Artemis > Artemis's Quotes

“I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

“No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.”
― François de La Rochefoucauld

“To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

“A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.”
― Oscar Wilde

“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
― Mark Twain

“I don't want to die without any scars.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club

“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”
― Mark Twain

“Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.”
― Mark Twain

“It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.”
― Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“One cannot answer for his courage when he has never been in danger.”
― Francois de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims

“We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.”
― François de La Rochefoucauld

“We rarely think people have good sense unless they agree with us.”
― Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen.”
― François de La Rochefoucauld

“Almost all our faults are more pardonable than the methods we resort to to hide them.”
― François de La Rochefoucauld

“We have no patience with other people's vanity because it is offensive to our own.”
― Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others, that in the end, we become disguised to ourselves.”
― François de La Rochefoucauld

“The Only Thing That Is Constant Is Change -”
― Heraclitus

“Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.”
― François de La Rochefoucauld

“Second-rate minds usually condemn everything beyond their grasp.”
― François de La Rochefoucauld

“We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.”
― Francois Duc de La Rochefoucauld

“Thinkers think and doers do. But until the thinkers do and the doers think, progress will be just another word in the already overburdened vocabulary by sense.”
― Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.”
― François de La Rochefoucauld

“We would often be ashamed of our best actions if the world only knew the motives behind them.”
― Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“Forbidden to remember, terrified to forget; it was a hard line to walk.”
― Stephenie Meyer, New Moon

“Deep in the meadow, hidden far away
A cloak of leaves, a moonbeam ray
Forget your woes and let your troubles lay
And when it's morning again, they'll wash away
Here it's safe, here it's warm
Here the daisies guard you from every harm
Here your dreams are sweet and tomorrow brings them true
Here is the place where I love you.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“You don’t forget the face of the person who was your last hope.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“Remember, we're madly in love, so it's all right to kiss me anytime you feel like it.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“I'm coming back into focus when Caesar asks him if he has a girlfriend back home. Peeta hesitates, then gives an unconvincing shake of his head.

Handsome lad like you. There must be some special girl. Come on, what’s her name?" says Caesar.

Peeta sighs. "Well, there is this one girl. I’ve had a crush on her ever since I can remember. But I’m pretty sure she didn’t know I was alive until the reaping."

Sounds of sympathy from the crowd. Unrequited love they can relate to.

She have another fellow?" asks Caesar.

I don’t know, but a lot of boys like her," says Peeta.

So, here’s what you do. You win, you go home. She can’t turn you down then, eh?" says Caesar encouragingly.

I don’t think it’s going to work out. Winning...won’t help in my case," says Peeta.

Why ever not?" says Caesar, mystified.

Peeta blushes beet red and stammers out. "Because...because...she came here with me.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“Destroying things is much easier than making them.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“You love me. Real or not real?"
I tell him, "Real.”
― Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay