💬 Quotes

4,062 quotes from great books

"I knew where I was, and I knew why I was there, and I knew that if I didn't get back, the life I was trying to hold together would surely slip away."
Winter's Boneby Daniel Woodrell
"To be born here is to be kin to all the rest, and if you are kin, you are in their debt, whether you ask to be or not."
Winter's Boneby Daniel Woodrell
"Don't go asking for what you don't want to find."
Winter's Boneby Daniel Woodrell
"The land here didn't give up secrets easily, and neither did the people who lived upon it."
Winter's Boneby Daniel Woodrell
"I’m a Dolly. I don't run. I don't hide."
Winter's Boneby Daniel Woodrell
"Don't believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding. Find out what you already know, and you'll see the way to fly."
Jonathan Livingston Seagullby Richard Bach
"The gull sees farthest who flies highest."
Jonathan Livingston Seagullby Richard Bach
"We can lift ourselves out of ignorance, we can find ourselves as creatures of excellence and intelligence and skill."
Jonathan Livingston Seagullby Richard Bach
"You have the freedom to be yourself, your true self, here and now, and nothing can stand in your way."
Jonathan Livingston Seagullby Richard Bach
"To begin with, you have to understand that heaven is not a place, and it is not a time. Heaven is being perfect."
Jonathan Livingston Seagullby Richard Bach
"The only true law is that which leads to freedom."
Jonathan Livingston Seagullby Richard Bach
"It’s amazing how much you can learn about a person when you don’t have to tell them the truth."
A Simple Planby Scott Smith
"I’m not a bad person, but I’ve done bad things. There’s a difference, isn’t there?"
A Simple Planby Scott Smith
"The money was like a cancer. It didn't just sit there. It grew. It consumed everything."
A Simple Planby Scott Smith
"Planning is just a way of comforting yourself. It’s a way of pretending you’re in control when you’re really just waiting for the next disaster."
A Simple Planby Scott Smith
"People always think they’d be different if they had money. They think they’d be better. They’re wrong. Money just makes you more of who you already are."
A Simple Planby Scott Smith
"There are no secrets in a small town. Only things people agree not to talk about until it's too late."
A Simple Planby Scott Smith
"I'm not anti-social. I'm just not user friendly."
The Complete Calvin and Hobbesby Bill Watterson
"You can't help that. People always tell you that you can't help what happens to you, but you can't help how you treat what happens to you."
No country for old menby Cormac McCarthy
"It's a mess, ain't it, Sheriff? If it ain't, it'll do till the mess gets here."
No country for old menby Cormac McCarthy