Smita Vandre > Smita's Quotes

“The greatest danger to our future is apathy.”
― Jane Goodall

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

“Women want love to be a novel. Men, a short story.”
― Daphne du Maurier

“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

“Do not assume that he who seeks to comfort you now, lives untroubled among the simple and quiet words that sometimes do you good. His life may also have much sadness and difficulty, that remains far beyond yours. Were it otherwise, he would never have been able to find these words.”
― Rainer Maria Rilke

“I wonder how many people I've looked at all my life and never seen.”
― John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent

“And so it goes...”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

“You're only young once, they say, but doesn't it go on for a long time? More years than you can bear.”
― Hilary Mantel, An Experiment in Love

“The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.”
― Hubert H. Humphrey

“Life is Continuous learning process!”
― Kshitij Patukale

“There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they'll take you.”
― Beatrix Potter

“Of course." He picked up the brown bag of candy on the table. "What's your . . ." He trailed off as he weighed the bag in his hands. "Didn't I give you three pounds of candy?"
She smiled impishly.
"You ate half the bag!"
"Was I supposed to save it?"
"I would have liked some!"
"You never told me that."
"Because I didn't expect you to consume all of it before breakfast!"
She snatched the bag from him and put it on the table. "Well, that just shows poor judgement on your part, doesn't it?”
― Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass

“She moaned into her pillow. "Go away. I feel like dying."
"No fair maiden should die alone," he said, putting a hand on hers. "Shall I read to you in your final moments? What story would you like?"
She snatched her hand back. "How about the story of the idiotic prince who won't leave the assassin alone?"
"Oh! I love that story! It has such a happy ending, too—why, the assassin was really feigning her illness in order to get the prince's attention! Who would have guessed it? Such a clever girl. And the bedroom scene is so lovely—it's worth reading through all of their ceaseless banter!”
― Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass

“Why should you believe your eyes? You were given eyes to see with, not to believe with. Your eyes can see the mirage, the hallucination as easily as the actual scenery.”
― Ward Moore, Bring the Jubilee