Favorite Epigraph

"Sometimes I can feel my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I'm not living."
-Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

It was this quote that made me pick up Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.

My Epigraph from The Great Gatsby

“In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since.
'Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,' he told me, 'just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.'"
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

"How nice--to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive." - Kurt Vonnegut

Epigraph - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Here is an epigraph that I absolutely love. It's from Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, one of my all-time favorite books!

"This must be Thursday,” said Arthur musing to himself, sinking low over his beer, ”I never could get the hang of Thursdays.”

Some Epigraphs

Here are some epigraphs that I have pulled from readings:

"One day by chance, there came a man, who saw her, and, for lack of anything better to do, destroyed her."
- The Seagull by Anton Chekhov

"If ever you have need of my life, then come and take it."
- The Seagull by Anton Chekhov

"Here's a small fact: You are going to die."
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

"Sometimes people are beautiful. Not in looks, not in what they say. Just in what they are."
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

"The only way we will survive is by being kind. The only way we can get by in this world is through the help we receive from others. No one can do it alone."
- Yes Please by Amy Poehler

The Boxer

"In the clearing stands a boxer,
And a fighter by his trade
And he carries the reminders
Of ev'ry glove that laid him down
And cut him til he cried out
In his anger and his shame,
'I am leaving, I am leaving.'
But the fighter still remains"
- "The Boxer" 
Written by Paul Simon

Forgiveness.

"You know, the incredible thing about hearts is their unbelievable capacity for forgiveness. You'd be amazed what people will overlook when they love someone."

From Sherrilyn Kenyon's Devil May Cry.

happiness

seeking what we once knew,
we know ultimately we will find

happiness; to-day shalt thou be 
with me in Paradise.

-HD, Trilogy

Life.

"So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be."

— Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

"Sometimes, when you are not getting the love you want, giving makes you think you will."

The Timekeeper-Mitch Albom