Beatriz > Beatriz's Quotes

“We loved with a love that was more than love.”
― Edgar Allen Poe

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

“We read to know we're not alone.”
― William Nicholson, Shadowlands: A Play

“Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”
― Marcel Proust

“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

“After all, reading is arguably a far more creative and imaginative process than writing; when the reader creates emotion in their head, or the colors of the sky during the setting sun, or the smell of a warm summer's breeze on their face, they should reserve as much praise for themselves as they do for the writer - perhaps more.”
― Jasper Fforde, The Well of Lost Plots

“When the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object.”
― Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

“Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren't. I'm not surprised some people prefer books.”
― Julian Barnes, Flaubert's Parrot

“The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status, or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside, we all believe that we are above-average drivers.”
― Dave Barry, Dave Barry Turns 50

“An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.”
― Niels Bohr

“When it was dark, you always carried the sun in your hand for me.”
― Sean O'Casey, THREE MORE PLAYS BY SEAN O'CASEY:THE SILVER TASSIE;PURPLE DUST;RED ROSES FOR ME [Paperback]

“Does not everything depend on our interpretation of the silence around us?”
― Lawrence Durrell, Justine

“Poetry is eternal graffiti written in the heart of everyone.”
― Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Americus, Book I

“How do you regret one of the best nights of your entire life? You don't. You remember every word, every look. Even when it hurts, you still remember.”
― Jenny Han, It's Not Summer Without You

“Never say more than is necessary.”
― Richard Brinsley Sheridan

“Dance first. Think later. It's the natural order.”
― Samuel Beckett

“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places.”
― Ernest Hemingway

“Melancholy is sadness that has taken on lightness.”
― Italo Calvino

“Poetry is the language of intensity. Because we are going to die, an expression of intensity is justified.”
― C.D. Wright, Cooling Time: An American Poetry Vigil

“Les esprits aiment la nuit, qui sait plus qu’une femme donner une âme à toutes choses.”
― Iris Murdoch, The Book and the Brotherhood