Quotes of Alberto Manguel

somelinesforyou_157950955486.jpg

Unicorns, dragons, witches may be creatures conjured up in dreams, but on the page their needs, joys, anguishes, and redemptions should be just as true as those of Madame Bovary or Martin Chuzzlewit.

- Alberto Manguel

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.

“ A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes. ”

- Robert Frost

“ I just...I just miss him. And I hate being so alone. ”

- Suzanne Collins

“ Is there any positive energy like enthusiasm? ”

- Lailah Gifty Akita

“ Numbers by popular consensus don’t make a wrong thing right, and if you are misunderstood for being right, don’t be afraid because they are not yet in the right time zone. ”

- Erwin D. Maramat

“ 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

“ Tragedy and adversary are the stones we sharpen our swords against so we can fight new battles. ”

- Sherrilyn Kenyon

“ A dream comes true through repeated actions. ”

- Lailah Gifty Akita

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

- Leo Buscaglia

“ Without term limits, some remain in office for decades; as a result, their power increases and they feel entitled, and ignore the people they represent; but do not be fooled that term limits would ultimately change representation, for it’s the ignorance of the populace who continue returning the same people to office. ”

- RJ Intindola

“ Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more. ”

- Erica Jong

“ When you love someone, you say their name different. Like it's safe inside your mouth. ”

- Jodi Picoult

“ Because, if you could love someone, and keep loving them, without being loved back . . . then that love had to be real. It hurt too much to be anything else. ”

- Sarah Cross

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

- Ezra Heft

“ Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened. ”

- Dr. Seuss

“ There is nothing higher than love, and nothing lower than ignorance. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

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

- Deborah Brodie

“ Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great. ”

- Niccolo Machiavelli

“ We cannot face up to what lies ahead, without facing up to what lies within. ”

- Eleesha

“ Legacy is greater than currency ”

- Gary Vaynerchuk

“ You don't need a million dollars in the bank. You just have to have passion, hustle and drive ”

- Daymond John

“ Better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all. ”

- St. Augustine

“ Bagiku ada sesuatu yang paling berharga dan hakiki dalam kehidupan: 'dapat mencintai, dapat iba hati, dapat merasai kedukaan'. Tanpa itu semua maka kita tidak lebih dari benda. Berbahagialah orang yang masih mempunyai rasa cinta, yang belum sampai kehilangan benda yang paling bernilai itu. Kalau kita telah kehilangan itu maka absurdlah hidup kita. ”

- Soe Hok Gie

“ The only love that I really believe in is a mother’s love for her children. ”

- Karl Lagerfeld