Quotes About Impact

Aquel libro me enseñó que leer podía hacerme vivir más y más intensamente, que podía devolverme la vista que había perdido. Sólo por eso, aquel libro que a nadie le importaba cambió mi vida.

En contra de lo que usted cree a pies juntillas, el universo no gira en torno a las apetencias de su entrepierna. Otros factores influyen en el devenir de la humanidad.

Certa ocasião ouvi um cliente habitual da livraria de meu pai comentar que poucas coisas marcam tanto um leitor como o primeiro livro que realmente abre caminho ao seu coração. As primeiras imagens, o eco dessas palavras que pensamos ter deixado para trás, nos acompanham por toda a vida e esculpem um palácio em nossa memória [...] ao qual iremos retornar.

licor es como el matarratas o la generosidad: cuanto más se usa, menos efecto tiene.

as we are remembered, we remain alive.

Cuéntale al mundo nuestras historias y jamás olvides que existimos mientras alguien nos recuerda.

Mit dem Schnaps ist es wie mit dem Rattengift oder der Großzügigkeit: Je häufiger die Anwendung, desto geringer die Wirkung.

that as long as we are being remembered, we remain alive.

Stories do not change the world. I've learned that. But perhaps in some secret, subtle way.... I mean it's not the world I want to change.

The greatest war story ever told commemorates a war that established no boundaries, won no territory, and furthered no cause.

You're whiplash, she whispered.

I can't help it when I'm around you. You don't have any idea how beautiful you are or how you affect a man, do you, darlin'?

still got power over you, even in death, if he can agitate you this much

To do the opposite of what you feel may feel like the hardest thing to do, but it has an immediate effect.

It happened so fast the driver didn't have a chance to flinch. Leo grabbed his head and wrenched, twisting it sharply until it crunched. As a man, Leo didn't look like much. Didn't look strong enough to break a man's neck.

But the hearts of small children are delicate organs. A cruel beginning in this world can twist them into curious shapes.

So long for us to evolve. So long to walk out of Africa and around the globe. So long to build a human world. So quick to ruin it.

By jiminy, we do own the only newspaper in town. There must be some way we can use it to do some good there. - Mr. Wallace

Believe me, when you die, it's everybody else's but your problem

Fairy tales are such evil little stories for young children.

I don't want to be one of those easily forgotten people, so important at the time, so special, so influential, and so treasured, yet years later just a vague face and a distant memory.

Parents are the barometers of emotions for children and it has a domino effect.

Most people go in bookshops and have no idea what they want to buy. Somehow, the books sit there, almost magically willing people to pick them up. The right person for the right book. It's as though they already know whose life they need to be a part of, how they can make a difference, how they can teach a lesson, put a smile on a face at just the right time...

People don't know that they do that to people when they do the things they shouldn't. Hurtful things are roots,they spread ,branch out, creep under the surface touching other parts of the lives of those they hurt. It's never one mistake, it's never one moment, it becomes a series of moments, each moment growing roots and spurting in different directions. And over time, they become muddled like an old twisted tree, strangling itself and tying itself up in knots.