Constance S. > Constance's Quotes

“It looked like the world was covered in a cobbler crust of brown sugar and cinnamon.”
― Sarah Addison Allen, First Frost

“The language of flowers is nonnegotiable, Victoria,” Elizabeth said,”
― Vanessa Diffenbaugh, The Language of Flowers

“When it is time for you to leave this school, leave your job, or even leave this earth, you make sure you have worked hard to make sure it mattered you were even here.”
― Wes Moore, The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates

“Though he looked like any other Bengali he felt an allegiance with the foreigners now. He shared with them a knowledge of elsewhere. Another life to go back to. The ability to leave.”
― Jhumpa Lahiri

“She knew that the word providence meant foresight, the future beheld before it was experienced.”
― Jhumpa Lahiri, The Lowland

“And yet he had loved her. A Bookish girl heedless of her beauty, unconscious of her effect. She'd been prepared to live her life alone but from the moment he'd known her he'd needed her.”
― Jhumpa Lahiri, The Lowland

“And when he awoke in the morning and looked upon the wretchedness about him, his dream had had its usual effect: it had intensified the sordidness of his surroundings a thousandfold.”
― Mark Twain, The Prince and the Pauper

“But when weariness finally forced him to be silent, he was no longer of use to his tormentors, and they sought amusement elsewhere”
― Mark Twain, The Prince and the Pauper

“He lay down upon a sumptuous divan, and proceeded to instruct himself with honest zeal.”
― Mark Twain, The Prince and the Pauper

“What God wills, will happen; thou canst not hurry it, thou canst not alter it; therefore wait; and be patient”
― Mark Twain, The Prince and the Pauper

“What dost thou know of suffering and oppression! I and my people know, but not thou.”
― Mark Twain, The Prince and the Pauper

“For again Scrooge saw himself. He was older now, a man in the prime of life. His face had not the harsh and rigid lines of later years, but it had begun to wear the signs of care and avarice. There was an eager, greedy, restless motion in the eye, which showed the passion that had taken root, and where the shadow of the growing tree would fall.”
― Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

“How far would you go to keep the hope of love alive?”
― Nicholas Sparks, The Choice

“Always try to keep a patch of sky above your life.”
― Marcel Proust, Swann’s Way

“Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”
― Marcel Proust

“A woman has to live her life, or live to repent not having lived it.”
― D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover

“These years are still the years of my prime. It is important to recognise the years of one's prime, always remember that.”
― Muriel Spark, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

“If you live for people's acceptance, you'll die from their rejection.”
― Lecrae Moore, Unashamed

“Close your eyes, cover your ears with your hands and open your soul.”
― Kurban Said, Ali and Nino