💬 Quotes
8,730 quotes from great books
"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
"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
"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
"I always figured when I got old the world would be different. But it ain't. It's just me."
— No country for old menby Cormac McCarthy
"There's no point in keeping score. It's just a way of putting off the inevitable."
— No country for old menby Cormac McCarthy
"You don't have to do this. There's a lot of things you don't have to do, but you do them anyway."
— No country for old menby Cormac McCarthy
"Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another."
— Belovedby Toni Morrison