“If every life is a river, then it's little wonder that we do not even notice the changes that occur until we are far out in the darkest sea. One day you look around and nothing is familiar, not even your own face. My name once meant daughter, grandaughter, friend, sister, beloved. Now those words mean only what their letters spell out; Star in the night sky. Truth in the darkness. I have crossed over to a place where I never thought I'd be. I am someone I would have never imagined. A secret. A dream. I am this, body and soul. Burn me. Drown me. Tell me lies. I will still be who I am.” IfsLooksMeanLittlesStillsSoulDreamBodyFacesLife IsLyingNightNamesStarsSecretWonderDarknessSeaSkyOne DayDaughterRiversLettersWho I AmFamiliarBelovedSpellsNight SkyStars In The Night Sky Author:Alice Hoffman
“I stood there in the kitchen, watching her staring across the meadow still searching for her nemesis and I thought, suddenly, that this is all our lives - this is the one fact that applies to us all, that makes us what we are, our common mortality, our common humanity. One day someone is going to come and take us away: you don't need to have been a spy, I thought, to feel like this.” NeedsFeelsHas BeensStillsFactsHumanityCommonOur LivesOne DayStaringKitchenMortalitySpyMeadowsNemesisCommon Humanity Book:Restless Source: Restless
“A lady came up to me one day and said 'Sir! You are drunk', to which I replied 'I am drunk today madam, and tomorrow I shall be sober but you will still be ugly.” SaidStillsTodayPartyTomorrowDrinkOne DayHumorousDrinkingUglyAlcoholDrunkSoberDrinking AlcoholFunny DrinkingGreat DrinkingDrinking FunnyGreat AlcoholBars DrinkingDay DrinkingDrinking Party Author:Winston Churchill
“My books hold between their covers every story I've ever known and still remember, or have now forgotten, or may one day read; they fill the space around me with ancient and new voices.” MayStillsBookStoriesRememberVoiceSpaceKnownOne DayForgottenAncient Book:The Library at Night Source: The Library at Night
“In this universe the night was falling; the shadows were lengthening towards an east that would not know another dawn. But elsewhere the stars were still young and the light of morning lingered; and along the path he once had followed, Man would one day go again.” KnowsMenStillsLightYoungNightFallUniverseStarsMorningPathOne DayShadowEastDawnElsewhere Book:Against the Fall of Night Source: Against the Fall of Night
“To think is to confine yourself to a single thought that one day stands still like a star in the world's sky.” ThinkingWorldStillsStarsSkyOne Day Author:Martin Heidegger
“Even if they end up together, which I highly doubt, given the strength of that particular bond-...-but even if Schuyler still loves him, or thinks she does, it doesn't matter. Because Jack is going to leave her one day. i know he will. He's too much for Schuyler. They're wrong for each other. Anyone can see that. And when he leaves her, I'll be there. However long it takes, I'll still be there for her. Waiting.” IfsThinkingKnowsLongDoeStillsEndsMatterTogetherGivenWaitingDoubtToo MuchParticularOne Day Author:Melissa de la Cruz
“A friend came to visit James Joyce one day and found the great man sprawled across his writing desk in a posture of utter despair. James, what’s wrong?' the friend asked. 'Is it the work?' Joyce indicated assent without even raising his head to look at his friend. Of course it was the work; isn’t it always? How many words did you get today?' the friend pursued. Joyce (still in despair, still sprawled facedown on his desk): 'Seven.' Seven? But James… that’s good, at least for you.' Yes,' Joyce said, finally looking up. 'I suppose it is… but I don’t know what order they go in!” KnowsMenWritingLooksSaidStillsTodayOrderCoursesFoundOne DayDespairSevenGreat MenDesksPursuedPostureJoyceUtter Despair Author:Stephen King
“...the girl longed for a love that could not be ended by death. From the time she was young, she knew that her true love was there, somewhere, living a life that would one day intersect her own. Knowing this made every day full of sweet possibility. Knowing that her true love lived and breathed and went about his day under her same sun made her fears vanish, her sorrows small, and her hopes high. Though she did not yet know his face, the color of his eyes, still she knew him better than anyone else knew him, knew his hopes and dreams, what made him laugh and cry.” KnowsMadeStillsDreamEyeFacesYoungGirlLaughingSunKnowingCryPossibilityColorSweetSorrowOne DayHis EyesHopes And Dreams Author:Martine Leavitt
“He is solid; immovable, iron-willed. He showed me one day his killing bottle. I'm imprisoned in it. Fluttering against the glass. Because I can see through it I still think I can escape. I have hope. But it's all an illusion. A thick round wall of glass.” ThinkingStillsI CanWallOne DayIllusionKillingRoundsGlassesIronBottlesThickBecause I CanHaving HopeFluttering Book:The Collector Source: The Collector
“Look! You got sparklies like akri. He gives all of his to me. He say I look beautiful in sparklies, ‘specially them red ones that match my eyes. Here, Astrid. I know you can’t see it, Astrid, but it’s very lovely, like you. You need to wear that and then you have sparklies, too. But still no hornays. We need to fix you up with hornays one day so you can be a demon, too. It’s fun being a demon – except when people try to exercise you…Wait, that’s not the right word. I forget, but you know what I mean. (Simi)” PeopleKnowsNeedsGivingTryingLooksMeanStillsEyeBeautifulFunWaitingForgetLike YouExerciseOne DayRedLovelyDemonRight Words Author:Sherrilyn Kenyon
“Cause' I don't wanna' spend my life jaded, waiting to wake up one day and find that I've let all these years go by wasted. Oh I don't wanna' keep on wishing, missing, but still every morning the color of the night, I ain't spending no more time wasted.” YearsStillsNightWishCausesWaitingMorningMissingColorOne DayWake UpSpendingMore TimeEvery MorningWasted TimeJaded Author:Carrie Underwood