Violet's quotes

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"I asked Wikipedia what the Twilight saga was about and it shot itself."
— Stephenie Meyer

tags: time
5,736 people liked it

"Sometimes people are beautiful.
Not in looks.
Not in what they say.
Just in what they are."
— Markus Zusak (I Am the Messenger)

tags: beauty, life
1,049 people liked it

"I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right."
— Markus Zusak (The Book Thief)

tags: power-of-words
126 people liked it

"I am haunted by humans."
— Markus Zusak (The Book Thief)

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"Humans, if nothing else, have the good sense to die."
— Markus Zusak (The Book Thief)

tags: heart
54 people liked it

"It’s a small story really, about, among other things:

* A girl
* Some words
* An accordionist
* Some fanatical Germans
* A Jewish fist fighter
* And quite a lot of thievery"
— Markus Zusak (The Book Thief)

31 people liked it

"Even death has a heart. "
— Markus Zusak (The Book Thief)

tags: death, life
31 people liked it

"People observe the colors of a day only at its beginnings and ends, but to me it's quite clear that a day merges through a multitude of shades and intonations with each passing moment. A single hour can consist of thousands of different colors. Waxy yellows, cloud-spot blues. Murky darkness. In my line of work, I make it a point to notice them."
— Markus Zusak (The Book Thief)

26 people liked it

"A book floated down the Amper River.
A boy jumped in, caught up to it, and held
it in his right hand. He grinned. He stood
waist-deep in the icy, Decemberish water.
“How about a kiss, Saumensch?” he said."
— Markus Zusak (The Book Thief)

tags: rudy-steiner
20 people liked it

"It's not a big thing, but I guess it's true--big things are often just small things that are noticed."
— Markus Zusak (I Am the Messenger)

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"'What do you want to kiss me for? I'm filthy.'- Liesel
'So am I.'- Rudy"
— Markus Zusak (The Book Thief)

tags: filthy, kisses, liesel, rudy
14 people liked it

""'Hair the color of lemons,'" Rudy read. His fingers touched the words. "You told him about me?"

At first, Liesel could not talk. Perhaps it was the sudden bumpiness of love she felt for him. Or had she always loved him? It's likely. Restricted as she was from speaking, she wanted him to kiss her. She wanted him to drag her hand across and pull her over. It didn't matter where. Her mouth, her neck, her cheek. Her skin was empty for it, waiting.

Years ago, when they'd raced on a muddy field, Rudy was a hastily assembled set of bones, with a jagged, rocky smile. In the trees this afternoon, he was a giver of bread and teddy bears. He was a triple Hitler Youth athletics champion. He was her best friend. And he was a month from his death.

"Of course I told him about you," Liesel said."
— Markus Zusak (The Book Thief)

tags: book, thief
14 people liked it

""How about a kiss, Saumensch?"

He stood waist-deep in the water for a few moments longer before climbing out and handing her the book. His pants clung to him, and he did not stop walking. In truth, I think he was afraid. Rudy Steiner was scared of the book thief's kiss. He must have longed for it so much. He must have loved hetr so incredibly hard. So hard that he would never ask for her lips again and would go to his grave without them."
— Markus Zusak (The Book Thief)

12 people liked it

"A SMALL PIECE OF TRUTH
I do not carry a sickle or scythe.
I only wear a hooded black robe when it's cold.
AndI don't have those skull-like facial features you seem to enjoy pinning on me from a distance. You want to know what I truly look like? I'll help you out. Find yourself a mirror while I continue. "
— Markus Zusak

tags: character, death, from, main, spoken
13 people liked it

"A small fact:
You are going to die....does this worry you?"
— Markus Zusak (The Book Thief)

12 people liked it

"You're beautiful and sad," I said finally, not looking at him when I did. "Just like your eyes. You're like a song that I heard when I was a little kid but forgot I knew until I heard it again." For a long moment there was only the whirring sound of the tires on the road, and then Sam said softly, "Thank you."
— Maggie Stiefvater (Shiver)

tags: grace-sam, pg-208
80 people liked it

"It is possible to be in love with you just because of who you are."
— Maggie Stiefvater (Shiver)

tags: grace, love, sam, shiver
44 people liked it

" "What do you eat?"
"Baby bunnies." She narrowed her eyes, so I grinned and said, "Adult bunnies, too. I'm an equal-opportunity bunny-eater.""
— Maggie Stiefvater (Shiver)

35 people liked it

"I stood on my toes and stole a soft kiss from his lips. "Surprise attack," I said.
Sam leaned down and kissed me back, his mouth lingering on mine, teeth grazing my lower lip, making me shiver. "Surprise attack back."
"Sneaky," I said, my voice breathier than I intended.
"
— Maggie Stiefvater (Shiver)

tags: attack, kiss, surprise
14 people liked it

"“You two are too cute,” the counter girl said, setting two cups piled with whipped cream on the counter. She had a sort of lopsided, open smile that made me think she laughed a lot. “Seriously. How long have you been going out?”
Sam let go of my hands to get his wallet and took out some bills. “Six years.”
I wrinkled my nose to cover a laugh. Of course he would count the time that we’d been two entirely different species.
“Whoa.” Counter girl nodded appreciatively. “That’s pretty amazing for a couple your age.
Sam handed me my hot chocolate and didn’t answer. But his yellow eyes gazed at me possessively—I wondered if he realized that the way he looked at me was far more intimate than copping a feel could ever be.
I crouched to look at the almond bark on the bottom shelf in the counter. I wasn’t quite bold enough to look at either of them when I admitted, “Well, it was love at first sight.”
The girl sighed. “That is just so romantic. Do me a favor, and don’t you two ever change. The world needs more love at first sight.”"
— Maggie Stiefvater (Shiver)

tags: first, love, romantic, sight
16 people liked it

"Sam: “I—it’s—I’m not an animal.”"
— Maggie Stiefvater (Shiver)

tags: animal, sam
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"Sam: “You—you greatly overestimate my self-control.”
Grace: “I’m not looking for self-control.”
"
— Maggie Stiefvater (Shiver)

tags: grace, sam, self-control
13 people liked it

"He slouched back in his seat, looking tired, and leaned his face on his shoulder to look at me while he played with my hair. He started to hum a song, and then, after a few bars, he sang it. Quietly, sort of half-sung, half-spoken, incredibly gentle. I didn’t catch all the words, but it was about his summer girl. Me. Maybe his forever girl. His yellow eyes were half-lidded as he sang, and in that golden moment, hanging taut in the middle of an icecovered landscape like a single bubble of summer nectar, I could see how my life could be stretched out in front of me."
— Maggie Stiefvater (Shiver)

tags: grace, sam
13 people liked it

"I settled on the floor and whispered to Sam, “I want you to listen to me, if you can.” I leaned the side of my face against his ruff and remembered the golden wood he had shown me so long ago. I remembered the way the yellow leaves, the color of Sam’s eyes, fluttered and twisted, crashing butterflies, on their way to the ground. The slender white trunks of the birches, creamy and smooth as human skin. I remembered Sam standing in the middle of the wood, his arms stretched out, a dark, solid form in the dream of the trees. His coming to me, me punching his chest, the soft kiss. I remembered every kiss we’d ever had, and I remembered every time I’d curled in his human arms. I remembered the soft warmth of his breath on the back of my neck while we slept.
I remembered Sam.
"
— Maggie Stiefvater (Shiver)

tags: kiss, sam, soft, wolve
10 people liked it

"“Grace,” I said, very softly. “Say something.”
“Sam,” she said, and I crushed her to me.
"
— Maggie Stiefvater (Shiver)

tags: grace, sam
20 people liked it

"I fell for her in summer, my lovely summer girl,
From summer she is made, my lovely summer girl,
I’d love to spend a winter with my lovely summer girl,
But I’m never warm enough for my lovely summer girl,
It’s summer when she smiles, I’m laughing like a child,
It’s the summer of our lives; we’ll contain it for a while
She holds the heat, the breeze of summer in the circle of her hand
I’d be happy with this summer if it’s all we ever had.
"
— Maggie Stiefvater (Shiver)

tags: girl, grace, lyrics, sam, song, summer
23 people liked it

"Dance like no one is watching. Sing like no one is listening. Love like you've never been hurt and live like it's heaven on Earth."
— Mark Twain

tags: dance, heaven, hurt, inspirational, life, love, sing
16,970 people liked it

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind."
— Dr. Seuss

tags: be-yourself, confidence, individuality, those-who-matter
19,347 people liked it

"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."
— Dr. Seuss

tags: cry, crying, experience, happiness, joy, life, optimism, sadness, smile, smiling
15,671 people liked it

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe."
— Albert Einstein

tags: einstein, human, humor, infinity, nature, philosophy, science, stupidity, universe
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"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."
— Maya Angelou

tags: life
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"You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams."
— Dr. Seuss

tags: dreams, love, reality, sleep
11,122 people liked it

"Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend."
— Albert Camus

tags: friends, friendship
10,086 people liked it

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."
— Mahatma Gandhi

tags: carpe-diem, education, inspirational, learning
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"Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the only one."
— C.S. Lewis

tags: friendship
8,010 people liked it

"Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire,
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if I had to perish twice
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice."
— Robert Frost (Robert Frost's Poems)

tags: poetry
369 people liked it

"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."
— John Lennon

tags: beatles, fate, life, planning, plans
7,336 people liked it

"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
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"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect."
— Mark Twain

tags: individuality, majority, minority, pause, reflect, wisdom
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"Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much."
— Oscar Wilde

tags: enemies, forgiveness, strategy
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"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."
— Theodore Roosevelt

tags: inspirational
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"Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why we call it 'The Present'."
— Eleanor Roosevelt

tags: inspirational
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"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by."
— Douglas Adams

tags: deadlines, humor, work
5,583 people liked it

"A day without sunshine is like, you know, night."
— Steve Martin

tags: humor, obvious
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"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."
— Oscar Wilde

tags: honesty, inspirational
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"Without music, life would be a mistake."
— Friedrich Nietzsche

tags: inspirational, music, philosophy
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"My beloved is the sun
And I am the earth that thrives only in her warmth. My beloved is the rain
And I am the grass that thirsts for her quenching kiss. My beloved is the wind
And I am the wings that soar when she fills me with her gentle strength.
My beloved is the rock
Upon which rests the happiness of all my days.
—The Elements of Love, a poem by Aileron v'En Kavali of the Fey"
— C.L. Wilson (Lord of the Fading Lands)

tags: romance
53 people liked it

"Damn me to hell or take me to heaven, but for Gods sake, do it now...."
— Nora Roberts (The Stanislaski Brothers: Mikhail and Alex)

tags: romance
132 people liked it

"There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I've loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has always been enough."
— Nicholas Sparks (The Notebook)

tags: love
1,747 people liked it