Daire Winter > Daire's Quotes

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

“Why is it that a woman can see from a distance what a man cannot see close?”
― Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native

“To be loved to madness--such was her great desire. Love was to her the one cordial which could drive away the eating loneliness of her days. And she seemed to long for the abstraction called passionate love more than for any particular lover.”
― Thomas Hardy, Return of the Native

“A blaze of love and extinction, was better than a lantern glimmer of the same which should last long years.”
― Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native

“To be yearning for the difficult, to be weary of the offered: to care for the remote, to dislike the near: it was Wildeve's nature always. This is the true mark of the man of sentiment.”
― Thomas Hardy, Return of the Native

“I see your face in every scene of my dreams, and I hear your voice in every sound. I wish I did not. It is too much what I feel. They say such love never lasts”
― Thomas Hardy, Return of the Native

“Adults are bad at remembering how powerful they can be because somewhere along the line, they were shamed for their imagination.”
― Stephen Chbosky, Imaginary Friend

“Some people's fake is more honest than other people's real.”
― Stephen Chbosky, Imaginary Friend

“Never mistake being nice for being weak.”
― Stephen Chbosky, Imaginary Friend

“The candle flickered in the wind of the hurricane... Then, the light of one hundred billion stars burned out.”
― Stephen Chbosky, Imaginary Friend

“But I’m not afraid anymore because heaven and hell are not destinations. They are decisions.”
― Stephen Chbosky, Imaginary Friend

“Even monsters are adorable when they're little.”
― Stephen Chbosky, Imaginary Friend

“Un abrazo, una sonrisa, una palabra amable: todos tienen un potencial de cambiar una vida por completo”
― Stephen Chbosky, Imaginary Friend

“Jesus, I am a sinner. I am vain. I am narcissistic. And my biggest sin was that I have been so afraid of You that I never really loved You until this moment. But I’m not afraid anymore because heaven and hell are not destinations. They are decisions.”
― Stephen Chbosky, Imaginary Friend

“As long as she had that light, there would always be a chance.”
― Stephen Chbosky, Imaginary Friend

“And I am bored to death with it. Bored to death with this place, bored to death with my life, bored to death with myself.”
― Charles Dickens, Bleak House

“Constancy in love is a good thing; but it means nothing, and is nothing, without constancy in every kind of effort.”
― Charles Dickens, Bleak House

“A word in earnest is as good as a speech.”
― Charles Dickens, Bleak House

“The universe makes rather an indifferent parent, I'm afraid.”
― Charles Dickens, Bleak House

“I'll make him an offer he can't refuse.”
― Mario Puzo, The Godfather

“Friendship is everything. Friendship is more than talent. It is more than the government. It is almost the equal of family.”
― Mario Puzo, The Godfather

“Great men are not born great, they grow great . . .”
― Mario Puzo, The Godfather

“Revenge is a dish that tastes best when served cold.”
― Mario Puzo, The Godfather

“A friend should always underestimate your virtues and an enemy overestimate your faults”
― Mario Puzo, The Godfather

“A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man.”
― Mario Puzo, The Godfather

“The lawyer with the briefcase can steal more money than the man with the gun.”
― Mario Puzo, The Godfather

“Have a blessed day.” This can make you feel like you’ve been sprayed against your will with God cologne.”
― David Sedaris, Calypso

“Happiness is harder to put into words. It’s also harder to source, much more mysterious than anger or sorrow, which come to me promptly, whenever I summon them, and remain long after I’ve begged them to leave.”
― David Sedaris, Calypso

“After I die, and you read something bad about yourself in my diary, do yourself a favor and keep reading,” I often say to Hugh. “I promise that on the next page you’ll find something flattering. Or maybe the page after that.”
― David Sedaris, Calypso

“Increasingly at Southern airports, instead of a “good-bye” or “thank-you,” cashiers are apt to say, “Have a blessed day.” This can make you feel like you’ve been sprayed against your will with God cologne. “Get it off me!” I always want to scream. “Quick, before I start wearing ties with short-sleeved shirts!”
― David Sedaris, Calypso