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The homemaker has the ultimate career. All other careers exist for one purpose only - and that is to support the ultimate career.

— C.S. Lewis
Family

I want to be in a relationship where you telling me you love me is just a ceremonious validation of what you already show me.

— Steve Maraboli
Inspirational Life Love Relationships

There are moments when troubles enter our lives and we can do nothing to avoid them.But they are there for a reason. Only when we have overcome them will we understand why they were there.

— Paulo Coelho
Wisdom

You could say sorry," suggested Harry bluntly. "What, and get attacked by another flock of canaries?" muttered Ron."What did you have to imitate her for?""She laughed at my mustache!""So did I, it was the stupidest thing I've ever seen.

— J.K. Rowling
General

Dreams are always crushing when they don't come true. But it's the simple dreams that are often the most painful because they seem so personal, so reasonable, so attainable. You're always close enough to touch, but never quite close enough to hold and it's enough to break your heart.

— Nicholas Sparks
General

Demon pox, oh demon poxJust how is it acquired?One must go down to the bad part of townUntil one is very tired.Demon pox, oh demon pox, I had it all along—Not the pox, you foolish blocks,I mean this very song—For I was right, and you were wrong!""Will!" Charlotte shouted over the noise, "Have you LOST YOUR MIND? CEASE THAT INFERNAL RACKET! Jem—" Jem, rising to his feet, clapped his hands over Will's mouth. "Do you promise to be quiet?" he hissed into his friend's ear.Will nodded, blue eyes blazing. Tessa was staring at him in amazement; they all were. She had seen Will many things—amused, bitter, condescending, angry, pitying—but never giddy before.Jem let him go. "All right, then."Will slid to the floor, his back against the armchair, and threw up his arms. "A demon pox on all your houses!" he announced, and yawned."Oh, God, weeks of pox jokes," said Jem. "We're in for it now.

— Cassandra Clare
General

We dream to give ourselves hope. To stop dreaming - well, that’s like saying you can never change your fate.

— Amy Tan
Dreams Hope

Nothing travels faster than the speed of light, with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws.

— Douglas Adams
Humor

In one aspect, yes, I believe in ghosts, but we create them. We haunt ourselves.

— Laurie Halse Anderson
General

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.

— Oscar Wilde
General

Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.

— Henry Thomas Buckle
Dreams

I don't mind making jokes, but I don't want to look like one.

— Marilyn Monroe
General

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

— Marie Curie
Life Science Education & Knowledge Fear

A small but noteworthy note. I've seen so many young men over the years who think they're running at other young men. They are not. They are running at me.

— Markus Zusak
Society & Politics Death & Loss

I'm happy. Which often looks like crazy.

— David Henry Hwang
Happiness

World quotes adapted from the Abirate/english_quotes dataset (CC BY 4.0). Indian-figure and Hindi/Urdu quotes are a curated compilation of widely-attributed public sayings.