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Related I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if... STEPHEN CHBOSKY You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part. HENRY JAMES She wasn't bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So, I guess we are who we are for alot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I love my mom so much. I don't care if that's corny to say. I think on my next birthday, I'm going t... STEPHEN CHBOSKY We Are All Infinite STEPHEN CHBOSKY (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes... JEAN SASSON You can't just sit there and put everyone's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I saw other people there. Old men sitting alone. Young girls with blue eye shadow and awkward jaws. ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY That one moment when you know you are not a sad story. You are ALIVE. STEPHAN CHBOSKY Somos quienes somos por un montón de razones.Quizás nunca conozcamos la mayoría de ellas.Pero aun... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Ambos dijeron que tomara asiento y parecían hablar en serio, así que me senté. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I know these will all be stories some day, and our pictures will become old photographs. We all beco... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybewe'll never know most of them. STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. STEPHEN CHBOSKY There's nothing like the deep breathes after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore st... STHEPHEN CHBOSKY no more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks, when the teacher rings the bell, drop... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I don't know the significance of this, but I find it very interesting. STEPHEN CHBOSKY Maybe it’s sad that these are now memories. And maybe it’s not sad. STEPHEN CHBOSKY Only fools wait, and only tools bait. CRE There are approximately two trillion cells in the human body. You are never alone, there are always ... DWIGHT W. HAYES I was very grateful to have heard it again. Because I guess we all forget sometimes. And I think eve... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Well, you can't know it without something having been sneezed. A.A. MILNE We'll be Friends Forever, won't we, Pooh?' asked Piglet. Even longer,' Pooh answered.” ... A.A. MILNE I am often asked how it is that I am able to value people to such a deep degree. Apparently, I exhib... C. JOYBELL C. We begin to fight. The wind and I. Horns locked. Battling each other with elements. LAURA DOCKRILL A lot of teenagers write to me and say "I want to write a book. I want to get published." And those ... MAUREEN JOHNSON You're full of contradictions, Ms. Wallace." I looked up at him and arched a brow. "I'm a girl... 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ANUJ SOMANY Everyone out there is using you for their entertainment and what you mostly need is to be entertainm... SUPERNA BATHEJA He had what he called just a small ration of tools: A painted book. A handful of pencils.<... MARKUS ZUSAK I just want you to know that you’re very special… and the only reason I’m telling you is that ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I thought I would write a love letter. But then, I wrote a book." - Suzy Davies, on "Johari's Window SUZY DAVIES The Dream of a Queer Fellow I write the words again and they appear doubly pregnant with meaning. It... JOHN MIDDLETON MURRY If you have read this far in the chronicle of the Baudelaire orphans - and I certainly hope you have... LEMONY SNICKET Some people never take a chance and never know what it's like to live life to the full. CHLOE THURLOW You assumed whatever was vivid to yourself was vivid to others, and vice versa, but she was going to... GARTH RISK HALLBERG Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. You deserve to be with somebody, who knows you're the one, from that very first moment he lays eyes ... C. JOYBELL C. I'm not saying that I'm better than anyone... I'm just saying that I'm one-of-a-kind. C LIONG A person of value have skill, a vision & a deep desire to achieve what they dream for. Happiness com... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA A man of guilt acknowledges and changes himself immediately on being hinted slightly about his fault... ANUJ SOMANY The school year progressed slowly. I felt as if I had been in the sixth grade for years, yet it was ... LUCY GREALY The value of a consultant;An outsider can see what an insider cannot see or has decided to ignore. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) A family is like a card game, on one hand, you can get a really bad hand and on the other, your hand... GARY F EVANS... 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TEKOA MANNING Put my head under my pillow, and let the quiet put things where they are supposed to be. STEPHEN CHBOSKY Farming is the oldest profession on earth SOTONYE ANGA He said it was the kind of book you made your own. STEPHEN CHBOSKY No hay nada como respirar hondo después de reírte tanto. Nada en el mundo como el dolor de estóma... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Sam dropped me off. When she was too far away to see me, I started to cry again. Because she was my ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha... FRANCINE RIVERS A small change can make a big difference. You are the only one who can make our world a better place... ANKITA SINGHAL If I provide for this life and turn away from the Lord, I am wise for a moment, but lost forever. FRANCINE RIVERS The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha... FRANCINE RIVERS the room of the spirit is the mind and the seat of the spirit is the heart. What we give room to muc... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH This is not Winterfell', he told him as he cut his meat with fork and dagger. 'On the Wall, a man ge... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN We die a day at a time BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA Like a deep sad note played beneath the ocean waving through the orb the memories of ... PAWAN MISHRA Si escuchas la canción Asleep, y piensas en esos días en los que hace un clima precioso que te hac... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Absoballylutely top hole, wot. A and B the C of D I'd say. . . Above and Beyond the Call of Duty. BRIAN JACQUES A cold wind was blowing from the north, and it made the trees rustle like living things. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN His cloak was his crowning glory; sable, thick and black and soft as sin. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN How to break this to him. How to let a thing be broken. GARTH RISK HALLBERG In a world in which the common rule which binds and regulates what the general masses feel is underm... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH And they say She's in the class A Team Stuck in her daydream Been that way since eigh... ED SHEERAN Mother Superior jump the gun... -The Beatles, Happiness is a Warm Gun LAUREN MYRACLE When a child dies, a parent loses a part of themselves,” he said. “Your whole world ceases to ex... NICOLE WILLIAMS it's okay to feel things. And be who you are about them. STEPHEN CHOBOSKY All concepts of making a point is another failure of communication. DEYTH BANGER I just want silence... nothing less... nothing more. DEYTH BANGER Knowledge causes depression and a lot of pressure. DEYTH BANGER This is going to take a while. I'm a fantasy author. We have trouble with the concept of brevity. BRANDON SANDERSON Be yourself and people will like you. JEFF KINNEY The best person I know is Myself. JEFF KINNEY If you play football, then for every goal that you score, ask your self, what is the 'grudge of a li... APURVA GAGLANI I don’t want to start thinking again. Not like I have this last week. I can’t think again. Not e... STEPHEN CHBOSKY It's strange to describe reading a book as a really great experience, but that's kind of how it felt... STEPHEN CHBOSKY The mightiest power of death is not that it can make people die, but that it can make the people you... FREDRIK BACKMAN Closed eyes, heart not beating, but a living love. AVIS COREA I’m caught between trying to live my life, and trying to run from it. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I don't want to be somebody's crush.if somebody likes me, i want them to like the real me, not what ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY لم يكن بمقدوري سوى الهروب إلى عالمي الخاص: إلى الحلم. أت... مليكة مستظرف When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing w... A.A. MILNE Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and s... CARTER CROCKER
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I hate numbers. I hate chapter numbers. I hate them. GARTH STEIN In documentary films, you're a storyteller using found objects. You still have to have a story a... GARTH STEIN All athletes speak about the mental element of athletics, and it usually boils down to the same thin... GARTH STEIN If only one in 1,000 people that I talk to goes on to write a good book, that's one more good bo... GARTH NIX With the 'Old Kingdom' trilogy, at least half the readers were older adults rather than youn... GARTH NIX I like movies in particular, on video or T.V. I have lots of old favorites, like Danny Kaye in '... GARTH NIX Unlike the stereotypical author, I've never had a job as a short-order cook, but I love cooking ... GARTH NIX I studied writing at university, and I actually majored in screenwriting. Then I went to work as a b... GARTH NIX I loved publishing; I loved working in the book industry, but I've been writing pretty much nons... GARTH NIX In any genre you're working in, you can always find a way to tell a particular kind of story. I ... GARTH NIX There is a very big difference between writing for children and writing for young adults. The first ... GARTH NIX Writing for children, you do bear a responsibility to not include overt or graphic adult content tha... GARTH NIX I grew up in a house full of books and parents who read, which led to me to reading from a very youn... GARTH NIX In all my books, I try to have a strong element of realism underlying the fantastic. GARTH NIX I find the presence of the sea quite inspiring, and sometimes I do just get out and walk around and ... GARTH NIX I tend to think of stories and books as being for everyone, just with an 'entry reading age'... GARTH NIX Unfortunately or fortunately, in order to become acquainted with the idiom of country or rock music,... GARTH HUDSON I've seen a fair bit of the States and the rest of the world, and I'm convinced that there... GARTH ENNIS As the scripts come in they are sent to the artists, and the artists are either very busy, or ready ... GARTH ENNIS I don't necessarily write everything as automatically assuming it will be collected, there's... GARTH ENNIS I guess you can stay sort of true to the story; you don't have to artificially bring the charact... GARTH ENNIS I suppose that Heartland, Unknown Soldier and Pride and Joy represent not a quieter side but more of... GARTH ENNIS I'm sure you're aware, with the time it takes to put these books together, everything can su... GARTH ENNIS If you look at Marvel Comics, there are very few Marvel characters I would like to write. GARTH ENNIS It would have shown people that I was prepared to do that kind of work, although I find myself in a ... GARTH ENNIS Most regular superhero books are designed to go on forever; of course, very few of them do, but the ... GARTH ENNIS There's immense fun to be had as long as you can sort of sneak it past DC. I have been told on o... GARTH ENNIS Wouldn't want to write the X-Men, and I suppose the X-Men is the ultimate Marvel comic, and I re... GARTH ENNIS Yeah, Hitman I suppose is most of the time a lighter read than Preacher; it was always going to be. GARTH ENNIS With a mini series you can give the story a proper sense of pacing, a proper sense of closure. GARTH ENNIS I tend to forget what I'm doing will ever be read while I'm writing it, and just get on with... GARTH ENNIS The comics I read as a kid were much more influenced by TV and movies. Encountering superheroes as a... GARTH ENNIS Hitman does well and it certainly does well enough to survive, but at the same time I don't want... GARTH ENNIS It's nice to be in a situation where the two books that I write for a sort of regular monthly in... GARTH ENNIS Preacher is a book that somehow allows me time by its settling on it's characters, that sort of ... GARTH ENNIS You know, I think I did originally have some sort of idea of maybe a Where Eagles Dare kind of missi... GARTH ENNIS I can't really put it in one sentence because although on one hand Preacher is about faith and y... GARTH ENNIS I loved 'Monsoon Wedding' and 'Lunchbox' because they had 'real' stories. I ... GARTH DAVIS I like to be involved with the scriptwriter early on, helping shape the story, and working out how t... GARTH DAVIS Most of the available Indian films in Australia are Bollywood. I did not watch them. In my early day... GARTH DAVIS There's no doubt that 'Lion' is an audience pleaser. I mean, I went to a lot of research... GARTH DAVIS Audiences are smart, and they don't need to be spoon-fed everything. GARTH DAVIS I've always just focused on the work, and I've just tried to be honest with the work. If the... GARTH DAVIS I love going to the cinema and thinking you're seeing something, and you end up on a whole other... GARTH DAVIS The way I work is I like to immerse myself in the world of the film and in the character's lives... GARTH DAVIS I definitely storyboard, but I only start once I have cast and location. I like to find the world fi... GARTH DAVIS Filmmaking is not a job but a social responsibility for me. GARTH DAVIS I'm just trying to approach what I make with as much respect and research as I can, and just mak... GARTH DAVIS Sometimes I thank God... for cheeseburgers. GARTH BROOKS Because of the changes in the Padres team I played with last year, I felt like a veteran recently wh... GARTH BROOKS I'm much too young to feel this damn old. GARTH BROOKS I'd much rather have the honesty than not. Because if you will say what's on your mind and g... GARTH BROOKS It's the sweetest thing to be a parent of a daughter. When they hit their twenties, they become ... GARTH BROOKS People aren't always themselves. They're always holding back something. GARTH BROOKS You can't succeed if you don't know what losing is. GARTH BROOKS I spend all my time right now trying to combat music retail and copyright. GARTH BROOKS