Amanda Rabbers > Amanda's Quotes

“[Dean] “My dear fellow, who will let you?”

[Roark] “That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
― Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

“Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn't carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life.”
― Stephen King

“For you, a thousand times over”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.”
― Lois Lowry, The Giver

“With freedom, flowers, books, and the moon, who could not be perfectly happy?”
― Oscar Wilde, De Profundis

“The scariest moment is always just before you start.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“Take pride in your pain; you are stronger than those who have none”
― Lois Lowry, Gathering Blue

“If you have two friends in your lifetime, you're lucky. If you have one good friend, you're more than lucky.”
― S.E. Hinton

“Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.”
― Albert Einstein

“It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emerson in His Journals

“Hitler said KdF brought opportunity for everyone, all were equal. But how could all be equal if some were favored?”
― Ruta Sepetys, Salt to the Sea

“I watched from the raft as the beautiful deep began to swallow the massive boat of steel.
In one large gulp.”
― Ruta Sepetys, Salt to the Sea