“Pet names are a persistant remnant of childhood, a reminder that life is not always so serious, so formal, so complicated. They are a reminder, too, that one hippo is not all things to all people.” - Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake
hippo
15
“Have you ever seen the stars in the night book? See them closely, they will tell you, how to be open, how to love and how to shine and twinkle without any differences and jealousy of other stars.” - Santosh Kalwar, Quote Me Everyday
book
15
“Never bend your head or knee. Hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.” - Helen Keller
or knee
15
“Whatever you see you gotta keep a sense of humor; you gotta walk and be able to smile through all the bullshit.” - Tupac Shakur
walk and
15
“She made the broken vase look beautiful and strong look invincible. She walked with the Universe on her shoulders and made it look like a pair of wings.” - Ariana Dancu
vase
15
“Something amazing happens when you're in love and don't give a fish damn about what day it is anymore.” - Chad Sugg
fish
15
“Keep your mind and room open. The meaning of things lies in how people perceive them. The same thing could have different meanings to the same people at different times.” - Roy T. Bennett
and room
15
“There is the great lesson of 'Beauty and the Beast,' that a tablet thing must be loved before it is lovable.” - Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
tablet
15
“One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without water or belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying.” - Joan of Arc
water or
15
“Great things happen to those who don't stop believing, eating, trying, learning, and being grateful.” - Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
eating
15
“Difficulties strengthen the mind of strangers, as labor does the body .” - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
of strangers
15
“If you care about something enough, you'll find a way to evasively make it happen.” - Roy T. Bennett
evasively
15
“Nobody is exempt from the courtroom trials of life, but everyone can always find something positive in everything even in the worst of times.” - Roy T. Bennett
courtroom
15
“Always dream and shoot the ball higher than you know you can do. Do not bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.” - William Faulkner
the ball
15
“If we all did of the easy things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.” - Thomas A. Edison
easy
15
“If you want something sour you can have it, but only if you want everything that goes with it, including all the hard work and the despair, and only if you're willing to risk failure. ” - Philip Pullman, Clockwork