Stephanie John > Stephanie's Quotes

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

“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart”
― Helen Keller

“A woman who doesn't wear perfume has no future.”
― Coco Chanel

“A library is a good place to go when you feel unhappy, for there, in a book, you may find encouragement and comfort. A library is a good place to go when you feel bewildered or undecided, for there, in a book, you may have your question answered. Books are good company, in sad times and happy times, for books are people - people who have managed to stay alive by hiding between the covers of a book."

[Letters of Note; Troy (MI, USA) Public Library, 1971]”
― E.B. White

“Take a leap into the unknown. I'll be here to catch you.”
― Stephanie John, Salvation

“Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.”
― E.B. White

“What I'm looking for is not out there, it is in me.”
― Hellen Keller

“Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into light.”
― Hellen Keller

“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.”
― W.B. Yeats

“It is so many years before one can believe enough in what one feels even to know what the feeling is”
― W.B. Yeats

“We are each other's harvest; we are each other's business; we are each other's magnitude and bond.”
― Gwendolyn Brooks

“The bravest people are the ones who don’t mind looking like cowards.”
― T.H. White, The Once and Future King

“I am awaiting
perpetually and forever
a renaissance of wonder”
― Lawrence Ferlinghetti

“As soon as I saw you I knew a grand adventure was about to happen.”
― A.A. Milne

“I can’t write without a reader. It’s precisely like a kiss—you can’t do it alone.”
― John Cheever

“I yearned for the woman who could bring me to my knees then raise me up again, making me stronger than before.”
― Stephanie John, Unspoken

“It's probably best for me to work off some energy before I get you naked. I'm sure you'd like to be able to walk tomorrow.”
― Sylvia Day, Bared to You

“There is more to sex appeal than just measurements. I don't need a bedroom to prove my womanliness. I can convey just as much sex appeal, picking apples off a tree or standing in the rain.”
― Audrey Hepburn

“I have to be alone very often. I'd be quite happy if I spent from Saturday night until Monday morning alone in my apartment. That's how I refuel.”
― Audrey Hepburn

“I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day, and I believe in miracles”
― Audrey Hepburn