Favorite Quotes

“Nine times out of ten, talking is a way of avoiding doing things.”
― Patricia C. Wrede, Dealing with Dragons

”Give her one silent gift from a mother she didn’t know she had—it would be this: the realization that we have to be a part of the world in which we live. We don’t scurry away when we’re in trouble, or when someone else is. We don’t run and hide.”
― Amy Stewart, Girl Waits with Gun

“You can't just go round murdering people. There are rules, Nimona.”
― Noelle Stevenson, Nimona

“Eleanor was right. She never looked nice. She looked like art, and art wasn't supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park

Stella Rose wrote: 10 Aug 2019, 19:15 Found my new favorite quote:

"I intend to live forever, or die trying."
-Groucho Marx

Love it, Groucho is the best! He was also made into a character for one of my favourite comics, Dylan Dog (probably only known in my home country).
And while we're at it, here's a quote from the comic in question (translated):



Well, let's set off with the quotes. For the translated ones, I'll put the original first and the translation right below it.

Sometimes there’s so much beauty in the world, I feel like I can’t take it, and my heart is just going to cave in.

C'è chi aspetta la pioggia per non piangere da solo.

translation:
Some wait for the rain so they don't cry alone.

Dai diamanti non nasce niente / dal letame nascono i fior.

translation:
From diamonds nothing is born / from manure flowers are born.

Si sa che la gente dà buoni consigli / se non può più dare il cattivo esempio.

translation:
It's known that people give good advice / if they can't set a bad example any more.

Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)

Spend the years of learning squandering
Courage for the years of wandering
Through a world politely turning
From the loutishness of learning.

If men define situations as real, they are real in their consequences.

Deus ao mar o perigo e o abysmo deu,
Mas nele é que espelhou o céu.

translation:
God gave the sea danger and the abyss,
But it's there that He reflected the sky.

Sunt lacrimae rerum.

translation:
There are tears of history.

What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?

Farewell Hope, and with Hope farewell Fear.

There is a dignity in defeat that hardly belongs to victory.

Las palabras fueron mágicas en un principio y son devueltas a la magia por la poesía.

translation:
Words were magical in the beginning and are returned to magic by poetry.

There are no happy endings.
Endings are the saddest part,
So just give me a happy middle
And a very happy start.

"I am the one thing in life I can control"
Lin-Manuel Miranda

"Whoever said you can't obviously never met you"
Anonymous

"I'm not special, I'm limited eddition but I do still come with a manual... with ripped pages"

: My friend told their parents after being praised for something casual.

"If I were a Hufflepuff, I would give them a cake and say sorry. But I'm a Gryffindor so I'll make some pancakes... DAN GET THE FLOUR!

: At school, I witnessed this quote - I can tell you Dan did not get the flour so the person who said the quote pulled a bag of flour out of his bag and stalked off to his house (he goes home at lunch) and came back with pancakes. I wonder to this day who got the pancakes.

Nice to meet you! Sage Bragnam, magical historian, at your service

This is a wizard Historians aspire to be.

Student: Sir, where's France?
Teacher (trying not to cry as a geography teacher)*mutters*: At Hogwarts...
Student: You're a wizard?
Teacher (taking the opportunity): Yes, Harry.
Me: *Cheering*
Student: Wat? *mindblown since couldn't tell the joke*

: This converstion deserves to be a quote.

All the quotes shared are confirmed to be true by myself, Bear.

" Hard work is worthless for those that don't believe in themselves"
- Naruto Uzumaki (Sorry for being a weeb )

"So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings." -- Tolkien

“We were angels once, don’t you remember?” ~Natasha Rostova, Great Comet

“It’s a beautiful fricken day!” ~Veronica Sawyer, Heathers

“IT’S FROM JAPAAAAAN!” ~Rich Goranski, Be More Chill

“This is starting to look less like a rescue mission and more like you going on a leisurely road trip with two hot chicks,” Nine grumbles.
Sarah rolls her eyes. I glare at Nine. “It’s not like that. You know we need you here, in case something happens.”
“Yeah, I’m backup,” he snorts. “Johnny, do I have to start dating you to get some action around here?”
Sarah winks at him. “It might help.”
Nine looks me over. “Ugh. Not worth it.”
― Pittacus Lore, The Fall of Five

"Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armor yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you." - Tyrion Lannister

"I have a tender spot in my heart for cripples, bastards, and broken things." - Tyrion Lannister

"When you make your peace with authority, you become authority." - Jim Morrison

"variety is life; uniformity is death" - Peter Kropotkin

"No privacy. No Magic." - InspiroBot