Quotes of James Ellroy

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The 1950s to me is darkness, hidden history, perversion behind most doors waiting to creep out. The 1950s to most people is kitsch and Mickey Mouse watches and all this intolerable stuff…

- James Ellroy

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“ This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness. ”

- Dalai Lama

“ Armed with positive thoughts, it becomes easier to focus on your goals, while the opposite also holds true. ”

- Stephen Richards

“ Gratitude is not love. Don’t mix the two because they are not the same. ”

- Frank Matobo

“ The purpose of life is not to be happy—but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you lived at all. ”

- Leo Rosten

“ Maybe everyone can live beyond what they're capable of. ”

- Markus Zusak

“ Many, many readers have written asking me wistfully about the nature of Sam and Grace's relationship, and I can assure you, that sort is absolutely real. Mutual, respectful, enduring love is completely attainable as long as you swear you won't settle for less. ”

- Maggie Stiefvater

“ You are attracted to the love you didn't receive as a child ”

- Jodi Ann Quarrie

“ Until you step into the unknown, you don’t know what you’re made of. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ 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

“ Your big opportunity may be right where you are now. ”

- Napoleon Hill

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

- Leo Buscaglia

“ Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning. ”

- Albert Einstein

“ If you sow kindness, you will reap love. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ Fear lies. Save love. ”

- Arif Naseem

“ There is a distinct, awful pain that comes with loving someone more than they love you. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ Repentance is not at an end, Instead it’s the beginning of how it ends. ”

- Yeth Bisto

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

- Banksy

“ 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

“ Give yourself permission to practice selfcare and to make time for your own dreams, goals, and priorities. ”

- Ruth Soukup

“ Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great. ”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“ Confidence is how we perceive the manifestation of truth in us. ”

- Mike Stagnitta

“ Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back and reasons to stay. ”

- Dalai Lama XIV

“ Keep away from small people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. ”

- Mark Twain

“ All for one and one for all. ”

- Alexandre Dumas

“ Remember when your heart is empty, don’t fill it with lies and deception. ”

- RJ Intindola