Marianne Perry > Marianne's Quotes

“You will be more disappointed in life by the things that you do not do than by the things that you do.”
― Mark Twain

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“The only way to do all the things you'd like to do is to read”
― Tom Clancy

“The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman is seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides. True beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It's the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she shows & the beauty of a woman only grows with passing years.”
― Audrey Hepburn

“I shall try to tell the truth, but the result will be fiction.”
― Katherine Anne Porter

“Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact.”
― George Eliot, Impressions of Theophrastus Such

“Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.”
― E.M. Forster

“Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.”
― Alexander Pope

“Woke up this morning with a terrific urge to lie in bed all day and read.”
― Raymond Carver

“Ending a novel is almost like putting a child to sleep—it can't be done abruptly.”
― Colm Tóibín

“I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.”
― Helen Keller

“I know all about endings. It is beginnings that elude me.”
― Marion Zimmer Bradley, Marion Zimmer Bradley's Ancestors of Avalon

“I can't imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once.”
― C.S. Lewis

“Honestly, if you were any slower, you’d be going backward.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

“A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.”
― Thomas Mann, Essays of Three Decades

“Do no harm and leave the world a better place than you found it.”
― Patricia Cornwell

“It was written I should be loyal to the nightmare of my choice.”
― Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness

“So stay true to your own nature. If you like to do things in a slow and steady way, don't let others make you feel as if you have to race. If you enjoy depth, don't force yourself to seek breadth. If you prefer single-tasking to multi-tasking, stick to your guns. Being relatively unmoved by rewards gives you the incalculable power to go your own way.”
― Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

“Spend your free time the way you like, not the way you think you're supposed to. Stay home on New Year's Eve if that's what makes you happy. Skip the committee meeting. Cross the street to avoid making aimless chitchat with random acquaintances. Read. Cook. Run. Write a story. Make a deal with yourself that you'll attend a set number of social events in exchange for not feeling guilty when you beg off.”
― Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

“Introverts, in contrast, may have strong social skills and enjoy parties and business meetings, but after a while wish they were home in their pajamas. They prefer to devote their social energies to close friends, colleagues, and family. They listen more than they talk, think before they speak, and often feel as if they express themselves better in writing than in conversation. They tend to dislike conflict. Many have a horror of small talk, but enjoy deep discussions.”
― Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

“Spend your free time the way you like, not the way you think you're supposed to.”
― Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.”
― Charles M. Schulz

“Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change.”
― Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein

“If you don't like someone's story, write your own.”
― Chinua Achebe

“People change and forget to tell each other.”
― Lillian Hellman

“If there's a single lesson that life teaches us, it's that wishing doesn't make it so.”
― Lev Grossman, The Magicians

“We improve ourselves by victory over our self. There must be contests, and you must win.”
― Edward Gibbon

“Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson

“‎Though nobody can go back and make a new beginning... Anyone can start over and make a new ending.”
― Chico Xavier

“Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.”
― Abraham Lincoln