Quotes - Sandy (goodreadscomsandy_riosa) (Charlotte, NC) Showing 1-30 of 84

#1

“Better to reign in Hell, than to serve in Heaven.”
― John Milton, Paradise Lost

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#2

“The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven..”
― John Milton, Paradise Lost

tags: inspirational, religion

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#3

“The descent into Hell is easy”
― Virgil, The Aeneid

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#4

“Well-behaved women seldom make history.”
― Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History

tags: inspirational, misattributed-eleanor-roosevelt, women

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#5

“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
― Marilyn Monroe

tags: attributed-no-source, best, life, love, misattributed-marilyn-monroe, mistakes, out-of-control, truth, worst

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#6

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: attributed-no-source, human-nature, humor, infinity, philosophy, science, stupidity, universe

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#7

“Ave Atque Vale
Hail and farewell”
― Catullus

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#8

“I'd like to give you my heart, but since that might be inconvenient, I've brought you someone else's.”
― Annette Curtis Klause, Blood and Chocolate

tags: threat

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#9

“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.”
― William W. Purkey

tags: dance, heaven, hurt, inspirational, life, love, sing

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#10

“How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth,
Stol'n on his wing my three-and-twentieth year!”
― John Milton

tags: age, subtle, thief, time

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#11

“I sung of Chaos and Eternal Night,
Taught by the heav'nly Muse to venture down
The dark descent, and up to reascend...”
― John Milton, Paradise Lost

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#12

“He inclined his head at my dress. "What's the occasion?"

"Homecoming," I said, twirling. "Like?"

"Last I heard, Homecoming requires a date."

"About that," I hedged. "I'm sort of...going with Scott. We both figure a high-school dance is the last place Hank will be patrolling."

Patch smiled, but it was tight. "I take that back. If Hank wants to shoot Scott, he has my blessing.”
― Becca Fitzpatrick, Silence

tags: nora-grey, patch-cipriano

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#13

“The gates of Hell are open night and day; smooth the descent and easy is the way.”
― Publius Vergilius Maro, The Aeneid

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#14

“Freely they stood who stood, and fell who fell. ”
― John Milton, Paradise Lost

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#15

“What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again.”
― Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay

tags: inspirational, love

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#16

“Odi et amo; quare fortasse requiris, nescio, sed fieri sentio et excrucior.

(my translation: I hate and I love, you ask why I do this, I do not know, but I feel and I am tormented)”
― Catullus, The Complete Poems

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#17

“War is sweet to those who have never fought.”
― Jess Rothenberg, The Catastrophic History of You and Me

tags: war

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#18

“Four flips the gun in this hand, presses the barrel to Peter's forehead, and clicks a bullet into place. Peter freezes with his lips parted, the yawn dead in his mouth. "Wake. Up," Four snaps. "You are holding a loaded gun, you idiot. Act like it.”
― Veronica Roth, Divergent

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#19

“To be weak is miserable,
Doing or suffering.”
― John Milton, Paradise Lost

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#20

“Hate to disappoint, but no feathers. I came to Earth stripped naked.”
― Becca Fitzpatrick, Silence

tags: patch-cipriano

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#21

“I pledge to keep you safe.”
― Kimberly Derting, The Pledge

tags: charlie, loyalty, max, promise

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#22

“Girl, I'm going to show you the bear in hug.”
― Becca Fitzpatrick, Silence

tags: vee-sky

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#23

“Odi et amo. Quare I'd faciam, fortasse requiris. ”
― Gaius Valerius Catullus

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#24

“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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#25

“See, when you lie to me it hurts," Rixon said, swiping an imaginary tear. "I thought we had something special. I thought our joint eternal sentences of damnation were our bond.”
― Becca Fitzpatrick, Silence

tags: patch-cipriano, rixon

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#26

“I could get you to smile like that, and without sales tax.”
― Becca Fitzpatrick

tags: patch-cipriano

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#27

“How did you get in?"

"I move in mysterious ways."

"God moves in mysterious ways. You move like lightning-here one moment, gone the next.”
― Becca Fitzpatrick, Silence

tags: nora, patch-cipriano

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#28

“Ah, why should all mankind
For one man's fault, be condemned,
If guiltless?”
― John Milton, Paradise Lost

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#29

“If I wanted easy, I'd chain myself in hell beside Rixon. The two of us could kick back and soak up the rays together.”
― Becca Fitzpatrick

tags: patch-cipriano

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