Quotes of Roland Barthes

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To try to write love is to confront the muck of language: that region of hysteria where language is both too much and too little, excessive and impoverished.

- Roland Barthes

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“ Do not yearn to be popular; be exquisite. Do not desire to be famous; be loved. Do not take pride in being expected; be palpable, unmistakable. ”

- C. JoyBell C.

“ Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ I felt overwhelmed. I didn’t expect a first kiss to be so…life altering. In a few brief moments, the rule book of my universe had been rewritten. Suddenly I was a brand new person. I was as fragile as a newborn, but instead of the doctor placing me in my mother’s arms, he’d put me in Ren’s. What would Ren do with me? Would he draw me near, soothe me, and teach me about this new world or would he reject me and tell the doctor there must be some mistake. There was no way to know. What a breakable and delicate thing a heart was, no wonder I’d kept mine locked away. ”

- Colleen Houck

“ Tell me then, does love make one a fool or do only fools fall in love? ”

- Orhan Pamuk

“ If you get tired, learn to rest, not to quit. ”

- Banksy

“ My love for you does not recognize boundaries, distances, borders, or timezones! ”

- Avijeet Das

“ I can only think about the past, but I can always design the future. ”

- Davin Ferrigon

“ Your heart is a powerful force. Use it consciously. ”

- Amy Leigh Mercree

“ Don’t marry him. Don’t be with him. Be with me. ”

- Jenny Han

“ Enmity builds walls; love builds bridges. Enlightenment is the highway to world peace. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that. ”

- Martin Luther King Jr.

“ Faith is taking the first step even when you can’t see the whole staircase. ”

- Martin Luther King

“ That which we persist in doing becomes easier to do, not that the nature of the thing has changed but that our power to do has increased. ”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“ Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ You are like nobody since I love you. ”

- Pablo Neruda

“ It takes writing a billion bad words before you get to the good ones. ”

- Ray Bradbury

“ How many slams in an old screen door? Depends how loud you shut it. How many slices in a bread? Depends how thin you cut it. How much good inside a day? Depends how good you live 'em. How much love inside a friend? Depends how much you give 'em. ”

- Shel Silverstein

“ To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best. ”

- William M. Thackery

“ If you have kindness in your heart, you offer acts of kindness to touch the hearts of others wherever you go—whether they are random or planned. Kindness becomes a way of life. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ Love is always open arms. If you close your arms about love you will find that you are left holding only yourself. ”

- Leo Buscaglia

“ Superhuman effort isn't worth a damn unless it achieves results. ”

- Ernest Shackleton

“ Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself. ”

- Andrew Carnegie

“ Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. ”

- Helen Keller

“ A lack of clarity could put the brakes on any journey to success. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ A life lived in love will never be dull. ”

- Leo Buscaglia