Iris > Iris's Quotes

“She taught me everything I know about patience, kindness, strength, and unconditional love. For that, I am forever in her debt. Lily, you were, quite simply, the greatest to me.”
― Steven Rowley, Lily and the Octopus

“Watch out for that pedestrian!"

"It's on the street, it knows the risks it's taking!”
― Neil Gaiman, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

“There was no light at the end of the tunnel--or if there was, it was an oncoming train.”
― Terry Pratchett, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

“It’s amazing that relationships can form and last under the constraints of never fully knowing. Never knowing for sure what the other person is thinking. Never knowing for sure who a person is.”
― Iain Reid, I'm Thinking of Ending Things

“We accept, reject, and discern through symbols. These are as important to our understanding of life, our understanding of existence and what has value, whats worthwhile, as math and science ... it's all part of how we work through things, how we make decisions.”
― Iain Reid, I'm Thinking of Ending Things

“I’m glad we don’t know everything.” “You’re glad?” “That we don’t know all the answers, that we can’t explain it all, like space. Maybe we’re not supposed to know all the answers. Questions are good. They’re better than answers. If you want to know more about life, how we work, how we progress, it’s questions that are important. That’s what pushes and stretches our intellect. I think questions make us feel less lonely and more connected. It’s not always about knowing. I appreciate not knowing. Not knowing is human. That’s how it should be, like space. It’s unsolvable, and it’s dark,” I say, “but not entirely.”
― Iain Reid, I'm Thinking of Ending Things

“Have been unavoidably detained by the world. Expect us when you see us.”
― Neil Gaiman, Stardust

“Wees als een vogel. Laat je niet vastbinden. Je hoeft niet te kiezen.”
― Sinan Çankaya, Mijn ontelbare identiteiten

“In een wereld die tegen je aanduwt en aan je trekt, is het omarmen van je ontelbare identiteiten een verzetsdaad.”
― Sinan Çankaya, Mijn ontelbare identiteiten

“Was this what made her husband call me? Phoning me up after one a.m. to express his respect for the shape of my cock? Hardly.”
― Haruki Murakami, Men Without Women