Quotes of: Believe Keyword

Gina always believed there was magic in the world. "But it doesn't work in the way it does in fairy tales," she told me. "It doesn't save us. We have to save ourselves.

The Very Best of Charles de Lint

I used to believe my art had to be about the things that brought me joy and gave me hope. But I learned that art can be found in all of life, even in pain. --Valentine, while in Italy (pg 267)

Very Valentine

I can't believe you didn't say you were Simon Lewis," she said. "I thought you were just a mundane." Simon leaned slightly away. "I am just a mundane.

Welcome to Shadowhunter Academy

Militant feminists are pro‐choice because it’s their ultimate avenue of power over men. And believe me, to them it is a question of power. It is their attempt to impose their will on the rest of society, particularly on men.

The Way Things Ought to Be

... we shoved out many hopes and fears into their hands, believing those hands were strong because they had firm handshakes. They failed us, always. There was no way they could not fail us - they were human, and so were we.

Warm Bodies

I wish to weep but sorrow is stupid. I wish to believe but belief is a graveyard.

What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire

It's ever so important to believe in what you do, trust your ability to create and show yourself worthy. Never sell yourself short.

We All Need Heroes: Stories of the Brave and Foolish

I’d heard you were dead.” "I heard you wear a red lace corset,” I said matter-of-factly. “But I don’t believe every bit of nonsense that gets rumored about.

The Wise Man's Fear

Truth is a risky proposition. It's the nature of mediocre human beings to believe that lies are necessary, that they serve a purpose, that truth is subversive, that candor is dangerous, that the very scaffold of communal life is supported by lies.

The Wolf Gift

I do believe—that all the world's a star. Beyond that heav'nly light I shall fly far!" Luke (ACT I, Scene 7)

William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope

When you are writing laws you are testing words to find their utmost power. Like spells, they have to make things happen in the real world, and like spells, they only work if people believe in them.

Wolf Hall

Never believe a man’s claim that he has to harm his partner in order to protect her; only abusers think this way.

Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men

Image is only temporal. Substance endures. Who said, "Image is everything"? And who believed it?

From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph Over Death and Conscious Encounters with "The Divine Presence"

He suffered from an unlucky faculty—common to many men, especially Russians—the faculty of seeing and believing in the possibility of good and truth, and at the same time seeing too clearly the evil and falsity of life to be capable of taking a s...

War and Peace

You don't have to stop thinking and asking questions to believe in God, child. If He'd wanted a flock of eight billion sheep, He wouldn't have given us opposable thumbs, much less free will.

When She Woke

I lost someone very close to me and afterward I believed I could have saved him had I been a better friend to him. But everyone disappears, no matter who loves them.

What is the What

Ruth Cole was a novelist; novelists are not at their best when they go off half-cocked. She believed that she would prepare what she was going to tell the police - preferably in writing.

A Widow for One Year

When you hear a true story, there is a part of you that responds to it regardless of art, regardless of evidence. Let it be the most obvious fabrication and you will still believe whatever truth is in it, because you can not deny truth no matter how ...

Xenocide

Be sure to lie to your kids about the benevolent, all-seeing Santa Claus. It will prepare them for an adulthood of believing in God.

You Are Worthless: Depressing Nuggets of Wisdom Sure to Ruin Your Day

I didn't want to spent a lot of close time with someone who believed that fun is a bourgeois indulgence.

You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times

I certainly believe that all of my friends should have the right, as Marc and I did, to marry their best friend. I certainly expect my straight friends to help us achieve that for all New Yorkers, for all Americans, and for the children that, at leas...

Chelsea Clinton