Elle Christopher > Elle's Quotes

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
― Maya Angelou

“Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
― Steve Jobs

“I wanted fire. I wanted depth. I wanted the kind of love that burns everything that came before it. I wasn’t searching for something easy. I was searching for something real.”
― Elle Christopher, Where Loyalty Lies

“This hidden paradise felt suspended between earth and sky, as if it belonged to both and neither at once.”
― Elle Christopher, Where Loyalty Lies

“I missed writing. Missed the quiet pulse of my fingers on a keyboard, the freedom of getting lost in the words. I missed feeling like I had something bigger to offer the world than fast coffee and polite smiles. But I didn’t have time for dreams right now. I had bills, I had pride, and I had a point to prove. So I got up every day and I worked. Because starting over is messy. But it’s also honest.”
― Elle Christopher, Where Loyalty Lies

“No one cared who I used to be. That I once had a career. That I was good at it. To them, I was just the girl with the apron and the tired smile.”
― Elle Christopher, Where Loyalty Lies

“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though.”
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

“′Classic′ - a book which people praise and don't read.”
― Mark Twain

“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft