Quotes - Amy (Scotland, The United Kingdom) Showing 1-30 of 57

#1

“Aziz winked at him slowly and said: “...There are many ways of being a man; mine is to express what is deepest in my heart.”
― E.M. Forster, A Passage to India

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#2

“Sometimes I think too much fuss is made about marriage. Century after century of carnal embracement and we're still no nearer to understanding one another.”
― E.M. Forster, A Passage to India

52 likes

#3

“I'd far rather leave a thought behind me than a child. Other people can have children.”
― E.M. Forster, A Passage to India

tags: children

50 likes

#4

“I believe in teaching people to be individuals, and to understand other individuals.”
― E.M. Forster, A Passage to India

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#5

“Life never gives us what we want at the moment that we consider appropriate. Adventures do occur, but not punctually.”
― E.M. Forster, A Passage to India

tags: adventure, life

138 likes

#6

“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

tags: dreams, life

48256 likes

#7

“Wit beyond measure is man’s greatest treasure.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

tags: wit

10817 likes

#8

“We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

tags: dumbledore, strength, unity

10772 likes

#9

“Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.”
― J.K. rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

tags: fear

5217 likes

#10

“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

tags: friendship, love

23057 likes

#11

“Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.”
― Jane Austen

2193 likes

#12

“If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

623 likes

#13

“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

tags: aliteracy, books, classic, humor

51606 likes

#14

“Beware how you give your heart.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

253 likes

#15

“Where the heart is really attached, I know very well how little one can be pleased with the attention of any body else.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

tags: love

137 likes

#16

“She generally gave herself very good advice, (though she very seldom followed it).”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass

5871 likes

#17

“It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.”
― Lewis Carroll

tags: alice, humor, inspirational, philosophy-of-life, psychological, yesterday

17415 likes

#18

“But I don’t want to go among mad people," Alice remarked.
"Oh, you can’t help that," said the Cat: "we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad."
"How do you know I’m mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn’t have come here.”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

tags: alice-s-adventures-in-wonderland

6302 likes

#19

“I know who I WAS when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass

2149 likes

#20

“Alice: How long is forever?
White Rabbit: Sometimes, just one second.”
― Lewis Carroll

tags: alice-in-wonderland

1842 likes

#21

“I'm afraid I can't explain myself, sir. Because I am not myself, you see?”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

1006 likes

#22

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

tags: better-life-empathy

18377 likes

#23

“People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

5842 likes

#24

“I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

tags: brotherhood-of-man, people, scout

3684 likes

#25

“Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

tags: mockingbird, sin, wisdom

1849 likes

#26

“Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

tags: character, courage, inspirational, moral-courage, perseverance, tenacity

1585 likes

#27

“Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

tags: atticus-finch, jem, scout

371 likes

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