Lisa > Lisa's Quotes

“You save yourself or you remain unsaved.”
― Alice Sebold

“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”
― George Orwell, Animal Farm

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
― Albert Camus

“Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.”
― Henry James

“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.”
― Charles W. Eliot

“No woman gets an orgasm from shining the kitchen floor. ”
― Betty Friedan

“The pleasure of all reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books.”
― Katherine Mansfield

“Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock.”
― Ben Hecht

“Life can be driven by two things - fear or passion. When we are driven by passion, our fear takes the backseat and enjoys the ride. When we are driven by fear, there is no ride.”
― talia

“Why were there no words that spoke positively about being concerned about the self? Why was there only negative connotation in terms like "selfish", "self-interested", "self-centred", "self-obsessed" and so on? Why was it so much better to be without a self: "selfless", "self-sacrificing", "self-effacing", etc?”
― A.J. Dalton, Necromancer's Gambit

“Thorne scoffed. “Careful is my middle name. Right after Suave and Daring.”
“Do you even know what you're saying half the time?” asked Cinder.”
― Marissa Meyer, Winter

“Love is a kind of killing, Addy," she says. "Don't you know that?”
― Megan Abbott, Dare Me