Quotes For You.

Britt|Hawaii|22 Sharing my love of literature and quotes with you all. Enjoy! Quotes shape us, whether it's from a book, tv show/movie, song lyrics, or another individual. Quotes are based off of other people's experiences, thoughts and perceptions. Whether you realize it or not, we all learn from each other. We all have experienced the same situations in one way or another; we can all relate.   Instagram: @bfukutomi

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When my eyes meet his gaze as we're sitting here staring at each other, time stops. Those eyes are piercing mine, and I can swear at this moment he senses the real me. The one without the attitude, without the facade

   Simone Elkeles, Perfect Chemistry          

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He wasn't into one-night stands, he wasn't into scoring just to see if he could, he wasn't into acting just charming enough to get what he wanted before cutting loose in favor of someone new and attractive. He just wasn't like that. He would never be like that. When he met a girl, the first question he asked himself wasn't whether she was good for a few dates; it was whether she was the kind of girl he could imagine spending time with in the long haul.

Nicholas Sparks, The Last Song          

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It was as if the empty nights were made for thinking of him. And sometimes I found myself so vividly aware of him it was as if he had only just left the room and the ring of his voice were still there. And somehow, there was a disturbing comfort in that, and, despite myself, I’d envision his face.

Anne Rice, Interview with the Vampire          

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There's nothing more inspiring than the complexity and beauty of the human heart.

Cynthia Hand, Hallowed          

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The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.

Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture          

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Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.

Oscar Wilde

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When he shall die, Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun.

William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

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Your life today is the result of a series of decisions you made that have caused you to arrive where you are.

Chris Prentiss

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What was it about relationships that made you feel so vulnerable? Oh, right. A relationship. In any relationship, you put yourself out there. You exposed all of your sensitive nerve endings and your heart and you just had to hope that you trusted the right person.

Courtney Cole, Every Last Kiss

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It's amazing that the heart makes no noise when it cracks.

Robert Cormier, Heroes

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All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.

Francis of Assisi, The Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assisi

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I like flaws. I think they make things interesting.

Sarah Dessen, The Truth About Forever

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The beautiful part of writing is that you don't have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon.

Robert Cormier

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They seemed to come suddenly upon happiness as if they had surprised a butterfly in the winter woods.

Edith Wharton, Ethan Frome

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To say that death opposes life is just the same as you would say you live the absolute truth.

Sorin Cerin

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You can have many great ideas in your head, but what makes the difference is the action. Without action upon an idea, there will be no manifestation, no results, and no reward.

Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom