If the real world were a book, it would never find a publisher. Overlong, detailed to the point of distraction-and ultimately, without a major resolution. - Jasper Fforde, Something Rotten

That's why I loved being with you. We could do the simplest things, like toss starfish into the ocean and share a burger and talk and even then I knew that I was fortunate. Because you were the first guy who wasn't constantly trying to impress me. You accepted who you were, but more than that, you accepted me for me. And nothing else mattered-- not my family or your family or anyone else in the world. It was just us. - Nicholas Sparks, The Best of Me

I think I fell in love with her, a little bit. Isn't that dumb? But it was like I knew her. Like she was my oldest, dearest friend. The kind of person you can tell anything to, no matter how bad, and they'll still love you, because they know you. I wanted to go with her. I wanted her to notice me. And then she stopped walking. Under the moon, she stopped. And looked at us. She looked at me. Maybe she was trying to tell me something; I don't know. She probably didn't even know I was there. But I'll always love her. All my life. - Neil Gaiman, Worlds' End

What I cannot love, I overlook. - Anaïs Nin

If I love you, is that a fact or a weapon? - Margaret Atwood, Power Politics

All our knowledge has its origin in our perceptions - Leonardo da Vinci

The spiritual life does not remove us from the world but leads us deeper into it - Henri J.M. Nouwen

The world, viewed philosophically, remains a series of slave camps, where citizens – tax livestock – labor under the chains of illusion in the service of their masters. - Stefan Molyneux

Body is a home, a prison and a grave. - James Runcie, The Colour Of Heaven

When a man learns to love, he must bear the risk of hatred. - Masashi Kishimoto

You know, Miss Holly, you look very dramatic like that, backlit by the fire. Very attractive, if I may say so. I know you shared a moment passionne with Artemis which he subsequently fouled up with his typical boorish behavior. Let me just throw something out there for you to consider while we're chasing the probe: I share Artemis's passion but not his boorishness. No pressure; just think about it.This was enough to elicit a deafening moment of silence even in the middle of a crisis, which Orion seemed to be blissfully unaffected by. - Eoin Colfer, The Atlantis Complex

Freddie experienced the sort of abysmal soul-sadness which afflicts one of Tolstoy's Russian peasants when, after putting in a heavy day's work strangling his father, beating his wife, and dropping the baby into the city's reservoir, he turns to the cupboards, only to find the vodka bottle empty. - P.G. Wodehouse, The Best of Wodehouse: An Anthology

He who jumps into the void owes no explanation to those who stand and watch. - Jean-Luc Godard

He was a writer and words were his weapons. - Christopher Moore, Bloodsucking Fiends

I would die for you. But I won't live for you. - Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

No single thing abides - and all things are fucked up.

Now what state do you live in?''Denial. - Bill Watterson, The Essential Calvin and Hobbes: A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury

There's difference between being dead and dying. We're all dying. Some of us die for ninety years, and some of us die for nineteen. But each morning everyone on this planet wakes up one day closer to their death. Everyone. So living and dying are actually different words for the same thing, if you think about it. - Robyn Schneider, Extraordinary Means

If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans. - Woody Allen

Although I was able to maintain a pleasant expression, I was mentally throwing up in her face. - Augusten Burroughs