Quotes

"Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths,Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half-light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams."

"Din vanitate o  crutase. Din ipocrizie purtase masca bunatatii. Din curiozitate incercase renuntarea."

"Tragedia batranetii nu este faptul ca esti batran, ci ca esti tanar inlauntrul tau."

"Ce castiga cineva daca obtine lumea intreaga si pierde propriul suflet?"

"Sufletul lui era plin de nepasarea fericirii, de indiferenta superioara a bucuriei."

"Romantismul traieste prin repetare, iar repetarea transforma dorinta in arta. In afara de asta, de fiecare data cand cineva iubeste, este singura data cand a iubit vreodata. Diferentierea obiectelor nu modifica unicitatea pasiunii. Doar ca o face mai intensa. In cel mai bun caz, putem avea numai o singura mare experienta, iar secretul vietii este sa reproduca acea experienta cat mai des posibil."

"Life sucks. Get a helmet."

“Call a jack a jack. Call a spade a spade. But always call a whore a lady.”   ― Patrick Rothfuss

“There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.”   ― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“Personal affection is a luxury you can have only after all your enemies are eliminated. Until then, everyone you love is a hostage, sapping your courage and corrupting your judgment.”  ― Orson Scott Card, Empire

“Sam:"Okay, what words would you use then?" I leaned back in the seat, thinking, as Sam looked at me doubtfully. He was right to look doubtful. My head didn't work with words very well- at least not in this abstract, descriptive sort of way.
Grace:"Sensitive" I tried.
Sam translated: "Squishy"
Grace:"Creative"
Sam:"Dangerously emo"
Grace:"Thoughtful"
Sam:"Feng shui."
I laughed so hard I snorted.
Grace:"How did you get feng shui out of thoughtful?"
Sam:"You know, because in feng shui, you arrange funiture and plants and stuff in thoughtful ways.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, Shiver

“I am the literary equivalent of a Big Mac and fries.”    ― Stephen King

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”   ― Albert Einstein

“Have you fallen in love with the wrong person yet?'
Jace said, "Unfortunately, Lady of the Haven, my one true love remains myself."
..."At least," she said, "you don't have to worry about rejection, Jace Wayland."
"Not necessarily. I turn myself down occasionally, just to keep it interesting.”   ― Cassandra Clare, City of Bones

"If you ever catch on fire, try to avoid seeing yourself in the mirror, because I bet that's what really throws you into a panic.”    ― Jack Handey

“Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes" - Jack Handey

“Love conquers all," Aphrodite promised. "Look at Helen and Paris. Did they let anything come between them?"
"Didn't they start the Trojan War and get thousands of people killed?"
"Pfft. That's not the point. Follow your heart.”    ― Rick Riordan, "Percy Jackson" series


“Warrior, when you pledge yourself to the service of a High Priestess, the goal is not to frighten her to death but to protect your lady from death.”
― P.C. Cast, "Hunted"

“Jumping out a window five hundred feet above ground is not usually my idea of fun. Especially when I'm wearing bronze wings and flapping my arms like a duck.”
― Rick Riordan , "Percy Jackson" series

"Metaphor for the night sky: A trillion asterisks and no explanations." - Robert Brault

"This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper." - T.S. Eliot

"Toate cioburile isi gasesc echilibrul"

"First they ignore you, then they laught at you, then they fight with you, then you win."

"Iubirea este fundamentul ființei noastre."

"What is the most resilient parasite? Bacteria? A virus? An intestinal worm? An idea. Resilient... highly contagious. Once an idea has taken hold of the brain it's almost impossible to eradicate. An idea that is fully formed - fully understood - that sticks; right in there somewhere."

"Watch your thoughts for they become words. Watch your words for they become actions. Watch your actions for they become... habits. Watch your habits, for they become your character. And watch your character, for it becomes your destiny! What we think we become."

"Warning: If you are reading this then this warning is for you. Every word you read of this useless fine print is another second off your life. Don't you have other things to do? Is your life so empty that you honestly can't think of a better way to spend these moments? Or are you so impressed with authority that you give respect and credence to all that claim it? Do you read everything you're supposed to read? Do you think every thing you're supposed to think? Buy what you're told to want? Get out of your apartment. Meet a member of the opposite sex. Stop the excessive shopping and masturbation. Quit your job. Start a fight. Prove you're alive. If you don't claim your humanity you will become a statistic. You have been warned."

"Reject the basic assumptions of civilization, especially the importance of material possessions."

"Tyler Durden: Do you know what a duvet is? 

Narrator: It's a comforter... 

Tyler Durden: It's a blanket. Just a blanket. Now why do guys like you and me know what a duvet is? Is this essential to our survival, in the hunter-gatherer sense of the word? No. What are we then? 

Narrator: ...Consumers? 

Tyler Durden: Right. We're consumers. We are by-products of a lifestyle obsession. Murder, crime, poverty, these things don't concern me. What oncerns me are celebrity magazines, television with 500 channels, some guy's name on my underwear. Rogaine, Viagra, Olestra."

"Man, I see in fight club the strongest and smartest men who've ever lived. I see all this potential, and I see squandering. God damn it, an entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables; slaves with white collars. Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need. We're the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our Great War's a spiritual war... our Great Depression is our lives. We've all been raised on television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars. But we won't. And we're slowly learning that fact. And we're very, very pissed off. "

"It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything."

"You're not your job. You're not how much money you have in the bank. You're not the car you drive. You're not the contents of your wallet. You're not your fucking khakis. You're the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world." 

"Listen up, maggots. You are not special. You are not a beautiful or unique snowflake. You're the same decaying organic matter as everything else." 

"The things you own end up owning you." 

"And then, something happened. I let go. Lost in oblivion. Dark and silent and complete. I found freedom. Losing all hope was freedom."

"Fuck off with your sofa units and strine green stripe patterns, I say never be complete, I say stop being perfect, I say let... lets evolve, let the chips fall where they may."

"The only thing worse than knowing that it didn't work is not knowing that it did work."

"In the first state, man and sword become one and each other. Here, even a blade of grass can be used as a lethal weapon. In the next stage, the sword resides not in the hand but in the heart. Even without a weapon, the warrior can slay his enemy from a hundred paces. But the ultimate ideal is when the sword disappears altogether. The warrior embraces all around him. The desire to kill no longer exists. Only peace remains."

"They say Japan was made by a sword. They say the old gods dipped a coral blade into the ocean, and when they pulled it out four perfect drops fell back into the sea, and those drops became the islands of Japan. I say, Japan was made by a handful of brave men. Warriors, willing to give their lives for what seems to have become a forgotten word: honor."

" What does it mean to be Samurai? To devote yourself utterly to a set of moral principles. To seek a stillness of your mind. And to master the way of the sword. "

"The perfect blossom is a rare thing. You could spend your life looking for one, and it would not be a wasted life. "

"Pentru cineva care a gustat toate puterile, nu exista alt refugiu decat neputinta."

"Understanding and faith...if you take those away, all that's left is fear!"

"There's nothing harder to accept than the deaths of those you love...so you believe...they could never die...especially...those who haven't known war...like your generation...You try to find meaning in death...but...there's only pain...and hatred...that you don't know what to do with!"

"Dying like trash...neverending hatred...pain that never heals...that is war!"

"Motivul pentru care ne place sa ii credem pe altii atat de buni este ca ne este teama pentru noi insine. Baza optimismului este frica."

"Marturisirea, nu preotul ne da iertarea!"

"When one loves..there is the risk of hate."

"Oamenii strica fiecare clipa de romantism prin încercarea de a o face sa dureze pentru totdeauna."

"Pasiunea e pentru sarbatori, nu pentru viata de zi cu zi!"

"Never go back on your words and never give up, no matter how bad it gets."

"Being hurt inevitably breeds feelings of hatred towards your attacker.But when we hurt others, we have to deal with their hatred for us, and our feelings of guilt.But knowing what it feels like to be hurt is exactly why we try to be kind to others.That's what makes us...human."

"Desertaciunea viselor noi o stropim cu lacrimi!"

"Mintile ilustre discuta idei, inteligentele medii discuta evenimente iar mintile reduse ii discuta pe altii."

"Iubirea traieste din dorinta si se hraneste cu minciuni.Nu se iubesc cu adevarat decat aceia care nu se cunosc inca..."