A great work of art is something as real as reality itself, and sometimes even more real than the real.
- from The Sympathizer book by Viet Thanh Nguyen
A great work of art is something as real as reality itself, and sometimes even more real than the real.
- from The Sympathizer book by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Confidence is great, but too much of it can make a fighter vulnerable. Before a fight, a boxer should have butterflies. They should be a little nervous. They should feel like they're about to run into someone who's going to try to kill them, because that's exactly what's going to happen.
- from Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter book by Curtis Jackson
There is no truer gauge of a man's character than the way in which he employs his strength, his power.
- from Storm Front book by Jim Butcher
The world judges girls harshly for improprieties - and even accidents. It's wrong, but it is the way this sinful world works,.
- from Pachinko book by Min Jin Lee
If people really were as happy as they look on the Internet, they wouldn't spend so much damn time on the Internet, because no one who's having a really good day spends half of it taking pictures of themselves. Anyone can nurture a myth about their life if they have enough manure, so if the grass looks greener on the other side of the fence, that's probably because it's full of shit.
- from Anxious People book by Fredrik Backman
Sometimes makeup feels kind of like armor.
- from Turtles All the Way Down book by John Green
Definition of a man: one who can cry freely, feel poetry and opera in his heart, and do whatever it takes to defend a woman.
- from Where the Crawdads Sing book by Delia Owens
If you aim to be something you are not, you will always fail. Aim to be you. Aim to look and act and think like you. Aim to be the truest version of you. Embrace that you-ness. Endorse it. Love it. Work hard at it. And don't give a second thought when people mock it or ridicule it. Most gossip is envy in disguise. Keep your head down. Keep your stamina. Keep swimming.
- from The Midnight Library book by Matt Haig
Sometimes hating one another is so easy that it seems incomprehensible that we ever do anything else.
- from Us Against You book by Fredrik Backman
When given the choice of obsessing over competitors or obsessing over customers, we always obsess over customers.
- Jeff Bezos, from The Everything Store book by Brad Stone