"Maybe our favorite quotations say more about us than about
the stories and people we're quoting."

~ John Green

Saturday, May 31, 2014

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

Friday, May 30, 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

Thursday, May 29, 2014

Deep Delight

"Tell me a story of deep delight."

~ Robert Penn Warren

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Thursday, 20 December 2013

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

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

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

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

Monday, May 26, 2014

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

Sunday, May 25, 2014

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