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"Hmmmm...There certainly are a lot of pretty boys in this world."
— L.A. Meyer (In the Belly of the Bloodhound: Being an Account of a Particularly Peculiar Adventure in the Life of Jacky Faber)

11 people liked it

"Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody. "
— Jane Austen

tags: education, women
150 people liked it

"Occasionally the tree of Liberty must be watered with the blood of Patriots and Tyrants."
— Thomas Jefferson

78 people liked it

"I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else."
— C.S. Lewis

tags: christianity, religion, sun
2,574 people liked it

"Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind."
— Albert Einstein

tags: religion, science
1,592 people liked it

"War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend."
— J.R.R. Tolkien (The Two Towers)

tags: lotr, war
262 people liked it

"I wish the ring had never come to me.I wish none of this had happened."-Frodo
Gandalf-"So do all who see such times,but it's not for them to decide.All we have to decide is what to do with the time that's given to us. "
— J.R.R. Tolkien

18 people liked it

"Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them."
— William Shakespeare (Twelfth Night)

tags: greatness
2,702 people liked it

"I considered taking out the rear of his shiny Volvo, but there were too many witnesses."
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

tags: humorous
296 people liked it

"I'm betting on Alice."
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

tags: bella
520 people liked it

"Then it hits me....
And it hits me with the force of a blow. I am maybe fifteen years old. I am a girl. I am also acting lieutenant in the Royal Navy, and, by the Naval Rules and Regulations as regards the chain of command, I am in command of His Majesty's Ship Wolverine."
— L.A. Meyer (Under the Jolly Roger: Being an Account of the Further Nautical Adventures of Jacky Faber)

1 person liked it

"We clear the harbor and the wind catches her sails and my beautiful ship leans over ever so gracefully, and her elegant bow cuts cleanly into the increasing chop of the waves. I take a deep breath and my chest expands and my heart starts thumping so strongly I fear the others might see it beat through the cloth of my jacket. I face the wind and my lips peel back from my teeth in a grin of pure joy."
— L.A. Meyer (Under the Jolly Roger: Being an Account of the Further Nautical Adventures of Jacky Faber)

tags: ocean, sailing, sea, ships
3 people liked it

"Books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh and cry and find meaning in life. "
— Christopher Paolini (Eragon)

269 people liked it

"Lord, what fools these mortals be!"
— William Shakespeare

tags: comedy, elizabethan, goodfellow, robin
259 people liked it

"I cannot live without books."
— Thomas Jefferson

tags: books
1,375 people liked it

"On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock."
— Thomas Jefferson

tags: principle, style
115 people liked it

"We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate. "
— Thomas Jefferson

74 people liked it

"for the dead and the living, we must bear witness."
— Elie Wiesel

tags: genocide, holocaust, war, witness
55 people liked it

"I never told my own religion nor scrutinized that of another. I never attempted to make a convert, nor wished to change another's creed. I am satisfied that yours must be an excellent religion to have produced a life of such exemplary virtue and correctness. For it is in our lives, and not from our words, that our religion must be judged."
— Thomas Jefferson

40 people liked it

"Not all those who wander are lost. "
— J.R.R. Tolkein

tags: lotr
9 people liked it

"Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind."
— William Shakespeare (A Midsummer Night's Dream)

tags: love
2,864 people liked it

"Whatever comes," she said, "cannot alter one thing. If I am a princess in rags and tatters, I can be a princess inside. It would be easy to be a princess if I were dressed in cloth of gold, but it is a great deal more of a triumph to be one all the time when no one knows it."
— Frances Hodgson Burnett (A Little Princess)

63 people liked it

"Don't laugh at the spinsters, dear girls, for often very tender, tragic romances are hidden away in the hearts that beat so quietly under the sober gowns, and many silent sacrifices of youth, health, ambition, love itself, make the faded faces beautiful in God's sight. Even the sad, sour sisters should be kindly dealt with, because they have missed the sweetest part of life, if for no other reason."
— Louisa May Alcott (Little Women)

tags: spinsters, women
30 people liked it

"'I am half sick of shadows' said the Lady of Shalott"
— Alfred Lord Tennyson (The Lady of Shalott)

8 people liked it

"Ring out the old , ring in the new , Ring , happy bells , acroos the snow.
The year is going , let him go , ring out the false , ring in the true . "
— Alfred Lord Tennyson

3 people liked it

"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me."
— C.S. Lewis

tags: books, inspirational, reading, tea
1,685 people liked it

"The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid."
— Jane Austen (Northanger Abbey)

tags: books, classic, humor
5,546 people liked it

"There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense."
— Jane Austen

413 people liked it

"Deserves it! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death and judgment. For even the very wise cannot see all ends."
— J.R.R. Tolkien (The Fellowship of the Ring)

tags: compassion, justice, mercy
817 people liked it

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