J. > J.'s Quotes

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

“If we take care of the moments, the years will take care of themselves.”
― Maria Edgeworth

“Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.”
― Rabindranath Tagore

“Starting a novel is opening a door on a misty landscape; you can still see very little but you can smell the earth and feel the wind blowing.”
― Iris Murdoch

“A dog has lots of friends because it wags its tail and not its tongue.”
― Anna Faversham, Beware the Midnight Train

“Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.”
― William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

“God has given us the gift of life.” He reeled round to face the congregation and boomed, “What you do with that life is your gift to Him.”
― Anna Faversham, One Dark Night