Erin Scott > Erin's Quotes

“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
― Mark Twain

“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
― Mark Twain

“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.”
― Mark Twain

“Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.”
― Mark Twain

“My dear,
Find what you love and let it kill you.
Let it drain you of your all. Let it cling onto your back and weigh you down into eventual nothingness.
Let it kill you and let it devour your remains.
For all things will kill you, both slowly and fastly, but it’s much better to be killed by a lover.
~ Falsely yours”
― Kinky Friedman

“The way you make an omelet reveals your character.”
― Anthony Bourdain

“Where both deliberate, the love is slight; Who ever loved, that loved not at first sight?”
― Christopher Marlowe

“We must have the stubbornness to accept our gladness in the ruthless furnace of this world.”
― Jack Gilbert, Refusing Heaven: Poems

“We must risk delight. We can do without pleasure,
but not delight. Not enjoyment. We must have
the stubbornness to accept our gladness in the ruthless
furnace of this world. To make injustice the only
measure of our attention is to praise the Devil.”
― Jack Gilbert, Refusing Heaven

“A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.”
― Douglas Adams, Mostly Harmless

“I was like an old leafless tree until we met green buds burst and blossom

now that I have you I'll never forget what I owe you”
― Ikkyu, Crow With No Mouth: Ikkyu, Fifteenth Century Zen Master

“If you don't know where you are going any road can take you there”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland