I want someplace to keep track of quotes from books, movies, and people that I really enjoy. Perhaps as this page gets longer, I’ll figure out some type of organization. Until then, I’ll just be grouping quotes in alphabetical order by the book or movie they’re from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jump to quotes from: Fan Fiction<\/a> | Movies<\/a> | People<\/a> | Unknown<\/a><\/p>\n Alphabetical by Book Title<\/p>\n\n\n\n “There’s an old phrase,” Matthew says. “Knowledge is power. Power to do evil, like Jeanine… or power to do good, like we’re doing. Power itself is not evil. So knowledge itself is not evil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To be such a complicated, mysterious piece of biological machinery, and more amazing still, to have the capacity to analyze that machinery! That is a special thing, unprecedented in all of evolutionary history. Our ability to know about ourselves and the world is what makes us human.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I used to think that when people fell in love, they just landed where they landed, and they had no choice in the matter afterward. And maybe that\u2019s true of beginnings, but it\u2019s not true of this, now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I fell in love with him. But I don\u2019t just stay with him by default as if there\u2019s no one else available to me. I stay with him because I choose to, every day that I wake up, every day that we fight or lie to each other or disappoint each other. I choose him over and over again, and he chooses me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I have read some of the greatest truths in novels; the intricacies of human nature laid out and explained in a way that not great tome of essays or history book can ever do and in such beautiful language as to make me laugh or cry. I think a well written novel to be a rich source of treasure for the mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The knowledge that she was in loved washed over her with such force, like a great wave and it made her tremble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “It feels odd, to have to depend on someone else for my happiness.” “You have always been such an independent character. So self-sufficient that I suppose it must seem strange, but I am afraid that loving and being in love requires a certain amount of surrender.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n The only thing I will really insist upon is an enduring love. The type that transcends time and distance, and survives misunderstandings. The kind that forgives and grows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We want men to admire us for our courage, our characters, and our intellect, not just our beauty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was the way you wore your clothes that mattered. If you stepped out as if you felt beautiful and elegant, others might just believe it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Someone will always have it worse than you. That doesn’t invalidate your feelings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But then, she had been more than kissed, surely, she had been claimed. He had imprinted himself on her, perhaps indelibly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I was once impudent and brave, but my courage has been stolen from me. I would confront the culprit and ask for it back, but I suspect the thief is me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What I have learnt is that we are the mere guardians and keepers of the Earth and everything in it. All is transient. We come to the world with nothing. We die with nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This world is merciless, which means we should always try to be merciful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “You are my love,” I tell her. “My only love, till the end of time. Whatever else may happen, and we may expect dark days ahead, never doubt that in this moment, beneath this perfect, blue sky, on this warm September day, you are loved as no other woman has ever been loved before. You are loved for all that you are, for what you once were, and for all you will come to be.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Words are capable of being thrown like darts, can land with a force akin to blows from a fist; the damage they do can run deeper, linger longer after any bruise or broken bone might have healed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Perhaps it was time for fathers to teach their sons how to behave around young women. They were not born superior, no matter how society falsely conditioned them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I would not be treated as if… inferior because I’d been blessed with the ability to have children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Ah, yes,” Langdon said with a knowing smile. “Who better than a bunch of celibate male octogenarians to tell the world how to have sex?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n One of Langdon’s students had summed up the complex history with an amusingly accurate marginal note: “Christians like faces; Muslims like words.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n I suppose it is because I have had almost half a century to grow into my role. I am so used to people obeying me, that I simply assume they will obey me. That automatic assumption carries a lot of weight, which makes most people automatically obey me. It is like a self-fulfilling prophecy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I do not suffer from insanity… I thoroughly enjoy it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The women of England have always held the fabric of society together, and so we shal calmly carry on and muddle through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The first thing a woman must respect is herself<\/em>. Only then may she expect it from others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “So we will have one mistress here, and no master?”… “Yes, Queen Elizabeth \u2013 I shall be your courtier.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n I always felt that you should treasure the good moments and good feelings. They more than make up for the grief you encounter at other times. If you always anticipate the pain, you will never feel the joy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, it is love that makes us all a family?<\/p>\n\n\n\n And most of all, she loved the way that books could transport her from her otherwise mundane and stifling life and offer the experiences of a hundred other lives. Through books she could see the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jane became something of a walking thesaurus when she was upset, a side effect of too much reading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Find out who you are and what you want. Learn to make your own decisions and accept the consequences. And before you say that you might make mistakes, know that you learn more from mistakes than things you do right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If there was something strange in your neighborhood, you could, um, write the Society a letter, and they would promptly send an agent to take care of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Crying… does not indicate that you are weak. Since birth, it has always been a sign that you are alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Courage, her father had once loosely quoted Mark Twain, is resistance to fear, the mastery of it rather than the absence of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was a strange thing<\/em>, Colonel Fitzwilliam reflected, how cleverness could make a plain woman pretty, but prettiness never made a stupid woman clever.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Arrogance usually hides something below the surface. It’s your duty to unearth it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wield your assets like a blade, Cousin. No man has invented a corset for our brains. Let them think they rule the world. It’s a queen who sites on that throne. Never forget that. There’s no reason you can’t wear a simple frock to work, then don the finest gown and dance the night away. But only if it pleases you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Those who deserve respect are given it freely. If one must demand such a thing, he’ll never truly command it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Roses have both petals and thorns, my dark flower. You needn’t believe something weak because it appears delicate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We, none of us, choose the talents we are possessed by, merely what we shall do with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When the music changes, only the worst dullard continues to step to the old rhythm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard<\/p>\n\n\n\n Back to Top<\/a> | Books<\/a> | Movies<\/a> | People<\/a> | Unknown<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Alphabetical by Story Title<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Who you shag is between you and her. Hopefully her. I mean, I’ve got nothing against blokes into other guys, I always figured that was one fewer lad I had to compete against for the available tail.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Youth and enthusiasm are no match for old age and treachery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Back to Top<\/a> | Books<\/a> | Fan Fiction<\/a> | People<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Alphabetical by Movie Title<\/p>\n\n\n\n Look at that tree? Do you see that tree? Now look at that tree. Do you like that tree? Do you hate that tree \u2019cause it doesn\u2019t look like that tree? Do you say the tree isn\u2019t pretty \u2019cause it doesn\u2019t look like that tree? We\u2019re all trees. You\u2019re a tree. I\u2019m a tree. You\u2019ve got to love your body, Eve. You\u2019ve got to love your tree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I’m tired, boss. Mostly I’m tired of people being ugly to each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I’m bad, and that’s good. I will never be good, and that’s not bad. There’s no one I’d rather be, than me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Back to Top<\/a> | Books<\/a> | Fan Fiction<\/a> | Movies<\/a> | Unknown<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Alphabetical by First Name<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nothing is impossible. The word itself says I’m possible! \u2014 Audrey Hepburn<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending. \u2014 C.S. Lewis<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n It is important to remember we all have magic inside us. \u2014 J.K. Rowling<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Find something you’re passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it. \u2014 Julia Child<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n When I’m good, I’m very good. When I’m bad, I’m better. \u2014 Mae West<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Never let anyone dull your sparkle. \u2014 Marilyn Monroe<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Butterflies can’t see their wings. They can’t see how truly beautiful they are, but everyone else can. People are like that as well. \u2014 Naya Rivera<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I never lose. I either win or learn. \u2014 Nelson Mandela<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Don’t spill your blood for someone who never learned how to appreciate the color red. \u2014 Nichole McElhaney<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The most wasted day is one without laughter. \u2014 Nicolas Chamfort<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n If all girls were taught how to love each other fiercely instead of how to compete with each other and hate their own bodies, what a different and beautiful world we would live in. \u2014 Nikita Gill<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n You know you’ve read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you’ve lost a friend. \u2014 Paul Sweeny<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. \u2014 Ralph Waldo Emerson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Never regret. If it’s good, it’s wonderful. If it’s bad, it’s experience. \u2014 Victoria Holt<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too. \u2014 Voltaire<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Writing is the painting of the voice. \u2014 Voltaire<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Unfortunately, sometimes you just can’t find the origin of a quote. If you know the origin of a quote listed below, please let me know so I can file it accordingly. Quotes below are listed in the order I find them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pen isn’t mightier than sword. Pens don’t win battles and swords don’t write poetry. Mighty is the hand that knows when to pick the pen and when to pick the sword. \u2014 Unknown<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n It matters what you think of you. \u2014 Unknown<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Mam\u00e1 didn’t raise no pendeja. \u2014 Unknown<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Don’t value the opinion of someone you don’t value in the first place. \u2014 Unknown<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Back to Top<\/a> | Books<\/a> | Fan Fiction<\/a> | Movies<\/a> | People<\/a> | Unknown<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I want someplace to keep track of quotes from books, movies, and people that I really enjoy. Perhaps as this page gets longer, I’ll figure…<\/p>\n
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Allegiant by Veronica Roth<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Ardently by Caitlin Williams<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Anne Boleyn, a King’s Obsession by Alison Weir <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Chosen by Grace by Alicia Rades<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The Coming of Age of Elizabeth Bennet by Caitlin Williams<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The Events at Branxbourne by Caitlin Williams <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Hunting Prince Dracula by Kerri Maniscalco <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Inferno by Dan Brown<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
It’s a Duke’s Life by Sydney Salier<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Lady Alexandra’s Hunt by Sydney Salier<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Lady Carpathian and the Bennets by Perpetua Langley<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Mistress by Sophie Turner<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Mrs Bennet’s Surprising Connections by Sydney Salier<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Jodi Meadows, and Brodi Ashton <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
A P&P Christmas Carol by Sydney Salier<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
My Plain Jane by Cynthia Hand, Jodi Meadows, and Brodi Ashton<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Renegade by Sharonlee Holder<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The Ruin of Elizabeth Bennet by Darcie Rochester<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Too Gentlemanly by Timothy Underwood<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Fan Fiction<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Hiding in Plain Sight by Clell65619<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Larceny, Lechery, and Luna Lovegood! by Rorschach’s Blot<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Movies<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
America the Beautiful<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The Green Mile<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Wreck It Ralph<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
People<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Unknown<\/h2>\n\n\n\n