Domini Phillips-Perkins > Domini 's Quotes

“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”
― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

“Not all those who wander are lost.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“He's not your prince charming if he doesn't make sure you know that you're his princess.”
― Demi Lovato

“I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

“... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“One could not blame a people for disliking vampires. Vampires were like brussels sprouts - not for everyone and impossible to improve upon with sauce.”
― Gail Carriger, Prudence

“You keep squintin' in Savage's dark corners, you gonna wish yourself blind.”
― Alexandra Sirowy, The Creeping

“We wants it, we needs it. Must have the precious. They stole it from us. Sneaky little hobbitses. Wicked, tricksy, false!”
― J.R.R Tolkein

“It simply isn't an adventure worth telling if there aren't any dragons.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set: The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings

“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

“I like the night. Without the dark, we'd never see the stars.”
― Stephenie Meyer, Twilight

“Live your life, take chances, be crazy. Dont wait 'cause right now is the oldest you've ever been & the youngest you'll be ever again”
― Suzanne Collins

“It would be a really bad idea to let this person loose.”

“How bad of an idea?”

“Kicking-Hitler-out-of-art-school bad.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Suffering

“We accept the love we think we deserve.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“Well, don't expect us to be too impressed. We just saw Finnick Odair in his underwear.”
― Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay

“You know, you could live a thousand lifetimes and not deserve him.”
― Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire

“Finnick?" I say, "Maybe some pants?"
He looks down at his legs as if noticing his outfit for the first time. Then he whips off his hospital gown leaving him in just his underwear. "Why? Do you find this" -- he strikes a ridiculously provocative pose -- "distracting?"
I laugh. Boggs looks embarrassed and Finnick looks more like the guy I met at the Quarter Quell”
― Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay

“Good Morning!" said Bilbo, and he meant it. The sun was shining, and the grass was very green. But Gandalf looked at him from under long bushy eyebrows that stuck out further than the brim of his shady hat.

"What do you mean?" he said. "Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?"

"All of them at once," said Bilbo. "And a very fine morning for a pipe of tobacco out of doors, into the bargain.

...

"Good morning!" he said at last. "We don't want any adventures here, thank you! You might try over The Hill or across The Water." By this he meant that the conversation was at an end.
"What a lot of things you do use Good morning for!" said Gandalf. "Now you mean that you want to get rid of me, and that it won't be good till I move off.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

“There is no such thing as coincidence in this world. The only thing is hitsuzen.
Hitsuzen...A naturally fore-ordained event. A state in which all other outcomes are impossible.”
― Clamp, xxxHOLiC, Vol. 1

“This isn't the kind of story where understanding makes you smart, or not understanding makes you dumb.”
― CLAMP, xxxHOLiC, Vol. 2

“I want to do something splendid...something heroic or wonderful that won't be forgotten after I'm dead. I don't know what, but I'm on the watch for it and mean to astonish you all someday.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“The most valuable thing you can own is the assurance of your place in someone's heart.”
― Kiera Cass, The Betrothed

“In the end, we made enemies with our heads, but we unmade them with our hearts.”
― Kiera Cass, The Betrothed

“True love is usually the most inconvenient kind.”
― Kiera Cass, The Selection