Quotes that SheyLey loves:
Basically, I'm for anything that gets you through the night - be it prayer, tranquilizers or a bottle of Jack Daniels.
Alcohol, Night & Evening0We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.
Team, Albus Dumbledore0All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring.
Renewed shall be blade that was broken
The crownless again shall be king.
But I'm holding on for dear life
Won't look down, won't open my eyes
Keep my glass full until morning light
'Cause I'm just holding on for tonight
Carpe Diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary.
0It is only with the heart that one can see rightly;
what is essential is invisible to the eye.
People walk around today calling everyone their best friend. The term doesn't have any real meaning anymore.
Mere acquaintances are lavished with hugs and kisses upon a second or at most third meeting, birthday cards get passed around offices so everybody can scribble a snippet of sentimentality for a colleague they barely met, and everyone just loves everyone.
As a result when you tell somebody you love them today, it isn't much heard.
I ask the indulgence of the children who may read this book for dedicating it to a grown-up. I have a serious reason: he is the best friend I have in the world. I have another reason: this grown-up understands everything, even books about children. I have a third reason: he lives in France where he is hungry and cold. He needs cheering up. If all these reasons are not enough, I will dedicate the book to the child from whom this grown-up grew. All grown-ups were once children– although few of them remember it. And so I correct my dedication:
To Leon Werth
When he was a little boy
Disappoint someone, whatever, and disappoint the world, but never disappoint yourself!
0'National Security”: catch-all phrase for 'we can do anything we want”.
0I can tell you a million and a half things I've never heard of!
0With the exception of sporting events and bachelor parties, we basically bottle up our feelings until we die.
0In most cases, revenge is not a good thing. In other cases, it's the only thing.
0And that, kids, is the kind of stupid thing you say, before you've met the person who hits the reset button on the world. Who makes everything new again. Who makes it seem ridiculous that you ever considered settling.
Falling in love0The 'no more surprises'-thing is the best part of being married.
Marriage0Canada also helped in two world wars and gave the world Neil Young, William Shatner, Leonard Cohen, Pamela Anderson, one quarter of Barney Stinson, instant mashed potatoes and best of all - you.
Canada0If you love something, you can never let it go. Not even for a second. Or it's gone forever.
Love, Loyalty0If you're looking for the word that means caring for someone beyond all rationality and wanting them to have everything they want, no matter how much it destroys you, it's love!
Love0Whatever you do in this life, it's not legendary, unless your friends are there to see it.
Legendary0I hate cleaning up around here. What's the point? It's just gonna get dirty again.
0But I guess if I llove you, I should let you move on.
0Don't let anyone, ever, make you feel like you don't deserve what you want.
Self-Confidence0I hate the way you talk to me, and the way you cut your hair.
I hate the way you drive my car. I hate it when you stare.
I hate your big dumb combat boots, and the way you read my mind.
I hate you so much it makes me sick; it even makes me rhyme.
I hate it, I hate the way you're always right. I hate it when you lie.
I hate it when you make me laugh, even worse when you make me cry.
I hate it when you're not around, and the fact that you didn't call.
But mostly I hate the way I don't hate you.
Not even close,
not even a little bit,
not even at all!
You don't buy black lingerie unless you want someone to see it.
0Just 'cause you're beautiful, that doesn't mean that you can treat people like they don't matter.
0This is how it's done. When people are sittin' on shit that you want, you make 'em your enemy. Then you're justified in taking it.
Greed, Humanity, War0Everything is backwards now. Like out there is the true world, and in here is the dream.
0All I ever wanted was a single thing worth fighting for.
0My dad always said that work was like a hat you put on your head. And even if you didn't have pants , you didn't have to walk down the street ashamed of your ass as long as you had a hat.
Work & Carreer0But what's the point of breathing if somebody already tells you the difference between an apple and a bicycle? If I bite a bicycle and ride an apple, then I'll know the difference.
0I never thought it could happen, but love hit me like an elephant and I was thrown into a jungle of dreams.
Love0Whenever I try to remember my dreams, I always turn 'em into stories. But dreams are like life. You can't catch it with your hands because you can't catch something you don't really see.
Dreaming0Children have got to be free to lead their own lives.
Children & Childhood, Education, Disney-Movies0But it's hard to stay mad, when there's so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once, and it's too much, my heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst.
Beauty0Knowing where you're going can be confusing. Trust your instincts.
Knowledge, Disney-Movies0Sometimes I believe in as many as 6 impossible things before breakfast.
Faith0There is a place like no place on Earth. A land full of wonder, mystery, and danger. Some say to survive it, you need to be as mad as a hatter.
Disney-Movies, Craziness & Weirdness0I'm sorry, but how can one possibly pay attention to a book with no pictures in it?
Books, Disney-Movies0'But I don't want to go among mad people,' said Alice.
'Oh you can't help that,' said the cat.
'We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.'
'How do you know I'm mad?' asked Alice.
'You must be,' said the cat, 'or you wouldn't have come.'
If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn’t. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn’t be. And what it wouldn’t be, it would. You see?
0I can't go back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.
Past0'I don't think...'
'Then you shouldn't talk', said the Hatter.
If everybody minded their own business, the world would go around a great deal faster than it does.
0Alice came to a fork in the road. 'Which road do I take?' she asked.
'Where do you want to go?' responded the Cheshire Cat.
'I don't know,' Alice answered.
'Then,' said the Cat, 'it doesn't matter.'
'And what is the use of a book,' thought Alice, 'without pictures or conversation?'
Books0