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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 8fc8e21 | Kay] was not at all an unpleasant person really, but clever, quick, proud, passionate and ambitious. He was one of those people who would be neither a follower nor a leader, but only an aspiring heart, impatient in the failing body which imprisoned it. | T.H. White | ||
| 086e7b4 | This is the tragedy of modernity: as with neurotically overprotective parents, those trying to help are often hurting us the most. | Nassim Nicholas Taleb | ||
| 7e90d92 | Y ustedes y yo y todos sabemos que el tiempo es mas pesado que la mas pesada carga que puede soportar el hombre. | Juan Rulfo | ||
| 77d7a40 | Oh how I hate people! | Mervyn Peake | ||
| 7a2db89 | You were so sweet when you didn't know who you were. | sookie-stackhouse | Charlaine Harris | |
| a04a54e | Eric turned to me, kissed me on the lips very lightly, and looked at my face for a long moment. "He'll spare you," Eric said, and I understood he wasn't really talking to me but to himself. "You're too unique to waste." And then he opened the door." | Charlaine Harris | ||
| eff38cf | Oh, God, puppy dog eyes. From a six-foot-five ancient Viking vampire. | sookie-stackhouse | Charlaine Harris | |
| 61886d2 | Self-pity is like chocolate; as you get older, you can only afford a little bit. | Charlaine Harris | ||
| 4f56290 | The vampire is not a bad man, and he loves you | Charlaine Harris | ||
| 68d4069 | Eric:] "I'm hoping that the more you see me, the more I'll grow on you." [Sookie:] "Like a fungus?" -- | humor sookie-eric sookie-stackhouse | Charlaine Harris | |
| 4ea7a4f | People see everything through the lens of their obsessions. | Francine Prose | ||
| abf5b2c | I can't imagine a sweeter agony, having him so close. | Lisa Kleypas | ||
| 7523785 | Well, you missed out on some important protocol, Ella. You can't stand between a Texan and his power tools. We like them. Big ones that drain the national grid. We also like truck-stop breakfasts, large moving objects, Monday night football, and the missionary position. We don't drink light beer, drive Smart cars, or admit to knowing the names of more than about five or six colors. And we don't wax our chests, ever. | Lisa Kleypas | ||
| 3275839 | Win," Leo said, "you'll burn the house down, just after it's been rebuilt. Give me the bloody matchbox." She shook her head resolutely. Are we starting a new springtime ritual?" Leo demanded. "The annual burning-of-the-manse?" Come to your senses, Win." | Lisa Kleypas | ||
| 5b87679 | Before you marry, you have to get shot by an arrow and fall in love," the boy explained. He paused thoughtfully. "But I don't think the rest of it hurts as much as the beginning." | Lisa Kleypas | ||
| 871e9a3 | Without a doubt... the worst part of being a single woman was having to take care of your own car. | single spinster spinsterhood | Lisa Kleypas | |
| df6396d | Then what do you want?" she asked softly. He shook his head without answering. But Sara knew. He wanted to be safe. If he were rich and powerful enough, he would never be hurt, lonely, or abandoned. He would never have to trust anyone. She continued to stroke his hair, playing lightly with the thick raven locks. 'Take a chance on me," she urged. "Do you really have so much to lose?" He gave a harsh laugh and loosened his arms to release her.. | Lisa Kleypas | ||
| 34367e6 | Only you could love such a vile, selfish peacock, Evie. | Lisa Kleypas | ||
| f1b2e7e | The boy heaved a sigh. "I would ask to go with you," he said, " but I have to finish my lessons. I so look forward to the day when I know everything. Then I won't have to read any more books or do any more counting." Beatrix smiled. "I don't wish to be discouraging, Rye, but it's not possible to know everything." "Mama does." Rye paused reflectively. "At least, Papa says we mus t pretend she does, because it makes her happy." "Your father,".. | Lisa Kleypas | ||
| 3897c99 | In the silent aftermath, I said, "We'll give them a second chance." With my right hand, I reached to the other pocket. I had known as soon as I lifted the false bottom in the gun case and looked underneath what it meant. I had tried without ceasing to find some alternative to Attolia's ruthless advice and I had failed. Gen's gift told me that I had not failed for lack of trying. I'd lifted out the matching gun and read its archaic inscripti.. | Megan Whalen Turner | ||
| 9383ad7 | Why didn't you tell me to take Attolia's advice from the beginning?" "I thought you should figure it out. What you learn for yourself, you will know forever," said Eugenides. "Pol used to say that," said Sounis, surprised. "I learned it from him. I just wish to my god that I had his patience for the process." | Megan Whalen Turner | ||
| 31a62f9 | For men, as a rule, love is but an episode which takes place among the other affairs of the day, and the emphasis laid on it in novels gives it an importance which is untrue to life. There are few men to whom it is the most important thing in the world, and they are not the very interesting ones; even women, with whom the subject is of paramount interest, have a contempt for them. | men women | W. Somerset Maugham | |
| 6026dc8 | I don't think I shall ever find peace till I make up my mind about things,' he said gravely. He hesitated. 'It's very difficult to put into words. The moment you try you feel embarrassed. You say to yourself: "Who am I that I should bother myself about this, that, and the other? Perhaps it's only because I'm a conceited prig. Wouldn't it be better to follow the beaten track and let what's coming to you come?" And then you think of a fellow .. | W. Somerset Maugham | ||
| 310277a | She says it's really not very flattering to her that the women who fall in love with her husband are so uncommonly second-rate. | love marriage women | W. Somerset Maugham | |
| 7ac3e63 | Love is just a system for getting someone to call you Darling after sex. | sex | Julian Barnes | |
| 247ac16 | I have eavesdropped with impunity on the lives of people who do not exist. I have peeped shamelessly into hearts and bathroom closets. I have leaned over shoulders to follow the movements of quills as they write love letters, wills and confessions. I have watched as lovers love, murderers murder and children play their make-believe. Prisons and brothels have opened their doors to me; galleons and camel trains have transported me across sea .. | Diane Setterfield | ||
| 4154763 | Do you know the feeling when you start reading a new book before the membrane of the last one has had time to close behind you? You leave the previous book with ideas and themes-characters even-caught in the fibers of your clothes, and when you open the new book, they are still with you | literature reading words | Diane Setterfield | |
| 0c6d534 | The way I see it, anyone who's proud of their country is either a thug or just hasn't read enough history yet. | Richard K. Morgan | ||
| 1e79062 | Colin's chuckles grew more heartfelt. "You really ought to have more faith in your favorite brother, dear sis." "He's your favorite brother?" Simon asked, one dark brow raised in disbelief. "Only because Gregory put a toad in my bed last night," Daphne bit off, "and Benedict's standing has never recovered from the time he beheaded my favorite doll." "Makes me wonder what Anthony's done to deny him even an honorable mention," Colin murmured... | Julia Quinn | ||
| fcb3b3a | Miss Bridgerton," he said, "the devil himself couldn't scare you." She forced her eyes to meet his. "That's not a compliment, is it?" He lifted her hand to his lips, brushing a feather-light kiss across her knuckles. "You'll have to figure that out for yourself," he murmured. To all who observed, he was the soul of propriety, but Hyacinth caught the daring gleam in his eye, and she felt the breath leave her body as tingles of electricity ru.. | humor romance | Julia Quinn | |
| 73d02a7 | I understand that you are an accomplished swords-man," she finally said. He eyed her curiously. Where was she going with this? "I like to fence, yes," he replied. "I have always wanted to learn." "Good God," Gregory grunted. "I would be quite good at it," she protested. "I'm sure you would," her brother replied, "which is why you should never be allowed within thirty feet of a sword." He turned to Gareth. "She's quite diabolical." "Yes, I'd.. | compliments humor siblings swordplay | Julia Quinn | |
| 0d91ffd | Small men oft feel a need to prove their courage with unseemly boasts," he declared. "I doubt if he could kill a duck." Tyrion shrugged. "Fetch the duck." | courage dance dragons duck funny humor kill martin prove small soiaf tyrion | George R.R. Martin | |
| 52cb135 | In a heartbeat, a thousand voices took up the chant. King Joffrey and King Robb and King Stannis were forgotten, and King Bread ruled alone. "Bread." they clamored. "Bread, Bread!" | George R.R. Martin | ||
| d3385d3 | Some allies are more dangerous than enemies. | enemies war | George R.R. Martin | |
| 8788e0d | Some men want whores on the eve of battle, and some want gods. Jon wondered who felt better afterward. | George R.R. Martin | ||
| cb566a7 | Nobody likes cravens," he said uncomfortably. "I wish we hadn't helped him. What if they think we're craven too?" "You're too stupid to be craven," Pyp told him. "I am not," Grenn said. "Yes you are. If a bear attacked you in the woods, you'd be too stupid to run away." "I would not," Grenn insisted. "I'd run away faster than you." He stopped suddenly, scowling when he saw Pyp's grin and realized what he'd just said." | George R.R. Martin | ||
| a1692a4 | If the guy likes/loves you, he won't care if you are a good kisser or not. He should like you for what you are - not how you kiss. | kissing | Meg Cabot | |
| 3063015 | Dogs are here to remind us life really is a simple thing. You eat, sleep, take walks, and pee when you must. That's about all there is. They are quick to forgive trespasses and assume strangers will be kind. | humor life | Jonathan Carroll | |
| b30dd4f | It is predictable that God will take care of us. What's unpredictable is how he will do it. | Donna VanLiere | ||
| 2ef1ad9 | Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories. | sun-tzu | Sun Tzu | |
| 4991461 | The Code of the Vampires decreed that anyone who violated the Sacred Law was condemned to death, the blood burning. Charles had refused to subject Allegra to the sentence. But Mimi was a different matter. Mimi walked out of the church, knowing that if she ever saw Jack again, she would have to kill him. | mimi | Melissa de la Cruz | |
| f54acdd | A mind is like a puzzle; you must unlock it to read its hidden secrets. | life mind reality | Melissa de la Cruz | |
| 06dbeee | But there are forces that don't let you turn back and undo things, because to do so would be to deny what is already in motion, to unwrite and erase passages, to shorten the arc of a story you don't own. | Salvador Plascencia | ||
| bb3c288 | I like to see an angry Englishman," said Poirot. "They are very amusing. The more emotional they feel the less command they have of language." | englishman humor language | Agatha Christie |