Ella > Ella's Quotes

“Literature is humanity talking to itself.”
― Norman Rush

“A map says to you.
Read me carefully, follow me closely, doubt me not...
I am the earth in the palm of your hand.”
― Beryl Markham

“What is so marvelous about living today is that it is possible to extend, like a flower, spreading petals in all directions.”
― Carolyn Kizer

“Live, travel, adventure, bless, and don't be sorry.”
― Jack Kerouac

“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.”
― Charles M. Schulz

“Even the strongest and bravest must sometimes weep. It shows they have a great heart, one that can feel compassion for others.”
― Brian Jacques, Redwall

“And how shall I think of you?' He considered a moment and then laughed. 'Think of me with my nose in a book!”
― Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

“Don't take life too seriously. Punch it in the face when it needs a good hit. Laugh at it.”
― Colleen Hoover, Slammed

“There’s no such thing as ruining your life. Life’s a pretty resilient thing, it turns out.”
― Sophie Kinsella, The Undomestic Goddess

“La vigilia di Natale, Harry andò a letto pregustando le leccornie e i divertimenti dell'indomani, ma senza aspettarsi nessun regalo. Ma al suo risveglio, il mattino seguente di buon'ora, la prima cosa che vide ai piedi del suo letto fu un un mucchio di pacchetti.
"Buon natale" gli fece Ron ancora assonnato, mentre Harry si buttava giù dal letto e si infilava la vestaglia.
"Anche a te" gli rispose "Ma... Hai visto che roba? Ho ricevuto dei regali!"
"E che cosa ti aspettavi, un mazzo di rape?" disse Ron.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

“If you don't know, the thing to do is not to get scared, but to learn.”
― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

“Human beings of any age need to approve of themselves; the bad times in history come when they cannot.”
― Barbara W. Tuchman, A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century

“I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception.”
― Groucho Marx

“Da Fadigati a venire a parlare dell'omosessualità in genere il passo era stato breve. Malnate, in materia, aveva idee molto semplici [...] Per lui i pederasti erano soltanto dei "disgraziati", poveri "ossessi" dei quali non metteva conto di occuparsi che sotto il profilo della medicina o sotto quello della prevenzione sociale. Io, al contrario, sostenevo che l'amore giustifica e santifica tutto, perfino la pederastia; di più: che l'amore, quando è puro, cioè totalmente disinteressato, è sempre anormale, asociale, eccetera: proprio come l'arte - avevo aggiunto -, che quando è pura, dunque inutile, dispiace a tutti i preti di tutte le religioni, compresa quella socialista.”
― Giorgio Bassani

“As far as I am concerned, poetry is a statement concerning the human condition, composed in verse.”
― N. Scott Momaday

“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline

“I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally. ”
― W.C. Fields

“We’re all going to keep fighting, Harry. You know that?”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“Everything in life is just for a while.”
― Philip K. Dick, A Scanner Darkly

“It's a disease. Nobody thinks or feels or cares any more; nobody gets excited or believes in anything except their own comfortable little God damn mediocrity.”
― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

“I would have come for you. And if I couldn't walk, I'd crawl to you, and no matter how broken we were, we'd fight our way out together-knives drawn, pistols blazing. Because that's what we do. We never stop fighting.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

“Jesper: “If Pekka Rollins kills us all, I’m going to get Wylan’s ghost to teach my ghost how to play the flute just so that I can annoy the hell out of your ghost.”
Kaz: “I’ll just hire Matthias’ ghost to kick your ghost’s ass.”
Matthias: “My ghost won’t associate with your ghost.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows