Quotation confesses inferiority.

Then Carrot said, It's better to light a candle than curse the darkness, captain. That's what they say.What? Vimes' sudden rage was like a thunderclap. Who says that? When has that ever been true? It's never been true! It's the kind of thing people without power say to make it all seem less bloody awful, but it's just words, it never makes any difference -

By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote.

I have joyfully done much evil in my life to those who have wished me evil (General Maximus)

I had never seen the end of day and the beginning of the night greet each other. We were caught in the loveliness between the two. A House Like a Lotus

Threatened men live long.

The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive

What does life give me in the end but sorrow?What do love's good and evil send but sorrow?I've only seen one true companion - pain,And I have known no faithful friend but sorrow.

I was always exceedingly delighted with that saying of Chrysostom, The foundation of our philosophy is humility; and yet more pleased with that of Augustine: As the orator, when asked, What is the first precept in eloquence? answered, Delivery: What is the second? Delivery: What is the third? Delivery: so if you ask me concerning the precepts of the Christian religion, I will answer, first, second, and third, Humility.

There wasn't an anhydrous lacrimal gland in the room...

There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.

It's amazing how close I have been, all this time, to my old life. And yet the distance that divides me from it is vast.

...the Statue of Liberty's got this invitation: 'Give me your tired, your poor, your reeking homeless--''Huddled masses,' said Ira. 'Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.'...Okay, fine. So like everybody in the old countries says, 'Hey, I'm a huddled mass,' and they all wanna come over.

Love does not judge.

He had had a severe shock some weeks earlier, when, having narrowly failed to capture a large grey-brown hare for his dinner, it had stopped at the edge of the forest, looked at him with disdain, and said, 'Well, I hope you're proud of yourself, that's all,' and had scampered off into the long grass

Nor is there wanting in the pressSome spirit to stand simply forth,Heroic in it nakedness,Against the uttermost of earth.The tale of earth's unhonored thingsSounds nobler there than 'neath the sun;And the mind whirls and the heart sings,And a shout greets the daring one.

Sorry. I get attacks of quotitis every once in a while. It's a very rare disease with no cure. It usually attacks older people, and here i am afflicted with it at my tender age.

What's up with you? How come you're being like this?' Because it's the truth. This is the world we live in.

... [They] took it upon themselves to start the laborious process of cranking up life again, after death has stopped us all in its tracks.

Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or conceited. It is never rude or selfish. It does not take offense and is not resentful.