Quotes from Books

In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since.

So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.

I hope she'll be a fool—that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.

It came without ribbons! It came without tags! It came without packages, boxes, or bags!

Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas... perhaps... means a little bit more!

We are all supposed to be good at the same things, but we are not.

Racism should never have happened and so you don't get a cookie for reducing it.

Your life is already a story, and you have to tell it well.

Once a king or queen in Narnia, always a king or queen.

Courage, dear heart.

It is very hard for the hungry to be cold.

We teach girls to shrink themselves, to make themselves smaller.

Your life is already a miracle of chance waiting for you to order its universe.

The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete.

I don't care what you think of me. I don't think of you at all.

You're never too old to be young.

The best way to get a job done is to do it yourself.

Science is about making mistakes and correcting them.

The problem is not that we don't have enough information; it's that we don't have the right information.

People can often be very clever about how they mislead others.

The hardest part about being a professional athlete is that you have to learn to be vulnerable in front of everyone.

I hate tennis, but I love the game.

You can’t be a great athlete without having great people around you.

I never wanted to be a rock star. I just wanted to play guitar.

To me, rock music is about freedom and expression.

It's about the journey, not the destination.

The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.

You cannot know the future, you can only know the past.

I am a man who has made himself what he is.

Life changes fast. Life changes in the instant. You sit down to dinner and life as you know it ends.

We are not meant to be in this world alone.

The act of writing is the act of discovery.

Grief turns out to be a place none of us know until we reach it.

You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace.

I had a feeling that I was a little more than a regular boy.

The past is never dead. It's not even past.

We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold.

I have a high tolerance for boredom, but I can't stand stupid people.

The person who said that money can't buy happiness didn't know where to shop.

Not all those who wander are lost.

The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in the world there is much of the night, there is also much that is fair.

Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.

Not all those who wander are lost.

Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.

There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for.

The term is over: the holidays have begun. The dream is ended: this is the morning.

All of the creatures in Narnia are called to witness the final battle, where the truth will ultimately prevail.

The Last Battle is a powerful ending to a beloved series, reminding us of the strength of hope and faith.

You come of the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve, and that is both an honor and a burden.

Narnia! It’s all in the past now. But we’re going back.

You may have a great deal of experience, but you are still very young.

Courage, dear heart.

The thing about life is that you have to find a way to live it.

You don't have to be a man to be strong.

We cannot all be born to privilege, but we can all do something to change our world.

You can’t take the country out of the girl, but you can take the girl out of the country.

I knew that my father was not a man to be afraid of; he was a man to be feared.

It was not just the pain of my father’s fists; it was the pain of his silence.

The most fundamental aggression to ourselves, the most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves, is to remain ignorant by not having the courage and the respect to look at ourselves honestly and gently.

In the midst of movement and chaos, when there is no stillness, my heart beats in a rhythm of its own.

The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.

The mind is a wonderful servant but a terrible master.

We are not very good at predicting what will make us happy.

Happiness is not something you can pursue; it must ensue.

It is the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.

I don't care about the past; I only care about the future.

The only thing that counts is the present.

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.

Today is gone. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.

From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere.

You are off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, so... get on your way!