Book Nerds :D discussion

“Today I am making the decision to let go of the things that don’t make me happy. I am letting go, happily” A. A Milne, Winnie the Pooh

“Dream big dreams,because little dreams have no magic.~Dork Diaries”
― Rachel Renee Russell

“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars” Norman Vincent Peale

Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass. It's about learning how to dance in the rain.” Vivian Greene

"trials come to make you stronger, even if it's just a little bit stronger" I'm not sure who said it....it was in my Public Speaking textbook. in a video

Scoooooodles wrote: "Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass. It's about learning how to dance in the rain.” Vivian Greene"

that's one of my favorites aaaa

“Whenever I feel the need to exercise, I lie down until it goes away.”
― Paul Terry

I love this it's hilarious!! ( I think so anyway!)

and... I live this!!

“I picked up one of the books and flipped through it. Don't get me wrong, I like reading. But some books should come with warning labels: Caution: contains characters and plots guaranteed to induce sleepiness. Do not attempt to operate heavy machinery after ingesting more than one chapter. Has been known to cause blindness, seizures and a terminal loathing of literature. Should only be taken under the supervision of a highly trained English teacher. Preferably one who grades on the curve.”
― Laurie Halse Anderson.

...and this!

“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.”
― Jim Henson

Thanks! I love them to!!

“The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.”
― Terry Pratchett

I've heard that one! it's really cool

Yesss Terry Pratchett

oh yeah you've read a lot of terry Pratchett, right LJ?

“Love is like the wind, you can't see it but you can feel it.”
― Nicholas Sparks.

“Some humans would do anything to see if it was possible to do it. If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying 'End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH', the paint wouldn't even have time to dry.”
― Terry Pratchett.

"Ford, you're turning into a penguin. Stop it!"
-from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

“I’d rather have you then a thousand boys.”
—Anne of Green Gables

“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

“Let us be elegant or die!”
— Louis May Alcott

Kacie wrote: "oh yeah you've read a lot of terry Pratchett, right LJ?"

Well I've read a few of his short story collections for younger readers, and am in the middle of the Wee Free Men series (mini-arc of Discworld for YA lol) and it's fantastic :)

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
-Unknown

“A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it’s in hot water.”
-Eleanor Roosevelt

Don't count the days, make the days count.
-Muhammad Ali

I didn't fail the test. I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.
-Benjamin Franklin

"Not all those who wander are lost."
- JRR Tolkien

ᗩudrey |hiatus| wrote: "“A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it’s in hot water.”
-Eleanor Roosevelt"

i LOVE this

Scoooooodles wrote: "ᗩudrey |hiatus| wrote: "“A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it’s in hot water.”
-Eleanor Roosevelt"

i LOVE this"

Yes!!! hahaha!

“Life breaks us, Teft. Then we fill the cracks with something stronger.”

"The most important words a man can say are 'I will do better'"

-Brandon Sanderson, from Oathbringer

“With great power... comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later.”

― Rick Riordan, The Last Olympian

“Deadlines just aren't real to me until I'm staring one in the face.”

― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

“There was no part of him that was not broken, that had not healed wrong, and there was no part of him that was not stronger for having been broken.”

― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“Hope is stronger than fear. It is stronger than hate.”

― Sabaa Tahir, A Reaper at the Gates

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

I love that one!!!!!

“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
― Groucho Marx

“Love is like the wind, you can't see it but you can feel it.”
― Nicholas Sparks.

"I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship"
- Louisa May Alcott

"If you set your goals ridiculously high and it's a failure, you will fail above everyone else's success."
------James Cameron------

"You can help me pick out a tiara when we're done saving the world" (Marissa Meyer, Cress).

“I’m the Sun Summoner. It gets dark when I say it does" (Leigh Bardugo, Ruin and Rising).

“Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.”
————Deepak Chopra————

“My muscles informed me they did not want to go through any more exercise today. So I suggest that maybe he should let me off this time. He laughed, and I'm pretty sure it was at me...not with me.
"Why is that funny?"
"Oh," he said, his smile dropping. "You were serious."
"Of course I was! Look, I've technically been awake for two days. Why do we have to start this training now? Let me go to bed." I whined. "It's just one hour."

"How do you feel right now?"
"I hurt like hell."
"You'll feel worse tomorrow."
"So?"
"So, better get a jump on it while you still feel...not as bad."
"What kind of logic is that?" I retorted.”
― Richelle Mead, Vampire Academy

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
― Bernard M. Baruch

"if happy people have sunshine in their souls, then miserable people must have a black hole in theirs (and people who read a lot of self-help books just have chicken soup in their souls)."
-John Bytheway, How to be Totally Miserable: A Self-Hinder Book

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Does anyone ask you why you stay, Sean Kendrick?"
"They do."
"And why do you?"
"The sky and the sand and the sea and Corr.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Scorpio Races

Kacie wrote: "“Does anyone ask you why you stay, Sean Kendrick?"
"They do."
"And why do you?"
"The sky and the sand and the sea and Corr.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Scorpio Races"

I have read that book and I loved it!!!

⊱Wren⊰ wrote: "Kacie wrote: "“Does anyone ask you why you stay, Sean Kendrick?"
"They do."
"And why do you?"
"The sky and the sand and the sea and Corr.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Scorpio Races"

I have read that ..."

Me toooooo!!! It's one of my favorites :P

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
― Mae West