Sofia Graps > Sofia's Quotes

“To this generation I would say:
Memorize some bit of verse of truth or beauty.”
― Edgar Lee Masters, Spoon River Anthology

“No matter what he does, every person on earth plays a central role in the history of the world. And normally he doesn't know it.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

“Everyone tells a story about who they are in their own head. That story defines you, dictating all your actions and all your mistakes. If your own story is filled with guilt and fear and self-hatred, life can look pretty miserable. But, if you're very lucky, you might have a person who tells you a better story, one that takes up residence in your soul, speaking louder than the woeful tale of which you've convinced yourself. If you let it speak loudly within your heart, it becomes your passion and your purpose.”
― Mia Sheridan, Leo

“Friends are the family you get to choose for yourself.”
― Mia Sheridan, Leo

“There is no past or future. Using tenses to divide time is like making chalk marks on water.”
― Janet Frame

“Imagination does not become great until human beings, given the courage and the strength, use it to create.”
― Maria Montessori

“We must love one another or die”
― W.H. Auden

“The stars are not wanted now: put out every one;
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun;
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood.
For nothing now can ever come to any good.”
― W.H. Auden, Selected Poems

“I think literature is best when it's voicing what we would prefer not to talk about.”
― Rick Moody

“Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.”
― Ovid