J SINHA > J's Quotes

“Adventures are never fun while you're having them.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

“Writer's block is a fancy term made up by whiners so they can have an excuse to drink alcohol.”
― Steve Martin

“We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie.”
― David Mamet, Boston Marriage

“I don't put up with being messed around, and I don't suffer fools gladly. The short version of that is that I'm a bitch. Trust me, I can provide character references.”
― Robin McKinley, Sunshine

“There will be no yelling at people who are bleeding themselves to unconsciousness.”
― Kristin Cashore, Fire

“Wait. Why am I thinking about Krispy Kremes? We’re supposed to be exercising.”
― Meg Cabot, Big Boned

“Let's be reasonable and add an eighth day to the week that is devoted exclusively to reading.”
― Lena Dunham

“Here is a lesson in creative writing.

First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you've been to college.

And I realize some of you may be having trouble deciding whether I am kidding or not. So from now on I will tell you when I'm kidding.

For instance, join the National Guard or the Marines and teach democracy. I'm kidding.

We are about to be attacked by Al Qaeda. Wave flags if you have them. That always seems to scare them away. I'm kidding.

If you want to really hurt your parents, and you don't have the nerve to be gay, the least you can do is go into the arts. I'm not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country

“The road to creativity passes so close to the madhouse and often detours or ends there.”
― Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death

“As for monkeys, I would have five, and they would be named: See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil, Do Pretty Much Whatever The Hell You Want, and Expensive Attorney.”
― Tad Williams

“Some of the worst mistakes in my life were haircuts”
― Jim Morrison

“Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.”
― Lily Tomlin

“I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am.”
― Samuel Johnson

“My doctor says that I have a malformed public-duty gland and a natural deficiency in moral fibre and that I am therefore excused from saving universes.”
― Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything

“After writing an email, a text, anything really, you can simply run the whole thing through ChatGPT and it instantly deletes your personality. It flattens you out, irons your creases, washes you away, quirk by quirk, until you disappear.”
― Richard Osman, We Solve Murders

“You know, sometimes I think this job’s OK. The pay’s all right. And then other times I think I’d really like to headbutt someone. Or just, like, torch the place.”
― Lucy Foley, The Midnight Feast

“I might not have much choice in how long I stay alive. But I do have some say in how much life I can pack into the days I have left. How much happiness I can experience.”
― Kirsty Greenwood, The Love of My Afterlife

“If your heart was a colour, it’d be yellow. The colour of a sunflower.”
― Kirsty Greenwood, The Love of My Afterlife

“I hold up the earrings. “Got to do some ear strength training if I’m gonna handle these bad boys. Wonder if they make miniature kettlebells for earlobes? Haha.”
― Kirsty Greenwood, The Love of My Afterlife

“Today we’re on the same page: we all want to see Will cry at the end of the night.”
― Hannah Grace, Daydream

“now I’m letting two imaginary people called Harriet and Wyn tear my heart up via an audiobook on 2X speed while making cookies.”
― Hannah Grace, Daydream

“Maybe it’s because when he touches me life feels too good to be real.”
― Hannah Grace, Daydream

“I’m a cynic. And a cynic is a romantic who’s too scared to hope.”
― Emily Henry, Funny Story

“Flags so red, they veered toward maroon.”
― Emily Henry, Funny Story

“You’re obsessed with your job. Sometimes I catch you just staring at spreadsheets like they’re winning lottery tickets.”
― Emily Henry, Funny Story

“Miles grins and high-fives me.
"Are we evil or just immature?" he says.
"I think maybe just bitter," I reply.”
― Emily Henry, Funny Story

“This is as close as I get to life on the edge: a milky tea and a near-white rug.”
― Emily Henry, Funny Story

“Besides, life sits shoulder to shoulder with death. It's around us all the time.”
― Tia Williams, A Love Song for Ricki Wilde

“You are also getting too much sun and people will think you are a peasant.”
― Kevin Kwan, Lies and Weddings

“This is what I get for assuming all women in safari hats can be trusted.”
― Casey McQuiston, The Pairing