Lights," I said softly. This had become my favorite word over the past week. In my mind, it … - Ernest Cline - Quotesmemo.com

Same topic Authors

Quote of the day

I see all this talent, all this. . . this energy and brightness and. . . potential. Yes. Potential. And I cannot for the life of me see how you can be content to live this tiny life. This life that will take place almost entirely within a five mile radius and contain nobody who will ever surprise you or push you or show you things that will leave your head spinning and unable to sleep at night.

Popular Topics

Once Upon A Time, Job, English, Love You, World, Math, Think, Perfect Love, Fly, Today, Passive, Lifetime, Reality, Path Of Love, Important, Ocean, Heart, Possible, Period, Bear, Lives, Poet, Butterfly, Glory, Private Life, Song, Thing, Gold, Stories, Philosophy, Beauty, Motor, Movie Love, Beach, Comfortable, Worry, Life Is Like, Inspiring, Humbly, Kind, New York, Kids, Soccer, Achievement, Gossip, Good, Adventure, Bible, Mother'S Day, Hope

Ernest Cline

Lights," I said softly. This had become my favorite word over the past week. In my mind, it had become synonymous with freedom.

Become, Healing, Light, Past, Said, Softly

Same Author Quotes

Everybody uses pop culture as a shorthand. You might make an obscure reference to Monty Python or Iron Eagle that only some people will get, but if they do it conveys a world of meaning.

Eagles, Iron, Meaning, People, Python, Shorthand

I have to avoid things like 'World of Warcraft' or 'Minecraft', otherwise I'd never get any work done.

Avoid, Done, Work, World, World Of Warcraft

I wanted to be able to write in the voice that I talk to my friends and assume that everybody would know what I was talking about.

Know, Talking, Voice, Write, Writing

I've been invited to speak at about 20 colleges. There's always this moment when I'm having dinner with the college president: 'Ernie, where'd you go to school?'

College, Dinner, Ernie, Invited, President, School

My characters are all kind of geek archetypes of people I've encountered at gaming and comic book conventions.

Book, Character, Characters, Comic, Kind, People

Similar Quotes

Jojo Moyes

Jojo Moyes

I see all this talent, all this. . . this energy and brightness and. . . potential. Yes. Potential. And I cannot for the life of me see how you can be content to live this tiny life. This life that will take place almost entirely within a five mile radius and contain nobody who will ever surprise you or push you or show you things that will leave your head spinning and unable to sleep at night.

Energy, Live, Night, Push, See, Sleep

Northrop Frye

Northrop Frye

The operations of the human mind are also controlled by words of power, formulas that become a focus of mental activity.

Activity, Focus, Human, Mind, Operations, Words

Tennessee Williams

Tennessee Williams

The cities swept about me like dead leaves, leaves that were brightly colored but torn away from the branches. I would have stopped, but I was pursued by something. It always came upon me unawares, taking me altogether by surprise. Perhaps it was a familiar bit of music. Perhaps it was only a piece of transparent glass.

Cities, Familiar, Glasses, Leaves, Pieces, Pursued

Anne McCaffrey

Anne McCaffrey

Of course, an exhausting day at sail lines and nets left little energy to expend on running or laughing. Perhaps that was why her parents couldn't appreciate her music-it wouldn't appear to be hard work to them. Menolly shook her hands, letting them flap from her wrists. They ached and trembled from the constricted movements and tension of an hour of intensive playing. No, her parents would never understand that playing musical instruments could be as hard work as sailing or fishing.

Exhausting, Hard Work, Intensive, Lines, Music, Running

Meher Baba

Meher Baba

When nothing upsets you, you are at the beginning of the path. When you desire nothing, you are halfway on the path; when nothing becomes everything, you are perfected.

Beginning, Desire, Path, Perfected, Upset