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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 46bb9bb | Shame, isn't it? That we only like our heroes out in the street when they are looking their best and their uniforms are 'spit and polished,' and not when they're showing us the wounds they suffered on our behalf. | Jacqueline Winspear | ||
| aa0165a | The study of thinking machines teaches us more about the brain than we can learn by introspective methods. Western man is externalizing himself in the form of gadgets. | naked-lunch thinking william-burroughs | William S. Burroughs | |
| f07d3d4 | I looked at my right hand, the hand with which I painted. There was power in that hand. Power to create and destroy. Power to bring pleasure and pain. Power to amuse and horrify. There was in that hand the demonic and the divine at one and the same time. The demonic and the divine were two aspects of the same force. Creation was demonic and divine. Creativity was demonic and divine. I was demonic and divine. | Chaim Potok | ||
| 06af433 | Sure, I'm dramatic and sloppily semi-cynical and semi-sentimental. But, in leisure years I could grow and choose my way. Now I am living on the edge. We all are on the brink, and it takes a lot of nerve, a lot of energy, to teeter on the edge, looking over, looking down into the windy blackness and not being quite able to make out, through the yellow, stinking mist, just what lies below in the slime, in the oozing, vomit-streaked slime; and.. | Sylvia Plath | ||
| 6c38412 | I am nothing but a corpse now, a body at the bottom of a well. | Orhan Pamuk | ||
| 6b3f6a0 | Heaven was the place where you kept alive the dreams of your memories. | Orhan Pamuk | ||
| ba8f8e3 | Now and then there are readings that make the hairs on the neck, the non-existent pelt, stand on end and tremble, when every word burns and shines hard and clear and infinite and exact, like stones of fire, like points of stars in the dark--readings when the knowledge that we shall know the writing differently or better or satisfactorily, runs ahead of any capacity to say what we know, or how. In these readings, a sense that the text has ap.. | literature reading words | A.S. Byatt | |
| 42bd1e9 | I loved this woman the way you love ... well, nothing," he said, a note of suprise in his voice. "You can't compare that kind of love to anything, can you? It's its own unique gift." | Dennis Lehane | ||
| 11bdb4e | Death is not a tragedy to the one who dies; to have wasted the life before that death, that is the tragedy. | death-and-dying life-and-living sister-carlotta | Orson Scott Card | |
| 21935a2 | And it came down to this: In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him. I think it's impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves. And then, in the very moment when I love them--" "You beat them." For a moment she was not afraid of his understanding. "No, you don't understand. I.. | Orson Scott Card | ||
| adb0348 | If you try to breathe water, you will not turn into a fish, you will drown; but water is still good to drink. | Robin McKinley | ||
| f8f869f | Trust me, it's paradise. This is where the hungry come to feed. For mine is the generation that travels the globe and searches for something we haven't tried before. So never refuse an invitation, never resist the unfamiliar, never fail to be polite & never outstay the welcome. Just keep your mind open and suck in the experience-- And if it hurts, you know what? It's probably worth it. | Alex Garland | ||
| 18cead3 | Suddenly, I viddied what I had to do, and what I had wanted to do, and that was to do myself in; to snuff it, to blast off for ever out of this wicked, cruel world. One moment of pain perhaps and, then, sleep forever, and ever and ever. | alex-de-large anthony-burgess malcolm-mcdowell stanley-kubrick | Anthony Burgess | |
| dcc9997 | Before I could even raise a hand, he spun around like the wind, letting go of the dagger. It smacked into the chest of the white-garbed Guard sneaking up on him. Darting forward, he pulled the blade free before the Guard collapsed, and then threw it again, taking out the other Guard who'd cornered Solos. Damn. Aiden was a badass ninja. | Jennifer L. Armentrout | ||
| 53dc608 | Fuck," he said, sliding his hands down to my thighs. "You're making this very hard to be the good guy you said I was last night." "I'm not drunk." He pressed his forehead to mine, chuckling softly. "Yeah, I can see that and while the idea of taking you right now, against the wall, is enough to make me lose control, I want you to know that I'm serious. You're not a hook up. You're not a friend with benefits. You're more than that to me." I c.. | cam j-lynn jennifer-l-armentrout sweet true-love wait-for-you | Jennifer L. Armentrout | |
| 27f0e69 | You're not doing this by yourself. Hell to the mother fucking no. | cam j-lynn jennifer-l-armentrout wait-for-you | Jennifer L. Armentrout | |
| 68602e1 | Pulling out my cell phone, I sent Daemon a quick text. "What R U doing?" He responded a few moments later. "With Andrew & Matthew, getting dinner. Want smthing?" I glanced at the bag, recalling how flirty the dress was. Feeling naughty, I texted him: "You." The response was lightning quick, and I laughed. "Really?" And then, "Of course, I alrdy knew that." | Jennifer L. Armentrout | ||
| 1ed3a4b | A fine shiver coursed over my skin. "Seth?" "Yeah?" "You were in my dream." One amber-colored eye opened. "Please tell me we were naked." I rolled my eyes. "You're such a perv." He sighed mournfully as he wiggled closer. "I'll take that as a no." "You'd be correct." Unable to fall back to sleep, I started chewing on my lip. So many worries surfaced at once that my brain spun." | Jennifer L. Armentrout | ||
| 635af94 | Why in the world was I going to college? I could be in bed, all cuddled up and shit, dreaming about hot men with abs covered in powdered sugar. | Jennifer L. Armentrout | ||
| 161671e | His kisses really did have the power to change lives. Not that I'd admit that. His ego was ginormous as it was. | Jennifer L. Armentrout | ||
| fa75347 | What is your name?" I asked, voice hoarse. "Alexandria," she repeated in a soft voice I'd never heard Alex use in real life. "And who am I?" "Aiden." She smiled, and I flinched. "You are my Master." | Jennifer L. Armentrout | ||
| c0f7c40 | What is it with gods and leather?" I muttered. Hades slid me a long look. "We make it look good." They did. Couldn't argue that." | Jennifer L. Armentrout | ||
| 430245b | My gaze crept to where Sadi stood only a few feet from her, breathing heavily. Her white blouse was torn. Buttons popped and missing. Her normally coiffed hair looked like she'd been inside a wind tunnel, but the best part? Fingernail marks were etched down the side of Sadi's face and reddish-blue blood had been drawn. A disturbing level of pride rippled through me. Kitten got claws and then some. "She doesn't play nice with others," Sadi h.. | Jennifer L. Armentrout | ||
| 029a1c4 | Welcome to West Virginia, the land of lost models. | Jennifer L. Armentrout | ||
| a87938d | I was having one of those days where I wanted to start throwing things because only breaking crap would make me feel better. My limit for acceptable weirdness in my daily life had been maxed out. | Jennifer L. Armentrout | ||
| 80f98b8 | I have been happy, though in a dream. I have been happy-and I love the theme: | edgar-allan-poe poetry | Edgar Allan Poe | |
| 824a503 | Here I opened wide the door;-- Darkness there, and nothing more. | Edgar Allan Poe | ||
| eae3573 | You stole from a member of the undead | Darren Shan | ||
| ee493ed | The dead see what they believe they will see. So do the living. That is the secret. | Rick Riordan | ||
| f3949b2 | Chaos is impatient. It's random. And above all it's selfish. It tears down everything just for the sake of change, feeding on itself in constant hunger. But Chaos can also be appealing. It tempts you to believe that nothing matters except what you want. | Rick Riordan | ||
| 87a2443 | Most problems look worse than they are. nothing is unfixable. | Rick Riordan | ||
| 8cdd43d | The wind god Favonius had warned him in Croatia: If you let your anger rule you ... your fate will be even sadder than mine. But how could his fate be anything but sad? Even if he lived through this quest, he would have to leave both camps forever. That was the only way he would find peace. He wished there was another option - a choice that didn't hurt like the waters of the Phlegethon - but he couldn't see one. | destiny fate life nico-di-angelo reflection | Rick Riordan | |
| 96e0e0b | I nodded, disappointed, but then I got an idea. "Hey, Grover. You want a magic item?" His eyes lit up. "Me?" Pretty soon we'd laced the sneakers over his fake feet, and the world's first flying goat boy was ready for launch. " " he shouted. He got off the ground okay, but then fell over sideways so his backpack dragged through the grass. The winged shoes kept bucking up and down like tiny broncos. "Practice," Chiron called after him. "You j.. | humor launch | Rick Riordan | |
| 24bc49f | Aphrodite," she said. "Venus?" Hazel asked in amazement. "Mom," Piper said, with no enthusiasm." | Rick Riordan | ||
| 6ee11d1 | We'd just released a zebra in Las Vegas. | Rick Riordan | ||
| 7000607 | Yes, an actual full-sized camel. If you find that confusing, just think how the criosphinx must have felt. Where did the camel come from, you ask? I may have mentioned Walt's collection of amulets. Two of them summoned disgusting camels. I'd met them before, so I was less than excited when a ton of dromedary flesh flew across my line of sight, plowed into the sphinx, and collapsed on top of it. The sphinx growled in outrage as it tried to f.. | destruction earthquakes floods funny funny-and-random giant-snake humour ra rebellious riordan riots sadie-kane serpent snake sun survive tornado tsunamis | Rick Riordan | |
| 06e2f78 | In case you're wondering, Old York looks absolutely nothing like New York. It looks older. Magnus Chase, master of description. You're welcome. | Rick Riordan | ||
| bcbe96d | Listen, Frank Zhang has moves. He's probably gonna turn into a kangaroo and do some marsupial jujitsu on their ugly faces. | Rick Riordan | ||
| 8ba2064 | We're staying together," he promised. "You're not getting away from me. Never again." Only then did she understand what would happen. A one-way trip. A very hard fall. "As long as we're together," she said. She heard Nico and Hazel still screaming for help. She saw sunlight far, far above- maybe the last sunlight she would ever see. Then Percy let go of his ledge, and together, holding hands, he and Annabeth fell into the endless darkness." | Rick Riordan | ||
| 65acc56 | It wasn't exactly like talking, but it went something like this: Could you give us a ride north, Percy asked, like as close to Portland as possible? Eat seals, the whale responded. Are you seals? No, Percy admitted. I've got a man satchel full of macrobiotic beef jerky, though. The whale shuddered. Promise not to feed me this, and I will take you north. Deal. | Rick Riordan | ||
| 641b36e | Was that amazing?" she demanded. "That was amazing," I agreed. It's hard to pull off a romantic kiss when you're both drenched in muck, but we gave it our best shot." | Rick Riordan | ||
| d9042d7 | I couldn't help thinking about my dream, with Annabeth crumpled and lifeless in Luke's arms. Here I was rescuing baby monsters, but I couldn't save my friend. | Rick Riordan | ||
| f079e59 | Zeus did not answer. He was probably too busy recording my humiliation to share on Snapchat. | Rick Riordan | ||
| 564c704 | It's not important," Silena insisted. "We have to find Charlie!" Another first: a child of Aphrodite uninterested in jewellery." | silena-beauregard | Rick Riordan |