Best Things Quotes - Page 17

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  The next best thing to being wise oneself is to live in a circle of those who are.

  C. S. Lewis

  Wise, Wisdom, Circles

  C. S. Lewis (2013). “Selected Literary Essays”, p.99, Cambridge University Press

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• The twinkling of an eye. That is the most wonderful expression. I've thought from time to time it was the best thing in life, that little incandescence you see in people when the charm of a thing strikes them, or the humor of it. 'The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart.' That's a fact.

  Marilynne Robinson

  Eye, Heart, Light

  Marilynne Robinson (2004). “Gilead: A Novel”, p.53, Macmillan

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• I had learned that there were times when fighting was impossible, when the best thing to do was to wait and to learn.

  Lawrence Hill

  Fighting, Waiting, Impossible

  Lawrence Hill (2009). “The Book of Negroes”, p.395, Random House

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• We’re the worst thing because for us the worst thing is the best thing. And it’s only the best thing for us if it’s the worst thing for someone else.

  Glen Duncan

  Worst, Worst Things, Ifs

  Glen Duncan (2011). “The Last Werewolf (The Last Werewolf 1)”, p.208, Canongate Books

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• When we lay the soil of our hard lives open to the rain of grace and let joy penetrate our cracked and dry places, let joy soak into our broken skin and deep crevices, life grows. How can this not be the best thing for the world? For us?

  Ann Voskamp

  Rain, Broken, Joy

  FaceBook post by Ann Voskamp from Feb 20, 2014

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• If I had two lives, in one life I could invite her to stay at my place, and in the second life I could kick her out. Then I could compare and see which had been the best thing to do. But we only live once. Life's so light. Like an outline we can't ever fill in or correct... make any better. It's frightening".

  Milan Kundera

  Light, Two, Compare

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• Smile. it's the second best thing you can do with your lips.

  Jill Shalvis

  Smile, Keep Smiling, Lips And Kissing

  Jill Shalvis (2011). “Head Over Heels”, p.100, Hachette UK

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• He is always doing something--the very best thing, the thing we ourselves would certainly choose if we knew the end from the beginning. He is at work to bring us to our full glory.

  Elisabeth Elliot

  Glory, Ends, Ifs

  Elisabeth Elliot (2004). “A Lamp unto My Feet: The Bible's Light for Your Daily Walk”, p.77, Gospel Light Publications

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• Still, being fragile creatures, humans always try to hide from themselves the certainty that they will die. They do not see that it is death itself that motivates them to do the best things in their lives. They are afraid to step into the dark, afraid of the unknown, and their only way of conquering that fear is to ignore the fact that their days are numbered. They do not see that with an awareness of death, they would be able to be even more daring, to go much further in their daily conquests, because then they would have nothing to lose- for death itself is inevitable.

  Paulo Coelho

  Fear, Dark, Trying

  Paulo Coelho (1992). “The diary of a magus”, Harpercollins

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• He leans over and takes her hand. With the other he touches her face. ‘You your best thing, Sethe. You are.’ His holding fingers are holding hers. ‘Me? Me?

  Toni Morrison

  Hands, Faces, Fingers

  Toni Morrison (2014). “Beloved”, Random House

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• You see, one of the best things about reading is that you'll always have something to think about when you're not reading.

  James Patterson

  Reading, Thinking

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• But then, my entire life is bullshit. The best things in it have vanished, ghosts. Ghosts I'll admit I created.

  Ellen Hopkins

  Bullshit, Ghost, Life Is

  Ellen Hopkins (2008). “Impulse”, p.656, Simon and Schuster

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• I wanted to be a psychological engineer, but we lacked the facilities, so I did the next best thing - I went into politics. It's practically the same thing.

  Isaac Asimov

  Next, Psychological, Wanted

  Isaac Asimov (1951). “Foundation”

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• How could I not love you? No one has ever affected me like you do. When you told me goodbye last month, I tried to let you go. I told myself it was the best thing for you because you wanted it. But you’re wrong, Dori. I’m good for you even if you don’t know it yet. I know because I’ve never been good for anyone before.

  Tammara Webber

  Goodbye, Love You, Lasts

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• If you know someone who’s depressed, please resolve never to ask them why. Depression isn’t a straightforward response to a bad situation; depression just is, like the weather. Try to understand the blackness, lethargy, hopelessness, and loneliness they’re going through. Be there for them when they come through the other side. It’s hard to be a friend to someone who’s depressed, but it is one of the kindest, noblest, and best things you will ever do.

  Stephen Fry

  Inspirational, Friendship, Sympathy

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• You'll learn, honey. Love can be the best thing in life. And it can be the worst. The absolute worst.

  Clive Barker

  Things In Life, Honey, Being The Best

  Clive Barker (2011). “Abarat”, p.26, Harper Collins

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• He lifted his brows. "If I really thought it was the absolute best thing for our kids, you'd have had a battle on your hands. That was just a debate." "With chair-throwing." "Heated debate. Fights involve chair-breaking. Chair-throwing is just getting your attention.

  Kelley Armstrong

  Kids, Fighting, Hands

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• The best thing about the bedroom was the bed. I liked to stay in bed for hours, even during the day with covers pulled up to my chin. It was good in there, nothing ever occurred in there, no people, nothing.

  Charles Bukowski

  Being Alone, People, Leave Me Alone

  Charles Bukowski (2001). “Ham On Rye”, p.33, Canongate Books

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• living life was like putting the beach into a jar. The point wasn’t to fit everything in; it was to attend to the most important things first—the big, beautiful rocks—the most valuable people and experiences—and fit the lesser things in around them. Otherwise, the best things might get left out

  James Patterson

  Beautiful, Beach, Live Life

  James Patterson (2004). “Sam's letters to Jennifer”

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• You know what the best thing is about the end of the day? Tomorrow, it starts all over again.

  Douglas Coupland

  The End Of The Day, Tomorrow, Ends

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• Best thing that can happen to a man is a good woman.

  Dean Koontz

  Men, Good Woman, Odd Thomas

  Twitter post from Apr 24, 2015

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• When you find yourself in bed with an ugly woman, the best thing to do is close your eyes and get on with it

  George R. R. Martin

  Eye, Finding Yourself, Bed

  George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.302, Bantam

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• You really can't go home again. Sometimes, that's a good thing. Sometimes, when you try, you find out that home isn't really there anymore... but that it wasn't only in your head before. Home actually existed. Home wasn't just a dream. Sometimes, that's the best thing of all.

  Mira Grant

  Dream, Home, Trying

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• The best thing we can do for the dead is to do their share of living with a smile. ~Train Heartnet

  Kentaro Yabuki

  Share, Can Do, Train

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• All that is good in Heaven and on Earth is made of love. Maybe that wasn’t your plan when you created the universe—maybe love was just one aspect of a complicated and brutal world. But love was the best thing you made, and it has become the only thing worth saving. This war is not just. This war is not good. Love is the only thing worth fighting for.

  Lauren Kate

  War, Good Love, Fighting

  Lauren Kate (2012). “Rapture: Book 4 of the Fallen Series”, p.388, Random House

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