Block Quotes
1192 quotes by 1012 authors
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You can plan for things, work towards them for years, and yet they never materialize. Or you can just happen to be in the right…
— John Ajvide Lindqvist
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I have a free couple of hours," I told him, walking toward my car, which was parked on the next block. "There's a very private,…
— Becca Fitzpatrick
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Holocausts do not amaze me. Rapes and child slavery do not amaze me. And Franklin, I know you feel otherwise, but Kevin does not amaze…
— Lionel Shriver
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I never thought I'd get to see Rome," Hazel said. "When I was alive, I mean for the first time, Mussolini was in charge. We…
— Rick Riordan
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What’s important is that you make the leap. Jump high and hard with intention and heart. Pay no mind to the vision that the commission…
— Cheryl Strayed
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It hurts to be around life. People don't understand how close death is, right over their shoulders, around the block, at the end of a…
— Jessica Sorensen
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Love is the fundamental building block of all human relationships. It will greatly impact our values and morals. Love is the important ingredient in one’s…
— Gary Chapman
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If you're going to be a sinner, be the best sinner on the block.
— Anton Szandor LaVey
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Days I enjoy are days when nothing happens, When I have no engagements written on my block, When no one comes to disturb my inward…
— Vita Sackville-West
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The Buddha’s principal message that day was that holding on to anything blocks wisdom. Any conclusion that we draw must be let go. The only…
— Pema Chodron
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Beauty breeds beauty, truth triggers truth. The cure for writer's block is therefore to read.
— Matt Haig
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I know I have to do the right thing. And the sooner you do the right thing, the better. You get it over with, and…
— Candace Bushnell
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The Last Supper is supposed to be thirteen men. Who is this woman? "Everyone misses it, our preconceived notions of this scene are so powerful…
— Dan Brown
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Who isn't crazy sometimes? Who hasn't driven around a block hoping a certain person will come out; who hasn't haunted a certain coffee shop, or…
— Jess Walter
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Denial is a critical part of the human coping mechanism. Without it, we would all wake up terrified every morning about all the ways we…
— Dan Brown
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For the most part wisdom comes in chips rather than blocks. You have to be willing to gather them constantly, and from sources you never…
— Ann Patchett
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Psychologists usually offer three explanations for the failure of group brainstorming. The first is social loafing: in a group, some individuals tend to sit back…
— Susan Cain
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As I’d observed, it was clear that Rose was willing to do anything and fight anyone to protect her friend. I admired that—I admired that…
— Richelle Mead
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...pretty much everyone hates high school. It's a measure of your humanity, I suspect. If you enjoyed high school, you were probably a psychopath or…
— Jenny Lawson
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Suddenly she felt strong and happy. She was not afraid of the darkness or the fog and she knew with a singing in her heart…
— Margaret Mitchell
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