Olivia Chapman > Olivia's Quotes

“He is half of my soul, as the poets say.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“What makes the desert beautiful,' said the little prince, 'is that somewhere it hides a well...”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

“Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

“Sometimes in life, we need a few bad days in order to keep the good ones in perspective.”
― Colleen Hoover, Maybe Someday

“All humans make mistakes. What determines a person's character aren't the mistakes we make. It's how we take those mistakes and turn them into lessons rather than excuses.”
― Colleen Hoover, It Ends with Us

“There is no such thing as bad people. We’re all just people who sometimes do bad things.”
― Colleen Hoover, It Ends with Us

“Some things in life are out of your control. You can make it a party or a tragedy.”
― Nora Roberts, Vision in White

“We make destiny with every turn, every choice.”
― Nora Roberts, Valley of Silence

“Everything I know, I learned from dogs.”
― Nora Roberts, The Search

“Libraries were full of ideas—perhaps the most dangerous and powerful of all weapons.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass

“No. I can survive well enough on my own— if given the proper reading material.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass

“There are good days and hard days for me—even now. Don’t let the hard days win.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

“Joe had always considered individual words as finite units of currency, and he believed in savings.”
― C.J. Box, Open Season

“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“Why can't people just sit and read books and be nice to each other?”
― David Baldacci, The Camel Club

“Today might not be so good. But tomorrow, you got another chance to get it right.”
― David Baldacci, Absolute Power

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

“... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“Bran thought about it. 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?'
'That is the only time a man can be brave,' his father told him.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“The magic is only in what books say, how they stitched the patches of the universe together into one garment for us.”
― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

“There are many, many types of books in the world, which makes good sense, because there are many, many types of people, and everybody wants to read something different.”
― Lemony Snicket, The Bad Beginning

“conveniently at adult eye level, with the generic brands placed down by your knees. Sugary cereals or other items meant to appeal to children are placed at eye level for children. Even the giant size of the shopping carts is intended to encourage more purchases. “Even the music is meant to manipulate us,” I explain to Luke. “A study of supermarket”
― Freida McFadden, Never Lie

“today’s psychologists tend to agree on several important points: for example, that introverts and extroverts differ in the level of outside stimulation that they need to function well. Introverts feel “just right” with less stimulation, as when they sip wine with a close friend, solve a crossword puzzle, or read a book. Extroverts enjoy the extra bang that comes from activities like meeting new people, skiing slippery slopes, and cranking up the stereo.”
― Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

“True growth comes from the lessons learned through experience, for it is through challenges that we discover our strength”
― Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“Experience is the compass that guides us, helping us navigate the uncharted territories of life. Through experience, we acquire the tools to shape our destiny and create a meaningful and purposeful life”
― Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“My best friends taught me a new kind of quiet, the peaceful stillness of knowing one another so well you don’t need to fill the space. And a new kind of loud: noise as a celebration, as the overflow of joy at being alive, here, now.”
― Emily Henry, Happy Place

“It takes action, preparation and planning rather than waiting, wondering and wishing, to accomplish any goal in life.”
― Shiv Khera, You Can Win: A Step-by-Step Tool for Top Achievers

“Knowledge can be very valuable, but only if people want it. If they don't, it can be worse than useless.”
― Anna North, Outlawed

“But hope is a difficult thing to kill, just a spark of it can start a fire”
― Stephanie Garber, Once Upon a Broken Heart

“This was how I won. Living this unperfect life surrounded by love was my victory.”
― Susie Tate, Unperfect