Great lines from great literature

If you love a good book then you will love these lines from some of the best novels ever written, curated by the Viewtale review team.

1. She says nothing at all, but simply stares upward into the dark sky and watches, with sad eyes, the slow dance of the infinite stars.

–– Stardust.

2. The only lies for which we are truly punished are those we tell ourselves.

–– In a Free State.

3. A screaming comes across the sky.

–– Gravity’s Rainbow.

4. It was a pleasure to burn.

–– Fahrenheit 451.

5. The curves of your lips rewrite history.

— The Picture of Dorian Gray.

6. Forty minutes later he was up in the sky.

–– The Book of Strange New Things.

7. The sun had not yet risen.

–– The Waves.

8. You exposed your penis on national television, Max.

–– Sellevision.

9. She was seventy-five and she was going to make some changes in her life.

–– The Corrections.

10. Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

— The Temptest.

11. And the rest is rust and stardust.

–– Lolita.

12. A book should be an axe to chop open the frozen sea inside us.

— Summertime: Fiction.

13. The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars.

–– On The Road.

14. Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering.

— The History of Love.

15. Each time you happen to me all over again.

— The Age of Innocence.

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Classic children’s books you need to read now

If you read these books as a child, then now is the time to read them again as an adult. Here are two great children’s books to read now, curated by the Viewtale review team.

Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie

In the night, Peter Pan enters the nursery of Wendy, John and Michael, the Darling children. Not only does Peter teach them to fly, he takes them to Never-Never Land where they meet Red Indians, wolves, mermaids and pirates.

The leader of the pirates is the nasty Captain Hook whose hand was bitten off by a crocodile, After lots of adventures, the story reaches its climax as Peter, Wendy and the children battle with Captain Hook and his evil band of men.

The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

This classic tale of fantasy has attracted a growing audience in each generation for decades.

Rat, Mole, Badger and the preposterous Mr Toad have brought delight to many readers through the years with their odd adventures on and by the river, and at the imposing residence of Toad Hall.

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Great quotes to read when you’ve got some time to spare

Find that you have a bit more time on your hands than usual? Well, that seems to be the case for most people these days. Here is a great collection of quotes curated by the Viewtale review team to read when you have a few minutes to spare.

“All men are equal before fish.” – Herbert Hoover

“If I want to knock a story off the front page, I just change my hairstyle.” – Hillary Clinton

“You tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is ‘never try.'” – Homer Simpson

“My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.” – Indira Gandhi

“People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.” – Isaac Asimov

“I’d rather have 1% of the effort of 100 men than 100% of my own effort.” – J. Paul Getty

“My wife Mary and I have been married for forty-seven years and not once have we had an argument serious enough to consider divorce; murder, yes, but divorce, never.” – Jack Benny

“When we talk to God, we’re praying. When God talks to us, we’re schizophrenic.” – Jane Wagner

“Men are like shoes. Some fit better than others. And sometimes you go out shopping and there’s nothing you like. And then, as luck would have it, the next week you find two that are perfect, but you don’t have the money to buy both.” – Janet Evanovich

“According to a new survey, 90% of men say their lover is also their best friend. Which is really kind of disturbing when you consider man’s best friend is his dog.” – Jay Leno

“Here’s something to think about: How come you never see a headline like ‘Psychic Wins Lottery’?” – Jay Leno

“My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists.” – Jean Rostand

“Haters are just confused admirers because they can’t figure out the reason why everyone loves you.” – Jeffree Star

“It’s amazing that the amount of news that happens in the world every day always just exactly fits the newspaper.” – Jerry Seinfeld

“Laugh a lot. It burns a lot of calories.” – Jessica Simpson

“Avoid fruits and nuts. You are what you eat.” – Jim Davis

“The simple act of opening a bottle of wine has brought more happiness to the human race than all the collective governments in the history of earth.” – Jim Harrison

“Americans are incredibly inpatient. Someone once said that the shortest period of time in America is the time between when the light turns green and when you hear the first horn honk.” – Jim Rohn

“Age is just a number. It’s totally irrelevant unless, of course, you happen to be a bottle of wine.” – Joan Collins

“Why is there so much month left at the end of the money?” – John Barrymore

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Great classic films to watch now

Looking to sit down with a good movie to take your mind off things? Then choose one of these great American films, selected by the Viewtale review team, and get your popcorn popping!

Top Hat by Mark Sandrich

It's not just that the Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers dances are spectacular, which they are, this is also the funniest of all the dance musicals. The songs are by Irving Berlin and include "Cheek to Cheek," "Isn't It a Lovely Day (to be Caught in the Rain)?" and "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails."

Stagecoach by John Ford

There were Westerns before "Stagecoach," but every Western after it was influenced by it. A young John Wayne is the white-hatted prisoner who first fights a band of Indians and then outlaws while winning the heart of the fallen Claire Trevor, who has the requisite heart of gold.

Young Frankenstein by Mel Brooks

Just about every joke — and there are a lot of jokes — works in this inspired parody of "Frankenstein" and the horror movies made by Universal Pictures in the 1930s.

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Must Read Books Every Novel Lover Should Read at Least Once

Books open doors in our minds, allowing us to live an entire lifetime and travel the world without even leaving the comfort of our chairs. Here are some of the best-selling books you need to have on your radar now, curated by the Viewtale review team.

The Kite Runner (2009) by Khaled Hosseini

Told against the backdrop of the changing political landscape of Afghanistan from the 1970s to the period following 9/11, The Kite Runner is the story of the unlikely and complicated friendship between Amir, the son of a wealthy merchant, and Hassan, the son of his father’s servant until cultural and class differences and the turmoil of war tear them asunder. Hosseini brings his homeland to life for us in a way that post 9/11 media coverage never could, showing us a world of ordinary people who live, die, eat, pray, dream, and love. It’s a story about the long shadows that family secrets cast across decades, the enduring love of friendship, and the transformative power of forgiveness.

Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

This Newbery award-winning novel tells the story of Annemarie Yohansen, a Danish girl growing up in World War II Copenhagen with her best friend, Ellen, who happens to be Jewish. When Annemarie learns about the horrors that the Nazis are inflicting on the Jewish people, she and her family stop at nothing to protect Ellen and her parents, as well as countless other Jews. Lowry’s novel is a powerful reminder that cultural and religious differences are no divide between true friends and that love shines all the brighter against the darkness of hatred.

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Classic Books to Read Now

If you find yourself with a bit more free time on your hands, why not pick up a great classic book? Here are a few selected by the Viewtale review team you will really enjoy. Hey, they aren’t called classics without reason!

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

Hinton penned this novel when she was only 16 because she was tired of reading fluffy romances. She wanted a story about the harsh realities of being a teenager in mid-20th century America, and since none existed, she wrote one herself. Told from the perspective of orphan Ponyboy Kurtis, this multiple award-winning young adult novel tells the story of a group of rough, teenage boys on the streets of an Oklahoma town, struggling to survive and stick together amidst violence, peer pressure, and broken homes. The novel reminds us that growing up is never easy and that pain, loss, friendship, and love are universal experiences that both create and dissolve socio-economic boundaries.

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

A richly written novel with a cast of memorable characters, Little Women invites us into the warm, comfortable home of a 19th-century American family. Everyone can find a character trait that resonates with them, whether Jo’s temper, Meg’s vanity, Amy’s mischievousness, or Beth’s shyness. The novel is a coming-of-age story that follows four sisters (the March girls) from girlhood to womanhood in Civil War America. Together they learn about the harsh realities of poverty, illness, and death, and how to dream, love, and laugh through it all. This is a heartwarming, timeless classic about the importance of family and the simple, home-spun comfort of never being alone.

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The most powerful literary quotes

The very greatest novels pack sentences so prevailing that you stop reading, lower the book and simply live in the words for a moment. Here are the most powerful sentences in novels, curated by the Viewtale review team.

Of Mice And Men

Author: John Steinbeck

Year: 1937

"Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other."

Invisible Man

Author: Ralph Ellison

Year: 1952

“Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.”

Wuthering Heights

Author: Emily Brontë

Year: 1847

"Terror made me cruel"

L.A. Confidential

Author: James Ellroy

Year: 1990

“Some men get the world, some men get ex-hookers and a trip to Arizona. You’re in with the former, but my God I don’t envy the blood on your conscience.”

On The Road

Author: Jack Kerouac

Year: 1957

“The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars.”

1984

Author: George Orwell

Year: 1949

"It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen."

The Handmaid's Tale

Author: Margaret Atwood

Year: 1985

"We were the people who were not in the papers. We lived in the blank white spaces at the edges of print. It gave us more freedom. We lived in the gaps between the stories."

The Time Machine

Author: H.G. Wells

Year: 1895

“It sounds plausible enough tonight, but wait until tomorrow. Wait for the common sense of the morning.”

Anna Karenina

Author: Leo Tolstoy

Year: 1877

"It's much better to do good in a way that no one knows anything about it."

Jane Eyre

Author: Charlotte Brontë

Year: 1847

"Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrongs."

The Road

Author: Cormac McCarthy

Year: 2006

“You forget what you want to remember, and you remember what you want to forget.”

American Psycho

Author: Bret Easton Ellis

Year: 1991

"There is an idea of a Patrick Bateman, some kind of abstraction, but there is no real me, only an entity, something illusory, and though I can hide my cold gaze and you can shake my hand and feel flesh gripping yours and maybe you can even sense our lifestyles are probably comparable: I simply am not there."

Don Quixote

Author: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Year: 1605

“Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he went completely out of his mind.”

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Great lines from world-renowned books

Fans of the classics will love this collection curated by the Viewtale review team.

Do come back and draw the ferrets, they are the most lovely noble darlings in the world. - D. H. Lawrence, Women in Love

Once more it was borne in on him that marriage was not the safe anchorage he had been taught to think, but an uncharted voyage on the seas. - Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence

Time is the River on which the leaves of our thoughts are carried into oblivion. - Doris Lessing, The Golden Notebook

I told Terry I was leaving. She had been thinking about it all night and was resigned to it. Emotionlessly she kissed me in the vineyard and walked off down the row. We turned at a dozen paces, for love is a duel, and looked at each other for the last time. - Jack Kerouac, On the Road

Babies, babies, babies. Why did God make so many babies? But no, God didn’t make them. Stupid people made them. - Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind

Her heart of compressed ash, which had resisted the most telling blows of daily reality without strain, fell apart with the first waves of nostalgia. - Gabriel García Márquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

Jim said that bees won’t sting idiots, but I didn’t believe that, because I tried them lots of times myself and they wouldn’t sting me. - Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

It had already occurred to him that books were stuff, and that life was stupid. - George Eliot, Middlemarch

I gave my whole heart up, for him to hold. - Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales

Here let dead poetry rise once more to life. - Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy

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Great lines from classic books

Fans of the classics will love this collection curated by the Viewtale review team.

They were women who idolized their children, worshiped their husbands, and esteemed it a holy privilege to efface themselves as individuals and grow wings as ministering angels. - Kate Chopin, The Awakening

I don’t exactly know what I mean by that, but I mean it. - J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

It was curious to think that the sky was the same for everybody, in Eurasia or Eastasia as well as here. And the people under the sky were also very much the same—everywhere, all over the world, hundreds or thousands of millions of people just like this, people ignorant of one another’s existence, held apart by walls of hatred and lies, and yet almost exactly the same—people who had never learned to think but who were storing up in their hearts and bellies and muscles the power that would one day overturn the world. - George Orwell, 1984

Ever’body’s askin’ that. “What we comin’ to?” Seems to me we don’t never come to nothin’. Always on the way. - John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath

The Mole was a good listener, and Toad, with no one to check his statements or to criticize in an unfriendly spirit, rather let himself go. Indeed, much that he related belonged more properly to the category of what-might-have-happened-had-I-only-thought-of-it-in-time-instead-of-ten-minutes-afterwards. - Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door. - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

Like so many Americans, she was trying to construct a life that made sense from things she found in gift shops. - Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful. - Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

And they beat. The women for having known them and no more, no more; the children for having been them but never again. They killed a boss so often and so completely they had to bring him back to life to pulp him one more time. Tasting hot mealcake among pine trees, they beat it away. Singing love songs to Mr. Death, they smashed his head. More than the rest, they killed the flirt whom folks called Life for leading them on. - Toni Morrison, Beloved

I saw within Its depth how It conceives All things in a single volume bound by Love of which the universe is the scattered leaves. Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy

And again she felt alone in the presence of her old antagonist, life. - Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse

It was like knocking four quick times on the door of unhappiness. - Albert Camus, The Stranger

A certain pride, a certain awe, withheld him from offering to God even one prayer at night, though he knew it was in God’s power to take away his life while he slept and hurl his soul hellward ere he could beg for mercy. - James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Laugh as much as you choose, but you will not laugh me out of my opinion. - Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

I ask you to pass through life at my side—to be my second self, and best earthly companion. - Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

It is an essential part of the justice dispensed here that you should be condemned not only in innocence but also in ignorance. - Franz Kafka, The Trial

The world wavered and quivered and threatened to burst into flames. - Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway

Who then may trust the dice, at Fortune’s throw? - Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales

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Classic family books for teens

If you are looking for some great classic books for your teen that they can enjoy any day of the week, take a look at these curated by the Viewtale review team.

1. The Giver - In a dystopian world, Jonah discovers that the world isn’t what it seems to be as he learns about the colorful past. As he learns about the harsh reality of his world, he decides it is better to run.

2. A Wrinkle in Time - Planets and time travel, oh my! You won’t want to put down this thrilling fantasy adventure of Meg Murry as she tries to find her father.

3. Ender’s Game - Are aliens and military tactics more your jam? Fall into the world of Ender Wiggin and his fight to eradicate the Formics.

4. Brave New World - You’d think that a pain-free world would be great. But as you see in the dystopian novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, life loses its luster and becomes meaningless.

5. Frankenstein - Dive into Mary Shelley’s mind as she has Dr. Frankenstein create a monster in this romantic classic. But it will leave you questioning, who is the real monster?

6. Matilda - Being born special isn’t all it’s cracked up to be for Matilda in this light fantasy classic. That is until she discovers the power of telekinesis.

7. Tuck Everlasting - Romance blooms in this classic romance of Winnie Foster and Jesse Tuck. However, when she learns his secret, it could change her life forever.

8. The Time Machine - H.G. Wells is a master at his craft. Standing the test of time, you’ll find this 1800s science fiction about a Victorian man traveling to the year 802,701 an instant page-turner.

9. Dracula - Many depictions of Dracula have evolved over the years, but you should dive into Bram Stoker's Dracula. This gothic novel might not be exactly what teens expect.

10. The War of the Worlds - Interested to see how someone can make it out of an alien invasion? The classic The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells is the basis of many current invasion books and movies.

11. The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials Series) - A modern fantasy classic published in the mid-nineties, The Golden Compass offers a fantasy universe, familiars, and adventure that allows you to escape reality.

12. The Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter Series) - Enter a world of magic like nothing that you’ve ever seen before by following Harry Potter on his journey to Hogwarts.

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Timeless Chapter Books for Kids

Introduce your child to unforgettable characters who will always have a special place in their heart. These books all come highly recommended by the Viewtale review team. Grab them for your young readers today.

Harriet the Spy By Louise Fitzhugh

Harriet M. Welsch is a spy. In her notebook, she writes down everything she knows about everyone, even her classmates and best friends. Then Harriet loses track of her notebook, and it ends up in the wrong hands. Before she can stop them, her friends have read the always truthful, sometimes awful things she's written about each of them. Will Harriet find a way to put her life and her friendships back together?

James and the Giant Peach By Roald Dahl

When poor James Henry Trotter loses his parents in a horrible rhinoceros accident, he is forced to live with his two wicked aunts, Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker. After three years, he becomes "the saddest and loneliest boy you could find." Then one day, a wizened older man in a dark-green suit gives James a bag of magic crystals that promise to reverse his misery forever. When James accidentally spills the crystals on his aunts' withered peach tree, he sets the adventure in motion. From the old tree, a single peach grows, and grows, and grows some more until finally James climbs inside the giant fruit and rolls away from his despicable aunts to a whole new life. James befriends an assortment of hilarious characters, including Grasshopper, Earthworm, Miss Spider, and Centipede, each with their song to sing.

Elijah of Buxton By Christopher Paul Curtis

It's 1860, and eleven-year-old Elijah is a first-generation freeborn child. His Canadian town of Buxton, located just across the border from Detroit, serves as a haven for runaway slaves and their children, where Blacks can live free and govern themselves away from the horrors of pre-emancipation America. Elijah sets off for Detroit in pursuit when the town's corrupt preacher steals money from a citizen who's been saving to buy his family's freedom. He encounters a group of captured runaway slaves; unable to keep them all, he escapes with the youngest--a baby--and returns Buxton a hero.

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Top 3 eBooks For Watch Collectors

If you are a collector of watches, reading classic eBooks about the most excellent watches of all time is fun. These books will provide you with the information you need to know the most iconic timepieces. Here are some of the all-time most significant eBooks that will leave you mesmerized.

In Search of Wrist Watches, Antique, and Vintage Pocket Watches by Thomas M. Meine, Matthew Stannard

It is unimaginable that the two authors of the book are neither watchmakers nor specialists of a specific watch type. They just dedicated their collecting with a zeal that made this book more interesting. It guides into the possible-want-to-be collectors with advice, also expressing subjective opinion narrated accurately.

In The Journey of Collecting Luxury Watches eBook by Leonard Lowe

What a great book that keeps the watch enthusiasts glued on it. The author has profound, friendly, and clear writing skills that will leave you satisfied. The omission of Grand Seiko felt somehow odd, but the insights into the great book are exhilarating. This is a must-read for watch lovers.

Treasure in Time eBook by E.J Kelly

The art of profit collecting vintage watches gives you a newly revised and more expanded scrutiny into these watches. This book is so captivating, with a sweet no-nonsense, more so unpretentious guide to the collection of vintage watches. The author aims at helping the reader walk away from buying mistakes.

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Learn About the Top Vintage Vehicles With These eBooks

A wide delve into the classic cars makes your eyes endeavor on that feast. It shows that the automobile world has come a long way to serve us with high-performance engines. Let’s take a look at some of the great eBooks about vintage cars written by some of the world's best authors.

Creation, Rise, and Fall of Chrysler’s Engine by Steve Lehto

This eBook offers a behind-the-scenes tour into the automobile world dating way back to the 1960s. The author relies on extensive research with reliable first-hand accounts from the surviving members who brought the turbine programs. He takes you to chronicle documents that bold development of that jet turbine engine.

Porsche 911 - The Super Car by Robert McGowan

Complete beginners guide to the ever built impeccable engine. If you have been dreaming of owning a Porsche, then this book serves you right. It has the smartest route to get ownership of this fine sports car.

Montezuma’s Ferrari eBook: The Last Open Road by BS Levy

This novel is author/racer Levy’s historically intricate, profound, and hilarious series called “The last open road.” It is a typical review of classic sports cars that earned this esteemed eBook honors. According to the weekly publishers of the Auto-sport F1, BS Levy is regarded as a marvellous storyteller. More of his styles are unique and will make you yearn for more.

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Great lines from the greatest classics

If you enjoy the classics then you will enjoy these lines from some of the best books ever written.

It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door.

J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

Like so many Americans, she was trying to construct a life that made sense from things she found in gift shops.

Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.

Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

And they beat. The women for having known them and no more, no more; the children for having been them but never again. They killed a boss so often and so completely they had to bring him back to life to pulp him one more time. Tasting hot mealcake among pine trees, they beat it away. Singing love songs to Mr. Death, they smashed his head. More than the rest, they killed the flirt whom folks called Life for leading them on.

Toni Morrison, Beloved

I saw within Its depth how It conceives All things in a single volume bound by Love of which the universe is the scattered leaves.

Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy

And again she felt alone in the presence of her old antagonist, life.

Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse

It was like knocking four quick times on the door of unhappiness.

Albert Camus, The Stranger

A certain pride, a certain awe, withheld him from offering to God even one prayer at night, though he knew it was in God’s power to take away his life while he slept and hurl his soul hellward ere he could beg for mercy.

James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Laugh as much as you choose, but you will not laugh me out of my opinion.

Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

I ask you to pass through life at my side—to be my second self, and best earthly companion.

Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

It is an essential part of the justice dispensed here that you should be condemned not only in innocence but also in ignorance.

Franz Kafka, The Trial

The world wavered and quivered and threatened to burst into flames.

Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway

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Gordon Ramsay Quotes from the International Chef and Restaurateur

Whether you like to cook or like to eat, these Gordon Ramsay quotes will motivate and entertain.

1. “I don’t like looking back. I’m always constantly looking forward. I’m not the one to sort of sit and cry over spilt milk. I’m too busy looking for the next cow.” – Gordon Ramsay

2. “I think pressure’s healthy, and very few can handle it.” – Gordon Ramsay

3. “The minute you start compromising for the sake of massaging somebody’s ego, that’s it, game over.” – Gordon Ramsay

4. “Put your head down and work hard. Never wait for things to happen, make them happen for yourself through hard graft and not giving up.” – Gordon Ramsay

5. “Push your limit to the absolute extreme.” – Gordon Ramsay

6. “Best to start at the bottom & gradually climb up. It’s much more fun, too.” – Gordon Ramsay

7. “I’ve had a lot of success; I’ve had failures, so I learn from the failure.” – Gordon Ramsay

8. “I am what I am. A fighter.” – Gordon Ramsay

9. “I suppose your security is your success and your key to success is your fine palate.” – Gordon Ramsay

10. “I act on impulse and I go with my instincts.” – Gordon Ramsay

11. “Being a chef never seems like a job, it becomes a true passion.” – Gordon Ramsay

12. “However, amazing a dish looks, it is always the taste that lingers in your memory. Family and friends will appreciate a meal that tastes superb-even if you’ve brought the pan to the table.” – Gordon Ramsay

13. “Kitchens are hard environments, and they form incredibly strong characters.” – Gordon Ramsay

14. “Initially let your food do the talking. You’ll be surprised how far you go in a short period of time.” – Gordon Ramsay

15. “Stopping the junk food and Eating well is partially about cooking well and having the skills to do that.” – Gordon Ramsay

16. “There’s a bond among a kitchen staff, I think. You spend more time with your chef in the kitchen than you do with your own family.” – Gordon Ramsay

17. “I think every chef, not just in America, but across the world, has a double-edged sword – two jackets, one that’s driven, a self-confessed perfectionist, thoroughbred, hate incompetence and switch off the stove, take off the jacket and become a family man.” – Gordon Ramsay

18. “I cook, I create, I’m incredibly excited by what I do, I’ve still got a lot to achieve.” – Gordon Ramsay

19. “My childhood favorite is mum’s shepherd’s pie, Yorkshire pudding and roasted potatoes. I remember coming home from school and going to the kitchen to help her. It’s because of her that I discovered my love for cooking.” – Gordon Ramsay

20. “First of all, for me the secret is in the ingredients. You don’t need to start spending fortunes on organic foods and start becoming way over budget. The better the ingredient, the littler that needs doing to it.” – Gordon Ramsay

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Powerful Closing Lines from Literature

You may have read some of these books or even watched the films, but if you haven’t, here are just some of the most powerful closing words from literature.

"When they finally did dare it, at first with stolen glances then candid ones, they had to smile. They were uncommonly proud. For the first time they had done something out of Love."

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, Patrick Süskind

"Old father, old artificer, stand me now and ever in good stead."

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, James Joyce

"An excellent year's progress."

Bridget Jones’s Diary, Helen Fielding

"'God's in his heaven, all’s right with the world,' whispered Anne softly."

Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery

"And so we stayed out in the garden of the old house until we couldn’t see to kick a ball, laughing in the gathering twilight, my mother and son, my wife and our daughter, making the most of the good weather and all the days that were left, our little game watched only by next door’s cat, and every star in the heavens."

Man and Wife, Tony Parsons

"Again and again I called out for Midori from the dead centre of this place that was no place."

Norwegian Wood, Haruki Murakami

"But, in spite of these deficiencies, the wishes, the hopes, the confidence, the predictions of the small band of true friends who witnessed the ceremony, were fully answered in the perfect happiness of the union."

Emma, Jane Austen

"One bird said to Billy Pilgrim, 'Poo-tee-weet?'"

Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut

"Archie, for one, watched the mouse. He watched it stand very still for a second with a smug look as if it exepcted nothing less. He watched it scurry away, over his hand. He watched it dash along the table and through the hands of those who wished to pin it down. He watched it leap off the end and disappear through an air vent. Go on my son! thought Archie."

White Teeth, Zadie Smith

"Might I trouble you then to be ready in half an hour, and we can stop at Marcini’s for a little dinner on the way?"

The Hound of the Baskervilles, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

"My personal rollercoaster. Not so much a rollercoaster - a rollercoaster's too smooth - a yo-yo rather - a jerking, spinning toy in the hands of a maladroit child, more like, trying too hard, too impatiently eager to learn how to operate his new yo-yo."

Any Human Heart, William Boyd

"I wish you all a long and happy life."

The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold

"The offing was barred by a black bank of clouds, and the tranquil waterway leading to the utmost ends of the earth flowed sombre under an overcast sky — seemed to lead into the heart of an immense darkness."

Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad

"He didn't think about it, he went straight to a seat facing forwards, so that he could see where he was going."

The Outcast, Sadie Jones

"Because it is written that you reap what you sow, and the boy had sown good corn."

Alone in Berlin, Hans Fallada

"She had started to cry softly. Odenigbo took her in his arms."

Half of a Yellow Sun, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

"Light falls through the window, falls onto me, into me. Moments. All gathering towards this one."

Before I Die, Jenny Downham

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Truth Quotes Celebrating Honesty and Communication

Inspire honesty and genuineness with these truth quotes.

1. “Beauty is truth’s smile when she beholds her own face in a perfect mirror.” – Rabindranath Tagore

2. “Truth is everybody is going to hurt you: you just got to find the ones worth suffering for.” – Bob Marley

3. “Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.” – Thomas Jefferson

4. “We learned about honesty and integrity – that the truth matters… that you don’t take shortcuts or play by your own set of rules… and success doesn’t count unless you earn it fair and square.” – Michelle Obama

5. “The truth is, we all face hardships of some kind, and you never know the struggles a person is going through. Behind every smile, there’s a story of a personal struggle.” – Adrienne C. Moore

6. “No legacy is so rich as honesty.” – William Shakespeare

7. “I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality… I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

8. “Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.” – Albert Einstein

9. “Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.” – Buddha

10. “There’s nothing so kingly as kindness, and nothing so royal as truth.” – Alice Cary

11. “I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it’s for or against.” – Malcolm X

12. “Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain’t goin’ away.” – Elvis Presley

13. “We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality.” – Iris Murdoch

14. “The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.” – Winston Churchill

15. “I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.” – Abraham Lincoln

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