“I was never so alive as when I was winning this throne, or so dead as now that I've won it.”— George R. R. Martin, Robert Baratheon, amazon.com
“In life, always strive to be the kind of person who can see humans at their worst and still love them, because that is when they need love the most.”— Nikita Gill, thoughtcatalog.com
“In a world where most of our connections are virtual, anything that smacks of truth and reality is very compelling.”— Laura Silverman, dveightmag.com
“You have to have a taste for words. Gluttony. You have to want to roll in them. You have to read millions of them written by other people.”— John Macdonald, amazon.com
“I am often given the big smiling handshake at parties (which I avoid attending whenever possible) by someone who then, with an air of gleeful conspiracy, will say, ‘You know, I’ve always wanted to write.’ I used to try to be polite. These days I reply with the same jubilant excitement: ‘You know, I’…”— John Macdonald, amazon.com
“Success is how you feel about what you’re doing. You have to please yourself and trust your instincts. You can’t go by what other people think.”— Calvin Klein, wwd.com
“I try to analyze a real situation in its various complexities, with the goal of allowing refusal, and curiosity, and innovation.”— Michel Foucault, michaelbess.org
“It’s not about being happy, that is the thing. I’m just trying to get through each day. I can’t keep asking myself ‘Am I happy? ‘ It just makes me more miserable. I don’t know If I believe in it, real lasting happiness, All those perky, well-adjusted people you see in movies and TV shows ? I don’t t…”— Diane Nguyen, Alison Brie, imdb.com
“Sometimes, it’s better to know what you don’t want to do, so you can make room for things you do want to do.”— Jason Zook, jasondoesstuff.com
“I’ve never gotten used to how much effort it takes just to be a woman in the public eye.”— Hillary Clinton, amazon.com
“Yell it from the roof tops. Your lungs are here to be abused with passion.”— Janne Robinson, thoughtcatalog.com
“Just because I had a bad sexual experience doesn’t mean that I’m broken. It means that I know to avoid that thing going forward.”— Karley Sciortino, vogue.com
“Writers too often are afraid to experiment or think beyond the norms of the literary culture they're swimming in.”— Jane Friedman, 0s-1s.com
“Nobody enjoys the company of a person who hasn’t washed their stinky soul.”— Torre Deroche, fearfuladventurer.com
“I don’t think success really matters. I think it’s how honest you are.”— Sally Wen, thecreativeindependent.com
“I’ve become increasingly interested in the idea that ‘the imagination’ is a place that is realer and larger than the universe.”— Tao Lin, thecreativeindependent.com
“No, I don’t think being overweight is healthy. Yes, I believe it is something to work on. But how many dispositions of malice, how many fundamentally terrible personality traits do we not treat in this same way? Many fat people become fat because they hate themselves and are paralyzed in this space.…”— Chrissy Stockton, thoughtcatalog.com
“I am tied of faking confidence or being told that my lack thereof is a fault when it seems to me the most natural reaction I could possibly have to the lifelong feedback women are given. I don't want to be confident or inspirational and I don't want to buck up anymore because the faking takes more e…”— Jessica Valenti, amazon.com
“My father took me aside one day soon after and told me this: The things you do in your twenties are just things you do. But as you approach thirty what you do starts to become who you are. And there are some things you do not want to be forever.”— Jessica Valenti, amazon.com