Lilyan > Lilyan's Quotes

“I can't believe I said it out loud. The truth doesn't set you free, you know. It makes you feel awkward and embarrassed and defenseless and red in the face and horrified and petrified and vulnerable. But free? I don't feel free. I feel like shit.”
― Melina Marchetta, Saving Francesca

“Do you think people have noticed that I'm around?”
“I notice when you're not. Does that count?”
― Melina Marchetta, Saving Francesca

“Nobody's perfect. Well, there was this one guy, but we killed him....”
― Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal

“It's hard for me, a Jew, to stay in the moment. Without the past, where is the guilt? And without the future, where is the dread? And without guilt and dread, who am I?”
― Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal

“Hey!” I said, indignation filling me. “I’m immortal! Doesn’t that mean I won’t get saggy boobs and gray hair? Because if it doesn’t mean that, I want a refund—”
― Katie MacAlister, Holy Smokes

“There was a saying that a man's true character was revealed in defeat. I thought it was also revealed in victory.”
― Alison Goodman, Eon: Dragoneye Reborn

“He grunted. 'You have the courage of a warrior.'
I watched him turn away and gather the clothes from the ground. He thought me courageous? But I was terrified - always terrified.
'No,' I said flatly. 'I don't."
He paused from stuffing the invaluable robe between two bales. 'Are you frightened now?'
I nodded, shame flushing my skin.
'Is it going to stop you?'
'No.'
'That is the courage of a warrior.”
― Alison Goodman, Eon: Dragoneye Reborn

“Aaron, in order to die you have to live a little first.”
― Meg Cabot, The Boy Next Door

“In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.”
― Jane Austen, Pride And Prejudice

“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

“Angry people are not always wise.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

“You must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

“It's easy to believe in something when you win all the time...The losses are what define a man's faith.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Well of Ascension

“He ate my horse.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Well of Ascension

“ينتهي الحب عندما نبدأ بالضحك من الأشياء التي بكينا بسببها يوماً”
― أحلام مستغانمي, فوضى الحواس

“أصبحت امرأة حرة .. فقط لأنني قررت أن أكف عن الحلم, الحرية أن لا تنتظر شيئاً..والترقب حالة عبودية”
― أحلام مستغانمي, فوضى الحواس

“أذكر تلك المقولة السّاخرة [ ثمة نوعان من الأغبياء : أولئك الذين يشكون
في كل شيء . وأولئك الذين لا يشكون في شيء”
― أحلام مستغانمي, فوضى الحواس

“وهل الحرية في النهاية سوى حقك في أن تكون مختلفاً ؟”
― أحلام مستغانمي, فوضى الحواس

“حين نكون تعساء ندرك تعاستنا. ولكن عندما نكون سعداء، لا نعي ذلك إلا في ما بعد.ان السعاده اكتشاف متأخر .”
― أحلام مستغانمي, فوضى الحواس

“وحدهم الأغبياء لا يغيرون رأيهم!”
― أحلام مستغانمي, فوضى الحواس

“الكتابة ؟ إنّها وهمنا الكبير بأنّ الآخرين لن ينسونا !”
― أحلام مستغانمي, فوضى الحواس

“القبلة هي الفعل العشقي الوحيد الذي تشترك فيه جميع حواسنا. نحن في حاجة الى حواسنا الخمس لتقبيل شخص. ولكن لسنا في حاجة اليها جميعها لنمارس الجنس. القبلة تفضحنا. لأنها حالة عشقية محض، ولا علاقة لها بالرغبات الجنسية التي نشترك فيها مع كل الحيوانات”
― أحلام مستغانمي, فوضى الحواس

“Welcome, Ruin said, to godhood.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Hero of Ages

“IN THE SECOND GRADE, WHEN YOU ARE A BOY WHO LIKES A GIRL, YOU GIVE HER YOUR BEST POKEMON CARD. OR YOU PULL HER HAIR. NOT HARD ENOUGH TO MAKE HER CRY, THOUGH.

OR YOU CAN ASK TO HER ROLLERSKATE BACKWARDS WITH YOU, AND THEN HOLD HER HAND SO SHE DOESN'T FALL DOWN.”
― Meg Cabot, The Boy Next Door

“Time's the thief of memory”
― Stephen King, The Gunslinger

“Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of regard.”
― Stephen King, The Gunslinger

“Sometimes lies were more dependable than the truth.”
― Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game

“You're a monster.
Thanks. Does this mean I get a raise?
No, just a medal. The budget isn't inexhaustable.”
― Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game

“Humanity does not ask us to be happy. It merely asks us to be brilliant on its behalf.”
― Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game

“When would he realize that it wasn't his infidelity I couldn't bear, but his cowardice?”
― Tatiana de Rosnay, Sarah's Key