Stephanie > Stephanie's Quotes

“If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put that thing in your mouth, particularly if the thing is cats.”
― Lemony Snicket, The Wide Window

“Make up a story... For our sake and yours forget your name in the street; tell us what the world has been to you in the dark places and in the light. Don't tell us what to believe, what to fear. Show us belief's wide skirt and the stitch that unravels fear's caul.”
― Toni Morrison, The Nobel Lecture In Literature, 1993

“People aren't either wicked or noble. They're like chef's salads, with good things and bad things chopped and mixed together in a vinaigrette of confusion and conflict.”
― Lemony Snicket, The Grim Grotto

“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”
― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

“It is a curious thing, the death of a loved one. We all know that our time in this world is limited, and that eventually all of us will end up underneath some sheet, never to wake up. And yet it is always a surprise when it happens to someone we know. It is like walking up the stairs to your bedroom in the dark, and thinking there is one more stair than there is. Your foot falls down, through the air, and there is a sickly moment of dark surprise as you try and readjust the way you thought of things.”
― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

“No matter who you are, no matter where you live, and no matter how many people are chasing you, what you don't read is often as important as what you do read.”
― Lemony Snicket

“It is difficult, when faced with a situation you cannot control, to admit you can do nothing.”
― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

“At times the world may seem an unfriendly and sinister place, but believe that there is much more good in it than bad. All you have to do is look hard enough. and what might seem to be a series of unfortunate events may in fact be the first steps of a journey.”
― Lemony Snicket

“The world is quiet here.”
― Lemony Snicket

“I will love you if I never see you again, and I will love you if I see you every Tuesday.”
― Lemony Snicket, The Beatrice Letters

“He misses the feeling of creating something out of something. That’s right — something out of something. Because something out of nothing is when you make something up out of thin air, in which case it has no value. Anybody can do that. But something out of something means it was really there the whole time, inside you, and you discover it as part of something new, that’s never happened before.”
― Etgar Keret, פתאום דפיקה בדלת

“Growing old is mandatory. Growing up is optional.”
― Chili Davis

“Be careful who you call your friends. I’d rather have four quarters than one hundred pennies.”
― Al Capone

“The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.”
― Terry Pratchett

“From all around came very faintly a low sad hum, as the unhoused bees mourned.”
― Fritz Leiber, Swords and Deviltry

“There is no dignity
quite so impressive,
and no independence
quite so important,
as living within your means.”
― Calvin Coolidge

“Next time you want to fight off a food craving grab your Smartphone or dig out your old game-boy and play Tetris for 3 minutes. This is enough to reduce food (also caffeine & nicotine) cravings by 24 percent, according to a study from Plymouth University in the U.K.”
― Anthony Arvanitakis, Easy Weight Loss: 30 Easy tips to Lose Weight without Food Restriction, Counting Calories or Exercise

“Tell the world what you intend to do, but first show it.”
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

“Strong people are harder to kill than weak people and more useful in general.”
― Mark Rippetoe

“Also due to a good diet, smarter psychology, and DDP Yoga, my body felt great and I had one of my best career runs in the ring as well.”
― Chris Jericho, No Is a Four-Letter Word: How I Failed Spelling but Succeeded in Life

“In an era of human history in which we prize comfort above nearly every other virtue, we have overlooked an important truth: comfort never leads to excellence.”
― Jeff Goins, The Art of Work: A Proven Path to Discovering What You Were Meant to Do

“The best work of all is when you are achieving your own goals by helping others to achieve theirs.”
― Brian Tracy, Maximum Achievement: Strategies and Skills that Will Unlock Your Hidden Powers to Succeed

“We are the stars,” he answers, as though it is the most obvious of facts afloat in a sea of metaphors and misdirections. “We are all stardust and stories.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea

“It’s so beautiful how life unfolds, if we lay it all on the line and keep our pores open.”
― Timothy Ferriss, Tribe Of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World

“If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in the dark with a mosquito.”—Betty Reese”
― Timothy Ferriss, Tribe Of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World

“Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.”—George S. Patton”
― Timothy Ferriss, Tribe Of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World

“The fairest rules are those to which everyone would agree if they did not know how much power they would have.”—John Rawls”
― Timothy Ferriss, Tribe Of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World

“A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.”—Oscar Wilde”
― Timothy Ferriss, Tribe Of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World

“Money is ephemeral, moving from person to person, it's a tool. Don't let it get into your heart or soul.”
― Dave Eggers, The Monk of Mokha

“In many aspects, your life is already incredible. You just need to remind yourself that you can lose it, so that you can relearn its value for you.”
― Martin Meadows, 365 Days With Self-Discipline