J SINHA > J's Quotes

“Adventures are never fun while you're having them.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

“Writer's block is a fancy term made up by whiners so they can have an excuse to drink alcohol.”
― Steve Martin

“We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie.”
― David Mamet, Boston Marriage

“There will be no yelling at people who are bleeding themselves to unconsciousness.”
― Kristin Cashore, Fire

“Wait. Why am I thinking about Krispy Kremes? We’re supposed to be exercising.”
― Meg Cabot, Big Boned

“Here is a lesson in creative writing.

First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you've been to college.

And I realize some of you may be having trouble deciding whether I am kidding or not. So from now on I will tell you when I'm kidding.

For instance, join the National Guard or the Marines and teach democracy. I'm kidding.

We are about to be attacked by Al Qaeda. Wave flags if you have them. That always seems to scare them away. I'm kidding.

If you want to really hurt your parents, and you don't have the nerve to be gay, the least you can do is go into the arts. I'm not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country

“The road to creativity passes so close to the madhouse and often detours or ends there.”
― Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death

“As for monkeys, I would have five, and they would be named: See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil, Do Pretty Much Whatever The Hell You Want, and Expensive Attorney.”
― Tad Williams

“Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.”
― Lily Tomlin

“I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am.”
― Samuel Johnson

“My doctor says that I have a malformed public-duty gland and a natural deficiency in moral fibre and that I am therefore excused from saving universes.”
― Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything

“I’m a cynic. And a cynic is a romantic who’s too scared to hope.”
― Emily Henry, Funny Story

“Flags so red, they veered toward maroon.”
― Emily Henry, Funny Story

“You’re obsessed with your job. Sometimes I catch you just staring at spreadsheets like they’re winning lottery tickets.”
― Emily Henry, Funny Story

“Miles grins and high-fives me.
"Are we evil or just immature?" he says.
"I think maybe just bitter," I reply.”
― Emily Henry, Funny Story

“Besides, life sits shoulder to shoulder with death. It's around us all the time.”
― Tia Williams, A Love Song for Ricki Wilde

“You are also getting too much sun and people will think you are a peasant.”
― Kevin Kwan, Lies and Weddings

“This is what I get for assuming all women in safari hats can be trusted.”
― Casey McQuiston, The Pairing

“You know what’s funny?” she muses. “How sometimes you look at a man and it’s like, Oh, yeah, that. And then you look at a woman and it’s like, Ooh, yes, this.”
― Casey McQuiston, The Pairing

“There’s something so admirable about his directness. I like you. Stay in my life. It’s perfectly simple, when he says it like that.”
― Casey McQuiston, The Pairing

“He’s gone, Justin. May God rest his soul.” I blinked at her. “Your boyfriend died?” “He’s dead to me.”
― Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer

“I’m not superstitious.” I heard him suck air through his teeth. “I’m a little stitious.”
― Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer

“You’re like a docking station for small vulnerable dependents.” “Well, we all need a job.” She laughed.”
― Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer

“Of course I want that. Who wouldn’t want to get hit by a love truck?”
― Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer

“Because what more did one need besides good friends, good books, and the occasional cinnamon bun?”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Cinnamon Bun Book Store

“She liked her bookstore. She liked cups of chamomile tea and rainy days and the Sunday morning crossword puzzle. She liked her quiet life.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Cinnamon Bun Book Store

“I think I’ve had plenty of fun for one night. I should probably get to bed.’ ‘Haze, it’s nine o’clock.’ ‘I’m tired.’ ‘Haze, nine o’clock is an old-lady bedtime.’ ‘I’m an old lady.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Cinnamon Bun Book Store

“Are you a fan of talking on the phone?” “I’m a fan of listening to your voice.”
― Carley Fortune, This Summer Will Be Different

“I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.”
― Carley Fortune, This Summer Will Be Different

“closely, and she’s in shorts and another one of her dad’s T-shirts. This one reads, HISTORY TEACHER. NOUN. JUST LIKE NORMAL TEACHER, BUT COOLER.”
― Carley Fortune, This Summer Will Be Different