Susan > Susan's Quotes

“I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot. ”
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

“Among other things, you'll find that you're not the first person who was ever confused and frightened and even sickened by human behavior. You're by no means alone on that score, you'll be excited and stimulated to know. Many, many men have been just as troubled morally and spiritually as you are right now. Happily, some of them kept records of their troubles. You'll learn from them—if you want to. Just as someday, if you have something to offer, someone will learn something from you. It's a beautiful reciprocal arrangement. And it isn't education. It's history. It's poetry.”
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

“We accept the love we think we deserve.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though.”
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

“It was that kind of a crazy afternoon, terrifically cold, and no sun out or anything, and you felt like you were disappearing every time you crossed a road.”
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

“You can't stop a teacher when they want to do something. They just do it.”
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

“Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn't stop for anybody.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“There's nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“It's strange because sometimes, I read a book, and I think I am the people in the book.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“Enjoy it. Because it's happening.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“He's a wallflower. You see things. You keep quiet about them. And you understand.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“What's your favorite book?
"The last one I read.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“I love Twinkies, and the reason I am saying that is because we are all supposed to think of reasons to live.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“Nobody felt sad as long as we could postpone tomorrow with more nostalgia.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“I feel infinite.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“Try to be a filter, not a sponge.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“So, I guess we are who we are for alot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there. We can still do things. And we can try to feel okay about them.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

“Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

“Man is many things, but he is not rational.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

“Conscience and cowardice are really the same things, Basil. Conscience is the trade-name of the firm. That is all.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

“Ah, September! You are the doorway to the season that awakens my soul... but I must confess that I love you only because you are a prelude to my beloved October.”
― Peggy Toney Horton

“Beer's intellectual. What a shame so many idiots drink it.

- The Watchful Poker Chip of H. Matisse”
― Ray Bradbury, The October Country

“...toward that suddenly brilliant town called Obscurity by a dazzling seashore called The Past.”
― Ray Bradbury, The October Country

“When you reach the stars, boy, yes, and live there forever, all the fears will go, and Death himself will die.”
― Ray Bradbury, The Halloween Tree

“Autumn...the year's last, loveliest smile."

[Indian Summer]”
― John Howard Bryant

“The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars.”
― Jack Kerouac, On the Road

“We don't make mistakes, just happy little accidents.”
― Bob Ross

“Lets build a happy little cloud.
Lets build some happy little trees.”
― Bob Ross

“You deserve to be here. You deserve to exist. You deserve to take up space in this world of men.”
― Mackenzi Lee, The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy