Quotes - Emma (whatemmaread) (Saint Albans, F8, The United Kingdom) Showing 1-26 of 26

#1

“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

tags: friendship

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#2

“All the reading she had done had given her a view of life that they had never seen.”
― Roald Dahl, Matilda

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#3

“And don’t worry about the bits you can’t understand. Sit back and allow the words to wash around you, like music.”
― Roald Dahl, Matilda

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#4

“I'm afraid men are not always quite as clever as they think they are. You will learn that when you get a bit older, my girl.”
― Roald Dahl, Matilda

tags: men, mrs-wormwood

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#5

“Make sure everything you do is so completely crazy it’s unbelievable.”
― Roald Dahl, Matilda

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#6

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

tags: dreams, life

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#7

“So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

tags: charlie, favourite-books, inspirational, sad, soul-searching, wallflower

22980 likes

#8

“And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

tags: infinity

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#9

“It's strange because sometimes, I read a book, and I think I am the people in the book.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

tags: books-reading

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#10

“This moment will just be another story someday.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

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#11

“After all this time?"
"Always...”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

tags: love

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#12

“If one's different, one's bound to be lonely.”
― Aldous Huxley, Brave New World

tags: loneliness

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#13

“...most men and women will grow up to love their servitude and will never dream of revolution.”
― Aldous Huxley, Brave New World

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#14

“One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them.”
― Aldous Huxley, Brave New World

tags: child-abuse, conditioning, indoctrination, mind-control, parenting

1267 likes

#15

“Never put off till tomorrow the fun you can have today.”
― Aldous Huxley, Brave New World

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#16

“Those who meant well behaved in the same way as those who meant badly.”
― Aldous Huxley, Brave New World

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#17

“Don't let the bastards grind you down.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

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#18

“Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

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#19

“Stuff your eyes with wonder, he said, live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.”
― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

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#20

“A book is a loaded gun.”
― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

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#21