Some are born great, some achieve greatness,
and some have greatness thrust upon 'em
Shakespeare (Malvolio, Twelfth Night: Act 2 Scene 5)
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If you prick us, do we not bleed?If you tickle us, do we not laugh?
If you poison us, do we not die?
And if you wrong us, shall we not
revenge?
Shakespeare (Shylock, Merchant of Venice: Act 3 Scene 1)
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When each day is the same as the next, it's because people fail to recognise the good things that happen in their lives every day the sun rises.
Paul Coelho (The Alchemist)
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How can you frighten a man whose hunger in not only in his own cramped stomach but in the wretched bellies of his children? You can't scare him...he has known a fear beyond every other.
John Steinbeck (Grapes of Wrath)
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And that's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.
Khaled Hosseini (The Kite Runner)
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice)
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