Sarah's favorite quotes

"Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent."
— proverb

"A true friend laughs at your stories even when they're not so good, and sympathizes with your troubles even when they're not so bad"
— proverb

1 person liked it

"The heart that truly loves never forgets."
— proverb

2 people liked it

"People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within."
— Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

tags: life

94 people liked it

"You can't test courage cautiously, so I ran hard and waved my arms hard, happy."
— Annie Dillard (An American Childhood)

8 people liked it

"It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all - in which case, you fail by default."
— J.K. Rowling

tags: failure, harvard-commencement-speech

731 people liked it

"The cure for boredom is curiosity.
There is no cure for curiosity."
— Dorothy Parker

tags: curiosity, women

1,590 people liked it

"In youth, it was a way I had,
To do my best to please.
And change, with every passing lad
To suit his theories.

But now I know the things I know
And do the things I do,
And if you do not like me so,
To hell, my love, with you."
— Dorothy Parker

36 people liked it

"Never judge a book by its movie."
— J.W. Eagan

tags: film, humour, manuscript

593 people liked it