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“The love of books is among the choicest gifts of the gods.”
― Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

“To a great mind, nothing is little,' remarked Holmes, sententiously.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet

“With freedom, flowers, books, and the moon, who could not be perfectly happy?”
― Oscar Wilde, De Profundis

“A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man.”
― Mario Puzo, The Godfather

“Life is too sweet to give up without a fight, don’t you think?”
― Stephen King, 11.22.63

“There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls. ”
― George Carlin

“As if you were on fire from within.

The moon lives in the lining of your skin.”
― Pablo Neruda

“Love sucks. Sometimes it feels good. Sometimes it's just another way to bleed.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, Blue Moon

“But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.”
― Aldous Huxley, Brave New World

“There is no sin except stupidity.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Critic As Artist: With Some Remarks on the Importance of Doing Nothing and Discussing Everything

“To err is human - but it feels divine.”
― Mae West

“I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints.”
― Billy Joel

“In every heart there is a room,
A sanctuary safe and strong,
To heal the wounds from lovers past,
Until a new one comes along”
― Billy Joel

“You can get what you want or you can just get old.”
― Billy Joel

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
― Albert Einstein

“Love is when you cease hesitating.”
― Frédéric Beigbeder

“The truth is always a disappointment, which is why everybody lies.”
― Frédéric Beigbeder, L'amour dure trois ans

“Love is a battle lost before even begun.”
― Frédéric Beigbeder, L'amour dure trois ans

“Didžiausia mano nelaimė — kad anaiptol ne iškart tapau savimi. Mūsų niekas nemokė būti savimi. Mus mokė būti tuo ir anuo, lipdyti save pagal kokį nusususį ar nežemiškai idealų modelį, kurį sugalvojome ne mes patys. Mokė keisti, lamdyti save, mokė prisitaikyti.

Tačiau niekad nemokė būti savimi.

Būti savimi anaiptol nėra paprasta, tam reikalingas didis talentas. Dabar dažnai pamanau, kad genialumas tėra viso labo tobulas gebėjimas begal tvirtai, užsispyrus, ligi pat gali išlikti pačiu savimi.”
― Ričardas Gavelis, Jauno žmogaus memuarai: Keturiolikos laiškų romanas

“Kiekvienas normalus žmogus tarpais nekenčia savęs. Visad savim patenkinti yra tik kvailiai.”
― Ričardas Gavelis, Jauno žmogaus memuarai: Keturiolikos laiškų romanas

“Gyvenimas prasideda tada, kai ima veikti nežinia. Nežinai, kas tavęs laukia. Nežinai, kaip sutvarkytas pasaulis. Nežinia suteikia viltį. Nežinai, kas bus toliau, todėl viliesi.”
― Ričardas Gavelis

“Jolanta visąlaik norėjo tapti blogesnė, bet niekada nebuvo pamanius, kad blogis bemat virsta blogumo jausmu. Kad nuo tavojo blogio darosi bloga pirmiausia tau pačiam.”
― Ričardas Gavelis

“You see, but you do not observe.”
― Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Scandal in Bohemia

“Tiesa, tai, kad šiame gyvenime tenka nuolatos susidurti su bjaurastimi, yra bene geriausias įrodymas, kad už čia patirtus malonumus tikrai nereiks atsiskaityti kur nors ten, amžinybėje. Mes atsiskaitome čia. Už viską. Su kaupu.”
― Sigitas Parulskis, Tamsa ir partneriai

“It's enough for me to be sure that you and I exist at this moment.”
― Gabriel García Márquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

“What does he say?' he asked.
'He’s very sad,’ Úrsula answered, ‘because he thinks that you’re going to die.'
'Tell him,' the colonel said, smiling, 'that a person doesn’t die when he should but when he can.”
― Gabriel García Márquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

“Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice...”
― Gabriel García Márquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

“Friendship is everything. Friendship is more than talent. It is more than the government. It is almost the equal of family.”
― Mario Puzo, The Godfather

“Never hate your enemies. It affects your judgment.”
― Mario Puzo, The Godfather

“Revenge is a dish that tastes best when served cold.”
― Mario Puzo, The Godfather