Words worth keeping

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.

Do you remember back at the hotel when you promised that if we lived, you’d get dressed up in a nurse’s outfit and give me a sponge bath?" asked Jace."It was Simon who promised you the sponge bath.""As soon as I’m back on my feet, handsome," said Simon."I knew we should have left you a rat.

You can talk with someone for years, everyday, and still, it won't mean as much as what you can have when you sit in front of someone, not saying a word, yet you feel that person with your heart, you feel like you have known the person for forever.... connections are made with the heart, not the tongue.

Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.

I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am.

One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Three, if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don't throw it away.

Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think, I'm not going to make it, but you laugh inside — remembering all the times you've felt that way.

The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.

There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out.

You get a little moody sometimes but I think that's because you like to read. People that like to read are always a little fucked up.

Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight.

Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?

One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.