Secundas Quotes

#1. Friendship makes prosperity brighter, while it lightens adversity by sharing its griefs and anxieties.
[Lat., Secundas res splendidiores facit amicitia, et adversas partiens communicansque leviores.]

Marcus Tullius Cicero

#2. It was a useful reminder that all men, even the most seemingly cold-blooded, have a core of decency, and that if their heart is touched, they are capable of changing.

Nelson Mandela

#3. Had numerous pairs of dress chinos and blue blazers and Topsiders, and a smile that looked as though someone had plugged him in.

David Foster Wallace

#4. Yeah, I do. Sometimes I worry my memories will fade without them.

Heidi R. Kling

#5. William didn't look like he'd be difficult about anything - he was thin and sandy-haired and already wore eyeglasses like his father. Most of the time he didn't say much. But when he was curious about something, he was stubborner than a bear after a honeycomb.

Patricia C. Wrede

#6. When I go to a movie, I'm always thrilled if I've seen an actor do something and I didn't realize until the end of the movie that that was that person. I love that.

Guy Pearce

#7. The book that made a lasting impression was the one my mother gave each of us when she decided we were ready for our first 'adult novel,' Lucy Maud Montgomery's 'The Blue Castle.'

Hallie Ephron

#8. I can wait for film projects without having to do things to live.

Clemence Poesy

#9. Hell, as long as he was fantasizing, he threw in Naomi walking over to his hammock with a couple of fruity-looking drinks in her hands. She ruined it by talking. "This is our stop," she said.

James S.A. Corey

#10. I wanted to be a doctor once upon a time, but it turns out you've got to study, and that wasn't going to happen. I had no idea what I was going to do. I had trouble holding jobs because they want you to be on time. That wasn't going to work.

Bill Murray

#11. I began to be a woman at twelve, or more properly, a genius.

Mary MacLane

#12. You just can't wait to get out of your head, can you?"
"if you were in here you might want that too.

Maggie Stiefvater

#13. In order to have compassion for others, we have to have compassion for ourselves.

Pema Chodron