What's your favorite quote or quotes? (citations required)

[triplem80]

I have way too many quotes that I love, but the one that pops into my head at the moment is from Still Life with Woodpecker, by Tom Robbins:

"We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love."

[Scott]

The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.

From The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus.

[PaulR]

"Energy is our ability to improve every single aspect of life, whether economic or environmental." - Alex Epstein

[JanaeiAlexandria]

Every passing moment is another chance to turn it all around. - Sophia, Vanilla Sky

When someone shows you who they are, believe them. - Maya Angelou

To be great is to be misunderstood - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase. - Martin Luther King Jr.

You know what happens when you hold on to something that is going in a different direction than you are? You either let go or you get hurt. - Janaei Alexandria

[Fatema5253]

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

By Benjamin Franklin

[I am Ace]

You can do it even if others say you can't.

by John Mason

[BookLovr85]

Simplicity, Simplicity, Simplicity. Walden- Thoreau

[hazelk]

Dreaming permits each and every one of us to be safely insane every night of the week...Dr Charles Fisher

[Book_Wyrm]

So very many from Terry Pratchett's books, but here's one that I'm pretty sure is not from any of his books:

Sometimes it is better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness.

[hazelk]

Books may well be the only true magic...Alice Hoffman

[DATo]

Without computers, the government would be unable to function at the level of effectiveness and efficiency that we have come to expect....today's government uses computers which are capable of cranking out millions of documents per day without any regard whatsoever for their content, thereby freeing government employees for more important responsibilities, such as not answering their phones.

- Dave Barry - Dave Barry in Cyberspace, 1996

[hazelk]

If a dog jumps onto your lap it is because he is fond of you, but if a cat does the same things it is because your lap is warmer.

A.N. Whitehead

[foxemily1245]

The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.
- Chuck Palahniuk, Diary

[Vickyoreo86]

“I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.”

by Pablo Neruda

Because I can be a little dark sometimes in my mind and my writing.

[Insightsintobooks]

. “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt