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“Men are sometimes driven by things that to a women make no sense, but she did know that Corelli had to be with his boys. Honour and common sense; in the light of the other, both of them are ridiculous.”
― Louis de Bernières, Corelli’s Mandolin

“Your lips are like sugar
And your cheeks an apple
Your breasts are paradise
And your body a lily.

O, to kiss the sugar
To bite the apple
To reveal paradise
And open the lily.”
― Louis de Bernières, Birds Without Wings

“Don't give into him at all. Deny yourself. Because then your eyes will not be clouded by a madness that you cannot control, and then you will be able to learn to see him as he is. Do you understand?”
― Louis de Bernières, Corelli’s Mandolin

“I know love is worth the time it takes to find. Think of that when all the world seems made of walk up rooms and hands in empty pockets”
― Gerry Spence, Of Murder and Madness: A True Story

“You know that feeling at the end of the day, when the anxiety of that-which-I-must-do falls away and, for maybe the first time that day, you see, with some clarity, the people you love and the ways you have, during that day, slightly ignored them, turned away from them to get back to what you were doing, blurted out some mildly hurtful thing, projected, instead of the deep love you really feel, a surge of defensiveness or self-protection or suspicion? That moment when you think, Oh God, what have I done with this day? And what am I doing with my life? And how must I change to avoid catastrophic end-of-life regrets?

I feel like that now: tired of the Me I've always been, tired of making the same mistakes, repetitively stumbling after the same small ego strokes, being caught in the same loops of anxiety and defensiveness. At the end of my life, I know I won't be wishing I'd held more back, been less effusive, more often stood on ceremony, forgiven less, spent more days oblivious to the secret wishes and fears of the people around me...

--"Buddha Boy”
― George Saunders, The Braindead Megaphone

“I believe in strong women. I believe in the woman who is able to stand up for herself. I believe in the woman who doesn't need to hide behind her husband's back. I believe that if you have problems, as a woman you deal with them, you don't play victim, you don't make yourself look pitiful, you don't point fingers. You stand and you deal. You face the world with a head held high and you carry the universe in your heart.”
― C. JoyBell C.

“I don't know if you're being smart or not, but I know that being smart doesn't always lead to being happy. And I'd rather be happy than anything else”
― Ryan Winfield, Jane's Melody

“Have you really read all those books in your room?”

Alaska laughing- “Oh God no. I’ve maybe read a third of ‘em. But I’m going to read them all. I call it my Life’s Library. Every summer since I was little, I’ve gone to garage sales and bought all the books that looked interesting. So I always have something to read.”
― John Green, Looking for Alaska

“Parabatai" said Jace. "It means a pair of warriors who fight together - who are closer than brothers. Alec is more than justmy best friend.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Bones

“I know what it's like to be afraid of your own mind.”
― Spencer Reid

“سؤال:
هل تعرف ما الفرق بين حبيبة سابقة لم تظفر بها وحبيبة أصبحت زوجتك؟
الإجابة:
لا فرق. إنه عُشب الضفة المقابلة الذي سيبدو "دائمًا وأبدًا" أكثر اخضرارًا طالما لم تطأه قدماك.”
― أحمد مراد, الفيل الأزرق

“Hate is often an obverse form of love.
You hate someone whom you really wish to love but whom you cannot love.”
― Sri Chinmoy

“Enjoy him while it lasts," I called. "Apparently he has Girlfriend ADD."

She looked away, but not before I caught the blush staining her cheeks.”
― Gena Showalter, Through the Zombie Glass

“Love and self are one and the discovery of either is the realization of both”
― Leo Buscaglia, Love

“To love oneself is to struggle to rediscover and maintain your uniqueness”
― Leo Buscaglia, Love

“When man has love he is no longer at the mercy of forces greater than himself, for he, himself, becomes the powerful force”
― Leo Buscaglia, Love

“Man created words to free himself”
― Leo Buscaglia, Love

“April 27. Incapable of living with people, of speaking. Complete immersion in myself, thinking of myself. Apathetic, witless, fearful. I have nothing to say to anyone - never.”
― Franz Kafka, Diaries, 1910-1923

“Like dew I was born
Like dew I vanish
..and all that I have ever done
Is but a dream
Within a dream”
― James Clavell, Shōgun, Volume 1

“The sun dances in her and she has an immense joy of life”
― James Clavell, Shogun Part 1 Of 3

“Patience is important for a man, vital for a leader”
― James Clavell, Shogun Part 1 Of 3

“Do you know, I sometimes, catch myself wishing that I too were blind to the facts of life and only knew its fancies and illusions. They're wrong, all wrong, of course, and contrary to reason; but in the face of them my reason tells me, wrong and most wrong, that to dream and live illusions gives greater delight. And after all, delight is the wage for living. Without delight living is a worthless act. To labor at living and be unpaid is worse than to be dead. He who delights the most lives the most, and your dreams and unrealities are less disturbing to you and more gratifying than are my facts to me. I often doubt, I often doubt, the worthwhileness of reason. Dreams must be more substantial and satisfying. Emotional delight is more filling and lasting than intellectual delight by having the blues. Emotional delight is followed by no more than jaded senses which speedily recuperate. I envy you, I envy you”
― Jack London