There was nothing I wished to do which I could just as well not do. Tropic of Capricorn
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Quote:- There was once a man who went to church and asked, 'Can it be that my ardour has deceived me, that I have taken a wrong turning and managed things badly? Oh, if only I could be rid of this doubt and know for certain I shall come out victorious and succeed in the end.' And then a voice answered him, 'And if you were certain, what would you do then? Act now as if you were certain and you will not be disappointed.' Then the man went on his way, not unbelieving but believing, and returned to his work no longer doubting or wavering.
The Letters of Vincent van Gogh
Author:- Vincent van Gogh
Category:- hope
Quote:- There was once a spirited feral mustang broken in by her stern rider. It was a harmonious relationship for the most part but, like any relationship, she tested the boundaries he placed on her and threw him...Would the rider, having suffered his own wound, retaliate, discipline or forgive?
Author:- Donna Lynn Hope
Category:- Relationships
Quote:- There was only present, and it was infinite. The past and the future were just blinders we wore so that infinity wouldn't drive us mad.
Dreams of Gods & Monsters
Author:- Laini Taylor
Category:- time
Quote:- There was power in knowledge. Like the gears of a steam engine, the more active knowledge was, the more force it produced.
Marilla of Green Gables
Author:- Sarah McCoy
Category:- knowledge
Quote:- There was rarely an obvious branching point in a person's life. People changed slowly, over time. You didn't take one step, then find yourself in a completely new location. You first took a little step off the path to avoid some rocks. For a while, you walked alongside the path, but then you wandered out a little way to step on softer soil. Then you stopped paying attention as you drifted farther and farther away. Finally, you found yourself in the wrong city, wondering why the signs on the roadway hadn't led you better.
The Emperor's Soul
Author:- Brandon Sanderson
Category:- time
Quote:- There was ruin. But amid all that, there was still hope. Hope that things could change. Hope that this wasn‘t the end.
Supernova
Author:- Marissa Meyer
Category:- hope
Quote:- There was so much I didn’t know, and I longed to know it all. Even the long life of a dragon is not enough to teach everything that is. Be content with what you have while always learning anything you are offered.
First Message
Author:- Sarah K.L. Wilson
Category:- knowledge
Quote:- There was something better in life than this rubbish, if only he could get to it—love—nobility—big spaces where passion clasped peace, spaces no science could reach, but they existed for ever, full of woods some of them, and arched with majestic sky and a friend. . .
Maurice
Author:- E.M. Forster
Category:- hope
Quote:- There was something between us, an unspoken love, a bond beyond friendship, a destiny being forged by the stars and beyond
The Untamed Mind: Secrets and Lies
Author:- Zahra Alli
Category:- Love
Quote:- There was, I found, always more to learn.
The Best and the Brightest
Author:- David Halberstam
Category:- knowledge
Quote:- There wasn't a lot of bullshit in my heaven.
The Lovely Bones
Author:- Alice Sebold
Category:- Life
Quote:- There wasn't an anhydrous lacrimal gland in the room...
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
Author:- Mary Roach
Category:- best
Quote:- There wasn’t a question of what compromise there should be or what kind of peace process we should engage in. There was only one discussion: How do we remove the colonial power that is occupying ourcountry?
Blankets become Jackets
Author:- Talal Abu-Ghazaleh
Category:- best
Quote:- There were a group of people before the Ascension known as the Astalsi. They claimed that each person was born with a certain finite amount of ill luck. And so, when an unfortunate event happened, they thought themselves blessed—thereafter, their lives could only get better.
The Final Empire
Author:- Brandon Sanderson
Category:- philosophy
Quote:- There were an infinite number of pathways your life could take. How do any of us really know what to do with our lives? And how, after seventy years, do we know whether it was all a waste of time?
A Dark Matter
Author:- Doug Johnstone
Category:- time
Quote:- There were long stretches of DNA in between genes that didn't seem to be doing very much; some even referred to these as "junk DNA," though a certain amount of hubris was required for anyone to call any part of the genome "junk," given our level of ignorance.
The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief
Author:- Francis S. Collins
Category:- science,knowledge
Quote:- There were occasions when Shakespeare was a very bad writer indeed. You can see how often in books of quotations. People who like quotations love meaningless generalizations.
Travels with My Aunt
Author:- Graham Greene
Category:- best
Quote:- There were realities the human mind was never meant to withstand, pressures it was never meant to survive. Knowledge is like the sea. Go too deep, and the crushing weight of it could kill you.
Laughter at the Academy
Author:- Seanan McGuire
Category:- knowledge
Quote:- There were things one could do, things so terrible, Val was certain they could make someone stop loving you. She was equally certain that she had done some of these things, and as desperate as she was to be proven otherwise, she was equally afraid that she was right. That she had become as awful as the rest of the world seemed to think she was. That she was unlovable.
Escape
Author:- Nenia Campbell
Category:- Love