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89c5c02 Anyway, I want to remember that love can happen. Because there is life after not having a life. I never expected love to happen. What was I expecting from life, then? Douglas Coupland
f8a44cd Is that all time is - our perception of how quickly it does or does not pass? time Douglas Coupland
f2dc4d9 And in his heart, I think, he's now learned what I came to believe, which is, as I've said all along, that the sun may burn brightly, and the faces of children may be plump and achingly sweet, but in the air we breathe, in the water we drink and in the food we share, there will always be darkness in this world. Douglas Coupland
79f31ac What I will tell you, son of sons, is this: shortly, if not already, you will begin noticing the blackness inside us all. You will develop black secrets and commit black actions. You will be shocked at the insensitivities and transgressions you are capable of, yet you will be unable to stop them. And by the time you are thirty, your friends will all have black secrets, too, but it will be years before you learn exactly *what* their black se.. Douglas Coupland
df1c761 People listening to songs are like people reading novels: for a few minutes, for a few hours, someone else gets to come in and hijack that part of your brain that's always thinking. A good book or song kidnaps your interior voice and does all the driving. With the artist in charge you're free for a little while to leave your body and be someone else. books brain hijack songs Douglas Coupland
e55c453 Sometimes I think God is like weather--you may not like the weather, but it has nothing to do wit you. You just happen to be there. Deal with it. Douglas Coupland
c326a07 And any small moments of intense, flaring beauty such as this morning's will be utterly forgotten, dissolved by time like a super-8 film left out in the rain, without sound, and quickly replaced by thousands of silently growing trees. Douglas Coupland
e914a23 And I think back over my own life and I realize that my own nature-the core me-essentially hasn't changed all these years. When I wake up in the morning, for those first few moments before I remember where I am or when I am, I still feel that same way I did when I woke up at the age of five. Douglas Coupland
d619f7b Darkness shields as much as it threatens. pg-342 R. Scott Bakker
75db77a Faithful: Alanna sighed. "When I want to stop learning, I guess." Tamora Pierce
c320e95 Well, laddie, if you've let an old buzzard like me hurt you confidence, you couldn't have had much in the first place. immunity Tamora Pierce
5b2be43 If I have to 'catch' a man to get a husband, I don't want one. relationships Tamora Pierce
d0e98ca Paradise is hidden in each one of use, it is concealed within me too, right now, and if I wish, it will come for me in reality, tomorrow even, and for the rest of my life. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
0ae26f4 lm 'stT` 'n 'SbH 'y shy, lm 'stT` 'n 'SbH Ht~ shryr. wl khbyth wl Tyb, wl dnyy' wl shryf, l bTl, wl Hshr@, w'n lywm fy hdh lrkn lSGyr, 'khtm Hyty, mHwl 'n wsy nfsy b`z l Ty'l fyh, qy'l 'n lrjl ldhky l yflH qT fy 'n ySbH shyy', w'n lGby wHdh ySl l~ dhlk Fyodor Dostoyevsky
ccfd27c I stuff another handful of Raisinets in my mouth. What gets me is the 'pretty face' bit. 'Cause I won't mind being reminded I'm fat as long as you water it down first. Why not say, Hey I'm going to insult you, but first I will congratulate your fortunate genetics and appropriate appliclation of Bobbi Brown cosmetics to prevent you from hitting me. Sh*t; I kind of prefer being called a 'fat bitch.' At least it doesn't pull any punches. weight Jen Lancaster
28a84a5 While you can't control your experiences, you can control your explanations. optimism speculations thinking thought Martin E.P. Seligman
fdf982e We are not immune to the lure of wonder and mystery and awe: we have music and art and literature, and find that the serious ethical dilemmas are better handled by Shakespeare and Tolstoy and Schiller and Dostoyevsky and George Eliot than in the mythical morality tales of the holy books. Christopher Hitchens
5cf564b Hindu fundamentalism is a contradiction in terms, since Hinduism is a religion without fundamentals; there is no such thing as a Hindu heresy. How dare a bunch of goondas shrink the soaring majesty of the Vedas and the Upanishads to the petty bigotry of their brand of identity politics? Shashi Tharoor
0412f3d She'd even violated the only sensible rule of dieting she'd ever run across, the sage advice of the Muppets' Miss Piggy, who recommended never eating anything bigger than your head. dieting miss-piggy muppets rules weight-loss Susan Donovan
cfff440 But these young people have such an intelligent, knowledgeable surface, and then the crust suddenly breaks and you look down into the depths of confusion you didn't know existed. Evelyn Waugh
bdf866d They shot me. (Talon) No, bud. They turned you into Swiss cheese. (Nick) Sherrilyn Kenyon
e62f2a8 You better hope that I never see you walking down the street while I'm driving my car! (Tory) Sherrilyn Kenyon
17911e5 Oh yeah, this was so comforting. Like a porcupine in a condom factory.' (Danger) Sherrilyn Kenyon
883f3ca He wanted to work in Hot Woman Valhalla until he died of testosterone poisoning. (Nick) Sherrilyn Kenyon
cb09187 Oh, goodie. Let the bloodbath commence. (Zarek) Sherrilyn Kenyon
95d432f What happened to you? (Sin) Was mistaken for a punching bag again. But what the hell, I'm used to it. (Xypher) Sherrilyn Kenyon
c0c9295 Where's a friggin' rocket when you need it? Ah, crap, Jaden, stop with the pollen. I hate that. Yeah, taste honey, you punk! (Acheron) Sherrilyn Kenyon
7e7e097 You have to stay here. (Kat) Bullshit. (Sin) No, no shit here. (Kat) Sherrilyn Kenyon
5b00e39 How you figure that, grom? Your mother's the Destroyer. It's a title she not only earned, but one she relishes. And you're sending me in with only a few Charonte as backup. What did I ever do to you? (Savitar) Man up, Sav. You're whining like a little girl. (Acheron) If your mother has her way, she'll turn me into one, and I look like shit in pink. Thanks, kid. (Savitar) Sherrilyn Kenyon
00b27c6 If they can't survive alone for four days once a year, they deserve to die. (Acheron) That's harsh, for you. (Dante) Harsh? Tell you what, you take my phone and skim through the three thousand phone calls I get every day and night and see how harsh I am. I truly hate modern technology and phones in particular. I haven't had a full four hours of sleep in over fifty years. 'Ash, I broke a toenail, help me. Ash, my head hurts, what should I do.. Sherrilyn Kenyon
b35dfc9 Did you see a doctor? (Syn) Yeah. It'll heal. (Cruel) Did your mom say anything? (Syn) Clean the blood out of the carpet before it sets. What could she say? Better me than her. (Cruel) Sherrilyn Kenyon
1d8ca80 Hell? Mr. Human Boy Person? Can you hear the Simi? Or are you dead? Hello? (Simi) Sherrilyn Kenyon
d13ec2f You are one seriously testy Creature of the Night. (Amanda) Sherrilyn Kenyon
a6e5387 Give me my powers back, Artemis, or I'll take your daughter's life. (Sin) Damn boy, you have an unholy gift for pissing off people. Why don't you tell her that dress makes her look fat while you're at it? (Kat) Sherrilyn Kenyon
bd59a12 Keep your lips and other body parts to yourself or you'll be headless. (Apollymi) Sherrilyn Kenyon
6a9de48 I know. 'Nick, go after psycho-ass and show him where he lives.' But might I point out that in doing this, I should qualify for hazard pay? (Nick) Might I point out that staying here with me is far more hazardous to your health? (Acheron) What? Am I still here? Oh no, sorry, thought I'd left ten minutes ago. (Nick) Sherrilyn Kenyon
5f87b2d A human's love. I couldn't wish anything better for him. Animals protect what they know. They protect what they are bound to, but humans...humans have a greater capacity for sacrifice for those who live in their hearts. (Aristotle) Sherrilyn Kenyon
f6c5f5a If we're lucky, we find the one person who will hold our trust and keep it sacred and safe against all attackers. That one soul who will restore our belief that people are decent and kind, and that life, while messy, is still the most wondrous gift anyone can know. But until that day comes, we have to try and remember that home isn't a specific place or person. It's a feeling we carry inside ourselves. That touch of the divine that lights a.. knowledge wisdom wisewords Sherrilyn Kenyon
8822fda Why can't you ever answer a simple question? (Wulf) Ask me a simple question and you will get a simple answer. (Acheron) Sherrilyn Kenyon
ac25a98 If you leave here, War can find you again. What are you going to do if that happens? (Tory) Leave bloodstains on his best shirt. (Acheron) Sherrilyn Kenyon
9b7eb41 Good. Now the first thing you do is press in the clutch and slide the gear into reverse." She placed his hand on the gear shift in the center of her car, and showed him how to move it up and down. "You know, you really shouldn't fondle that in front of me, Grace. It's cruel." "Julian! Do you mind? I'm only trying to show you how to shift my gears." He snorted. "I wish you'd shift my gears like that." Sherrilyn Kenyon
4a995c3 Are you okay? (Simone) No, I'm in ecstasy. I blew straight past okay the minute you touched me. (Xypher) Sherrilyn Kenyon
246fc58 Her new powers surging, she went to have a long overdue Come-to-Jesus talk with the goddess. (Tory) Sherrilyn Kenyon
d514fc7 Bubba there zombies.....and there trying to eat me!" -Nick Gautier" Sherrilyn Kenyon