Alice > Alice's Quotes

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
― Bernard M. Baruch

“A man's library is a sort of harem.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“... The use of your gift for good is your responsibility. You must decide for yourself.”
― Thomas Sweeney, The Harem

“My eyes refuse to let him leave, but he stands still holding my hand, lingering for as long as possible.”
― Thomas Sweeney, The Harem

“We are one.”
― Thomas Sweeney, The Harem

“Have you ever believed in something so completely that you were willing to give up everything and everyone in your life to protect it?”
― Thomas Sweeney, The Harem

“Rules are made to be broken." - Jared”
― Martha Sweeney, Breathe In

“Got the itch? - Jared”
― Martha Sweeney, Breathe In

“So many choices and temptations tonight. - Emma”
― Martha Sweeney, Breathe In

“Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness.”
― Ayn Rand

“I could die for you. But I couldn't, and wouldn't, live for you.”
― Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

“Freedom (n.): To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.”
― Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

“Love is blind, they say; sex is impervious to reason and mocks the power of all philosophers. But, in fact, a person's sexual choice is the result and sum of their fundamental convictions. Tell me what a person finds sexually attractive and I will tell you their entire philosophy of life. Show me the person they sleep with and I will tell you their valuation of themselves. No matter what corruption they're taught about the virtue of selflessness, sex is the most profoundly selfish of all acts, an act which they cannot perform for any motive but their own enjoyment - just try to think of performing it in a spirit of selfless charity! - an act which is not possible in self-abasement, only in self-exultation, only on the confidence of being desired and being worthy of desire. It is an act that forces them to stand naked in spirit, as well as in body, and accept their real ego as their standard of value. They will always be attracted to the person who reflects their deepest vision of themselves, the person whose surrender permits them to experience - or to fake - a sense of self-esteem .. Love is our response to our highest values - and can be nothing else.”
― Ayn Rand

“A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.”
― Ayn Rand

“To say "I love you" one must know first how to say the "I".”
― Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

“Something significant, magical, and
inspiring happens with each word you read in the pages of a book. You explore new lands, meet new people, feel new emotions, and are no longer the same person you were one word prior to reading it.”
― Martha Sweeney, Bookish: Adult Coloring Book

“You become a changed person when you face the reaper and deny him your soul.”
― Martha Sweeney, Killmore