Quotes - Andi O'Connor (andioconnor) (Harrisburg, PA) Showing 1-15 of 15

#1

“And the little screaming fact that sounds through all history: repression works only to strengthen and knit the repressed.”
― John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath

tags: repression, strength

1664 likes

#2

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

tags: aliteracy, attributed-no-source, literacy

41008 likes

#3

“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
― Mark Twain

tags: books, contentment, friends, friendship, life

47060 likes

#4

“In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.”
― Mark Twain

tags: bookroom, books, libraries, wisdom

10423 likes

#5

“Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.”
― Mark Twain

tags: living, world

8288 likes

#6

“Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very;' your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.”
― Mark Twain

tags: humor, writing

9633 likes

#7

“The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter. ’tis the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.”
― Mark Twain, The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain: A Book of Quotations

tags: writing

6213 likes

#8

“Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.”
― Mark Twain

tags: books-reading

4804 likes

#9

“You believe in a book that has talking animals, wizards, witches, demons, sticks turning into snakes, burning bushes, food falling from the sky, people walking on water, and all sorts of magical, absurd and primitive stories, and you say that we are the ones that need help?”
― Mark Twain

tags: books-bible

2558 likes

#10

“The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.”
― Mark Twain

tags: remaining-silent, reticence

562 likes

#11

“Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words.”
― Mark Twain

tags: on-writing

303 likes

#12

“I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn.”
― Anne Frank

tags: writing

3928 likes

#13

“So, why do you write these strong female characters?

Because you’re still asking me that question."

[Equality Now speech, May 15, 2006]”
― Joss Whedon

tags: femininism, progress, understanding

611 likes

#14

“It's like learning to ride a unicorn. You never forget.”
― Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl

2188 likes

#15

“One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Three, if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don't throw it away.”
― Stephen Hawking

tags: philosophy, science

8636 likes

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