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f44cb63 I learned long ago that in order to heal my wounds, I must have the courage to face up with them. Paulo Coelho
cba4a57 The best way to weaken one's enemy was to get him to believe that you were on his side. Paulo Coelho
e9d0a1a Whenever he reads articles in newspapers or magazines written by politicians using global warming or the destruction of the environment for their electoral campaigns, he thinks: How can we be so arrogant? The planet is, was and always will be stronger than us. We can't destroy it; if we overstep the mark, the planet will simply erase us from its surface and carry on existing. Why don't they start talking about not letting the planet destroy.. Paulo Coelho
6f7999b We are not the person other people wish we were. We are who we decide to be. Paulo Coelho
48f9996 Possibly. Basically,everything that happens in our life is our fault and ours alone. A lot of people go through the same difficulties we went through, and they react completely differently. We looked for the easiest way out: a separate reality. Paulo Coelho
363bc90 Her heart had already been broken many times over, and yet she still believed she was destined to meet the man of her life. Paulo Coelho
78b6502 The more expensive a school is, the more crooks it has -- I'm not kidding. school young-adult J.D. Salinger
e3f69cf While I was walking I passed these two guys that were unloading this big Christmas tree off a truck. One guy, kept saying to the other guy, 'Hold the sonunvabitch up! Hold it up, for Chrissake!' It certainly was a gorgeous way to talk about a Christmas tree. J.D. Salinger
d115333 That cat was a spy. You to take a pot shot at it. It was a very clever German midget dressed up in a cheap fur coat. humor J.D. Salinger
5b4d822 Listen," he said. "If you was a fish, Mother Nature'd take care of you, wouldn't she? Right? You don't think them fish just die when it gets to be winter, do ya?" No, but--" You're goddam right they don't" J.D. Salinger
f16813b My mask of sanity was a victim of impending slippage. Bret Easton Ellis
7ad71fb he looked at me with such vehemence that I felt like a blip, a fart, in the course of his life. Bret Easton Ellis
62503e6 I'm thinking about the beautiful boy on the treadmill wearing the I STILL HAVE A DREAM T-shirt and realize that it might not have been ironic. Bret Easton Ellis
2f590e2 if you're alone nothing bad can happen to you. Bret Easton Ellis
1657399 The office Halloween party was at the Royalton last week and I went as a mass murderer, complete with a sign painted on my back that read MASS MURDERER (which was decidedly lighter than the sandwich board I had constructed earlier that day that read DRILLER KILLER), and beneath those two words I had written in blood Yep, that's me and the suit was also covered with blood, some of it fake, most of it real. In one fist I clenched a hank of Vi.. Bret Easton Ellis
47c4b0a How is your father?" she asks disinterestedly. "A contrivance," I mutter. "A plot device." Bret Easton Ellis
b488f91 At the end of that class Demian said to me thoughtfully: "There's something I don't like about this story, Sinclair. Why don't you read it once more and give it the acid test? There's something about it that doesn't taste right. I mean the business with the two thieves. The three crosses standing next to each other on the hill are almost impressive, to be sure. But now comes this sentimental little treatise about the good thief. At first he.. crucifixion Hermann Hesse
55feb19 You can go home again, the General Temporal Theory asserts, so long as you understand that home is a place where you have never been. home Ursula K. Le Guin
e8f470c There is neither source nor end, for all things are in the Center of Time. As all the stars may be reflected in a round raindrop falling in the night: so too do all the stars reflect the raindrop. There is neither darkness nor death, for all things are, in the Light of the Moment, and their end and their beginning are one. Ursula K. Le Guin
431a736 Celaena?" Sam asked into the dark. "Should I worry about going to sleep?" She blinked, then laughed under her breath. At least Sam took her threats somewhat seriously." sarcastic-humor true Sarah J. Maas
f641cd7 She pulled off the ring. "So that was what he wanted. I honestly expected something grander." -- Sarah J. Maas
a8bca0d I glanced at Tamlin, biting my lip. I'd practically floated into my bedroom that morning. But Tamlin's gaze now roved my face as if searching for any tinge of regret, of fear. Ridiculous. acotar feyre sarah-j-maas tamlin Sarah J Maas
d815156 Months of crawling out of that abyss he'd shoved her into. Sarah J. Maas
670d54a But Aelin suddenly said, "Thank you." Nesryn paused, somehow knowing the queen had spoken to her. Aelin put a hand on her heart. "For all that you're risking - thank you." Nesryn's eyes flickered as she said, "Long live the queen." nesryn-faliq Sarah J. Maas
1d4d2a1 Cassian had named about two dozen poses for Nesta at this point. Ranging from to The latter was his particular favorite. Sarah J. Maas
b48d10f They'd been forged of the same ore, two sides of the same golden, scarred coin. She'd know it when she spied him atop the execution plataform. She couldn't explain it. No one could understand that instant bond, that soul-deep assurance and rightness, unless they, too, had experienced it. But she owned no explanations to anyone - not about Aedion. aelin-ashryver-galathynius bond family love the-ashryver-cousins Sarah J. Maas
5f2beaa Magical things rarely age as normal objects do. Sarah J. Maas
aa44ae8 They couldn't break me because ... because they never touched that innermost part of me. They never even guessed. But I hid it ... I've hidden it because ..." She tilted back her head, looking skyward. "Because I live in terror of my family finding out--and shaming me, hurting me about this one thing that has remained wholly mine. This one part of me. I won't let them ... won't let them destroy it. Or" Sarah J. Maas
f9906a8 You gave me the truth today, so I'll share mine: even if it meant us being friends again, I don't think I would want to go back to how it was before--who I was before. And this..." He jerked his chin toward the scattered crystals and the bowl of water. "I think this is a good change, too. Don't fear it." Dorian left, and Chaol opened his mouth, but no words came out. He was too stunned. When Dorian had spoken, it hadn't been a prince who lo.. dorian-havilliard heir-of-fire Sarah J. Maas
c03da5b After a moment, his father looked up from the list and surveyed her. "Well done, Champion. Well done indeed." Then Celaena and the King of Adarlan smiled at each other, and it was the most terrifying thing Dorian had ever seen. "Tell my exchequer to give you double last month's payment," the king said. Dorian felt his gorge rise- not just for the severed head and her blood- stiffened clothing, but also for the fact that he could not, for th.. chaol dorian Sarah J. Maas
cedfa07 Most men, she'd decided, were bastards of varying degrees. Sarah J. Maas
48e0336 friends don't threaten friends' distributor caps C.E. Murphy
2fd47a4 what is the expression which the age demands? the age demands no expression whatever. we have seen photographs of bereaved asian mothers. we are not interested in the agony of your fumbled organs. there is nothing you can show on your face that can match the horror of this time. do not even try. you will only hold yourself up to the scorn of those who have felt things deeply. we have seen newsreels of humans in the extremities of pain and d.. Leonard Cohen
b2674ed I steeled myself against laughter; I would rather die than laugh. I didn't laugh, I did not laugh. But I died, I did die. Miranda July
16ccb15 When she saw my messy desk, she said she was the same way, and there was no dust on the TV, and I was easy to love. People just need a little help because they are so used to not loving. It's like scoring the clay to make another piece of clay stick to it. Miranda July
ead2b84 Solange looked enthralled, manic. Deadly. So I did the only thing I could think of. I threw a snowball at her head. Alyxandra Harvey
6c14c61 And then Lucy happened. Never mind prophecies and bounty hunters, she was the one who'd really turned my life upside down.... She made everything better. She was necessary. Alyxandra Harvey
7bce7dd He ... loves her. Well, he's crushing on her anyway." I didn't know the term but I understood its meaning well enough. I sighed. "I thought she'd be smarter." He raised his eyebrows. "She's plenty smart." He looked thoughtful. "You don't believe in love then?" "No." I wanted to look away, couldn't. "I don't know." logan Alyxandra Harvey
c278306 Let me feed you," he whispered, his tone suddenly husky. He sounded like sex. Or at least, what Julia imagined sex would sound like if it was sitting on a white banquette with shining blue eyes and an arrogant jaw, trying to press a cold glass up to her mouth. Oh my, Gabriel. Oh my, Gabriel. Oh my, Gabriel. Oh...my...Gabriel." sylvain-reynard Sylvain Reynard
58eb7dc Right. I've been missing Nutty McFang anyway." "Stop making up names for him." "What about Count Crackula?" "Just stop." pseudonym shane-collins Rachel Caine
1e09fb1 A rap at the back door made her jump, and she peered through the window for a long time before she eased open the door a crack. She left the security chain on. 'What do you want, Richard?' Richard Morrell's police cruiser was parked in the drive. He hadn't flashed any lights or howled any sirens, so she supposed it wasn't an emergency, exactly. But she knew him well enough to know he didn't pay social visits, at least not to the Glass House.. funny richard what-you-want Rachel Caine
bb3ef70 Claire watched as Shane hunted around and came up with a small crowbar, which he used to lever open the seals on the top of the barrel. The top was hinged in the middle, Claire realized, and he flipped that part over. "Score," he said, and raised the crowbar in triumph. "Who's your daddy?" Myrnin stared at him as if he'd gone completely mental. " " "Figure of speech," Claire said hastily." Rachel Caine
5b69b0b It's like disco inferno up in here Rachel Caine
4c0a419 It's a sad day when Myrnin is the safe choice, she thought. Apparently, he thought so, too, because he gave her a long, troubled look before pressing his thumb to a glass plate inside the room and opening the door. Rachel Caine