Debra > Debra's Quotes

“The best way to get even with anyone is to put them in the rearview mirror on your way to something better.”
― Joe Hill, Horns

“But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.”
― Khaled Hosseini

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“There are no wrong turnings. Only paths we had not known we were meant to walk.”
― Guy Gavriel Kay, Tigana

“Books are keys that open many doors.”
― James Rollins

“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”
― Mark Twain

“Your integrity is like a sword, he would say: you shouldn't wave it until you're about to put it to the test.”
― Ken Follett, World Without End

“‎Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.”
― Voltaire

“A book is really like a lover. It arranges itself in your life in a way that is beautiful.”
― Maurice Sendak

“I hope you come to hear the tale, and not just munch your way through the pages to the ending…endings are heartless. An ending is a door no man can open.”
― Stephen King

“Hate can be a deeply stimulating emotion. The world becomes easier to understand and much less terrifying if you divide everything and everyone into friends and enemies, we and they, good and evil. The easiest way to unite a group isn't through love, because love is hard, It makes demands. Hate is simple. So the first thing that happens in a conflict is that we choose a side, because that's easier than trying to hold two thoughts in our heads at the same time. The second thing that happens is that we seek out facts that confirm what we want to believe - comforting facts, ones that permit life to go on as normal. The third is that we dehumanize our enemy.”
― Fredrik Backman, Beartown

“Lost is not a hopeless place to be. It is a place of patience, of waiting. Lost does not mean gone for ever. Lost is a bridge between worlds, where the pain of our past can be transformed into power. You have always held the key to this special place, but now you are ready to unlock the door.”
― Evie Woods, The Lost Bookshop