a silly little quote bot

That’s the problem with putting others first; you’ve taught them you come second.

And maybe I'll help people out who have bad dreams. So they won't have them anymore. I think I'd like to do that.

‘Tis the lot of the powerful to attract the covetous as well as the needy. Thus doth prudence dictate that those with power proffer aid with one hand whilst the other resteth ever on their hilt.

Do not fear difficulty. Hard ground makes stronger roots.

But what is stopping you? The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is today.

All part of my tragic-ass back story.

Fray shrugged and smiled in that way of his, and said, "When you’re coming apart at the seams, who else will make you whole again?". That was who he was to me.

Some questions will ruin you if you are denied the answer long enough.

Mind your breaking point, mind your load, mind how high you’ve climbed up the ladder; it’s against regulation to stand on the top rung. You could get hurt up there. You could fall.

I’ve sins aplenty, aye, but regrets? Not so much.

Oh, do not look at me so. A smile better suits a hero…

We reached for each other, and I thought of how many nights I had lain awake loving him in silence.

Unlock the glass cabinet. Dust off the longing. There’s good there, buried deeply. The words never lost their meaning.

Off my chair, jester. The king sits there.

I did not mind anymore that I lost when we raced and I lost when we swam out to the rocks and I lost when we tossed spears or skipped stones. For who can be ashamed to lose to such beauty? It was enough to watch him win.

"When something gets broken, it can be fixed," he stretched out his arm again. "Good as new."
"Maybe not good as new," I said. "but good anyway."

Forgive me, forgive me… I ask, I beg, I pray, but it never comes…

Everywhere in these days men have, in their mockery, ceased to understand that the true security is to be found in social solidarity rather than in isolated individual effort.

Would that I could join you... but this moment will have to be enough.

Think what you will, but I think you’re good enough for me.

please take care of yourself. i know it's hard but you deserve someone who cares about you. one day that will be more than just yourself. i need you to hold on until you make it there. please promise me you'll try.

It was only much later that I began to understand that simply being there is also a form of giving.

As long as you live, you can always rebuild. It’s never too late.

There is nothing more glorious on the face of the earth than someone who refuses to give up, who refuses to give in to their most self-hating, discouraged, disillusioned self, and instead learns how to relish the feeling of building a hut in the middle of the suffocating dust.

The universe is cold, and cruel, and violent—but only if you choose to look at it that way. For every act of aggression there are a thousand acts of kindness. For every hateful word, a million declarations of love. The good always outweighs the bad.

Is that our final goal and inspiration? A society built on trust, honor and compassion? Why not? What goal could possibly be more worthy?

And like the moon, we must go through phases of emptiness to feel full again.

You might act all detached from everyone, but deep down, you really do care, don’t you?

Your fingers know their way around the ink, but your soul can’t see the colors.

If you let that comparison hurt your self-confidence, you’re just holding yourself back. Let yourself walk your own path.