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Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.
Grover was sniffing the wind, looking nervous. He fished out his acorns and threw them into the sand, then played his pipes. They rearranged themselves in a pattern that made no sense to me, but Grover looked concerned. "That's us," he said. "Those five nuts right there." "Which one is me?" I asked. "The little deformed one," Zoe suggested. "Oh, shut up.
I love you like a fat kid loves cake!
Tonight I can write the saddest linesI loved her, and sometimes she loved me too.
There are darknesses in life and there are lights, and you are one of the lights, the light of all lights.
We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once.
An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.
I will have you without armor, Kaz Brekker. Or I will not have you at all.
You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace.
It’s probably not just by chance that I’m alone. It would be very hard for a man to live with me, unless he’s terribly strong. And if he’s stronger than I, I’m the one who can’t live with him. … I’m neither smart nor stupid, but I don’t think I’m a run-of-the-mill person. I’ve been in business without being a businesswoman, I’ve loved without being a woman made only for love. The two men I’ve loved, I think, will remember me, on earth or in heaven, because men always remember a woman who caused them concern and uneasiness. I’ve done my best, in regard to people and to life, without precepts, but with a taste for justice.
It was not the feeling of completeness I so needed, but the feeling of not being empty.
Live in the present, remember the past, and fear not the future, for it doesn't exist and never shall. There is only now.
The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.
If you obey all of the rules, you miss all of the fun.
Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.
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.