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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| b6028a6 | You know, Magnus...sometimes it's best not to look as far as you're able to look, or to listen to everything you're able to hear. | Rick Riordan | ||
| c515843 | The stars are out,' Zoe said. She was right. There were millions of them, with no city lights to ruin turn the sky orange. 'Amazing,' Bianca said. 'I've never actually seen the Milky Way.' 'This is nothing,' Zoe said. 'In the old days, there were more. Whole constellations have disappeared because of human light pollution.' 'You talk like you're not human,' I said. Zoe raised an eyebrow. "I am a Hunter. I care what happens to the wild place.. | Rick Riordan | ||
| 7fbdc2a | The telkine growled and muttered as he tapped on his keyboard. Maybe he was messaging his friends on uglyface.com | Rick Riordan | ||
| a81d36d | A giant vulture with a girl hanging from its feet tends to attract attention. | Rick Riordan | ||
| 89156f7 | you have to flaunt the weird, my friends. | Rick Riordan | ||
| b9d8bf4 | That's great. Except for the fact that it's completely unimportant. | humor | Rick Riordan | |
| d2d202b | people saw what they wanted to see. They didn't need the Mist to warp their perceptions. | Rick Riordan | ||
| bffbd95 | The dead are hard to look at. Their faces shimmer. They all look slightly angry or confused. they will come up to you and speak, but their voices sound like chatter, like bats twittering. Once they realize you can't understand them, they frown and move away. The dead aren't scary. They're just sad. | Rick Riordan | ||
| e82b05b | We passed hieroglyphic scrolls, gold jewelry, sarcophagi, statues of pharaohs, and huge chunks of limestone. Why would someone display a rock? Aren't there enough of those in the world? | museums | Rick Riordan | |
| c92b712 | In a way, it's nice to know there are Greek gods out there, because you have somebody to blame when things go wrong. For instance, when you're walking away from a bus that's just been attacked by monster hags and blown up by lightning, and it's raining on top of everything else. | Rick Riordan | ||
| e713519 | Ever hold your hand over a torch (sorry, a flashlight for you Americans). | Rick Riordan | ||
| 237ad11 | Good riddance to bad rubbish. | motto my should | Rodman Philbrick | |
| 1341f74 | Viewed from a distance, his character projected an impression of solidity and wholeness which was in fact as insubstantial as a hologram; up close, he was all motes and light, you could pass your hand right through him. If you stepped back far enough, however, the illusion would click in again and there he would be, bigger than life, squinting at you from behind his little glasses and raking back a dank lock of hair with one hand. | Donna Tartt | ||
| ce7ec48 | There were no men in this painting, but it was about men, the kind who caused women to fall. I did not ascribe any intentions to these men. They were like the weather, they didn't have a mind. They merely drenched you or struck you like lightning and moved on, mindless as blizzards. Or they were like rocks, a line of sharp slippery rocks with jagged edges. You could walk with care along between the rocks, picking your steps, and if you slip.. | Margaret Atwood | ||
| a8114e8 | The body is so easily damaged, so easily disposed of, water and chemicals is all it is, hardly more to it than a jellyfish, drying on sand. | Margaret Atwood | ||
| baecb19 | There was, it seemed, no Eleanor-shaped social hole for me to slot | Gail Honeyman | ||
| 01b0105 | I'm not going anywhere." Gently, he stroked her back, cradled her head. Was there anything more astounding or more frightening to a man, he wondered, than a strong woman in tears? "I've been right here all along. I love you, Eve, almost more than I can stand." "I need you. I can't help it. I don't want to." "I know." He eased back, tucking a hand under her chin to lift her face to his. "We're going to have to deal with it." He kissed one.. | J.D. Robb | ||
| 386f2af | I'm not putting up with this," she continued. "You can't even go out and buy a solar system without worrying I'll fall apart. How are you supposed to get anything done?" "Actually, I'm not in the market for a solar system right at the moment." | J.D. Robb | ||
| 8ae60e8 | You want to know what you mean to me, Kam?' His lips trail down the curve of my neck.'Every day I wonder when your human life will end, and it scares the hell out of me. ' His words are hot on my skin. 'You make me wish I didn't have forever. | Elizabeth May | ||
| cb61588 | Second, and far more important: tuck your chin. You're going to get hurt, so expect it and be ready. You may as well see it coming. | learning-to-handle-a-sword | Elizabeth Haydon | |
| 1582687 | If there are again towns with streetlights, if there are symphonies and newspapers, then what else might this awakening world contain? Perhaps vessels are setting out even now, traveling toward or away from him, steered by sailors armed with maps and knowledge of the stars, driven by need or perhaps simply by curiosity: whatever became of the countries on the other side? | Emily St. John Mandel | ||
| 7c4119d | Failed relationships can be described as so much wasted makeup. Forget the laughs, forget the fights, forget the sex, forget the jealousy. But take off your hat and observe a moment's silence for the legions of unknown tubes of foundation, mascara, eyeliner, blusher and lipstick who died that it might all have been possible. But who died in vain. | makeup relationships | Marian Keyes | |
| a665664 | I did a lot of shopping for her in Tokyo because the colors here are very conservative. A shopaholic would have a coat in every color and lots of accessories | Sophie Kinsella | ||
| 594bfdf | Carried away. He got a little carried away. This is like saying Hitler was a tad aggressive. | Sophie Kinsella | ||
| 0f0d295 | What is love? No one knows what love is, exactly. No one can define it. No one can prove it. | Sophie Kinsella | ||
| 0d156a6 | Some of us have hearts, you know. Some of us don't give up on true love. | heart heartbreak love true-love | Sophie Kinsella | |
| 8b93240 | All of that is true,' responded Don Quixote, 'but we cannot all be friars, and God brings His children to heaven by many paths: chivalry is a religion, and there are sainted knights in Glory.' Yes,' responded Sancho, 'but I've heard that there are more friars in heaven than knights errant.' That is true,' responded Don Quixote, 'because the number of religious is greater than the number of knights.' There are many who are errant,' said Sanc.. | Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra | ||
| f760ae3 | What intelligent things you say sometimes ! One would think you had studied. | Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra | ||
| 2234f5f | Dead was the gift that kept on giving. Dead, like diamonds, was forever. | Stephen King | ||
| c6bf815 | If you can't let go of the past, the mistakes you've made will eat you alive. | Stephen King | ||
| 84d6687 | Ryan has this blank, way too innocent expression. "Don't worry, Mr. Risk. I'd love to help Elisabeth." He turns to me and smiles. This smile isn't genuine or heartwarming, but cocky as hell. Bring it, jock boy. Your best won't be good enough." | Katie McGarry | ||
| 4e65e3b | A sliver of hope sneaks past my walls and I slam every opening shut. Emotion is evil. People who make me feel are worse. I take comfort in the stone inside me. If I don't feel, I don't hurt. | Katie McGarry | ||
| 1ffc1c1 | Running is still running. It doesn't matter if it's a physical move from one place to another or if it's to within yourself. | running | Katie McGarry | |
| 8fec34a | We didn't finish that dance." "Here?" "Why not?" Echo's high heel tapped against the sidewalk, the telltale sign of nerves. I took a deliberate step forward and caught her waist before she coud back away from me. My siren had sung to me for way too long, capturing my heart, tempting me with her body, driving me slowly insane. Now, I expected her to pay up. "Do you hear that?" I aked. Echo raised an eyebrow when she heard nothing but th.. | Katie McGarry | ||
| 986ff83 | Go there and I swear to God you'll have to check 'other' when asked if you're male or female. | Katie McGarry | ||
| c77c15b | For most of us, I think it's easier to admit doing wrong than being stupid. | Stephen King | ||
| b1a9f06 | When heaven joins the battle against you, who could stand? | heaven stand | Stephen R. Lawhead | |
| af6d31c | Going for it and changing what you could change-that's what success was all about. | mystery suspense | Julie Garwood | |
| 4581959 | The man irritated her just like a rash. | romance | Julie Garwood | |
| fda7a58 | Hammar moved to stand beside Galad, still groaning on the ground and trying to push himself up. The warder raised his voice to shout, "Who was the greatest blademaster of all time?' From the throats of dozens of students came a massed bellow. "Jearom, Gaidin!" "Yes!" Hammar shouted, turning to make sure all heard. "During his lifetime, Jearom fought over ten thousand times, in battle and single combat. He was defeated once. By a farmer with.. | Robert Jordan | ||
| 34d7efd | Today is only one day in all the days that will ever be. | insprational life today | Ernest Hemingway | |
| 9307b55 | If your goal is purity of heart, be prepared to be thought very odd. | Elisabeth Elliot | ||
| d7cc381 | The minute I'm in a little pain ... your rough, tough, scary bad boy image totally falls apart. | carpathians pain romance | Christine Feehan | |
| ac01eb3 | I'll be damned if I apologize for the choices I've made. They were hard decisions, but I had good reasons for making them. | choice reason | Christine Feehan |