Um Quotes

“If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear!”
― Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

“Answer this question very carefully, kid. Are you a virgin?"
The silence was so long I thought I was going to have to ask him again.
"What the hell?" He sounded honestly perplexed.
"Yes or no? Are you a virgin?" I lost control halfway through. My voice spiraled up into a scream... "Sonofabitch answer me!"
"Yes!" he screamed back. "Yes, I'm a fucking virgin, don't shoot me goddammit fucking please!”
― Lili St. Crow, Strange Angels

“If your last words are somehow meant to encapsulate your entire existence, Liz finds um strangely appropriate. Um means nothing. Um is what you say while you're thinking of what you'll really say. Um suggests someone interrupted before they'd begun. Um is a fifteen-year-old girl who gets hit by a taxicab in front of a mall on the way to help pick out a prom dress for a prom she isn't even going to, for God's sake.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, Elsewhere

“Svijet obično ne sudi mladića po duševnih vrlinah, već po školskih svjedodžbah ili kašnje po većem ili manjem zvanju. Često klanjaju se ljudi plitkoj glavi jer je uvrštena u red javnog zvanja, često rugaju se umniku jer je "ništa", jer ne spada u koju od društvenih kasta. Osobito u malih okolnostih vidi se ovo pusto idolopoklonstvo. A takovo očito vrijeđanje umnih vrlina boli i čovjeka duhovita, ma se i ne povađao za ludilom svojega vijeka.”
― August Šenoa

“Kad jedna osoba pati od iluzije,
to se naziva poremećenošću uma. Kad mnogo ljudi pati od iluzije, to se
naziva religijom.”
― Robert M. Pirsig

“Um koji zna zatvoren je um.”
― E.K. Johnston

“Are ye Hungary?”
― dream 2025

“Here's a top tip: get hold of a hardback edition of one of these pompous books, cut out the middle couple of hundred or more pages of it, and then you can just put your usual, normal, real people's, non-hipster, pompless, friendly-neighborhood, genuinely readable, unpretentious, happybrow, fun, top-entertainment books inside it, so that people think you're ultra-hip and highbrow and can actually make sense of that wacko shit.”
― A. Cretan

“Literary Agent: “I meant manuscript wise.”
Tina: “Ohh. Um, yes. I’ve brought a few with me, just some rough drafts. (shuffle, shuffle) You might say something of an experiment.”
― Christina Engela, Innocent Minds

“Ex ‘Fleet man?”
“He was a full Commander, last I heard, sir.”
“Interesting.” Falconer commented. “Get me his specs. If I have to take him aboard my ship, I want to know all about him.”
She swallowed. “Yes sir.”
Falconer returned his attention to Nordyke.
“What’s their location?”
“They’re about a week outside the Hermes system, Captain.”
“Helm, set a course – best possible speed!”
“Um – sir, we’re on conversion drive at the moment.” The helmsman reported.
“I know, Linson – d’you think I’m senile?”
“No, sir – I…” The young helmsman stammered.
“I did say ‘best possible speed’, didn’t I?”
“Yes, sir.”
― Christina Engela, Blachart

“Kada stvoriš iluziju o nekome, time stvaraš još jednu osobu, taj duplikat u tvom umu živi kao neostvarena želja.”
― Andrija Jonić

“Neve is more than so cool”
― Neve

“Duh hiše se je prižel k meni pod odejo z ledenimi prsti,
ki so pogasili moje erotične slike in metafizične bolhe uma.
Medtem ko se je moja odtekajoča toplota borila z njegovo
ledeno sapo, sem si rekel, da je umna nevednost razmeroma
dober izraz za zlato iskrenje, ki se pretaka po umobolnici
mojega duha.”
― Iztok Osojnik, Iz novega sveta

“Um..." Abel feared "um" was officially his catchphrase.”
― Alex London, City of Thieves

“Volite cijelim srcem,
Budite iznenađeni,
Zahvaljujte se i hvalite -
Tad ćete otkriti
Ispunjenost svog života.”
― David Steindl-Rast, Words Of Gratitude for Mind, Body and Soul