Γιάννης Πλιώτας > Γιάννης's Quotes

“Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another.”
― Homer, The Iliad

“A book is the cheapest ticket you will ever hold.”
― Stefanos Livos

“At some point as adults we cease to be our parents' children and we become our children's parents instead.”
― William Landay, Defending Jacob

“This case is complex. It's got layers to it, Davey. It's a fucking onion... You're a natural-born onion peeler -- the best that ever was.”
― John Verdon, Shut Your Eyes Tight

“The road to hell is paved with adverbs.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“Learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest.”
― Herman Hesse

“Be careful about reading health books. Some fine day you'll die of a misprint.”
― Markus Herz

“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

“There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.”
― Bertrand Russell

“Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren't. I'm not surprised some people prefer books.”
― Julian Barnes, Flaubert's Parrot

“Never look back; you may only find what you left or let you go.”
― Stefanos Livos, A Life In A Moment

“We shouldn't be looking for heroes, we should be looking for good ideas.”
― Noam Chomsky

“I suspect the truth is that we are waiting, all of us, against insurmountable odds, for something extraordinary to happen to us.”
― Khaled Hosseini, And the Mountains Echoed

“We are all mortal until the first kiss and the second glass of wine.”
― Eduardo Galeano

“Άνθρωπος χωρίς βιβλίο, τυφλός.”
― Hannah Kent, Burial Rites

“Από τους δέκα ανθρώπους που σου ζητάνε τη γνώμη σου για κάτι, οι εννέα το κάνουνε μονάχα για να σου πούνε τη δική τους.”
― Άγγελος Τερζάκης, Η μενεξεδένια πολιτεία

“I don’t ask writers about their work habits. I really don’t care. Joyce Carol Oates says somewhere that when writers ask each other what time they start working and when they finish and how much time they take for lunch, they’re actually trying to find out, "Is he as crazy as I am?" I don’t need that question answered.”
― Philip Roth

“There are two types of women in the world, Beattie, those who do things and those who have things done to them.”
― Kimberley Freeman, Wildflower Hill

“Δεν ξέρω... περιμένω να αρχίσει η πραγματική μου ζωή, η ζωή που υποτίθεται ότι θα είχα. Η πραγματική ζωή, ο πραγματικός έρωτας, δεν ξέρω...”
― Nicci French

“Πάντοτε αγαπούσε την αίσθηση των θαμμένων μυστικών που υπήρχαν σε μια μεγαλούπολη και του μυστηριώδους τρόπου με τον οποίο τα μυστικά αυτά μπορούσαν να κάνουν την εμφάνισή τους, αναπάντεχα, αποσπασματικά, πάνω στα παλιά κτίρια”
― Nicci French

“Τελικά πώς μετράς την απουσία; Είχαν υπάρξει λεπτά που έγιναν ώρες, και ώρες που ενώθηκαν σε μια άχαρη έρημο χωρίς ορίζοντα. Είχαν υπάρξει μέρες μουντές και βαριές σαν μολύβι, και ολόκληρες εβδομάδες στη διάρκεια των οποίων πίεζε τον εαυτό της να προχωρήσει μπροστά, βήμα βήμα διασχίζοντας την έρημο του χρόνου.”
― Nicci French, Tuesday's Gone

“Winter is coming.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“A well-read woman is a dangerous creature.”
― Lisa Kleypas, A Wallflower Christmas

“CUSTOMER: I read a book in the sixties. I don’t remember the author, or the title. But it was green, and it made me laugh. Do you know which one I mean?”
― Jen Campbell, Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops