“The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.”
— Brandon Sanderson“But how could you live and have no story to tell?”
— Fyodor Dostoevsky“Forgive me, for all the things I did but mostly for the ones that I did not.”
— Donna Tartt“So it’s true, when all is said and done, grief is the price we pay for love.”
— E.A. Bucchianeri“Why do I have to tell a story?” I asked.“Because if you don’t tell the story, someone else will tell it for you.”
— Jennifer Lynn Barnes“Myth is much more important and true than history. History is just journalism and you know how reliable that is.”
— Joseph Campbell“it’s a blessed thing to love and feel loved in return.”
— E.A. Bucchianeri“No matter what your history has been, your destiny is what you create today. What are you going to create?”
— Steve Maraboli“It had never occurred to me that our lives, which had been so closely interwoven, could unravel with such speed.”
— Kazuo Ishiguro“He loved her for almost everything she was & she decided that was enough to let him stay for a very long time.”
— Brian Andreas“For she had eyes and chose me.”
— William Shakespeare“I could never pretend something I didn't feel. I could never make love if I didn't love, and if I loved I could no more hide the fact than change the color of my eyes.”
— Marilyn Monroe“I wore your promise on my finger for one yearI'll wear your name on my heart til I dieBecause you were my boy, you were my only boy forever.”
— Coco J. Ginger“Do you think we can be friends?” I asked.He stared up at the ceiling. “Probably not, but we can pretend.”
— Priya Ardis“You might as well make yourself fly as to make yourself love.”
— Marilyn Monroe“Letting go means to come to the realization that some people are a part of your history, but not a part of your destiny.”
— Steve Maraboli“The human race tends to remember the abuses to which it has been subjected rather than the endearments. What's left of kisses? Wounds, however, leave scars.”
— Bertolt Brecht“Do not lose hope — what you seek will be found. Trust ghosts. Trust those that you have helped to help you in their turn. Trust dreams. Trust your heart, and trust your story. (from 'Instructions')”
— Neil Gaiman“I saw the world from the stars' point of view, and it looked unbearably lonely.”
— Shaun David Hutchinson“Wanting him to come back before anyone notices part of the world has not moved since he left.”
— Brian Andreas“Each new day is a blank page in the diary of your life. The secret of success is in turning that diary into the best story you possibly can.”
— Douglas Pagels“She supposed they were imperfections, those marks, but they didn't feel that way to her; they were a history, cut into his body: the map of a life of endless war.”
— Cassandra Clare“So, what is my story? I don't know. It's long and twisted and not quite finished yet.”
— Caitlyn Paige“War had bled color from everything, leaving nothing but a storm of gray.”
— Ruta Sepetys“I'm not sure if there's one right place I'm supposed to be, he said, but I know a couple of wrong places I'd give a second try in a heartbeat. ”
— Brian Andreas“If you are not the hero of your own story, then you're missing the whole point of your humanity.”
— Steve Maraboli“How would your life be different if…You didn’t allow yourself to be defined by your past? Let today be the day…You stop letting your history interfere with your destiny and awaken to the opportunity to release your greatest self.”
— Steve Maraboli“Life is an intricate play with actors waiting for an explanation. Each added act confers a new interpretation of the story. ( Waiting for the pieces to fall into place )”
— Erik Pevernagie“When a man learns to love, he must bear the risk of hatred.”
— Uchiha Madara“Those unable to catalog the past are doomed to repeat it.”
— Lemony Snicket“I don't really like coffee, she said, but I don't really like it when my head hits my desk when I fall asleep either. ”
— Brian Andreas“If you're right & I'm not, I'm going to be hell to live with, she said. So, you better think about that next time you want to be right. ”
— Brian Andreas“A few said they'd be horses. Most said they'd be some sort of cat. My friend said she'd like to come back as a porcupine. I don't like crowds, she said. ”
— Brian Andreas“You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker”
— Malcolm X“Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.”
— Vladimir Lenin“The state is that great fiction by which everyone tries to live at the expense of everyone else.”
— Frederic Bastiat“All great things must first wear terrifying and monstrous masks in order to inscribe themselves on the hearts of humanity.”
— Friedrich Nietzsche“Politeness is the first thing people lose once they get the power.”
— Amit Kalantri“An honest bookstore would post the following sign above its 'self-help' section: 'For true self-help, please visit our philosophy, literature, history and science sections, find yourself a good book, read it, and think about it.”
— Roger Ebert“The job of feets is walking, but their hobby is dancing.”
— Amit Kalantri“Take care of your costume and your confidence will take care of itself.”
— Amit Kalantri“Networking isn't how many people you know, it's how many people know you.”
— Amit Kalantri“Health is hearty, health is harmony, health is happiness.”
— Amit Kalantri“What comes, is called.”
— Ki Longfellow“You know, Daddy said, it's some that can live their whole life out without asking about it and it's others has to know why it is, and this boy is one of the latters. He's going to be into everything!”
— Flannery O'Connor“The smell of the sweat is not sweet, but the fruit of the sweat is very sweet.”
— Amit Kalantri“A farmer is a magician who produces money from the mud.”
— Amit Kalantri“War is not just the shower of bullets and bombs from both sides, it is also the shower of blood and bones on both sides.”
— Amit Kalantri“During a conversation, listening is as powerful as loving.”
— Amit Kalantri“Music shouldn't be just a tune, it should be a touch.”
— Amit Kalantri