Ifrah Akhtar > Ifrah's Quotes

“Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

“Her two worlds, two lives that she tried so hard to keep separate, were crashing together. And she felt helpless to stop it.”
― Aprilynne Pike, Spells

“If the time comes and your dream doesn't seem worth it, then maybe it was the wrong dream.”
― Aprilynne Pike, Spells

“But with me, you are never just a spring faerie.”
― Aprilynne Pike, Illusions

“Sacrifice is a part of life. It's supposed to be. It's not something to regret. It's something to aspire to.”
― Mitch Albom, The Five People You Meet in Heaven

“Sometimes when you sacrifice something precious, you're not really losing it. You're just passing it on to someone else.”
― Mitch Albom, The Five People You Meet in Heaven

“The best use of life is love. The best expression of love is time. The best time to love is now.”
― Rick Warren

“Blood fills my mouth. Fire sears my veins. I choke back a howl. The silver knife slips--the
choice is mine.
I am death or life. I am salvation or destruction. Angel or demon.
I am grace.
I plunge in the knife.
This is my sacrifice--
I am the monster.”
― Bree Despain, The Dark Divine

“You can sacrifice and not love. But you cannot love and not sacrifice.”
― Kris Vallotton

“Without sacrifice, true love is incomprehensible.”
― Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity

“Love is sacrifice. Love sacrifices itself for its neighbor.”
― Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica, Our Thoughts Determine Our Lives: The Life and Teachings of Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica

“A man doesn't have to be alive to start the fires of revolution.”
― Karen Hancock, The Light of Eidon

“When people say they hate life, to what are they comparing it to? The alternative isn't any more appealing.”
― Carroll Bryant

“Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
― Steve Jobs

“It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.”
― Philip K. Dick, VALIS

“My wish is that you may be loved to the point of madness.”
― André Breton, What Is Surrealism?: Selected Writings

“No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.”
― Aristotle

“Life will defend itself no matter how small it is.”
― Yann Martel, Life of Pi

“The presence of God is the finest of rewards.”
― Yann Martel, Life of Pi

“If there's only one nation in the sky, shouldn't all passports be valid for it?”
― Yann Martel, Life of Pi

“Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous possessive love that grabs at what it can.”
― Yann Martel, Life of Pi

“Misery loves company, and madness calls it forth.”
― Yann Martel, Life of Pi

“Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land

“Happiness consists in getting enough sleep. Just that, nothing more.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers

“You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once.”
― Robert A. Heinlein

“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom the emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand wrapped in awe, is as good as dead —his eyes are closed. The insight into the mystery of life, coupled though it be with fear, has also given rise to religion. To know what is impenetrable to us really exists, manifesting itself as the highest wisdom and the most radiant beauty, which our dull faculties can comprehend only in their most primitive forms—this knowledge, this feeling is at the center of true religiousness.”
― Albert Einstein, Living Philosophies

“God created war so that Americans would learn geography.”
― Mark Twain