Doe Quotes - Page 14

• isaac knows how stupid i find these things, and he finds them just as stupid as i do. like lol. now, if there's anything stupider than buddy lists, it's lol. if anyone ever uses lol with me, i rip my computer right out of the wall and smash it over the nearest head. i mean, it's not like anyone's laughing out loud about the things they lol. i think it should be spelled loll, like what a lobotomized person's tongue does. loll. loll. i can't think any more. loll. loll!

  David Levithan

  Wall, Rip, Stupid

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• Ironic, isn't it, what religion does to people?" "I guess it's more ironic what people do to religion.

  Susan Elizabeth Phillips

  People, Ironic

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• At what point does a fly give up trying to escape through a closed window – do its survival instincts keep it going until it is physically capable of no more, or does it eventually learn after one crash too many that there is no way out? At what point do you decide that enough is enough?

  Tabitha Suzuma

  Giving Up, Survival, Trying

  "Forbidden". Book by Tabitha Suzuma, 2010.

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• To look away from the world, or to stare at it, does not help a man to reach God; but he who sees the world in Him stands in His presence.

  Martin Buber

  Men, Looks, World

  Martin Buber (1958). “To Hallow this Life: An Anthology”

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• Anyone who does not see the vanity of the world is very vain himself. So who does not see it, apart from young people whose lives are all noise, diversions, and thoughts for the future? But take away their diversion and you will see them bored to extinction. Then they feel their nullity without recognizing it, for nothing could be more wretched than to be intolerably depressed as soon as one is reduced to introspection with no means of diversion.

  Blaise Pascal

  Mean, Vanity, People

  Blaise Pascal (2008). “Human Happiness”, Penguin Group USA

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• So what about that key?" I asked. "I knew you'd be asking me about it sooner or later." He pulled the cord out from underneath his shirt and dangled the key in front of me. "What do you want for it?" I sneered. "Five dollars?" "I don't want money," he said with a wicked grin. "What does it go to?" "A kiss will unlock more than this key will," he whispered in my ear.

  Ellen Schreiber

  Kissing, Keys, Wicked

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• Karkaroff intends to flee if the Mark burns." "Does he?" said Dumbledore softly, as Fleur Delacour and Roger Davies came giggling in from the grounds. "And are you tempted to join him?" "No," said Snape, his black eyes on Fleur's and Roger's retreating figures. "I am not such a coward." "No," agreed Dumbledore. You are a braver man by far than Igot Karkaroff. You know, I sometimes think we Sort too soon..." He walked away, leaving Snape looking stricken.

  J. K. Rowling

  Eye, Men, Thinking

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• And think what worrying does: has anyone ever added a single hour to the length of his life by worrying about it?

  Philip Pullman

  Thinking, Worry, Hours

  Philip Pullman (2009). “The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ”, p.37, Canongate Books

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• but a sanguine temper, though for ever expecting more good than occurs, does not always pay for its hopes by any proportionate depression. it soon flies over the present failure, and begins to hope again.

  Jane Austen

  Pay, Expecting, Sanguine

  Jane Austen (2014). “Jane Austen Collection: illustrated - 6 eBooks and 140+ illustrations”, p.980, Ageless Reads

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• Why is it every other person you meet says they're an artist? A real artist doesn't need to gas on about it, he doesn't have time. He does his work and sweats it out in silence, and no one can help him at all.

  Paula McLain

  Real, Artist, Sweat

  Paula McLain (2011). “The Paris Wife: A Novel”, p.89, Ballantine Books

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• Only as we mature does affection begin to depend on achievement.

  Alain de Botton

  Achievement, Affection, Mature

  Alain De Botton (2008). “Status Anxiety”, p.77, Vintage

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• The boy heaved a sigh. "I would ask to go with you," he said, " but I have to finish my lessons. I so look forward to the day when I know everything. Then I won't have to read any more books or do any more counting." Beatrix smiled. "I don't wish to be discouraging, Rye, but it's not possible to know everything." "Mama does." Rye paused reflectively. "At least, Papa says we mus t pretend she does, because it makes her happy." "Your father," Beatrix informed him with a laugh, " is one of the wisest men I've ever known.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Father, Book, Men

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• Die, very good, but do not make others die. Suicides like the one which is about to take place here are sublime, but suicide is restricted, and does not allow of extension; and so soon as it affects your neighbors, suicide becomes murder.

  Victor Hugo

  Suicide, Sublime, Murder

  Victor Hugo, Robert Louis Stevenson, Henry Llewellyn William, Frederick Lokes Slous, Mrs. Camilla Dufour (Toulmin) " Crosland (Newton Crosland, ") (1907*). “Les misérables, book 5. Hans of Iceland”

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• He's not doing anything he shouldn't be doing, right?" "Like what?" "Like hitting on you." "Ew. No, of course not. He doesn't see me that way." Michael shook his head and went back to his coffee. "What? You think he does?" "Sometimes he looks at you a little... oddly, that's all. Maybe you're right. Maybe he just wants you for your blood." "Again, Ew! What's with you this morning?" "Not enough coffee.

  Rachel Caine

  Morning, Coffee, Thinking

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• It is a rose planted in your heart, and as it's thorns tear you, so does it thrive and flower

  Sarah Monette

  Flower, Heart, Rose

  Sarah Monette (2008). “The Mirador”, p.304, Penguin

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• So death, the most terrifying of ills, is nothing to us, since so long as we exist, death is not with us; but when death comes, then we do not exist. It does not then concern either the living or the dead, since for the former it is not, and the latter are no more.

  Epicurus

  Long, Age, Aging

  Letter to Menoeceus

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• What does he do, Clarice? What is the first and principal thing he does, what need does he serve by killing? He covets. How do we begin to covet? We begin by coveting what we see every day.

  Thomas Harris

  Needs, Coveting, Firsts

  Thomas Harris (2009). “The Silence of the Lambs”, p.296, Macmillan

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• When a person knows and can't make the others understand, what does he do?

  Carson McCullers

  Persons, Knows

  Carson McCullers (2010). “The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter”, p.69, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• And to the degree that the individual maintains a show before others that he himself does not believe, he can come to experience a special kind of alienation from self and a special kind of wariness of others.

  Erving Goffman

  Believe, Self, Special

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• I wonder how long it would take him to realize I'm right as sin - it's the rest of the world that's wrong. I'm not even sure how I qualify for admission to Aspen Springs. Does wanting to die equal losing your mind?

  Ellen Hopkins

  Spring, Long, Mind

  Ellen Hopkins (2008). “Impulse”, p.28, Simon and Schuster

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• How long have you been away from the country?" Laruja asked Ibarra. "Almost seven years." "Then you have probably forgotten all about it." "Quite the contrary. Even if my country does seem to have forgotten me, I have always thought about it.

  Jose Rizal

  Country, Seven Years, Long

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• I dream dark dreams. I dream of a figure moving through the forest, of children flying from his path, of young women crying at his coming. I dream of snow and ice, of bare branches and moon-cast shadows. I dream of dancers floating in the air, stepping lightly even in death, and my own pain is but a faint echo of their suffering as I run. My blood is black on the snow, and the edges of the world are silvered with moonlight. I run into the darkness, and he is waiting. I dream in black and white, and I dream of him. I dream of Caleb, who does not exist, and I am afraid.

  John Connolly

  Running, Dream, Pain

  John Connolly (2015). “Dark Hollow: A Charlie Parker Thriller”, p.3, Simon and Schuster

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• Anger can try to break your heart, but sorrow is what will. What can. What does.

  Elizabeth Scott

  Heart, Sorrow, Trying

  Elizabeth Scott (2011). “Between Here and Forever”, p.173, Simon and Schuster

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• So after E, it’s A for ‘Acceptable,’ and that’s the last pass grade, isn’t it?” “Yep,” said Fred, dunking an entire roll in his soup, transferring it to his mouth, and swallowing it whole. “Then you get P for ‘Poor’ ” — Ron raised both his arms in mock celebration — “and D for ‘Dreadful.’ ” “And then T,” George reminded him. “T?” asked Hermione, looking appalled. “Even lower than a D? What on earth does that stand for?” “ ‘Troll,’ ” said George promptly.

  J. K. Rowling

  Swallowing, Mouths, Earth

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• Trust me," he said. "I know what I'm doing... or at least" -- he strolled confidently to the door -- "Felix does.

  J. K. Rowling

  Doors, Trust Me, Said

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