Evan Whitlock > Evan's Quotes

“Never judge someone by their relatives.”
― Charles Martin, Chasing Fireflies

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

“Hate is a powerful weapon. But it is powerless when it comes to cutting chains off the human heart.”
― Charles Martin, Send Down the Rain

“Round here it goes from just plain hot, to Africa hot, back to Mexico hot, then mildly Nicaraguan warm and back to Sahara hot again.”
― Charles Martin, Send Down the Rain

“Their minds were too earthbound, shackled to this world like a second helping of slavery. There were two kinds of slavery in Harriet’s mind. The first one was physical, and her brothers knew all about that. But the second one was spiritual, and they were ignorant of it. They were chained to this Earth—limited by what they can see in front of their faces.”
― Doug Peterson, The Tubman Train

“In life you have to learn to count the good days. You have to tuck them in your pocket and carry them around with you. So I’m putting today in my pocket and I’m off to bed.”
― Richard Osman, The Thursday Murder Club

“People without a sense of humor will never forgive you for being funny.”
― Richard Osman, The Thursday Murder Club

“It was a well-known fact that there were no calories in homemade cakes.”
― Richard Osman, The Thursday Murder Club

“Why do I have to tell a story?” I asked.
“Because if you don’t tell the story, someone else will tell it for you.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games