Patrick Tekula > Patrick's Quotes

“If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.”
― Katharine Hepburn

“Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.”
― Mark Twain

“You are never stronger...than when you land on the other side of despair.”
― Zadie Smith, White Teeth

“Whatever happens in your life, no matter how troubling things might seem, do not enter the neighborhood of despair. Even when all doors remain closed, God will open up a new path only for you. Be thankful!”
― Elif Shafak, The Forty Rules of Love

“You see, unlike in the movies, there is no THE END sign flashing at the end of books. When I've read a book, I don't feel like I've finished anything. So I start a new one.”
― Elif Shafak, The Bastard of Istanbul

“Girls can wear jeans and cut their hair short and wear shirts and boots because it's okay to be a boy; for girls it's like promotion. But for a boy to look like a girl is degrading, according to you, because secretly you believe that being a girl is degrading.”
― Ian McEwan, The Cement Garden

“Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.”
― Toni Morrison, Beloved

“All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.”
― Edgar Allan Poe

“No one knows you like a person with whom you've shared a childhood. No one will ever understand you in quite the same way.”
― Alice Hoffman, Practical Magic

“It s easier to impress someone than to give them pleasure.”
― Nigella Lawson

“Don't talk unless you can improve the silence.”
― Jorge Luis Borges

“Against the assault of laughter, nothing can stand.”
― Mark Twain, The Mysterious Stranger and Other Curious Tales

“If she wanted to enter an otherworld, all she had to do was open a novel.”
― Alice Hoffman, The Story Sisters

“To speak behind others' backs is the ventilator of the heart.”
― Marjane Satrapi, Embroideries

“Cigarettes are food for the soul”
― Marjane Satrapi, Chicken with Plums