Abraham Lincoln

Country United States
Born Monday, 30 November -0001
Category
Quotes 148
US citizen
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what I am or what I hope to be I owe to my mother Uncategorized
“You're beautiful and sad," I said finally, not looking at him when I did. "Just like your eyes. You're like a song that I heard when I was a little kid but forgot I knew until I heard it again." For a long moment there was only the whirring sound of the tires on the road, and then Sam said softly, "Thank you.” Uncategorized
“I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.” Uncategorized
“Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.” Uncategorized
“In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.” Uncategorized
“There comes a time in a man's life when to get where he has to go--if there are no doors or windows--he walks through a wall.” Uncategorized
“A literary academic can no more pass a bookstore than an alcoholic can pass a bar.” Uncategorized
“It's all right to love someone who doesn't love you back, as long as they're worth you loving them. As long as they deserve it.” Uncategorized
“Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!” Uncategorized
“A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.” Uncategorized
“Some walks you have to take alone.” Uncategorized
“I don't mind being burdened with being glamorous and sexual. Beauty and femininity are ageless and can't be contrived, and glamour, although the manufacturers won't like this, cannot be manufactured. Not real glamour; it's based on femininity.” Uncategorized
“Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.” Uncategorized
“I read once that the ancient Egyptians had fifty words for sand & the Eskimos had a hundred words for snow. I wish I had a thousand words for love, but all that comes to mind is the way you move against me while you sleep & there are no words for that.” Uncategorized
“Reality doesn't impress me. I only believe in intoxication, in ecstasy, and when ordinary life shackles me, I escape, one way or another. No more walls.” Uncategorized
“Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression.” Uncategorized
“We need to talk. All of us About what we're going to do now." "I was going to watch Project Runway.” Uncategorized
“When I pronounce the word Future, the first syllable already belongs to the past. When I pronounce the word Silence, I destroy it.” Uncategorized
“No one knows for certain how much impact they have on the lives of other people. Oftentimes, we have no clue. Yet we push it just the same.” Uncategorized
“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity” Uncategorized