Quotations

"Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future."

— Paul Boese, American writer, born 1923

"The terrible beast, that no one may understand, came to my side, and put down his head in love."

— Louise Bogan, American poet, born 1897

"A thousand kindnesses do not make up for a thousand blows."

— Louise Bogan, American poet, born 1897

"Acting is like sex: you either do it and don't talk about it, or you talk about it and don't do it. That's why I'm always suspicious of people who talk too much about either."

— Humphrey Bogart, American actor, born 1899

"I was born when you kissed me. I died when you left me. I lived a few weeks while you loved me."

— Humphrey Bogart, American actor, born 1899

"A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary results."

— Wade Boggs, American baseball player, born 1958

"Hard work is always hard work, for young gymnasts and old gymnasts. Whoever can handle this will be a champion."

— Svetlana Boginskaya, Belorussian gymnast, born 1973

"The sky, at sunset, looked like a carnivorous flower."

— Roberto Bolano, Chilean poet, born 1953

"I steal into their dreams, he said. I steal into their most shameful thoughts, I'm in every shiver, every spasm of their souls, I steal into their hearts, I scrutinize their most fundamental beliefs, I scan their irrational impulses, their unspeakable emotions, I sleep in their lungs during the summer and their muscles during the winter, and all of this I do without the least effort, without intending to, without asking or seeking it out, without constraints, driven only by love and devotion."

— Roberto Bolano, Chilean poet, born 1953

"The truth is we never stop being children, terrible children covered in sores and knotty veins and tumors and age spots, but ultimately children, in other words we never stop clinging to life because we are life."

— Roberto Bolano, Chilean poet, born 1953

"I was brought up on the books of The Wizard of Oz and my mother told me that these were great philosophies. It was a very simple philosophy, that everybody had a heart, that everybody had a brain, that everybody had courage. These were the gifts that are given to you when you come on this earth, and if you use them properly, you reach the pot at the end of the rainbow. And that pot of gold was a home. And home isn't just a house or an abode, its people who love you and that you love. That's a home."

— Ray Bolger, American actor, born 1904

"When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say: I used everything you gave me."

— Erma Bombeck, American humorist, born 1927

"Women shop for a bikini with more care than they do a husband. The rules are the same. Look for something you'll feel comfortable wearing. Allow for room to grow."

— Erma Bombeck, American humorist, born 1927

"I’ll never be like other people, but that’s alright, because I’m a bear."

— Michael Bond, English author (Paddington Bear), born 1926