Gabriela's quotes

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"All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by frost."
— J.R.R. Tolkien (The Fellowship of the Ring)

tags: frost, glitter, gold, lost, poetry, roots, strength, strong, wander, wither
6,460 people liked it

"Anyone who thinks sitting in church can make you a Christian must also think that sitting in a garage can make you a car."
— Garrison Keillor

tags: humor, religion
4,139 people liked it

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
— Margaret Mead

tags: activism, change, inspirational, life, philosophy, world
2,167 people liked it

"Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be."
— Shel Silverstein

tags: inspirational
2,579 people liked it

"When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us."
— Helen Keller

tags: inspirational
2,335 people liked it

"I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours."
— Jerome K. Jerome

tags: humor, work
1,191 people liked it

"When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, "Why god? Why me?" and the thundering voice of God answered, There's just something about you that pisses me off."
— Stephen King (Storm of the Century: An Original Screenplay)

tags: god, humor, religion
915 people liked it

"We were not a hugging people. In terms of emotional comfort it was our belief that no amount of physical contact could match the healing powers of a well made cocktail."
— David Sedaris (Naked)

tags: affection, alcohol, drinking, emotion, humor
215 people liked it

"There are two kinds of people I don't trust: people who don't drink and people who collect stickers."
— Chelsea Handler (My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands)

tags: alcohol, drinking, drinks, humor
115 people liked it

"They say the secret of success is being at the right place at the right time, but since you never know when the right time is going to be, I figure the trick is to find the right place and just hang around."
— Bill Watterson

tags: calvin-and-hobbes, humor, success
108 people liked it

"What happened to happily ever after?

Reality killed it."
— Kenzie

tags: after, ever, happily, humor, reality
67 people liked it

"I've always thought people would find a lot more pleasure in their routines if they burst into song at significant moments."
— John Barrowman

tags: happiness, humor, music
75 people liked it

"Drinking is fun! It makes me feel horrible and sexy!"
— Warren Ellis

tags: alcohol, drinking, humor
36 people liked it

"Above all else, guard your heart for it affects everything else you do.

Proverbs 4:23"
— Various (Holy Bible)

tags: bible, god, inspirational, religion
216 people liked it

"Sometimes you can see things happen right in front of your eyes and still jump to the wrong conclusions."
— Jodi Picoult (Keeping Faith)

tags: god, inspirational, religion
26 people liked it

"I'll pit my God against your god any day, I say to the Calvinists. It's not their god I'm praying to.... The God I'm praying to is neither male nor female. My God is the one who exists apart from all of men's agendas, the God who takes you away when there is no possible place you can go."
— Brunonia Barry (The Lace Reader)

tags: religion
5 people liked it

"Las religiones también son como el vino: hay gente a la que le sienta mal y gente a la que le sienta bien."
— Fernando Savater

tags: religion
5 people liked it

"When you meet a swordsman, draw your sword. Do not recite poetry to one who is not a poet."
— Buddhist Proverb

tags: philosophy, religion, wisdom
5 people liked it

"There are books . . . which rank in our life with parents and lovers and passionate experiences."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson

tags: passion-for-books
24 people liked it

"I heard what you said. I’m not the silly romantic you think. I don’t want the heavens or the shooting stars. I don’t want gemstones or gold. I have those things already. I want…a steady hand. A kind soul. I want to fall asleep, and wake, knowing my heart is safe. I want to love, and be loved."
— Shana Abé

tags: love, romance
376 people liked it

"'I am not an angel,' I asserted; 'and I will not be one till I die: I will be myself. Mr. Rochester, you must neither expect nor exact anything celestial of me - for you will not get it, any more than I shall get it of you: which I do not at all anticipate.' -Jane Eyre"
— Charlotte Brontë

tags: funny, humor, love, romance
67 people liked it

"Don't answer the door in a wedding dress and veil, he might not think you're joking."
— Amy Sedaris (I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence)

tags: dates, jokes, relationships, romance
18 people liked it

"I cannot help thinking that there is something to admire in everyone, even if you do not approve of them."
— E. M. Forester

3 people liked it

"Never ask a question if you don’t know the answer.
— Rhett"
— Rowena Cherry

tags: fantasy, futuristic, opera, romance, space
17 people liked it

"Don't look at me in that tone of voice."
— Dorothy Parker

tags: humor
156 people liked it

"Now I know the things I know, and I do the things I do; and if you do not like me so, to hell, my love, with you!"
— Dorothy Parker

67 people liked it

"The mind was dreaming. The world was its dream."
— Jorge Luis Borges

17 people liked it

"She has learned that her body is precious and it mustn't be offered carelessly ever again, as it holds a direct connection to her heart."
— Steve Martin (Shopgirl)

25 people liked it

"Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength."
— Napoleon Bonaparte

tags: courage, inspirational, strength
15 people liked it

"This time when we kiss, I feel it in the pit of my stomach, I feel it in my heart. And I realize love isn't about sex. It's about connection."
— Ellen Hopkins

tags: connection, love
32 people liked it

"Anyone who does anything to help a child in his life is a hero to me. "
— Fred Rogers

20 people liked it

"If one's friends do not openly laugh at him, they are not in fact his friends. "
— Dean Koontz (Forever Odd)

tags: friends
16 people liked it

"Your eyes are full of sweetness
Your lips are full of fear
And while your lips breathe:
'Leave me!'
Your eyes cry out: 'Come here!'"
— traditional Spanish copla

tags: love, passion
13 people liked it

"Why does a woman work ten years to change a man, then complain hes not the man she married?"
— Barbra Streisand

tags: husbands, marriage, men, wives, women
71 people liked it

"Sometimes, the words we speak are not the words we want to say.
"
— Anthony West

tags: goodbye, saying
20 people liked it

"Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men."
— Joseph Conrad

tags: women
1,284 people liked it

"She will not be simple and sweet.
She will not be what people tell her she should be."
— E. Lockhart (The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks)

tags: woman
26 people liked it

"Amor y deseo son dos cosas diferentes; que no todo lo que se ama se desea, ni todo lo que se desea se ama."
— Cervantes

tags: love
5 people liked it

"Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get, it’s what you are expected to give — which is everything."
— Anoymous

tags: love
4 people liked it

"what kind of fuckery is this?"
— Amy Winehouse

tags: fuck, profanity
19 people liked it

"I hope that someday somebody wants to hold you for twenty minutes straight, and that’s all they do. They don’t pull away. They don’t look at your face. They don’t try to kiss you. All they do is wrap you up in their arms, without an ounce of selfishness in it."
— The Waitress (Jenna)

3 people liked it

"Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to be fed out of the oil of another's heart, or its flame burns low."
— Henry Ward Beecher

tags: love
7 people liked it

"Forgive all who have offended you, not for them, but for yourself."
— Harriet Nelson

tags: forgiveness, freedom, love
26 people liked it

"The only wrong thing would be to deny what your heart truly feels "
— (From the Movie the Mask of Zorro)

tags: love
16 people liked it

"Comes The Dawn
After a while you learn the subtle difference
between holding a hand and chaining a soul
And you learn that love doesn't mean leaning
and company doesn't always mean security
And you begin to learn that kisses aren't contracts
and presents aren't promises
And you begin to accept your defeats
with your head up and your eyes ahead
with the grace of a woman, not the grief of a child
And you learn to build all your roads on today
because tomorrow's ground is too uncertain for plans
and futures have a way of falling down in mid-flight.
After a while you learn that even sunshine burns
if you get too much.
So you plant your own garden and decorate your own soul
instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.
And you learn that you really can endure
that you really are strong
and you really do have worth
And you learn and you learn
with every goodbye you learn...
"
— Veronica Shoffstall

14 people liked it