Akshansh Upadhyay > Akshansh's Quotes

“I think it's perfectly possible to explain how the universe came about without bringing God into it, but I don't know everything, and there may well be a God somewhere, hiding away. Actually, if he is keeping out of sight, it's because he's ashamed of his followers and all the cruelty and ignorance they're responsible for promoting in his name. If I were him, I'd want nothing to do with them.”
― Philip Pullman

“We don’t need a list of rights and wrongs, tables of dos and don’ts: we need books, time, and silence. Thou shalt not is soon forgotten, but Once upon a time lasts forever.”
― Philip Pullman

“It's a cruel and random world, but the chaos is all so beautiful.”
― Hiromu Arakawa

“Nothing's perfect, the world's not perfect. But it's there for us, trying the best it can; that's what makes it so damn beautiful.”
― Hiromu Arakawa, Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 1

“Humankind cannot gain something without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. This is Alchemy's First Law of Equivalent Exchange. In those days, we really believed that to be the world's one, and only, truth.”
― Hiromu Arakawa, Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 1

“Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.”
― Roald Dahl

“Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.”
― Albert Einstein

“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.”
― Albert Einstein

“I want to see the world and do all kinds of exciting things, and a little money won't hurt.”
― Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

“It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Diary

“Over this odd world, this half the world that's dark now, I have to hunt a thing that lives on tears.”
― Thomas Harris, The Silence of the Lambs

“I love you, a thousand times over. And I will never apologize for it.”
― Renee Ahdieh, The Wrath and the Dawn

“Wouldn't we all look guilty, if someone searched hard enough?”
― Abigail Haas, Dangerous Girls

“Would you like to dance with me?”

He laughed. “With you? No.”

She looked at the marble floor, her chest tight. “You needn’t be so cruel.”

“Cruel? Celaena, Perrington is just over there. I’m sure he’s not happy about you being here, so I wouldn’t risk drawing his attention any more than necessary.”

“Coward.”

Chaol’s eyes softened. “If he weren’t here, I would have said yes.” (...)

“Anyway,” Chaol added, jerking his chin at Dorian, “I think you have far more attractive suitors vying for your attention. I’m boring company to keep.”

“I don’t mind being here with you.”

“I’m sure you don’t,” Chaol said dryly, though he met her stare.

“I mean it. Why aren’t you dancing with anyone? Aren’t there ladies whom you like?”

“I’m the Captain of the Guard—I’m not exactly a catch for any of them.” There was some sorrow in his eyes, though it was well concealed.

“Are you mad? You’re better than everyone in here. And you’re—you’re very handsome,” she said, taking his hand in her free one. There was beauty in Chaol’s face—and strength, and honor, and loyalty. She stopped hearing the crowd, and her mouth became dry as he stared at her. How had she missed it for so long?

“You think so?” he said after a moment, looking at their clasped hands.

She tightened her grasp. “Why, if I wasn’t—”
― Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass

“One of the greatest perks in my life is shirking any and all adult responsibility.”
― Amanda M. Lee, The Christmas Witch

“It’s fun to be the crazy old lady in the paisley crop pants and flip flops in the middle of winter. You should try it when you get a chance. People live in fear when they think you’re living in La-La Land.”
― Amanda M. Lee, The Christmas Witch

“I figure the fewer people who like me, the fewer times I’ll get stopped for inane chatter in the checkout line. “You”
― Amanda M. Lee, The Christmas Witch

“The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson

“I think I’m always so much more happy with books and movies and stuff. I think I get more excited about well-done representations of life than life itself.
- Celine”
― Richard Linklater, Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays

“That I can read and be happy while I am reading, is a great blessing.”
― Anthony Trollope

“Well, I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

“There’s nothing worse than expecting to get the moon but getting only a star.”
― Amanda M. Lee, The Christmas Witch

“Second hand books have a way of travelling, sure. But what travels forward can come back.”
― Cath Crowley, Words in Deep Blue

“If you can’t laugh at your life, then your life is a punchline in a bad joke.”
― Andrew Barger, The Divine Dantes: Cruising in Paradise

“It may be that we’re not seeing the wonder in life because all we’re doing is wondering how we’re going to survive life.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“If we’re missing life it’s probably because we’re expecting it to reveal itself to us, rather than realizing that life is revealed by us looking for it.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.”
― Dr. Seuss

“A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.”
― Steve Martin

“At a certain point, your insistence on having everything you want exactly how you want it makes you a spoiled brat.”
― Amanda M. Lee, The Christmas Witch

“Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.”
― Voltaire