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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 25b05f6 | The answer, The answer, my friend, is not yours to invent or create. It will be decided for you. It is outside you. It is real and objective and firm. One day you will hear it. You don't create it. You don't define it. It comes to you, and sooner or later you conform to it--or bow to it. | John Piper | ||
| a9fe38d | As you see the opening get closer, you just can't get fast enough. And finally, just when you think you'll never get there, you see the opening right in front of you. | Stephen Chbosky | ||
| 2c04326 | I wish I could stop being in love with Sam. I really do. | Stephen Chbosky | ||
| 6922ed1 | I want to live happily in a world I don't understand. | Nassim Nicholas Taleb | ||
| 0bfec99 | Maybe I should do this for y-" (Samantha) "No, I'm cooking. If you want to be helpful, you can bring me my wine. I poured us both a glass." (Mortimer) "But-" "No," he insisted, pushing her toward the door. "In you go. I'm the man. I get to barbecue while you stand around and look cute." | samantha | Lynsay Sands | |
| f8f98c3 | The only weapon that we have in our hands this evening is the weapon of protest. That's all. | freedom-of-choice freedom-of-expression freedom-of-speech freedom-of-thought protest weapon weapons | Martin Luther King Jr. | |
| 6d5757f | Time itself is neutral; it can be used either destructively or constructively. More and more I feel that the people of ill will have used time much more effectively than have the people of good will. We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people. Human progress never rolls in on wheels of inevitability; it comes through the tireless e.. | time | Martin Luther King Jr. | |
| 74fe1fa | It was a vicious cycle, though. The more gratification we found in our own geniuses, the more isolated we grew. | Alison Bechdel | ||
| 0b9f084 | I often cried when I got angry; I hated that. Crying just made you look weak, no matter what triggered it. | Charlaine Harris | ||
| 450bfe8 | What editors are obliged to appear to say that want from women is actually what their want from women. | aging beauty body-image conformity cosmetic-surgery cosmetics culture diet-industry double-standards eating-disorders equality fashion-industry feminism images magazines marketing mass-culture objectification plastic-surgery pornography self-esteem sexual-violence sexuality society | Naomi Wolf | |
| f9d96fe | I had to wait for someone special. Someone who would make my heart feel as if it's been trampled by elephants, thrown into the amazon, and eaten by piranhas. | Lisa Kleypas | ||
| 2af3cee | My love is upon you. | love sebastian-st-vincent | Lisa Kleypas | |
| 6bd29cb | He loved her beyond earth, heaven, or hell. Every moment out of her company was agony; every moment with her was the only peace he had ever known. Every touch of her hands left an imprint that ate down to his soul. He would have killed himself before admitting it to anyone. The truth was buried deep in his heart. | Lisa Kleypas | ||
| 52a8931 | Kev wasn't certain if he was surrendering to Win or to his own passion for her. Only that there was no more holding back. He would take her. And he would give her everything he had, every part of his soul, even the broken pieces. | merripen surrender | Lisa Kleypas | |
| eb77556 | Annabelle gave him a chiding smile. "If you're implying that I'm spoiled, I assure you that I am not." "You should be." His warm gaze slid over her pink-tinted face and slender upper body, then sought hers again. There was a note in his voice that gently robbed her of breath. "You could do with a bit of spoiling." | romance | Lisa Kleypas | |
| a5ac987 | It wasn't a meaningless act for me either," Marcus said, his raspy whisper tickling her ear. "Yesterday I finally realized that all the things that I thought were wrong about you were actually the things I enjoyed most. I don't give a damn what you do, so long as it pleases you. Run barefoot on the front lawn. Eat pudding with your fingers. Tell me to go to hell as often as you like. I want you just as you are. After all, you're the only wo.. | Lisa Kleypas | ||
| 20a5f86 | It was a sound like someone trying not to make a sound. | john-irving | John Irving | |
| a9eed1c | I thought that being king meant I didn't have to kill people myself. I see know that was another misconception. | Megan Whalen Turner | ||
| 020bece | I wondered if he could ever understand that it was a blessing, not a sin, to be graced with more than one love. It could be complicated; of course it could be complicated. And it opened one up to the possibility of more pain and loss. Still, it was a blessing I would never relinquish. Love, genuine love, was always a cause for joy. | Jacqueline Carey | ||
| 2e94764 | I wish sometimes that the gods would either choose better, or make their wishes clearer | gods wish | Jacqueline Carey | |
| 90e04f3 | Life and reading are not separate activities, When you read a great book, you don't escape from life, you plunge deeper into it. | Julian Barnes | ||
| b1ab7b2 | Show me the path I must walk and do not let me stumble in the dark places that lie ahead. | wisdom | George R.R. Martin | |
| 9942a54 | He said he loved me," she whispered. Daniel swallowed, and he had the strangest sensation, almost a premonition of what it must like to be a parent. Someday, God willing, he'd have a daughter, and that daughter would look like the woman standing in front of him, and if ever she looked at him with that bewildered expression, whispering, "He said he loved me . . ." Nothing short of murder would be an acceptable response." | anne daniel julia-quinn | Julia Quinn | |
| 3454c7e | This has to be the most self-centered thing I've ever said, but no, I think you just wanted to vex me. | julia-quinn romance | Julia Quinn | |
| 9ec1152 | I'm myself, not a label. | individuality wit | John Brunner | |
| 21abe27 | We are alone. Live our lives, lacking anything better to do. Devise reason later. | Alan Moore | ||
| b48ee2c | They hate you because you act like you're better than they are | George R.R. Martin | ||
| fc18386 | They're both bungholes who think they're too noble to shit, | George R.R. Martin | ||
| c580a57 | If I die, I die friendless and abandoned. What choice did that leave him, but to live? | George R.R. Martin | ||
| cccee87 | Nunca olvides que eres, porque desde luego el mundo no lo va a olvidar. Conviertelo en tu mejor arma, asi nunca sera tu punto debil. Usalo como armadura y nadie podra utilizarlo para herirte. | George R.R. Martin | ||
| 79fd93d | What's the point? was my attitude. We're all just going to die and then NOT be let on the boat. | Meg Cabot | ||
| a7666c4 | Despite all evidence to the contrary, Grandmere believes that Ron Weasley, not Voldemort, is the villain of the Harry Potter series. | Meg Cabot | ||
| 00f4c6c | When you love someone deeply, you know secrets they haven't told you yet. Or secrets they aren't even aware of themselves. ... She was also the person I wanted to share the trivia of my life with, because that too is part of the magic of concern: Whatever you live is important to them and they will help you through it. | Jonathan Carroll | ||
| ab941da | As the children were sitting there eating pears, a girl came walking along the road from town. When she saw the children she stopped and asked, "Have you seen my papa go by?" "M-m-m," said Pippi. "How did he look? Did he have blue eyes?" "Yes," said the girl. "Medium large, not too tall and not too short?" "Yes," said the girl. "Black hat and black shoes?" "Yes, exactly," said the girl eagerly. "No, that one we haven't seen," said Pippi dec.. | Astrid Lindgren | ||
| 2745915 | And now that its ruby eyes are set into the gold, you cannot see their tear-shape, so they seem to be laughing rather than crying. It is a constant reminder to me of the human ability to create something beautiful even when things are at the darkest. | despair hope humanity inspiration | Cressida Cowell | |
| 8bb3ffb | Every fool in error can find a passage of scripture to back him up | John Howard Griffin | ||
| 606e5be | When you're surrounded by stupidity, self-preservation isn't a sin. | stupidity | Meljean Brook | |
| 43f143a | I was still hesitant to let myself let go, because I still believed in the fragility of happiness. | Ishmael Beah | ||
| e6ca13c | Steve Jobs had a tendency to see things in a binary way: "A person was either a hero or a bozo, a product was either amazing or shit" | Walter Isaacson | ||
| 9b9abd8 | Was he smart? No, not exceptionally. Instead, he was a genius. | Walter Isaacson | ||
| d512ee1 | Jack Force was more than she had ever dared wish for, and he was better than a dream or a fantasy because he was real. He was far from perfect, moody and distant at times, and burdened with sharp temper and an impulsiveness that was part of his dark nature. But she felt more love for him than she thought possible. He wasn't perfect, but he was perfect for her. (Schuyler Van Alen) | perfect | Melissa de la Cruz | |
| fb75866 | Evil was seductive and easy, and virtue was difficult and unappreciated. | Melissa de la Cruz | ||
| f100492 | I have no pity for myself either. So let it be Veronal. But I wish Hercule Poirot had never retired from work and come here to grow vegetable marrows. | Agatha Christie | ||
| 9c5126f | Mr. Satterthwaite looked cheered. Suddenly an idea struck him. His jaw fell. "My goodness," he cried, "I've only just realized it! That rascal, with his poisoned cocktail! Anyone might have drunk it! It might have been me!" "There is an even more terrible possibility that you have not considered," said Poirot. "Eh?" "It might have been me," said Hercule Poirot." | hercule-poirot humor mystery poirot poison | Agatha Christie |