon, on January 16, 2018, at 11:49 am.
That’s why we introduced the NRA Armed Seniors Discount Program. If more old timers packed heat, it might make thugs think twice before bullying them.
Source: Final Notice
Author: Van Fleisher
Submitted by
Van F, on January 18, 2018, at 6:07 pm.
We hold the friendships not only of the ones who are still with us but also of the ones who are already downstream. Life changes like water in motion.
Source: The Reel Sisters
Author: Michelle Cummings
Submitted by
michmc3, on January 31, 2018, at 11:43 am.
Freedom, like everything is relative.
Source: The Handmaid's Tale
Author: Margaret Atwood
Submitted by
KFree_Reads, on February 8, 2018, at 9:15 pm.
Walking my talk and living my life according to what is important and true
Source: And Then I Met Margaret
Author: Rob White
Submitted by
Emmanuel Michael, on February 9, 2018, at 2:56 am.
In vain i have struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.
Source: Pride and Prejudice
Author: Jane Austen
Submitted by
Kaitlyn564, on February 14, 2018, at 2:12 am.
Effective leaders ought to always keep an open mind willing to make changes if necessary.
Source: Effective Leaders and Leadership
Author: Mildred Stallworth
Submitted by
Pnh_06, on March 27, 2018, at 12:07 am.
Shame is like walking around with a new sweater with an ugly stain on the front. As long as you keep your arms in front of it, nobody will notice it. People comment how sharp it is. You want to let your arms down, but you can’t let them know.
Source: Nobody Knows
Author: Larry Schneiderman
Submitted by
Bookmaniac, on March 30, 2018, at 11:27 pm.
“And I realized as I walked through the neighborhood how each house could contain a completely different reality. In a single block, there could be fifty separate worlds. Nobody ever really knew what was going on just next door.”
Source: White Oleander
Author: Janet Fitch
Submitted by
Book_Lover85, on April 2, 2018, at 11:27 am.
"There's only one way to learn... it is through action everything you need to know you have learned through your journey."
Source: The Alchemist
Author: Paulo Coelho
Submitted by
Yahmina, on April 7, 2018, at 5:32 pm.
It's a metaphor, see: you put the killing thing right between your teeth, but you don't give it the power to do its killing.
Source: The Fault in Our Stars
Author: John Green
Submitted by
AColourfulLie, on May 1, 2018, at 1:12 pm.
I would lose the courage if I waited until morning.
Source: We Are Okay
Author: Nina LaCour
Submitted by
BoopityBoop, on May 17, 2018, at 10:16 pm.
"The harder you try to live up to people's expectation, the more mess you seem to make."
Source: Can I be Frank
Author: rob wyatt
Submitted by
Nerea, on May 29, 2018, at 8:53 am.
Was it my preordained fate or my own choice?
Source: My Trip to Adele
Author: A.I.Alyaseer, R.I.Alyaseer
Submitted by
aialyaseer, on January 15, 2018, at 7:34 pm.
Vegas is the city of pleasure, not sin; and sin is nothing but pleasure!
Source: My Trip to Adele
Author: A.I.Alyaseer, R.I.Alyaseer
Submitted by
aialyaseer, on January 15, 2018, at 7:25 pm.
“Stay relaxed,” I counseled myself when I entered a burn zone. “Others around you are hurting just as much as you. Focus on enduring the pain until the pace slows. The effort will get easier soon.’
Source: Burn Zones
Author: Jorge P. Newbery
Submitted by
Jorge P Newbery, on January 22, 2018, at 7:43 am.
“What kind of God would allow a sixteen-year-old girl to die from cancer? No, I’m sorry mom. Dad can keep his faith. He can shove the entire religion up his—”
Source: Raven's Peak
Author: Lincoln Cole
Submitted by
Lincoln, on January 22, 2018, at 12:39 pm.
Modern-day fly fishing is generally catch and release. There are definitely some lessons in the catching, but more important are the lessons in learning how to release.
Source: The Reel Sisters
Author: Michelle Cummings
Submitted by
michmc3, on January 30, 2018, at 5:28 pm.
It’s hard to describe the feeling I get when I catch a fish on a fly that I tied myself. A sense of pride and astonishment all at the same time, that I could trick something wild to believe my fly is the real thing.
Source: The Reel Sisters
Author: Michelle Cummings
Submitted by
michmc3, on January 30, 2018, at 5:45 pm.
I wanted people to like me for me, judge me for me, and see me for me, not for whom my family was.
Source: Drawn to You
Author: Brooke Page
Submitted by
Keneenm14, on February 8, 2018, at 5:19 pm.
You think everything can be bought? You are one of those who believe everything can be bought, you'd buy God.
Source: Andalusian in Jerusalem
Author: Mois benarroch
Submitted by
Ida123, on February 26, 2018, at 3:45 pm.
Children should be seen and not heard!
Source: Auntie Bertie and the flying circus mouse,
Author: Esther Loftus Gough
Submitted by
Esthersuz, on March 24, 2018, at 2:53 am.
“Only a peace between equals can last.”
Source: Kennedy's Revenge
Author: Stephen L Rodenbeck
Submitted by
Book_Lover85, on April 2, 2018, at 11:25 am.
"We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of change to be weaving, and we all have the power to make wishes come true as long as we keep believing"
Source: little women
Author: Lousia May Alcott
Submitted by
MCD14, on April 4, 2018, at 2:54 pm.
Insanity does NOT run in my family. It strolls through, takes its time, and gets to know everyone personally. - T-shirt
Source: Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet
Author: Darynda Jones
Submitted by
Imarru, on April 10, 2018, at 10:53 pm.
Doing nothing is hard. You never know when you’re done. -T-shirt
Source: Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet
Author: Darynda Jones
Submitted by
Imarru, on April 10, 2018, at 10:54 pm.
Your life is a story told about you, not one that you tell.
Source: Turtles All the Way Down
Author: John Green
Submitted by
Varsha16, on April 17, 2018, at 2:06 am.
Quite curious- this image they have of individual success- when the world they leave behind on the day they expire is no better off for their having lived.
Source: Heaven and Earth
Author: Arturo Riojas
Submitted by
thaservices1, on April 23, 2018, at 8:04 am.
“Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.”
Source: Stranger In A Strange Land
Author: Robert A Heinlein
Submitted by
Katgurl7, on April 27, 2018, at 4:53 am.
..."Human beings are a much worse poison than schnapps or tobacco, darling." I laughed. "You are a clever child, Pat."
Source: Three Comrades
Author: Erich Maria Remarque
Submitted by
Jonida, on April 27, 2018, at 7:09 pm.
The world os not a wish granting factory.
Source: The Fault in Our Stars
Author: John Green
Submitted by
AColourfulLie, on May 1, 2018, at 1:14 pm.
It's not what I feel for you, it's what I don't feel for anyone but you.
Source: I Was Never Yours Mr CEO
Author: Madhumitha Lakshmanan
Submitted by
Shruti Banik, on May 20, 2018, at 1:03 pm.
“Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.”
Source: The Fault in Our Stars
Author: John Green
Submitted by
Lex_8, on May 26, 2018, at 12:44 am.
I have given suck and know How tender' tis to love the babe that milks me: I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums And dashed that brain out, had I so sworn As you have done to this.
Source: Macbeth
Author: Shakespeare
Submitted by
Sabinakh94, on May 27, 2018, at 9:54 am.
Once you stop ordinary thoughts from reigning in your mind, extraordinary thinking can begin.
Source: And Then I Met Margaret
Author: Rob White
Submitted by
togormey, on May 27, 2018, at 1:35 pm.
Success is not a random act. It arises out of a predictable and powerful set of circumstances and opportunities.
Source: Outliers
Author: Malcolm Gladwell
Submitted by
mahmoodakash91, on June 5, 2018, at 3:59 pm.
The dream chooses the dreamer, not the other way around.
Source: Strange the Dreamer
Author: Laini Taylor
Submitted by
BookishCoffeeBlog, on June 7, 2018, at 4:08 am.
I believe there is another world waiting for us. A better world. And I'll be waiting for you there.
Source: Cloud Atlas
Author: David Mitchell
Submitted by
shelbywrites, 3 days ago.
When bags of money fall into the lot of an aspiring genius God departs and devil walks in.
Source: The Sorrows of Satan or The Strange Experience of One Geoffrey Tempest, Millionaire
Author: Marie Corelli
Submitted by
Chambers01, 2 days ago.
We don't always have a choice when it comes to being who we want to be
Source: My Trip to Adele
Author: A.I.Alyaseer, R.I.Alyaseer
Submitted by
aialyaseer, on January 15, 2018, at 7:34 pm.
The wind shook the house, roaring like a great animal.
Source: Strong Heart
Author: Charlie Sheldon
Submitted by
Charlie Sheldon, on January 16, 2018, at 11:37 am.
We don't always have a justification for the goodbyes we say
Source: My Trip to Adele
Author: A.I.Alyaseer, R.I.Alyaseer
Submitted by
aialyaseer, on January 15, 2018, at 7:30 pm.
Freedom is the crown of the liberated
Source: My Trip to Adele
Author: A.I.Alyaseer, R.I.Alyaseer
Submitted by
aialyaseer, on January 15, 2018, at 7:32 pm.
Tom was nodding. "It's like two different religions. The jobs at any price sect, and the go-back-to-the-past sect. They're both jihads, actually." "It's ideology-driven zealotry, Tom. Zealotry is the eighth deadly sin, if you ask me."
Source: Strong Heart
Author: Charlie Sheldon
Submitted by
Charlie Sheldon, on January 16, 2018, at 11:43 am.
I felt close to shattering a few times. I did not break, but I wore thin during my debt drama.
Source: Burn Zones
Author: Jorge P. Newbery
Submitted by
Jorge P Newbery, on January 22, 2018, at 7:48 am.
The Internet is an evil thing.
Source: Nightlord: Sunset
Author: Garon Whited
Submitted by
GaronWhited, on January 22, 2018, at 10:10 pm.
The more I reflect on the day, the more I realize the river has its own rhythm, nature’s symphony that I get to learn how to conduct. ~Melody
Source: The Reel Sisters
Author: Michelle Cummings
Submitted by
michmc3, on January 31, 2018, at 11:50 am.
I love fishing with Rose. Watching her cast is like watching a painter stroke a masterpiece. Her precise motions are evidence of years of practice, timing, and discipline. I hope to match her casting ability someday. ~Sophie
Source: The Reel Sisters
Author: Michelle Cummings
Submitted by
michmc3, on January 31, 2018, at 11:56 am.
'I hope you told him you were bitten by a gay spider,' said Simon.'I’ve read Magnus’s stash of comics,' said Alec, 'so I actually know what you’re talking about. So would that give me the proportional gayness of a spider?'
Source: City of Lost Souls
Author: Cassandra Clare
Submitted by
Becka_Faye, on February 8, 2018, at 8:19 am.
Better never means better for everyone...It always means worse, for some.
Source: The Handmaid's Tale
Author: Margaret Atwood
Submitted by
KFree_Reads, on February 8, 2018, at 9:12 pm.
That kind of love comes and goes and is hard to remember afterwards, like pain.
Source: The Handmaid's Tale
Author: Margaret Atwood
Submitted by
KFree_Reads, on February 8, 2018, at 9:13 pm.
When power is scarce, a little if it is tempting.
Source: The Handmaid's Tale
Author: Margaret Atwood
Submitted by
KFree_Reads, on February 8, 2018, at 9:16 pm.
On the surface, Peter and I lived in two very different worlds. Yet, the pond was a great equalizer; we were just a couple of human beings having a great time enjoying nature’s many wonders...
Source: And Then I Met Margaret
Author: Rob White
Submitted by
KFree_Reads, on February 8, 2018, at 9:29 pm.
There are so many ways to be brave in this world. Sometimes bravery involves laying down your life for something bigger than yourself, or for someone else. Sometimes it involves giving up everything you have ever known, or everyone you have ever love
Source: Four
Author: Veronica Roth
Submitted by
NicJen2009, on February 12, 2018, at 4:15 am.
" After all this time, Always."
Source: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Author: J.K. Rowling
Submitted by
Hudaqaiyoom, on February 13, 2018, at 9:50 pm.
Oscar Wilde once said that one's real life is often the life one does not lead.
Source: A Long Way Down
Author: Nick Hornby
Submitted by
cristinaro, on February 15, 2018, at 7:23 am.
Show me a person who hasn't known any sorrow and I'll show you a superficial.
Source: A Streetcar Named Desire
Author: Tennessee Williams
Submitted by
R-Myra, on February 23, 2018, at 2:30 pm.
As you can imagine, when one lives much one forgets much. But you shoud know, it's important, that the most important thing is to learn to forget.
Source: Andalusian in Jerusalem
Author: Mois benarroch
Submitted by
Ida123, on February 26, 2018, at 3:37 pm.
Perhaps, thought I, perhaps - always that word, one never could escape it. It was certainly we lacked, certainly that everyone and everything lacked.
Source: Three Comrades
Author: Erich Maria Remarque
Submitted by
Ida123, on March 1, 2018, at 7:09 pm.
I wondered if that was the problem with literature - it made sense only in theoretical situations and didn’t often help in real life, where it took a hell of a lot more courage to live than to turn pages all alone, hidden away from the world...
Source: Every Exquisite Thing
Author: Matthew Quick
Submitted by
cascal312, on March 2, 2018, at 9:01 pm.
She hestitated, and suddenly there swept across her face a strange expression, old as the hills, yet with something eternally young about it. So might some Egyptian sphinx have smiled.
Source: The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Author: Agatha Christie
Submitted by
Jessthomp1994, on March 6, 2018, at 1:55 am.
Pleasant words to hurting men are sweet to their soul because they don't hear them often. They sound like a foreign language. That's why we gravitate toward words to build and support the myth of masculinity.
Source: False Roads to Manhood, What Women Need to Know: What Men Need to Understand
Author: Frank Chase Jr
Submitted by
Drchasejr, on March 11, 2018, at 6:58 pm.
If you want to succeed be like water which can bend or splash at any time and even pass between big stones without facing difficulties so we should flow so we should be like water which is not afraid to conquer its enemies which are trees and stones.
Source: Tao of Jeet Kune Do
Author: Bruce Lee and Gilbert Johnson
Submitted by
Odhiambo Byron, on April 21, 2018, at 4:35 am.
You either get busy living or get busy dying
Source: The Shawshank Redemption
Author: Stephen King
Submitted by
SStaley05, on April 21, 2018, at 6:54 pm.
if the future is forever,he thought,then eventually it will swallow us all up
Source: An Abundance of Katherines
Author: John Green
Submitted by
Sumanta, on April 24, 2018, at 6:51 am.
“I mightn’t be so sure about what interested me, I was absolutely sure about what didn’t interest me”
Source: The Stranger
Author: Albert Camus
Submitted by
Jonida, on April 27, 2018, at 7:19 pm.
"I'm quite illiterate, but read a lot."
Source: Catcher in the Rye
Author: J.D Salinger
Submitted by
Laura Del, on April 29, 2018, at 4:37 pm.
Lance slid into the chair and looked out the bay window. In the past, the mists rising over the mountain in the distance could be seen. There is no music in a soul that cannot see the freshness after a rain, or a mighty sky beginning day. T
Source: Casanova Cowboy
Author: Jo Ann Bender
Submitted by
klepacki, on April 30, 2018, at 12:33 pm.
You can’t creep up on blowgun hunters with a Komatsu log loader.
Source: Hoard
Author: Thomas Coyle
Submitted by
tcoyle440, on May 8, 2018, at 1:36 pm.
Love fades, mine has
Source: vampire academy
Author: Richelle Mead
Submitted by
Bookreaper23, on May 16, 2018, at 5:50 pm.
I know that I am always alone, even when surrounded by people, so I let the emptiness in.
Source: We Are Okay
Author: Nina LaCour
Submitted by
BoopityBoop, on May 17, 2018, at 10:15 pm.
Everything is too crisp, too new. Each paper is the same white. It doesn’t matter that the quotes are interesting and pictures are pretty. It looks desperate.
Source: We Are Okay
Author: Nina LaCour
Submitted by
BoopityBoop, on May 17, 2018, at 10:15 pm.
When peace demands despair and shame, war remains the only option most humane
Source: Challenging Destiny
Author: Medha Deshmukh Bhaskaran
Submitted by
MiziS_1305, on May 23, 2018, at 2:28 am.
Jamie chuckled,"She is the rose amongst the thorns!
Source: The Warramunga's War
Author: Greg Kater
Submitted by
Briok Ster, on May 25, 2018, at 9:11 am.
I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library
Source: Ficciones
Author: Jorge Luis Borges
Submitted by
Chrissyzhairen26, on May 27, 2018, at 1:56 am.
Come, and take choice of all my library, And so beguile thy sorrow
Source: Titus Andronicus
Author: William Shakespeare
Submitted by
Monemvasia2018, on June 2, 2018, at 4:01 am.
So the America I loved still exists, if not in the White House, the Supreme Court, the Senate, the House of Representatives, or the media. The America I loved still exists at the front desks of our public libraries.
Source: A Man Without a Country
Author: Kurt Vonnegut
Submitted by
Monemvasia2018, on June 2, 2018, at 4:22 am.
Some relationships are like pythons: they wrap around you, slowly squeezing until you can't breathe.
Source: The Red Hunter
Author: Lisa Unger
Submitted by
apINKpanda21, on June 4, 2018, at 11:02 am.
All I could picture was dry grass sticking to the white face paint. I wondered what kind of passionate declarations of love could come out of the throat of a silent mime in the midst of the sexual throes of ecstasy.
Source: We're Not Sixteen Anymore
Author: Becky Andersen
Submitted by
Yk06Ce23b, on June 4, 2018, at 5:43 pm.
Stop Complaining about what you don't have and start focusing on what you do have.
Source: If life stinks get your head outta your buts
Author: Mark L. Wdowiak
Submitted by
Alice in Wonderland, on June 7, 2018, at 12:28 am.
The journey through grief is as unique as our fingerprints.
Source: Rethinking Possible
Author: Rebecca Faye Smith Galli
Submitted by
Rfsgalli, on June 9, 2018, at 9:10 am.
Life isn't about what you've lost, but about what you've learned--and what you do with what you have left.
Source: Rethinking Possible
Author: Rebecca Faye Smith Galli
Submitted by
Rfsgalli, on June 9, 2018, at 9:15 am.
Some infinities are bigger than other infinities
Source: The Fault in Our Stars
Author: John Green
Submitted by
Varsha saini, 5 days ago.
My thoughts are stars I cannot fathom into constellations.
Source: The Fault in Our Stars
Author: John Green
Submitted by
daniya__shah3, 5 days ago.
Evey man is a solitary soul imprisoned in a self made den,when he is quite alone he knows and frequently hates himself, sometimes he is even afraid of the gaunt and murderous monster he keeps hidden beyond his outwardly pleasant body mask.
Source: The Sorrows of Satan or The Strange Experience of One Geoffrey Tempest, Millionaire
Author: Marie Corelli
Submitted by
Chambers01, 2 days ago.
Flick the switch! You have the power to change your attitude in a snap!
Source: How to Build an Enduring Marriage
Author: Karen Budzinski
Submitted by
KBudz, one day ago.
Are you your spouse’s “safe place"?
Source: How to Build an Enduring Marriage
Author: Karen Budzinski
Submitted by
KBudz, one day ago.
How do I make my married life wonderful instead of “nothing special”? (I would rather have a minute of wonderful than a lifetime of nothing special.)
Source: How to Build an Enduring Marriage
Author: Karen Budzinski
Submitted by
KBudz, one day ago.
Be a thermometer and not a thermostat! (Set the temperature rather than registering it!)
Source: How to Build an Enduring Marriage
Author: Karen Budzinski
Submitted by
KBudz, one day ago.
How do you leave a place better than when you came?
Source: How to Build an Enduring Marriage
Author: Karen Budzinski
Submitted by
KBudz, one day ago.
What fragrance do you bring into a room when you enter?
Source: How to Build an Enduring Marriage
Author: Karen Budzinski
Submitted by
KBudz, one day ago.
How do you “add value” to the lives around you?
Source: How to Build an Enduring Marriage
Author: Karen Budzinski
Submitted by
KBudz, one day ago.
What do you have to offer; what is your “value added proposition”?
Source: How to Build an Enduring Marriage
Author: Karen Budzinski
Submitted by
KBudz, one day ago.
Are you easier to live with or easier to live without?
Source: How to Build an Enduring Marriage
Author: Karen Budzinski
Submitted by
KBudz, one day ago.
You find what you are looking for: are you looking for things that are right or things that are wrong?
Source: How to Build an Enduring Marriage
Author: Karen Budzinski
Submitted by
KBudz, one day ago.
In order to enjoy the fruits of your labor, you have to labor.
Source: How to Build an Enduring Marriage
Author: Karen Budzinski
Submitted by
KBudz, one day ago.
If you link, you sink.
Source: How to Build an Enduring Marriage
Author: Karen Budzinski
Submitted by
KBudz, one day ago.
If you fix what you stumble at, you may be able to avoid falling.
Source: How to Build an Enduring Marriage
Author: Karen Budzinski
Submitted by
KBudz, one day ago.
Being secure is not only being secure in who you are, but also being secure in who you are not.
Source: How to Build an Enduring Marriage
Author: Karen Budzinski
Submitted by
KBudz, one day ago.
You can’t drive straight if your eyes are fixed on the rearview mirror.
Source: How to Build an Enduring Marriage
Author: Karen Budzinski
Submitted by
KBudz, one day ago.
The choices you make today will determine whether you fly or cry tomorrow.
Source: How to Build an Enduring Marriage
Author: Karen Budzinski
Submitted by
KBudz, one day ago.
Be where your body is.
Source: How to Build an Enduring Marriage
Author: Karen Budzinski
Submitted by
KBudz, one day ago.
When you are juggling, to catch one ball you need to let go of the others.
Source: How to Build an Enduring Marriage
Author: Karen Budzinski
Submitted by
KBudz, one day ago.
It's easier to shut up than sweep up!
Source: How to Build an Enduring Marriage
Author: Karen Budzinski
Submitted by
KBudz, one day ago.
Your attitude determines your altitude.
Source: How to Build an Enduring Marriage
Author: Karen Budzinski
Submitted by
KBudz, one day ago.
If it's important to you, then it's important to me!
Source: How to Build an Enduring Marriage
Author: Karen Budzinski
Submitted by
KBudz, one day ago.
The “present” comes with a big bow on it: it is up to you to open & enjoy it!
Source: How to Build an Enduring Marriage
Author: Karen Budzinski
Submitted by
KBudz, one day ago.
Life is a gift; that is why today is called the “present.” Enjoy your present.
Source: How to Build an Enduring Marriage
Author: Karen Budzinski
Submitted by
KBudz, one day ago.
Marriage is like a marathon, not a sprint.
Source: How to Build an Enduring Marriage
Author: Karen Budzinski
Submitted by
KBudz, one day ago.
Let it go, lay it down, give it up, forget about it!
Source: How to Build an Enduring Marriage
Author: Karen Budzinski
Submitted by
KBudz, one day ago.
I don't have to be EVERYTHING to be SOMETHING! Do what you CAN!
Source: How to Build an Enduring Marriage
Author: Karen Budzinski
Submitted by
KBudz, one day ago.
Today is the harvest from the seeds we sowed in our yesterdays.
Source: How to Build an Enduring Marriage
Author: Karen Budzinski
Submitted by
KBudz, one day ago.
Model response-ability!
Source: How to Build an Enduring Marriage
Author: Karen Budzinski
Submitted by
KBudz, one day ago.
Saying no often means saying yes to something else that is more a priority!
Source: How to Build an Enduring Marriage
Author: Karen Budzinski
Submitted by
KBudz, one day ago.
I don't have to be EVERYTHING to be SOMETHING!
Source: How to Build an Enduring Marriage
Author: Karen Budzinski
Submitted by
KBudz, one day ago.
Don't just love someone for who they ARE, love them for who they ARE NOT!
Source: How to Build an Enduring Marriage
Author: Karen Budzinski
Submitted by
KBudz, one day ago.
Don’t just be secure in who you are; be secure in who you are not.
Source: How to Build an Enduring Marriage
Author: Karen Budzinski
Submitted by
KBudz, one day ago.
Sometimes the only thing you can choose is your attitude.
Source: How to Build an Enduring Marriage
Author: Karen Budzinski
Submitted by
KBudz, one day ago.
Put your “cute” on at home!
Source: How to Build an Enduring Marriage
Author: Karen Budzinski
Submitted by
KBudz, one day ago.
Live from the inside out: your husband, children and family should get your best!
Source: How to Build an Enduring Marriage
Author: Karen Budzinski
Submitted by
KBudz, one day ago.
Does your calendar and checkbook show that you are living out your priorities?
Source: How to Build an Enduring Marriage
Author: Karen Budzinski
Submitted by
KBudz, one day ago.
