“Those who look for a reason to fear will find one, and those without reason will follow.”
― C.M. McCoy, quote from Eerie
“Why did you save my life?”
“Because I would rather endure the hell of this Earth with you than spend an eternity in paradise without you,” he replied without hesitation.”
― C.M. McCoy, quote from Eerie
“Reality is never as bad as a nightmare, as the mental tortures we inflict on ourselves.” - Sammy Davis, Jr. Churning”
― C.M. McCoy, quote from Eerie
“Shallow men believe in luck or in circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson The”
― C.M. McCoy, quote from Eerie
“Sorrow makes us all children again — destroys all differences of intellect. The wisest know nothing.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson Everything”
― C.M. McCoy, quote from Eerie
“Sadness can find you anywhere, anytime, so you better have fun when you can.”
― Rebecca Wells, quote from The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder
“Customs tell a man who he is, where he belongs, what he must do. Better illogical customs than none; men cannot live together without them.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, quote from Citizen of the Galaxy
“Take it all in all, I do not believe anybody on Earth has it worse than an Emperor penguin.”
― quote from The Worst Journey in the World
“I came to Him because I did not know which way to turn. I remained with Him because there is no other way I wish to turn. I came to Him longing for something I did not have. I remain with Him because I have something I will not trade. I came to Him as a stranger. I remain with Him in the most intimate of friendships. I came to Him unsure about the future. I remain with Him certain about my destiny. I came amid the thunderous cries of a culture that has 330 million deities. I remain with Him knowing that truth cannot be all-inclusive.”
― Ravi Zacharias, quote from Jesus Among Other Gods: The Absolute Claims of the Christian Message
“It is comforting to reflect that the disproportion of things in the world seems to be only arithmetical.”
― Franz Kafka, quote from Blue Octavo Notebooks
BookQuoters is a community of passionate readers who enjoy sharing the most meaningful, memorable and interesting quotes from great books. As the world communicates more and more via texts, memes and sound bytes, short but profound quotes from books have become more relevant and important. For some of us a quote becomes a mantra, a goal or a philosophy by which we live. For all of us, quotes are a great way to remember a book and to carry with us the author’s best ideas.
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