A Collection of Quotes

Just quotes I like from movies, books, music, celebrities, friends, etc.
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I had to go to that place, to get to this one.

Eminem, Not Afraid

How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.

Wayne W. Dyer

(Source: kari-shma)

To enjoy the rainbow, first enjoy the rain.

Paulo Coelho

(Source: kari-shma)

Focus is about saying, ‘No.’

Steve Jobs

Love is never a good enough reason to be unhappy.

doventwant, commenting on reddit thread, “My boyfriend is beginning to scare me

It’s more interesting to have just a picture of a small detail - then you can dream all the rest around it. Because when you see the whole thing, what is there to imagine?

Dries van Noten

(Source: yearslater)

Time takes it all, whether you want it to or not. Time takes it all, time bears it away. And in the end, there is only darkness. Sometimes we find others in that darkness, and sometimes we lose them there again.

Stephen King, The Green Mile

(Source: quote-book)

I love badly. That is, too little or too much. I throw myself over an unsuitable cliff, only to reel back in horror from a simple view out the window.

Jeanette Winterson, Gut Symmetries

(Source: quote-book)

The problem, often not discovered until late in life, is that when you look for things in life like love, meaning, motivation, it implies they are sitting behind a tree or under a rock. The most successful people in life recognize, that in life they create their own love, they manufacture their own meaning, they generate their own motivation. For me, I am driven by two main philosophies, know more today about the world than I knew yesterday. And lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you.
There are so many fragile things, after all. People break so easily, and so do dreams and hearts.

Neil Gaiman

(Source: julie911)

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