Kindlehighlight Quotes

“There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth.   Not going all the way, and not starting.”   Siddhrtha Gautama”
― Seth Godin, Poke the Box

“The search for the purpose of life has puzzled people for thousands of years. That’s because we typically begin at the wrong starting point—ourselves. We ask self-centered questions like What do I want to be? What should I do with my life? What are my goals, my ambitions, my dreams for my future? But focusing on ourselves will never reveal our life’s purpose.”
― Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth am I Here for?

“The point of life was to press on, to do the best you can, to make the world a better place.”
― Tom Clancy, Clear and Present Danger

“Confession is the act of inviting God to walk the acreage of our hearts. “There is a rock of greed over here, Father. I can’t budge it. And that tree of guilt near the fence? Its roots are long and deep. And may I show you some dry soil, too crusty for seed?” God’s seed grows better if the soil of the heart is cleared.”
― Max Lucado, Grace for the Moment

“Sir, this lane is for ten items or less. I’m counting thirteen items in your cart, including that hemorrhoid cream. And while hemorrhoids might give you a reason to be nasty, they don’t give you a reason to be in this lane.”
― J. A. Konrath

“Addiction is the hallmark of every infatuation-based love story. It all begins when the object of your adoration bestows upon you a heady, hallucinogenic dose of something you never even dared to admit that you wanted—an emotional speedball, perhaps, of thunderous love and roiling excitement. Soon you start craving that intense attention, with the hungry obsession of any junkie. When the drug is withheld, you promptly turn sick, crazy and depleted (not to mention resentful of the dealer who encouraged this addiction in the first place but who now refuses to pony up the good stuff anymore—despite...”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

“He hesitated, then lifted his head and sniffed. “Have you been drinking?” The question was more curious than accusatory. “No,” Bast said. The innkeeper raised an eyebrow. “I’ve been tasting,” Bast said, emphasizing the word. “Tasting comes before drinking.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“Never, never marry, my friend. Here’s my advice to you: don’t marry until you can tell yourself that you’ve done all you could, and until you’ve stopped loving the woman you’ve chosen, until you see her clearly, otherwise you’ll be cruelly and irremediably mistaken. Marry when you’re old and good for nothing…Otherwise all that’s good and lofty in you will be lost.”
― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

“You come before the judgment seat of God full of rebellion and mistakes. Because of his justice he cannot dismiss your sin, but because of his love he cannot dismiss you. So, in an act which stunned the heavens, he punished himself on the cross for your sins. God’s justice and love are equally honored. And you, God’s creation, are forgiven.”
― Max Lucado, Grace for the Moment

“Peeling off my skin / leaving just my eyes behind / You see inside my head / Still know that you are mine.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, Shiver

“The desperation was coming off you in waves. You were all but begging to dance with me. I am doing you a favor.”
― Amanda Hocking, Switched

“While it did smash, breaking a bottle over someone’s head requires a lot more force than movies had led me to believe.”
― Amanda Hocking, Hollowland

“We’re miserable because we think that we are mere individuals, alone with our fears and flaws and resentments and mortality. We wrongly believe that our limited little egos constitute our whole entire nature. We have failed to recognize our deeper divine character.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

“In the end, it doesn’t matter how well we have performed or what we have accomplished—a life without heart is not worth living.”
― John Eldredge

“Isn’t it amazing how much good people can do for each other when you give them the opportunity to help?”
― Dorothea Benton Frank, Bulls Island

“Unfortunately, zombies aren’t very flammable, and it went out instantly.”
― Amanda Hocking, Hollowland

“Dear White Fella When I am born I’m black When I grow up I’m black When I am sick I’m black When I go out ina sun I’m black When I git cold I’m black When I git scared I’m black And when I die I’m still black. But you white fella When you’re born you’re pink When you grow up you’re white When you git sick you’re green When you go out ina sun you go red When you git cold you go blue When you git scared you’re yellow And when you die you’re grey And you got the cheek to call me coloured?”
― Steven Pinker, The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window Into Human Nature

“Sanity is a sonnet with a strict meter and rhyme scheme-and my mind is free verse.”
― Holly Schindler, A Blue So Dark

“Mama says it’s just her nature. Some people are flowers, and some are thorns.”
― Jennifer Archer, Through Her Eyes

“with his customary crooked smile, “are just too unlikely to dwell upon.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Fallen Angels

“I’ve always resented Hermione, because I wanted to be her so badly and she never seemed to appreciate as much as I thought she should that she got to be her. She got to live at Hogwarts and be friends with Harry and kiss Ron, which was supposed to happen to me.”
― David Levithan, Dash & Lily's Book of Dares

“People in both fields operate with beliefs and biases. To the extent you can eliminate both and replace them with data, you gain a clear advantage.”
― Michael Lewis, Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game

“Gage opens the door. I’m not sure whether he gets out or Logan yanks him into the street, but a fight erupts. Full throttle kicks to the balls”
― Addison Moore, Ethereal

“Nemo impune me lacessit!!”
― Edgar Allan Poe

“I choose not to believe in any gods as an act of charity,” Marcus said. “Charity toward whom?” “Toward the gods. Seems rude to think they couldn’t make a world better than this,”
― Daniel Abraham, The Dragon's Path

“If that's what you believe the Lord is calling you to do, then you can be confident He'll go ahead of you.”
― Cynthia Ruchti, They Almost Always Come Home

“Sighing, she shut the book with a snap. “All right. You need to vent, so I’ll listen to you vent. But do it quickly, because Rydstorm was about to plunder Sabine with his thick, hard—”
― Gena Showalter, Twice as Hot

“Looking back, I question whether I really loved Nate, or just the security of our relationship. I wonder if my feelings for him didn’t have a lot to do with hating my job. From the bar exam through that first hellish year as an associate, Nate was my escape. And sometimes that can feel an awful lot like love.”
― Emily Giffin, Something Borrowed

“Everyone knew what he was thinking. Certainly there were demons in the world. But they were like Tehlu’s angels. They were like heroes and kings. They belonged in stories. They belonged out there. Taborlin the Great called up fire and lightning to destroy demons. Tehlu broke them in his hands and sent them howling into the nameless void. Your childhood friend didn’t stomp one to death on the road to Baedn-Bryt. It was ridiculous.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“The word connects the visible trace with the invisible thing, the absent thing, the thing that is desired or feared, like a frail emergency bridge flung over an abyss.”
― Italo Calvino, Six Memos for the Next Millennium