Amanda > Amanda's Quotes

“Of course motivation is not permanent. But then, neither is bathing; but it is something you should do on a regular basis.”
― Zig Ziglar, Raising Positive Kids in a Negative World

“I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.”
― Edgar Allan Poe

“If everybody is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.”
― George S. Patton

“It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of ANNABEL LEE;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me”
― Edgar Allan Poe

“What's the good of living if you don't try a few things?”
― Charles M. Schulz

“But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.”
― Khaled Hosseini

“You're alive only once, as far as we know, and what could be worse than getting to the end of your life and realizing you hadn't lived it?”
― Edward Albee

“If you obey all of the rules, you miss all of the fun.”
― Katharine Hepburn

“...you can hate a place with all your heart and soul and still be homesick for it.”
― Joseph Mitchell

“Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.”
― C.S. Lewis

“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.”
― Robert Bloch

“You are imperfect, permanently and inevitably flawed. And you are beautiful.”
― Amy Bloom

“God save us from people who mean well.”
― Vikram Seth, A Suitable Boy

“When you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough.”
― William Saroyan