No Doubt

No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.

~ Job

Source: The Pen of a Ready Writer > 2014 > August > Liebster Award from Jessie || The King James Bible > Job 12:2

What We Really Are

The reality of what we really are is often times found in the small snips, way down at the bottom or things.

~ Jean Shepherd

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Saturday, 26 July 2014

Good vs. Evil

You're going to lose. I know that now. Good will always win.

~ Snow White [to the Evil Queen]

Once Upon a Time > season one > episode #1 "Pilot"
Source: Scribblings of a Catholic Girl > 2014 > August > The Liebster Award...Again.

Books and People

You are the same today as you’ll be in five years except for two things: the books you read and the people you meet.
Charlie Tremendous Jones

Source: Puritan Observer > 2014 > August > Liebster Award || Google search > Michael Hyatt

Why She Writes

Why does one begin to write? Because she feels misunderstood, I guess. Because it never comes out clearly enough when she tries to speak. Because she wants to rephrase the world, to take it in and give it back again differently, so that everything is used and nothing is lost. Because it is something to do to pass the time until she is old enough to experience the things she writes about.

~ Nicole Krauss

Source: Books and Etc. > 2014 > August > Liebster Award

Intolerably Stupid

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel must be intolerably stupid.

~ Jane Austen

Source: Books and Etc. > 2014 > August > Liebster Award

To Breathe Free

Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.

~ Emma Lazarus

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Tuesday, 5 August 2014

Off With His Head

Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head.

~ Abishai

Source: The Pen of a Ready Writer > 2014 > August > Liebster Award from Jessie || The King James Bible > II Samuel 16:9

Miserably Comfortable

Money can't buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while you're being miserable.

~ Clare Boothe Luce

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Monday, 10 March 2014

Living

I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow; but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.

~ Agatha Christie

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Friday, 8 August 2014

A Tough Question

I don't think a tough question is disrespectful.

~ Helen Thomas

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Sunday, 20 July 2014

Opportunity to Improvise

Only someone who is well prepared has to opportunity to improvise.

~ Ingmar Bergman

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Monday, 14 July 2014

Free and Strong

I feel free and strong. If I were not a reader of books I could not feel this way.

~ Walter Tevis

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Saturday, 9 August 2014

Cynicism

Cynicism is what passes for insight among the mediocre.

~ Joe Klein

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Thursday, 17 July 2014

Turned the World Upside Down

And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, saying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also; whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.

~ certain men in Thessolonica

Source: The Pen of a Ready Writer > 2014 > August > Liebster Award from Jessie || The King James Bible > Acts 17:6-7

So Great a Thing

The breaking of so great a thing should make
A greater crack: the round world
Should have shook lions into civil streets,
And citizens to their dens.

~ William Shakespeare

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Tuesday, 12 August 2014

Magnificently Simple

Like all magnificent things, it's very simple.

~ Natalie Babbitt

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Monday, 28 July 2014

Enough

The world spins. We stumble on. It is enough.

~ Colum McCann

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Thursday, 7 August 2014

When I Am Dead

When I am dead, I hope it may be said: "His sins were scarlet, but his books were read."

~Hilaire Belloc

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Sunday, 27 July 2014

A Whole Lot of Yesterday

It's amazing how a little tomorrow can make up for a whole lot of yesterday.

~ John Guare

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Wednesday, 5 February 2014

Always Imitated

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.

~ James Baldwin

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Saturday, 2 August 2014

Wait On the LORD

Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.

~King David

Source: The King James Bible > Psalm 27:14

Always Watched

Remember...there is always a little girl in the stands that wants to be just like you, don't disappoint her.

~ Unknown

Source: The Best Sports Quotes > boardofwisdom.com > quote #19

Lucky Underpants

You know, Hobbes, some days even my lucky rocket ship underpants don't help.

~ Bill Watterson

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Saturday, 5 July 2014

Everything

This is where it all begins. Everything starts here, today.

~ David Nicholls

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Tuesday, 15 July 2014

Perception and Memory

Every act of perception is to some degree an act of creation, and every act of memory is to some degree an act of imagination.

~ Oliver Sacks

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Wednesday, 9 July 2014

Stationary Travels

That's the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.

~ Jhumpa Lahiri

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Friday, 11 July 2014

Unexpressable

Source: Dear Quotes

Piercing Discernment

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

~ Anonymous

Source: The King James Bible > Hebrews 4:12

Gave It All

After each game, I want to be able to say: I gave it all I could, I gave it my best.

~ Unknown

Source: The Best Sports Quotes > boardofwisdom.com > quote #19

Holmes On Horses

Sherlock Holmes "Uh, hmm... Right. Where are the wagons?"
Madam Simza Heron "The wagon is too slow. Can't you ride?"
Dr. John Watson "It's not that he can't ride... How is it you put it, Holmes?"
Sherlock Holmes "They're dangerous at both ends and... crafty in the middle. Why would I want anything with a mind of its own bobbing about between my legs?"

Source: Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows

Real Life

"I have come to the conclusion that the smattered references I heard throughout my youth were remarks filled with nothing but jealousy. There comes a time for most people when they shoulder a load too heavy for them to bear. And as they trudge through life, watching everyone hiking up their skirts and scaling the corporate ladder and heading straight to the presidency, everything looks grim. Is it any surprise that when they see a poor, helpless, nubile young child innocently playing as carefree as can be, that they are jealous? Envious of childish bliss and with vivid remembrances of their own bright and sunny past they cast a churlish remark the kids' way.

"But is that real life? Giving the little punk a 'wake up call?' A 'Get with the program?' And 'Earth to Jimmy' ought to do it.... No.

"No, I'll tell you what real life is. Real life is right now. You reading this post. It is you cooking dinner for your kids, be there 2, 8 or eighty. It's finding someone unique in the universe, someone who is perfect for you. It is having your feet knocked out from under you, and feeling a cold barrel pressed against your neck. It's staring down your best friend in the midst of a heated argument, and gripping them in a tight hug afterwards.

"Real life is.... Life. It occurs every second, and while you sleep. All around us buildings shoot up tot he heavens and burn to the ground. Snow whirls and Tsunamis destroy whole cities. Marriages occur every day, and twice as many murders. This world in one giant sphere of love and war, beauty and hate. Nothing we can do will change that. But we can sit back, work hard and love, all the while enjoying every moment of

REAL LIFE"

~ Naddahnyll Westmoure

Source: Revelations > 2013 > September > Philosophy: Real Life

Surrounded

"We are surrounded by story."

~ Alice McDermott

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Friday, 27 June 2014

Trying Times

"These are the times that try men's souls."

~ Thomas Paine

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Friday, 10 January 2014

Colors of Redemption

"Heaven above is softer blue,
Earth around is sweeter green!
Something lives in every hue
Christless eyes have never seen:
Birds with gladder songs o'erflow,
Flowers with deeper beauties shine,
Since I know, as now I know,
I am His, and He is mine."

~ George Wade Robinson

Source: Bible Truth Hymns > 618

The Light of Life

"Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life."

~ Jesus

Source: The King James Bible > John 8:12

Ungrateful Wretch

"The belly is an ungrateful wretch, it never remembers past favors, it always wants more tomorrow."

~ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Wednesday, 11 December 2013

Doing Something

"I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes...you're Doing Something."

~ Neil Gaiman

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Wednesday, 1 January 2014

Change of Mind

Can God change His mind?

Clearly He can, because there are several times in the Bible when He either "repented of" what He was doing planning on doing, or allowing to happen; or when prayer changed the same.

But the Bible also says that God cannot change. So is this a contradiction?

The Bible says that God can't change. God Himself will always be the same, "yesterday, and today, and for ever." (Hebrews 13:8) When someone changes his mind, that doesn't necessarily change who he is; only what his is doing, saying etc. God is love, God is good, God is just, God is merciful, God can do no wrong... Those things will never change. But because God is merciful, He will sometimes change His mind--for the good of His people, or simply because He loves us.

So, yes, God can change His mind. No, this is not a contradiction, but rather another facet of Who our loving, almighty Father is.

~ Jessy

Source: my Facebook > 22 April 2013

Writing and Living

"'Silly Mel. Writing is about life. Living is just preparing for writing.' I grin at her convinced I've said something deep that will be handed down to future generations.

"She does something with her hair and some clips she took out of her pocket, 'Then why,' she says around the one she's holding in her teeth, 'Don't you do it more often?'"

~ the Anne-girl

Source: Scribblings of My Pen and Tappings of My Keyboard > 2013 > January > Did You Know?

Character Index

"The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back."

~ Abigail van Buren

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Thursday, 9 January 2014

A Song

"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song"

~ Maya Angelou

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Friday, 4 April 2014

The Heart

"The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings."

~ Jeremiah

Source: Bible Gateway VOTD, 2 July 2014; The King James Bible > Jeremiah 17:9-10

No Limits to Learning

"I am not a perfectionist, but I like to feel that things are done well. More important than that, I feel an endless need to learn, to improve, to evolve, not only to please the coach and the fans, but also to feel satisfied with myself. It is my conviction that there are no limits to learning, and that it can never stop, no matter what our age."

~ Cristiano Ronaldo

Source: Goodreads > quotes about soccer

Wise Enough to Fool

"I was wise enough never to grow up, while fooling people into believing I had."

~ Margaret Mead

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Monday, 16 December 2013

A Higher Standard

"As a servant of Christ you should hold yourself to a higher standard. Do your best at everything and anything because you represent Jesus and are the only light people may see. Just getting by is not an option. Excuses are not an option. Be educated, knowledgeable and intellectual. Learn how to communicate with people, learn manners, embrace hobbies and activities that expand your mind and keep you sharp. Be responsible. Learn how to budget and understand financial matters. If you have a family, study and read about relationships, talk to others who have success, read books on training your children and take the time and energy to do a good job. Read your Bible and pray and be looking out for the devil. Proactive, Christians. #noexcuse"

~ Sherrie Beaumont

Source: Facebook > Sherrie Beaumont > 25 June 2014

Beautiful Theft

"One of the surest tests [of the superiority or inferiority of a poet] is the way in which a poet borrows. Immature poets imitate, mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take, and good poets make it into something better, or at least something different. The good poet welds his theft into a whole of feeling which is unique, utterly different than that from which it is town; the bad poet throws it into something which has no cohesion. A good poet will usually borrow from authors remote in time, or alien in language, or diverse in interest."

~ T. S. Eliot

Source: Scribblings > archive > 2012 > October > "Q&A Session with Jessica"

A Part of You

"Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow."

~ Anita Desai

Source: Goodreads QUOTD for Tuesday, 24 June 2014

One Scarred Hand to the Other

"Here I am, Lord, and I'm drowning
In your sea of forgetfulness
The chains of yesterday surround me
I yearn for peace and rest
I don't want to end up where you found me
And it echoes in my mind, keeps me awake tonight
I know You've cast my sin as far as the east is from the west
And I stand before You now as though I've never sinned
But today I feel like I'm just one mistake away
From You leaving me this way

"Jesus, can You show me just how far the east is from the west
'Cause I can't bear to see the man I've been come rising up in me again
In the arms of Your mercy I find rest
'Cause You know just how far the east is from the west
From one scarred hand to the other"

~ "East to West" by Casting Crowns

Source: AZlyrics.com

Where No Water Is

"O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; to see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary. Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee."

~ David

Source: The King James Bible > Psalm 63:1-3

The Soccer Experience

"The World Cup experience is more than just the game of soccer. It's an event. And it will fly by faster than you think. It will end and you'll be saying, 'Wow, it's over already?' You have to remember to take it all in and enjoy it."

~ Cobi Jones

Source: brainyquote.com

Who You Are

"You are a hero, who helped your people. You're a beautiful woman that loved an ugly man -- really, really loved me. You find goodness in others, and when it's not there, you create it. You make me want to go back to the best version of me, and that never happened before. So when you look in the mirror, and you don't know who you are... That's who you are."

~ Mr. Gold [to Belle]

Once Upon a Time > season two > episode #16 "The Miller's Daughter"
Source: Facebook > Once Upon a time ~ {Anything can happen in fairytale land; > albums > Rumbelle (Rumpelstiltskin/Belle) Quotes.

Adventures

"Never say 'no' to adventures. Always say 'yes,' otherwise you'll lead a very dull life."

~ Ian Fleming

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Wednesday 28 May 2014

Learning to Ride

"It's like learning to ride a unicorn. You never forget."

~ Eoin Colfer

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Wednesday, 14 May 2014

Give Them Love

"Give the children love, more love, and still more love -- and the common sense will come by itself."

~ Astrid Lindgren

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Thursday, 14 November 2013

Music Begins

"Where words leave off, music begins."

~ Heinrich Heine

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Friday, 13 December 2013

All That Forsake Thee

"O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters."

~ Jeremiah

Source: The King James Bible > Jeremiah 17:13

Sweat and Blood

"The more you sweat in practice, the less you bleed in battle."

~ unknown

Source: Google images (search: "sports quotes")

Freedom

"Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed -- else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die."

~ Dwight D. Eisenhower

Source: quotegarden.com

Stark Apologies

"Pepper, it's me. I've got a lot of apologies to make and not a lot of time, so... first off. I'm so sorry I put you in harm's way. That was selfish and stupid and it won't happen again. Also, it's Christmas time. The rabbit's too big. Done. Sorry. And I'm sorry in advance because... I can't come home yet. [pauses] I need to find this guy. You gotta stay safe. That's all I know. I just stole a poncho from a wooden Indian."

~ Tony Stark, Iron Man 3

Source: imdb.com > Iron Man 3 > quotes

Miles To Go

"These woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep."

~ Robert Frost, "Stopping By Woods On a Snowy Evening"

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Friday, 7 March 2014

Unintentional Menace

"God save us from people who mean well."

~ Vikram Seth

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Friday, 20 June 2014

Superstitious Fears

"There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls."

~ George Carlin

"Get ready! Today is both Friday the 13th and a full moon. Superstitious fears about Friday the 13th began in the late 19th century, but belief that the full moon causes chaos has ancient roots."

~ Goodreads

While I don't believe in superstitions and luck, if asked I would tell you that I consider Friday, the number 13, the full moon, and wolves all to be good luck.             Jessy

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Friday, 13 June 2014

Possibility

"So many things are possible just as long as you don't know they're impossible."

~ Norton Juster

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Monday, 2 June 2014

The World Itself

"And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen."

~ John

Source: The King James Bible > John 21:25

Football

"When I meet a European, the first thing I say is, "I'd much rather watch football than football." But I'm just teasing them, and they know I'd really rather watch football than football."

~ Jarod Kintz

Source: Goodreads quotes > quotes about soccer

Rattle the Stars

"Look at you! Glowing like a solar fire. You're something special, Jim. You're gonna rattle the stars, you are."

~ John Silver, Treasure Planet

Source: imdb.com > Treasure Planet (2002) > quotes

Words to Story

"When we are young, the words are scattered all around us. As they are assembled by experience, so also are we, sentence by sentence, until the story takes shape."

~ Louise Erdrich

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Saturday, 7 June 2014

Sing!

"Lift every voice and sing."

~ James Weldon Johnson

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Tuesday, 17 June 2014

Beautiful

"You are imperfect, permanently and inevitably flawed. And you are beautiful."

~ Amy Bloom

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Wednesday, 13 June 2014

Philosophical

"A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes."

~ Ludwig Wittgenstein

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Saturday, 26 April 2014

He That Reads and Hears

"Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand."

~ John of Patmos

Source: The King James Bible > Revelation 1:3

The Nonpareil Event

"Soccer is a great game, and the rich variety of styles and passions that come with being truly global makes the World Cup a nonpareil event in the universe of competitive sport."

~ Serge Schmemann

Source: brainyquote.com

Different Now

"You're different now. You see it, don't you? You hurt people all the time."

~ Baelfire [to his father]

Once Upon a Time > season one > episode #19 "The Return"
Source: ouatquotes.tumblr.com > archive > 21 June 2012

Rivered Soul

"I have found beauty even in the shipwrecked thoughts that litter the very bottom of your tear filled seas."

~ R. A. Ramos

Source: Instagram > @raramos_

Knowledge

"No thief, however skillful, can rob one of knowledge, and that is why knowledge is the best and safest treasure to acquire."

~ L. Frank Baum

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Thursday, 15 May 2014

The Fire Burning Inside

"Dreams are what keep us going. They're a reflection of who we are, what we want to be, and what we want from life. Our dreams, hopes, and aspirations keep the fire burning inside us and motivate us to keep going even when everything seems futile. [. . .]"

~ Quotery.com

Source: Quotery.com > Topics > Dreams > intro

Mess and Complications

"What are you going to do? Everything, is my guess. It will be a little messy, but embrace the mess. It will be complicated, but rejoice in the complications."

~ Nora Ephron

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Monday, 19 May 2014

How Much He'd Learned

"When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years."

~ Mark Twain

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Sunday, 15 June 2014

All Is Thine

"Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all."

~ Paul

Source: Bible Gateway VOTD, 4 June 2014; The King James Bible > I Chronicles 29:11

More or Less Sane

"It is thanks to my evening reading alone that I am still more or less sane."

~ W. G. Sebald

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Sunday, 18 May 2014

Shadowy Memory

"For some reason the neatly ordered and abandoned books make me feel sad. Tired. I wish Cassia were with me. She'e turn each page and read every word. I can picture her in the dim light of the cave with her bright eyes and her smile and I close my eyes. That shadowy memory might be as close as I come to seeing her again. We have the map, but the distance we still have to cross looks almost insurmountable."

~ Ally Condie, Crossed

Source: Goodreads > Crossed > Quotes from Crossed

The Right Road and My Own Path

"All my days I have longed equally to travel the right road and to take my own errant path."

~ Sigrid Undset

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Tuesday, 20 May 2014

A Passion, Not a Purpose

"With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not--they cannot be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind."

~ Edgar Allen Poe

Source: Quotery.com > Topics > Dreams > Edgar Allen Poe

No Uncharitable Prejudice

"I do not think I have any uncharitable prejudice against the rattlesnake, still, I should not like to be one."

~ Herman Melville

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Tuesday, 1 April 2014

The People I Couldn't Save

"My regrets are about the people I couldn't save--Marines, soldiers, my buddies. I still feel their loss. I still ache for my failure to protect them."

~ Chris Kyle, American Sniper

Source: Goodreads > American Sniper > Quotes from American Sniper

Seek First

"But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you."

~ Matthew

Source: The King James Bible > Matthew 6:33

The Courage to Follow

"Everyone has talent. What's rare is the courage to follow it to the dark places where it leads."

~ Erica Jong

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Wednesday, 26 March 2014

Radiant

"I am not pretty. I am not beautiful. I am as radiant as the sun."

~ Katniss Everdeen, The Hunger Games

Source: Goodreads > The Hunger Games > Quotes from The Hunger Games

The Magic of Translating Words...

"Almost seventy years later I remember clearly how the magic of translating words in books into images enriched my life, breaking the barriers of time and space..."

~ Mario Vargas Llosa

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Friday, 28 March 2014

Willingness to Wrestle

"Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing."

~ August Wilson

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Sunday, 27 April 2014

Nicer Than New Bread

"I shouldn't think even millionaires could eat anything nicer than new bread and real butter and honey for tea."

~ Dodie Smith

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Saturday, 3 May 2014

Nobility in the Struggle

"There is nobility in the struggle, you don't have to win."

~ Sharon Pollock

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Saturday, 19 April 2014

Your Labor is Not in Vain

"But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord."

~ Paul

Source: The King James Bible > I Corinthians 15:57-58

A Girl Who Could Not Wait

"She was not a slowpoke grownup. She was a girl who could not wait. Life was so interesting she had to find out what happened next."

~ Beverly Cleary

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Saturday, 12 April 2014

Regret in the Shadows

"She leaned down and looked at his lifeless face and Liesel kissed her best friend, Rudy Steiner, soft and true on the lips. He tasted dusty and sweet. He tasted like regret in the shadows of trees and in the glow of the anarchist's suit collection. She kissed him long and soft, and when she pulled herself away, she touched his mouth with her fingers...She did not say goodbye. She was incapable, and after a few more minutes at his side, she was able to tear herself from the ground. It amazes me what humans can do, even when streams are flowing down their faces and they stagger on..."

~ Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

Source: Goodreads > The Book Thief > Quotes from The Book Thief

Deep Delight

"Tell me a story of deep delight."

~ Robert Penn Warren

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Thursday, 20 December 2013

The Sky Wept Stars

"Some nights the sky wept stars that quickly floated and disappeared into the darkness before our wishes could meet them."

~ Ishmael Beah

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Thursday, 23 November 2013

Fierce and Original

"Be steady and well-ordered in your life so that you can be fierce and original in your work."

~ Gustave Flaubert

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Thursday, 12 December 2013

They Who For Their Country Die

"And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave,

for glory lights the soldier's tomb, and beauty weeps the brave."

~ Joseph Rodman Drake

Source: Quotery.com

No Greater Love

"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."

~ John

Source: The King James Bible > John 15:13

Invaluable Belongings

"I went to collect the few personal belongings which...I held to be invaluable: my cat, my resolve to travel, and my solitude."

~ Colette

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Tuesday, 28 January 2014

Really Good Books of Your Own

"It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own."

~ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Thursday, 22 May 2014