Kaiti Laughlin > Kaiti's Quotes

“Do not read as children do to enjoy themselves, or, as the ambitious do to educate themselves. No, read to live.”
― Gustave Flaubert

“Make your mistakes, take your chances, look silly, but keep on going. Don’t freeze up.”
― Thomas Wolfe, You Can't Go Home Again

“Ordinary life is pretty complex stuff.”
― Harvey Pekar

“are you breathing, are you lucky enough
to be breathing”
― Hettie Jones

“Truth crushed to earth shall rise again.”
― William Cullen Bryant

“Sometimes you wake up. Sometimes the fall kills you. And sometimes, when you fall, you fly.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 6: Fables & Reflections

“No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.”
― Alice Walker

“I write to discover what I know.”
― Flannery O'Connor

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

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

“Even the strongest and bravest must sometimes weep. It shows they have a great heart, one that can feel compassion for others.”
― Brian Jacques, Redwall

“Some people care too much. I think it's called love.”
― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh

“Please believe that one single positive dream is more important than a thousand negative realities.”
― Adeline Yen Mah, Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter