December 2009
“There are so many people out there who will tell you that you can’t. What you’ve...”
– Layne Beachley (via kari-shma)
“If ever there is a tomorrow when we’re not together, there is something you must...”
– Winnie the Pooh (via kari-shma)
Love Actually
Natalie: He says no one's gonna fancy a girl with thighs the size of big tree trunks. Not a nice guy, actually, in the end.
Prime Minister: Ah! You know, um, being Prime Minister, I could just have him murdered.
Natalie: Thank you, sir. I'll think about it.
Prime Minister: Do. The SAS are absolutely charming. Ruthless trained killers are just a phone call away.
“138 lbs, alcohol units 6, cigarettes 45, calories 5,732, chocolate tree...”
– Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason by Helen Fielding
“One day she won’t love you too. It will break your heart.”
– Neil Gaiman, Strange Little Girls
“As things stand now, I am going to be a writer. I’m not sure that I’m going to...”
– Hunter S. Thompson in “The Proud Highway”, letter to Roger Richards from Cuddebackville June 3, 1959 (age 22) (via predatorywaspobserver) (via leftunderbooks) (via booksbooksbooks) (via ilovereadingandwriting)
“The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream.”
– Marilyn Monroe (via kari-shma)
“The world has enough women who are tough; we need women who are tender. There...”
– Margaret Nadauld (via kari-shma)
“It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or...”
– Oscar Wilde (via kari-shma)
“It’s just that…I just think that some things are meant to be broken. Imperfect....”
– Sarah Dessen (via kari-shma)
“A writer that writes for the pure joy of writing. Not to sell books, or to make...”
– Tom Davis (via ilovereadingandwriting)
“Every story I’ve written was written because I had to write it. Writing stories...”
– Ray Bradbury (via ilovereadingandwriting)
“Read, read, read. Read everything—trash, classics, good and bad, and see how...”
– WILLIAM FAULKNER (via ilovereadingandwriting)
“The secret to being a writer is that you have to write. It’s not enough to think...”
– Augusten Burroughs (via ilovereadingandwriting)
“But once in a while people push on to something better. Something found just...”
– Lucas Scott, OTH (via kari-shma)
“I must write it all out, at any cost. Writing is thinking. It is more than...”
– Anne Morrow Lindbergh (via nihilnoetia) (via booklover) (via ilovereadingandwriting)
“You must write every single day of your life. You must lurk in libraries to...”
– Ray Bradbury. (via ilovereadingandwriting)
“If you don’t have the time to read, you don’t have the time or the tools to...”
– ~ Stephen King (via ilovereadingandwriting)
“Finally, one just has to shut up, sit down, and write.”
– Natalie Goldberg (via ilovereadingandwriting)
“Her books are always paperback; her bindings always broken. There is forever a...”
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“Books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh and cry and find meaning...”
– Christopher Paolini (Eragon) (via kaustubha) (via readbooks) (via ilovereadingandwriting)
“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with...”
– Maya Angelou (via quotewhore)
“Books may well be the only true magic.”
– Alice Hoffman (via kari-shma)
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“It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are still...”
– George Eliot (via quotewhore)
“Adversity is like a strong wind. I don’t mean just that it holds us back from a...”
– Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha (via quotewhore)
“One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.”
– Jack Kerouac (via quotewhore)
“I heard what you said. I’m not the silly romantic you think. I don’t want the...”
– Shana Abé (via kari-shma)
“Age has no reality except in the physical world. The essence of a human being is...”
– Life in the Time of Cholera (via filmquotes)
“Folks, my firm’s done a tremendous amount of marketing research and we’ve...”
– Surviving Christmas (via filmquotes)
“Write your story as it needs to be written. Write it honestly, and tell it as...”
– Neil Gaiman (via ilovereadingandwriting) (via fuckyeahgaiman) (via fyneilgaiman)
“Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself....”
– Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist) (via kari-shma)
“A lot of fellows nowadays have a B.A., M.D., or Ph.D. Unfortunately, they don’t...”
– Fats Domino (via kari-shma)