List Your Favorite Quotes

[boehm]

- not a teacher - The following quote comes from Vladimir Nabokov: "The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamoring to become visible."

 

[Narkises]

"The most helpless person
is someone who cannot find a few friends during his life, but still more helpless is one who finds such a friend but loses him"

 

[Narkises]

"The consequence of fear is
disappointment and of bashfulness is frustration. Opportunity passes away like the cloud. Therefore, make use of good opportunities"

 

[Narkises]

"The best of riches is the
abandonement of desires"

 

[boehm]

“A short story is a different thing all together - a short story is like a kiss in the dark from a stranger.” - Stephen King

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

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

 

[Sarah H]

My favorite quote is “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” by Oscar Wilde. I always try to use it in my life and in literature essays or some assignments.