Doe Quotes - Page 19

• Every other knowledge is harmful to him who does not have knowledge of goodness.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Goodness

  "Essays" by Michel de Montaigne, Book I, Ch. 25, 1595.

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• I haven't have fun for a long time," Kaia said with a pout. "Me, either. Except with myself, but I don't suppose that counts." "It does the way I do it.

  Gena Showalter

  Fun, Long, Way

  Gena Showalter, Kait Ballenger (2013). “After Dark: The Darkest Angel\Shadow Hunter”, p.2, Harlequin

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• why does what was beautiful shatter in hindsight because it concealed dark truths?

  Bernhard Schlink

  Beautiful, Dark, Hindsight

  Bernhard Schlink (2001). “The Reader”, p.37, Vintage

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• The distinction between good and evil is meaningless if one does not have the freedom to choose between them.

  Jim Butcher

  Evil, Distinction, Freedom To Choose

  Jim Butcher (2011). “Ghost Story: The Dresden Files, Book Thirteen”, p.317, Hachette UK

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• The guillotine is the ultimate expression of Law, and its name is vengeance; it is not neutral, nor does it allow us to remain neutral.

  Victor Hugo

  Expression, Law, Names

  Victor Hugo (1980). “Les misérables”, Viking Pr

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• Moreover, the attitude that one ought to believe such and such a proposition, independently of the question whether there is evidence in its favor, is an attitude which produces hostility to evidence and causes us to close our minds to every fact that does not suit our prejudices.

  Bertrand Russell

  Attitude, Believe, Mind

  Bertrand Russell (2016). “Why I Am Not a Christian”, p.55, Lulu Press, Inc

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• Well, I suppose one ought not to employ a magician and then complain that he does not behave like other people.

  Susanna Clarke

  People, Complaining, Magician

  Susanna Clarke (2009). “Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell”, p.416, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• One wants to move through life with elegance and grace, blossoming infrequently but with exquisite taste, and perfect timing, like a rare bloom, a zebra orchid... One wants... But one so seldom gets what one wants, does one?

  Tony Kushner

  Zebras, Moving, Orchids

  Tony Kushner (2013). “Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes: Revised and Complete Edition”, p.31, Theatre Communications Group

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• At school nobody ever taught us how to light a cigarette in a storm of rain, nor how a fire could be made with wet wood-nor that it is best to stick a bayonet in the belly because there it doesn't get jammed, as it does in the ribs.

  Erich Maria Remarque

  Rain, School, Fire

  Erich Maria Remarque (2013). “All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel”, p.65, Random House

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• Amy: I had something I wanted to tell him. Stuff always gets in the way. Canton: Stuff does that.

  Steven Moffat

  Amy, Stuff, Way

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• Consider this: 1. Would you ride in a car whose driver was on the consciousness-expanding "entheogenic" drug LSD? And here's a bonus question: 2. Why does an "expanded consciousness" include the inability to operate a motor vehicle?

  Brad Warner

  Motor Vehicles, Car, Drug

  Brad Warner (2015). “Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies and the Truth About Reality”, p.165, Simon and Schuster

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• One discovers that destiny can be diverted, that one does not have to remain in bondage to the first wax imprint made on childhood sensibilities. Once the deforming mirror has been smashed, there is a possibility of wholeness. There is a possibility of joy.

  Anais Nin

  Destiny, Mirrors, Childhood

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• Does he love me? “You’re asking the wrong question. What you need to know is are you in a position to give him the love he needs. And whatever happens or doesn’t happen will be equally gratifying, knowing that you are capable of love is enough. If it isn’t him, it will be someone else… Don’t try to keep a safe distance so as to see what happens. Don’t wait to be certain before you take a step. What you give, you will receive, although it might sometimes come from the place you least expect.

  Paulo Coelho

  Love, Distance, Knowing

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• You can't prove that something doesn't exist. You can only prove that something does exist.

  John Connolly

  Prove

  John Connolly (2010). “The Gates: A Samuel Johnson Tale”, p.28, Simon and Schuster

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• Alex: Rosie, I wanted you to be the first person to no that I’ve decided to become a heart surgeon! Rosie: Cool, does it pay well? Alex: Rosie, it’s not about the money. Rosie: Where I come from, it’s all about the money. Probably because I don’t have any.

  Cecelia Ahern

  Heart, Alex, Pay

  Cecelia Ahern (2005). “Rosie Dunne”, Wheeler Pub Incorporated

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• Nothing ever happens in the world that does not happen first inside human hearts.

  Fulton J. Sheen

  Heart, World, Firsts

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• Let's never try to get even with our enemies, because if we do we will hurt ourselves far more than we hurt them. Let's do as General Eisenhower does: let's never waste a minute thinking about people we don't like.

  Dale Carnegie

  Hurt, Thinking, People

  Dale Carnegie (2016). “How to stop worrying & start living”, p.115, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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• Sebastian never does anything just for fun.” Jace took Clary’s hand and pulled her toward him. “But I do.

  Cassandra Clare

  Fun, Hands, Jace

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• Diet Coke does not contain nasty chemicals. It contains lovely and delicious carbonation, caffeine, and aspartame. What's unnatural about that?

  Meg Cabot

  Lovely, Coke, Nasty

  Meg Cabot (2010). “Queen of Babble Bundle with Bonus Material”, p.76, Harper Collins

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• It was a good speech, but the reaction was due to the fact that politics are madness, and even if one does not know it, a country in electoral season experiences flares of lunacy like the great storms that sometimes march across the golden surface of the sun.

  Mark Helprin

  Country, Storm, Speech

  Mark Helprin (2005). “Freddy and Fredericka”, p.313, Penguin

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• We paid for this instead of a generation of health insurance, or an alternative energy grid, or a brand-new system of roads and highways. With the $13-plus trillion we are estimated to ultimately spend on the bailouts, we could not only have bought and paid off every single sub-prime mortgage in the country (that would only have cost $1.4 trillion), we could have paid off every remaining mortgage of any kind in this country - and still have had enough money left over to buy a new house for every American who does not already have one.

  Matt Taibbi

  Country, House, Energy

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• The happy life does not mean loving what we possess, but possessing what we love." Possession of the beloved, St. Thomas holds, takes place in an act of cognition, in seeing, in intuition, in contemplation.

  Josef Pieper

  Mean, Happy Life, Intuition

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• Funny... I still can't believe in God." "Does that matter now?"..."He believes in you.

  A.J. Cronin

  Believe, Matter, Stills

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• If you think your life sucks, it probably does. Do something about it.

  Chris Crutcher

  Thinking, Life Sucks, Ifs

  Chris Crutcher (2010). “Angry Management”, p.3, Harper Collins

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• Why should I not hate mine enemies―if I "love" them does that not place me at their mercy?

  Anton Szandor LaVey

  Hate, Enemy, Satanic

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