Quotes - Erika (The United States) Showing 1-30 of 30

#1

“Sweet words are like honey, a little may refresh, but too much gluts the stomach.”
― Anne Bradstreet

tags: flattery, praise, words

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#2

“For my part, I prefer my heart to be broken. It is so lovely, dawn-kaleidoscopic within the crack.”
― D.H. Lawrence

tags: broken-heart, d-h-lawrence, love, pomegranate

2214 likes

#3

“You know, one of the tragedies of real life is that there is no background music.”
― Annie Proulx

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#4

“Children aren't happy with nothing to ignore,
And that's what parents were created for.”
― Ogden Nash

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#5

“I'm happy. Which often looks like crazy.”
― David Henry Hwang, M. Butterfly

tags: happiness

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#6

“Peter would probably throw a party if I stopped breathing.'

'Well,' he says, 'I would only go if there was cake.”
― Veronica Roth, Divergent

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#7

“Moths," repeats Will. "You're afraid of moths?"

"Not just a cloud of moths," she says, "like...a swarm of them. Everywhere. All those wings and legs and..." She shudders and shakes her head.

"Terrifying," Will says with mock seriousness. "That's my girl. Tough as cotton balls."

"Oh, Shut up.”
― Veronica Roth, Divergent

tags: humor

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#8

“What did you do, memorize a map of the city for fun?” says Christina.
“Yes,” says Will, looking puzzled. “Didn’t you?”
― Veronica Roth, Divergent

tags: christina, will

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#9

“I'm going to shoot a muffin off Marlene's head.”
― Veronica Roth, Divergent

tags: marlene, muffin, uriah

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#10

“Let me get this straight. So you left the Dauntless compound to get ready for war... and took your makeup bag with you?"
"Yep. Figured it would be harder for anyone to shoot me if they saw how devastatingly attractive I was...”
― Veronica Roth, Insurgent

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#11

“A Dauntless Ferris wheel wouldn’t have cars. You would just hang on tight with your hands, and good luck to you.”
― Veronica Roth, Divergent

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#12

“There's nothing wrong with stretching the truth. We stretch taffy, and that just makes it more delicious.”
― Steven Colbert

tags: truth

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#13

“The proof of the pudding is the eating.”
― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

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#14

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go...”
― Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You’ll Go!

tags: inspirational

33887 likes

#15

“I read so I can live more than one life in more than one place.”
― Anne Tyler

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#16

“Charm is the ability to make someone else think that both of you are pretty wonderful.”
― Kathleen Winsor

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#17

“You can't get a suit of armour and a rubber chicken just like that. You have to plan ahead.”
― Michael Palin

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#18

“Owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are god. Whereas owners of cats are compelled to realize that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they draw the conclusion that they are gods.”
― Christopher Hitchens, The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever

tags: affection, atheism, cats, dogs, food, god, pets, religion, shelter, water

3382 likes

#19

“You know what I like most about people? Pets. ”
― Jarod Kintz, Who Moved My Choose?: An Amazing Way to Deal With Change by Deciding to Let Indecision Into Your Life

1062 likes

#20

“Dogs do speak, but only to those who know how to listen.”
― Orhan Pamuk, My Name Is Red

tags: anthromorphism, dogs, pets

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#21

“A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.”
― Robert Benchley

tags: animals, dogs, pets

77 likes

#22

“Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.”
― Will Rogers

tags: enterprise, humor, inertia, inspirational

3588 likes

#23

“Allow me to translate, Twitchtip said, not even bothering to move. "She said if you don't stop your incessant babble, that big rat sitting in the boat next to you will rip your head off.”
― Suzanne Collins, Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane

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#24

“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte

tags: enemies, mistakes, strategy

3447 likes

#25

“It's only those who do nothing that make no mistakes, I suppose.”
― Joseph Conrad, An Outcast of the Islands

2475 likes

#26

“Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand.”
― Kurt Vonnegut

tags: humour, telekinetics

10128 likes

#27

“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: attributed-no-source, children, fairy-tales

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