Everyone loves a great quote!

I’m a huge fan of quotes. I love to use them whenever I can, even when I’m boring my friends  to death. Text messages, cards, tweets, updates…you name it and I’ll put a quote on it. So I decided to share some of my favorite quotes here. I hope you like them!

Quotes about writing:

“I’m writing a book. I’ve got the page numbers done.” (Stephen Wright)

“A critic is a man who knows the way but can’t drive the car.” (Kenneth Tynan)

“The only way to learn to write is to write.” (Peggy Teeters)

“The first chapter sells the book; the last chapter sells the next book.” (Mickey Spillane)

“We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to.”( Somerset Maugham)

“All the words I use in my stories can be found in the dictionary — it’s just a matter of arranging them into the right sentences.” (Somerset Maugham)

“Writing is a fairly lonely business unless you invite peopl in to watch you do it, which is often distracting and then have to ask them to leave.” (Marc Lawrence)

“I am a part of all I have read.” (John Kieran)

“A writer never has a vacation. For a writer life consists of either writing or thinking about writing.” (Eugene Ionesco)

Quotes about books:

“We read to know we are not alone.” ( C.S. Lewis)

“Anyone who says they have only one life to live must not know how to read a book.” (Author Unknown)

“Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.” (P.J. O’Rourke)

“Books can be dangerous.  The best ones should be labeled ‘This could change your life.’ ” (Helen Exley)

“Book lovers never go to bed alone.”  (Author Unknown)

“A house without books is like a room without windows.”  (Heinrich Mann)

“Never judge a book by its movie.”  (J.W. Eagan)

“Books are immortal sons deifying their sires.”  (Plato)

And some random quotes that I absolutely love!

“To die would be an awfully big adventure.” (J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan)

“The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it.” (J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan)

“Believe what you want” ( Moomin; Little My) 

“One can’t be too dangerous, if they like to eat pancakes. Especially with Jam on it.”  (Moomin Troll)

“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” (Albert Einstein)

“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.” (Albert Einstein)

“Imagination is more important than knowledge.” (Albert Einstein)

“I’m selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can’t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best.” (Marilyn Monroe)

“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” (Friedrich Nietzsche)

“A goal is a dream with a deadline.” (Napoleon Hill)

“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” (Thomas Edison)

 

Okay, I could go on page after page but maybe you find a quote you like among these and if not…please, share!

Cheers,

Jen