- Non multa, sed multum (St. Ignatius of Loyola)
- “Why don't you ever use your strength on me?" she said. Because love means renouncing strength," said Franz softly.” (Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being)
- "The heavier the burden, the closer our lives come to the earth, the more real and truthful they become. Conversely, the absolute absence of burden causes man to be lighter than air, to soar into heights, take leave of the earth and his earthly being, and become only half real, his movements as free as they are insignificant. What then shall we choose? Weight or lightness?” (Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being)
- “I love you also means I love you more than anyone loves you, or has loved you, or will love you, and also, I love you in a way that no one loves you, or has loved you, or will love you, and also, I love you in a way that I love no one else, and never have loved anyone else, and never will love anyone else.” (Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything is Illuminated)
- “Robin turned and looked straight into her. "What's life for?" "I don't know." "I don't either. But I don't think it's about winning.” (Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections)
- "It was unfair that the world could be so inconsiderate to a man who was so considerate to the world." (Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections)
- “There is only one god and his name is Death. And there is only one thing we say to Death: 'Not today.'” (George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones)
- “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies," said Jojen. "The man who never reads lives only one.” (George R.R. Martin, A Dance With Dragons)
- “I wasn't actually in love, but I felt a sort of tender curiosity.” (F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby)
- “Reserving judgements is a matter of infinite hope." (F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby)
- “It was the kind of voice that the ear follows up and down, as if each speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again.” (F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby)
- "Above all, do not lie to yourself. A man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point where he does not discern any truth either in himself of anywhere around him, and thus falls into disrespect towards himself and others. Not respecting anyone, he ceases to love..." (Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov)
- "For the mystery of man's being is not only in living, but in what one lives for." (Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov)
- "The best things said come last. People will talk for hours saying nothing much and then linger at the door with words that come with a rush from the heart." (Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself, Alan Alda)
- "[Gaudencio,] after everything, you must know that I love you." (Salamanca, Dean Francis Alfar)
- "Please believe that things are good with me, and even when they're not, they will be soon enough. And I will always believe the same about you.” (The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky)
- "Sometimes people use thought to not participate in life." (The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky)
- "You can't just sit there and put everyone's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You just can't. You have to do things." (The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky)
- "I would die for you. But I won't live for you." (The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky)
- "I just need to know that someone out there listens and understands and doesn't try to sleep with someone even if they could have. I need to know these people exist." (The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky)
- "Sam and Patrick looked at me. And I looked at them. And I think they knew. Not anything specific really. They just knew. And I think that's all you can ever ask from a friend." (The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky)
- "You shall not, for the sake of one individual, change the meaning of principle and integrity, nor endeavour to persuade yourself or me, that selfishness is prudence, and insensibility of danger security for happiness." (Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen)
- "In vain I have struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you." (Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen)
- "You must know... surely, you must know it was all for you. You are too generous to trifle with me. I believe you spoke with my aunt last night, and it has taught me to hope as I'd scarcely allowed myself before. If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections and wishes have not changed, but one word from you will silence me forever. If, however, your feelings have changed, I will have to tell you: you have bewitched me, body and soul, and I love, I love, I love you. I never wish to be parted from you from this day on." (Pride and Prejudice, 2005)
- "Above all, don't lose hope." (The Life of Pi, Yann Martel)
- "I suppose in the end, the whole of life becomes an act of letting go, but what always hurts the most is not taking a moment to say goodbye." (The Life of Pi, Yann Martel)
- “When the day comes that the world presses you too hard,” Vassili said. “Come back to us. You’ll always find vodka and good stories.” (Elie Wiesel)
- “I don't want to stay in the bad place, where no one believes in silver linings or love or happy endings.” (The Silver Linings Playbook)
- "The only way to beat my crazy was by doing something even crazier. Thank you. I love you. I knew it from the moment I saw you. I'm sorry it took me so long to catch up. I just got stuck." (The Silver Linings Playbook)
- “Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.” (Thirst, Mary Oliver)
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