💬 Quotes

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"That which we manifest is before us; we are the creators of our own destiny. Be it through intention or ignorance, our successes and our failures have been brought about by none other than ourselves."
The Art of Racing in the Rainby Garth Stein
"Your car goes where your eyes go."
The Art of Racing in the Rainby Garth Stein
"A race car driver must see the track as a whole. You cannot focus on the turn alone, but must perceive the road ahead and the possibilities beyond."
The Art of Racing in the Rainby Garth Stein
"To live every day as if it had been stolen from death, that is how I would like to live. To feel the joy of life, as Eve would, in the last moments of her journey."
The Art of Racing in the Rainby Garth Stein
"The body is a cage. It is a vessel. But the soul, the essence of who we are, is tethered to the world only by the stories we tell."
The Art of Racing in the Rainby Garth Stein
"There is no dishonor in losing the race. There is only dishonor in not racing because you are afraid to lose."
The Art of Racing in the Rainby Garth Stein
"Ideas are bulletproof."
V for vendettaby Alan Moore
"People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people."
V for vendettaby Alan Moore
"Beneath this mask there is more than flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea, Mr. Creedy, and ideas are bulletproof."
V for vendettaby Alan Moore
"Artists use lies to tell the truth. While politicians use them to cover the truth up."
V for vendettaby Alan Moore
"Happiness is the most insidious prison of all."
V for vendettaby Alan Moore
"Authority allows you to do a great many things, but it does not allow you to be a human being."
V for vendettaby Alan Moore
"In reality, they say that people grow up. In books, people grow into themselves. I’ve always liked books better."
The Rainbow Rowell Collectionby Rainbow Rowell
"True love isn't a lightning bolt. It's not a thunderstorm. It's the rain that never stops, that feeds the earth and makes things grow."
The Rainbow Rowell Collectionby Rainbow Rowell
"You can’t just give up on someone because the situation’s not ideal. Great relationships aren’t great because they have no problems. They’re great because both people care enough about the other person to find a way to make it work."
The Rainbow Rowell Collectionby Rainbow Rowell
"I’m not a hero. I’m just a guy who’s trying to keep his head above water. But that’s the thing about stories—sometimes just staying afloat is the bravest thing you can do."
The Rainbow Rowell Collectionby Rainbow Rowell
"Holding hands is a way of saying, I’m here, you’re here, and for this moment, that is enough."
The Rainbow Rowell Collectionby Rainbow Rowell
"Maybe you don't actually have to be happy all the time. Maybe you just have to be okay with not being okay, and keep moving forward anyway."
The Rainbow Rowell Collectionby Rainbow Rowell
"Life is free from all things that are not life; it is fire and motion, the flame of the soul that leaps and dances, and it is a thing that must be obeyed."
White Fangby Jack London
"The aim of life was meat. Life itself was meat. Life lived on life. There were the eaters and the eaten."
White Fangby Jack London