Quotes of Julio Cortázar

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The more a book is like an opium pipe, the more the Chinaman reader is satisfied with it and tends to discuss the quality of the drug rather than its lethargic effects.

- Julio Cortázar

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

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ Meditation is a way for nourishing and blossoming the divinity within you. ”

- Amit Ray

“ Better to have, and not need, than to need, and not have. ”

- Franz Kafka

“ Take wrong turns. Talk to strangers. Open unmarked doors. And if you see a group of people in a field, go find out what they are doing. Do things without always knowing how they'll turn out. You're curious and smart and bored, and all you see is the choice between working hard and slacking off. There are so many adventures that you miss because you're waiting to think of a plan. To find them, look for tiny interesting choices. And remember that you are always making up the future as you go. ”

- Randall Munroe

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

- Roy T. Bennett

“ The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why ”

- Mark Twain

“ I love women, but I feel like you can’t trust some of them. Some of them are liars, you know? Like I was in the park and I met this girl, she was cute and she had a dog. And I went up to her, we started talking. She told me her dog’s name. Then I said, ‘Does he bite?’ She said, ‘No.’ And I said, ‘Oh yeah? Then how does he eat?’ Liar. ”

- Demetri Martin

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

- St. Augustine

“ 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

“ All things are difficult before they are easy. ”

- Thomas Fuller

“ I pray you, do not fall in love with me, for I am falser than vows made in wine. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ It’s only after you’ve stepped outside your comfort zone that you begin to change, grow, and transform. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ Love cannot be hidden. It even shines in the darkest places." ~ Carla Olson Gade, The Shadow Catcher's Daughter ”

- Carla Olson Gade

“ My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right. ”

- Abraham Lincoln

“ I constantly challenge my athletes with workouts that take them to the upper edge of their ability. Like Brett's, my philosophy is that your biggest competitor is yourself. I will never ask the impossible. But I will come close. Those who answer with courage and selfbelief instead of fear and doubt are the ones who realize their dreams. ”

- Siri Lindley

“ One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love. ”

- Sophocles

“ When things do not go your way, remember that every challenge — every adversity — contains within it the seeds of opportunity and growth. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ If two people love each other there can be no happy end to it. ”

- Ernest Hemingway

“ It is now how good you are, it’s how good you want to be. ”

- Unknown

“ Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose. ”

- Victor Frankl

“ When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you. ”

- Plato

“ Art and love are the same thing: It’s the process of seeing yourself in things that are not you. ”

- Chuck Klosterman

“ 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

“ Don't be pushed by your problems;be led by your dreams. Believe in you. ”

- Vasso Charalambous

“ Always go with the choice that scares you the most, because that’s the one that is going to help you grow. ”

- Unknown