Some of my favourite quotes; from books and people. Three posts here, here and here, which feature quotes found on my pinterest board.
Also, if you search the term 'quotes' in my labels, there's a large stream of them, hopefully this link will work for that.
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'It was just as my father said: the wolves knew when it was time to stop looking for what they'd lost, to focus instead on what was yet to come.' - Jodi Picoult, The Lone Wolf
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Time you enjoyed wasting, is not wasted time.
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When I roll over
and shake the sleep from my skin,
I want to find you. - Tyler Knott Gregson
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every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of us.
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Sometimes you can tell how much people love each other without even seeing their faces. - Color me Katie
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I can't possibly describe how much I love you, so I'll tell you why I love you. - Brooke, One Tree Hill.
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Hassan returned the smile. Except his didn't look forced. "I know," he said. And that's the thing about people that mean everything that they say. They think everyone else does too. - the kite runner, Khaled Hosseini..
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But he respects the traditions of Eid-e-Qurban. The custom is to divide the meat into thirds, one for the family, one for friends, and one for the poor. Every year, Baba gives it all to the poor. The rich are fat enough already, he says. - the kite runner, Khaled Hosseini.
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One time, when I was really little, I climbed a tree and ate these green, sour apples. My stomach swelled and became hard like a drum. It hurt a lot. Mother said that if I'd just waited for the apples to ripen, I wouldn't have become sick. So now, whenever I really want something, I try to remember what she said about the apples. - the kite runner, Khaled Hosseini.
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Our souls were one, if you must know
and never shall they be apart;
with splendid dawn, your face aglow
I reach for you and find my heart. - the notebook, Nicholas Sparks.
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Dusk, I realised then, is just an illusion, because the sun is either above the horizon or below it. And that means that day and night are linked in a way that few things are; there cannot be one without the other, yet they cannot exist at the same time. - the notebook, Nicholas Sparks.
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How would it feel, I remember wondering, to be always together, yet forever apart? - the notebook, Nicholas Sparks.
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