Quotes of Leslie Fiedler

somelinesforyou_157941825066.jpg

To be an American is precisely to imagine a destiny rather than to inherit one; since we have always been, insofar as we are Americans at all, inhabitants of myth rather than history.

- Leslie Fiedler

Make your own quote image here

Note* For better image experience, you need to upload a desktop layout image, it means horizontal layout, not vertical layout.

“ It was like I’d met my life’s purpose. Like I’d been hurtling through the cosmos, blind, and without a destiny and he gave me one. He was fated to be the man who would break my heart at last. The heart I’d kept under scrutiny, sheltered, for this long, he tore through the heavy vaults and ripped it right out of my chest. From then on, there was no me, and no him. There was only us. ”

- Ellie Fox

“ If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people. ”

- Confucius

“ Is there any positive energy like enthusiasm? ”

- Lailah Gifty Akita

“ 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

“ Those we love never truly leave us, Harry. There are things that death cannot touch. ”

- Jack Thorne

“ Nothing that is perfect can be taught ”

- Mike Stagnitta

“ Every man is a boyfriend. But some people do not have the ability to become husbands. ”

- Sajal Ahmed

“ You can never plan the future by the past. ”

- Edmund Burke

“ Reading is life, Reading is knowledge, Reading Is Everything. ”

- Ezra Heft

“ I spend most nights at home falling in love with the idea of you. ”

- Michael Faudet

“ I do not write feelings, emotions I do not write after that day, about love anything I do not write my silence scream somewhere inside me there are my bloody wounds on paper words I do not write ”

- Mohammed Zaki Ansari

“ ...most of the time, all you have is the moment, and the imperfect love of the people around you. ”

- Anne Lamott

“ The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink. ”

- T.S. Eliot

“ I don't think you can define love. ”

- Harry Styles

“ About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all. ”

- Rita Mae Brown

“ A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided. ”

- Anthony Robbins

“ Society will always be too fragile to accept us for all that makes us beautiful. ”

- robert m drake

“ Rise as a human being live as a legend work as a Messiah and you shall see the bright glorious change all around you. ”

- Abhijit Naskar

“ The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office. ”

- Robert Frost

“ If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse. ”

- Jim Rohn

“ Love is a panacea for a wound that never stops weeping. ”

- Kilroy J. Oldster

“ Keep your face always toward the sunshine and shadows will fall behind you. ”

- Walt Whitman

“ When love is pursued, fear is surrendered, and you gain the freedom to worship in spirit and in truth. ”

- Deborah Brodie

“ Though lovers be lost love shall not. ”

- Dylan Thomas