M N > M's Quotes

“And opportunities are like stories in books,” I retorted. “All we need do is pick one.”
― C.W. Gortner, Mademoiselle Chanel

“Simplicity,” I said, “is true elegance. A woman is closest to being naked when she is well dressed. Her clothing should be seen only after she herself is.”
― C.W. Gortner, Mademoiselle Chanel

“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.”
― Dalai Lama XIV, The Art of Happiness

“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.”
― Dalai Lama XIV, The Art of Happiness

“Although you may not always be able to avoid difficult situations,you can modify the extent to which you can suffer by how you choose to respond to the situation.”
― Dalai Lama XIV, The Art of Happiness

“happiness is determined more by one's state of mind than by external events.”
― Dalai Lama, The Art of Happiness

“The more honest you are, the more open, the less fear you will have, because there's no anxiety about being exposed or revealed to others.”
― Dalai Lama XIV, The Art of Happiness

“...we often mistake love for fireworks - for drama and dysfunction. But real love is very quiet, very still. It's boring, if seen from the perspective of high drama. Love is deep and calm - and constant.”
― Alex Michaelides, The Silent Patient

“Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive, and will come forth later, in uglier ways. —SIGMUND FREUD”
― Alex Michaelides, The Silent Patient

“Steve is grateful that at least he feels loved. Because if you don’t feel loved, it’s difficult to feel anything at all.”
― Richard Osman, We Solve Murders

“But Steve has learnt you must never resent other people for their happiness. Everyone is taking the best shot they've got, and some shots are just luckier than yours. Anytime you feel your unhappiness turning into bitterness, you have to check yourself. You can live with unhappiness, but bitterness will kill you.”
― Richard Osman, We Solve Murders

“Steve has learned you must never resent other people for their happiness. Everyone is taking the best shot they’ve got, and some shots are just luckier than yours. Anytime you feel your unhappiness turning into bitterness, you have to check yourself. You can live with unhappiness, but bitterness will kill you.”
― Richard Osman, We Solve Murders

“And, despite his assiduous preparation, it had taken him by surprise. You can think something often enough, but you will never be prepared for your heart disintegrating.”
― Richard Osman, We Solve Murders

“He doesn’t get casinos or infidelity. Why earn money, just to lose it, and why look for love, just to betray it?”
― Richard Osman, We Solve Murders

“one rule in life: if you see a door, walk through it.”
― Richard Osman, We Solve Murders

“if you don’t feel loved, it’s difficult to feel anything at all.”
― Richard Osman, We Solve Murders

“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche”
― Jennifer Hillier, Jar of Hearts

“When you are in trouble or at your lowest point, and have no one in whom to confide, a hawthorn would be the right choice. There is a reason why hawthorns are home to fairies and known to protect pots of treasure. For wisdom, try a beech; for intelligence, a pine; for bravery, a rowan; for generosity, a hazel; for joy, a juniper; and for when you need to learn to let go of what you cannot control, a birch with its white-silver bark, peeling and shedding layers like old skin. Then again, if it's love you're after, or love you have lost, come to the fig, always the fig.”
― Elif Shafak, The Island of Missing Trees