Alyanna Villanueva

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898 quotes curated by Alyanna Villanueva:

“Science is a principle and a process of seeking truth. Truth cannot be purchased, and thus, truth cannot be altered by money.”
— Tyrone Power, A Valuable Reputation
Tagged: Magazine, Annals of Science, amphibians, berkeley, biologists, discoverers, environmental protection agency epa, Frogs
“I have always loved too much, or not enough.”
— Dorianne Laux, After Twelve Days of Rain
Tagged: Love
“He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking.”
— Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
Tagged: Love, admiration
“What if everyone got what they wanted? What then?”
— Neil Gaiman, Coraline
Tagged: Life, Choices
“You were a dream. Then a reality. Now a memory.”
— Iain Thomas, The City Rises And Falls
Tagged: Love
“If you asked me now who I am, the only answer I could give with any certainty would be my name. For the rest: my loves, my hates, down even to my deepest desires, I can no longer say whether these emotions are my own, or stolen from those I once so desperately wished to be.”
— Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited
Tagged: Identity & Self
“I would like to be the air that inhabits you for a moment only. I would like to be that unnoticed and that necessary.”
— Margaret Atwood, Variation on the Word Sleep
Tagged: Love
“I understand you, and I shall not attempt to make you change your mind… I have told you what I think, and that is all. I shall remain your friend even if you act contrary to my convictions, and I shall help you even if I disagree with you.”
— Milan Kundera, The Farewell Party
Tagged: Freedom, Friendship
“A self is a repertoire of behavior appropriate to a given set of contingencies.”
— B.F. Skinner, Beyond Freedom and Dignity
Tagged: Psychology, Behavior
“When we are collecting books, we are collecting happiness.”
— Vincent Starrett, The A.B.C of First Editions
Tagged: Happiness, Books