Quotes - Viktoriya (dirly) (Russian Federation) Showing 1-25 of 25

#1

“Perhaps man has a hundred senses, and when he dies only the five senses that we know perish with him, and the other ninety-five remain alive.”
― Anton Chekhov, The Cherry Orchard

1475 likes

#2

“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.”
― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

tags: food, love

4394 likes

#3

“Imagination is like a muscle. I found out that the more I wrote, the bigger it got.”
― Philip José Farmer

tags: imagination, writing

2555 likes

#4

“Please give me some good advice in your next letter. I promise not to follow it. ”
― Edna St. Vincent Millay

1407 likes

#5

“Indeed, even though Santa Ana was president in Mexico, large parts of the country were not under his control, which enabled the annexation of Texas by the United States.”
― Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

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#6

“actions speak louder than
words”
― Becca Fitzpatrick

28 likes

#7

“Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.”
― Steve Jobs

2917 likes

#8

“All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me

tags: compassion, empathy, loneliness, love

5294 likes

#9

“Day and night I always dream with open eyes.”
― Jose Marti

1729 likes

#10

“When I discover who I am, I’ll be free.”
― Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man

tags: freedom, identity, independence, self-awareness, self-discovery

3951 likes

#11

“Go, my book, and help destroy the world as it is.”
― Russell Banks, Continental Drift

tags: books

1740 likes

#12

“Trust no friend without faults, and love a woman, but no angel.”
― Doris Lessing

tags: friendship, love, trust

1577 likes

#13

“Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I'd have the facts.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

tags: writing-advice

4142 likes

#14

“Each day means a new twenty-four hours. Each day means everything's possible again. You live in the moment, you die in the moment, you take it all one day at a time.”
― Marie Lu, Legend

6685 likes

#15

“Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody.”
― J. D. Salinger

tags: salinger, stories

6598 likes

#16

“Talk between women friends is always therapy...”
― Jayne Anne Phillips

tags: friendship

1544 likes

#17

“When it comes to the past, everyone writes fiction.”
― Stephen King, Joyland

tags: past

439 likes

#18

“Так необычайна и явна была сумасшедшая их связь, так исступлённо горели они бесстыдным полымем, людей не совестясь и не таясь, худея и чернея в лицах на глазах у соседей, что теперь на них при встречах почему-то стыдились люди смотреть.”
― Mikhail Sholokhov

tags: love, passion

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#19