Bienna Ursula > Bienna's Quotes

“To live intensely is a basic human necessity.”
― Jessica Zafra, Twisted 8 ½

“In relationships it is best to assume nothing.”
― Jessica Zafra, Chicken Pox for the Soul

“Life is a series of random collisions.”
― Jessica Zafra, Chicken Pox for the Soul

“That's the thing about a great book. Every time you read it, it's different, because you're different. You've changed since the last time you picked it up, things have happened to you.”
― Jessica Zafra, Twisted 9

“Everyone declares that love is irrational, and yet everytime this statement is proven correct, they profess amazement. They seem to assume that love will make an exception in their case. It never does.”
― Jessica Zafra, Chicken Pox for the Soul

“As you go through life, you learn many lessons. Unfortunately these lessons only apply to the specific instances in which you learned them. Therefore you can expect to make horrible mistakes no matter how long you live.”
― Jessica Zafra, Chicken Pox for the Soul

“And if I'm alone in bed, I will go to the window, look up at the sky, and feel certain that loneliness is a lie, because the Universe is there to keep me company.”
― Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra

“Love is only a word, until we decide to let it possess us with all its force.
Love is only a word, until someone arrives to give it meaning.
Don't give up. Remember, it's always the last key on the key ring that opens the door.”
― Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra

“Never miss an opportunity to show your love, especially to those close to you, because we are always at our most cautious with them for fear of being hurt.”
― Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra

“only the defeated know LOVE.
because it is in the realm of love that we
fight our first battles - and generally lose ........”
― Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra

“Why didn't I learn to treat everything like it was the last time. My greatest regret was how much I believed in the future.”
― Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

“Nothing is so essential as dignity…Time will reveal who has it and who has it not.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, The Signature of All Things

“Beauty is not required. Beauty is accuracy's distraction.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, The Signature of All Things

“Never put away your labors while the sun is high, Alma, with the hopes of finding more hours to work tomorrow—for you shall never have any more extra time tomorrow than you had today, and once you have fallen behindhand in your responsibilities, you will never catch up.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, The Signature of All Things

“Leda was struck by how much Avery reminded her of Atlas. They weren’t related by blood, and yet they had the same white-hot intensity. When they turned the full force of their attention on you, it was as blinding as looking into the sun.”
― Katharine McGee, The Thousandth Floor