Quotes of Nick Hornby

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contemporary poetry is a kind of Reykjavik, a place where accessibility and intelligence have been fighting a Cold War by proxy for the last halfcentury.

- Nick Hornby

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“ Tucker strokes my hair. There's something so tender about the gesture. It might as well have been him whispering I love you. ”

- Cynthia Hand

“ One rarely falls in love without being as much attracted to what is interestingly wrong with someone as what is objectively healthy. ”

- Alain de Botton

“ When your only competition is becoming a better you, you will always win the game. ”

- Jackie Griffin

“ The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion. ”

- Alexander Graham Bell

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

- Ernest Shackleton

“ With love comes the risk of losing it. With love comes the risk of getting burnt with it. When love burns, it consumes even the soul. ”

- Jyoti Arora

“ Anyone who stops learning is old, whether twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing you can do is keep your mind young. ”

- Mark Twain

“ Spend the afternoon, you can't take it with you. ”

- Annie Dillard

“ Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure. ”

- George Edward Woodberry

“ We need hearts with restored empathy And homes with restored hope ”

- Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“ Sometimes love means letting go when you want to hold on tighter. ”

- Melissa Marr

“ 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

“ Relationships are like Rome difficult to start out, incredible during the prosperity of the 'golden age', and unbearable during the fall. Then, a new kingdom will come along and the whole process will repeat itself until you come across a kingdom like Egypt... that thrives, and continues to flourish. This kingdom will become your best friend, your soul mate, and your love. ”

- Helen Keller

“ Where wild souls meet wild lovers is where hurricanes are made. ”

- ventum

“ Life is a sheet of blank papers and pen: “We write our life like one made in heaven.” Sadly though, some don’t have the pen with them: “It’s others doing the writing for them. ”

- Rodolfo Martin Vitangcol

“ Accepting personal responsibility for your life frees you from outside influences – increases your selfesteem – boosts confidence in your ability to decisions – and ultimately leads to achieve success in life. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ When someone beats a rug, the blows are not against the rug, but against the dust in it. ”

- Gandhi

“ Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option. ”

- Maya Angelou

“ Hmm…now that I think about it, housecats are often coddled and petted. You don’t pet me nearly enough. You must be a lax owner. How selfish of you to deprive your cat of attention. ”

- Colleen Houck

“ You left the same way you: with 6 duffle bags and your heart intact. ”

- Gandhi

“ Education must not simply teach work – it must teach Life. ”

- W. E. B. Du Bois

“ 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

“ She was right about something else too," Dimitri said after a long pause. My back was to him, but there was a strange quality to his voice that made me turn around. "What's that?" I asked. "That I do still love you." With that one sentence, everything in the universe changed. ”

- Richelle Mead

“ Though lovers be lost love shall not. ”

- Dylan Thomas