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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| e6e06fc | Everybody dies ... The thing is, to have a life before we die. | John Irving | ||
| b24be14 | Self-hatred is worse than loneliness. | self-hatred | John Irving | |
| e1c73e4 | Oh gods, stairs. | Megan Whalen Turner | ||
| 9a1f472 | The younger one looked to be completely useless. | Megan Whalen Turner | ||
| 638a126 | Sidonie, I know you don't remember it, but you once promised to trust me beyond all reason. And I swear to you that all that I am, all that I possess, including this gem-stone, is yours. I need you. I can't do this alone. Forget your memories. Look into your heart. And if you can find somewhere there, some lingering spark of trust that owes naught to reason, I beg you to speak the word written here. | trust | Jacqueline Carey | |
| a03f4b0 | American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope to find in their butlers. | W. Somerset Maugham | ||
| 92684d1 | The writer is more concerned to know than to judge. | W. Somerset Maugham | ||
| 113e409 | People talk of beauty lightly, and having no feeling for words, they use that one carelessly, so that it loses its force; and the thing it stands for, sharing its name with a hundred trivial objects, is deprived of dignity. They call beautiful a dress, a dog, a sermon; and when they are face to face with Beauty cannot recognise it. | W. Somerset Maugham | ||
| 6813f45 | They're a funny lot, suicides. I remember one man who couldn't get any work to do and his wife died, so he pawned his clothes and bought a revolver; but he made a mess of it, he only shot out an eye and he got alright. And then, if you please, with an eye gone and a piece of his face blown away, he came to the conclusion that the world wasn't such a bad place after all, and he lived happily ever afterwards. Thing I've always noticed, people.. | W. Somerset Maugham | ||
| 00f28e2 | Supposing there is no life everlasting. Think what it means if death is really the end of all things. They've given up all for nothing. They've been cheated. They're dupes." Waddington reflected for a little while. "I wonder if it matters what they have aimed at is illusion. Their lives are in themselves beautiful. I have an idea that the only thing which makes it possible to regard this world we live in without disgust is the beauty which .. | life philosophy religion | W Somerset Maugham | |
| bcdfe3f | Women are often under the impression that men are much more madly in love with them than they really are. | W. Somerset Maugham | ||
| ba01a51 | They say I imagine -- it is not true -- I remember.] | Irving Stone | ||
| 2d3d8b2 | I love this mansion, though it is too many windows | Jim Carroll | ||
| 054c494 | Some people don't realize that a straight 'No' can be the kindest answer in the world. | Jonathan Coe | ||
| 92efae1 | And for the rest of the night, he couldn't quite forget the smell of her perfume. Or maybe it was the soft sound of her chuckle. Or maybe it was neither of those things. Maybe it was just her. | Julia Quinn | ||
| 6ff0378 | Not that I knew who you were until last month. But now that I've got you, I'm not letting you go." "You're not?" Blake stared at her in irritated confusion. What was her game? "Do you think I'm an idiot?" he spat out. "No," she said. "I've just escaped from a den of idiots, so I'm well familiar with the breed, and you're something else entirely. I am, however, hoping you're not a terribly good shot." | idiocy romance sarcasm | Julia Quinn | |
| f7b2d3b | the unexpected moment [is] always sweeter. | love-story quote romance the-viscount-who-loved-me true | Julia Quinn | |
| ea7d2c0 | How do you feel?" she asked, trying to fluff his pillow. "Other than terrible, I mean." He moved his head slightly to the side. It seemed to be a sickly interpretation of a shrug. "Of course you're feeling terrible," she clarified, "but is there any change? More terrible? Less terrible?" He made no response. "The same amount of terrible?" -- | romance sick | Julia Quinn | |
| a97f78b | Charlotte Stokehurst," Violet Bridgerton announced, "is getting married." "Today?" Hyacinth queried, taking off her gloves. Her mother gave her a look. "She has become engaged. Her mother told me this morning." Hyacinth looked around. "Were you waiting for me in the hall?" "To the Earl of Renton," Violet added. "Renton." "Have we any tea?" Hyacinth asked. "I walked all the way home, and I'm thirsty." "Renton!" Violet exclaimed, looking abou.. | Julia Quinn | ||
| 4d5a412 | The dusk reeks of fornication and bad consciences. | Alan Moore | ||
| bbea10d | Also, please don't think I've forgotten about your outstanding service record, or about all the invaluable contributions that you've made to the company. Fire, the wheel, agriculture..It's an impressive list, old timer. A jolly impressive list. Don't get me wrong. But well...to be frank, we've had our problems , too. There's no getting away from it. Do you know what I think? A lot of it stems from? I'll tell you... It's your basic unwillin.. | Alan Moore | ||
| 70fa25e | Born from oblivion; bear children, hell-bound as ourselves; go into oblivion. There is nothing else. Existence is random. Has no pattern save what we imagine after staring at it for too long. No meaning save what we choose to impose. This rudderless world is not shaped by vague metaphysical forces. It is not God who kills the children. Not fate that butchers them or destiny that feeds them to the dogs. It's us. Only us. | Alan Moore | ||
| fe6fa5b | LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! YOU'VE READ ABOUT IT IN THE NEWSPAPERS! NOW, SHUDDER AS YOU OBSERVE, BEFORE YOUR VERY EYES, THAT MOST RAREAND RAGIC OF NATURE'S MISTAKES! I GIVE YOU... PHYSICALLY , IT HAS A DEFORMED SET OF NOTICE THE SENSE OF THE CLUB-FOOTED AND THE IT'S CERTAINLY NOT FOR THE IS IT? MOST OF , ARE ITS AND NOTIONS OF AND IF TOO MUCH IS PLACED UPON THEM... ... THEY HOW DOES IT , I HEAR YOU ASK? HOW DOES THIS .. | mankind men | Alan Moore | |
| d025abd | Hear my words and bear witness to my vow. Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children. I shall wear no crowns and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post. I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the shield that guards the realms of men. I pledge my life and honor to the Night's Watch, for this night and all the nights to co.. | George R.R. Martin | ||
| 48c2d82 | A great battle is a terrible thing," the old knight said, "but in the midst of blood and carnage, there is sometimes also beauty, beauty that could break your heart." | dead george-r-r-martin hardship heartbreak hope hope-for-the-hopeless hopefulness keep-the-faith knights searching strength strength-through-adversity struggle struggling true warriors | George R.R. Martin | |
| c187286 | The wide world is full of people wanting help, Jon. Would that some could find the courage to help themselves. - Lord Commander Mormont | george-r-r-martin jon-snow lord-commander-mormont song-of-ice-and-fire | George R.R. Martin | |
| a3d4b89 | Never ask me about Jon; he is my blood and that is all you need to know! Ned was different. He brought his bastard home, and called him son. | George R.R. Martin | ||
| e21fbe1 | Up and down," Meera would sigh sometimes as they walked, "then down and up. Then up and down again. I hate these stupid mountains of yours, Prince Bran." "Yesterday you said you loved them." "Oh, I do. My lord father told me about mountains, but I never saw one till now. I love them more than I can say." Bran made a face at her. "But you just said you hated them." "Why can't it be both?" Meera reached up to pinch his nose. "Because they're .. | asoiaf fantasy grrm | George R.R. Martin | |
| cbcde5a | She might have wept then, had not the sky begun to do it for her. | sky sorrow tears weep wept | George R.R. Martin | |
| 0f63923 | He was a good man... No. He was a great man. A maester of the Citadel, chained and sworn, and Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch, ever faithful. When he was born they named him for a hero who had died too young, but though he lived a long long time, his own life was no less heroic. No man was wiser, or gentler, or kinder. At the Wall, a dozen lords commander came and went during his years of service, but he was always there to counsel them... | George R.R. Martin | ||
| a86283a | Who do you think our champion will be today? Have you seen Mace Tyrell's boy? The Knight of Flowers, they call him. Now there's a son any man would be proud to own to. Last tourney, he dumped the Kingslayer on his golden rump, you ought to have seen the look on Cersei's face. I laughed till my sides hurt. | asoiaf cersei-lannister eddard-stark game-of-thrones jaime-lannister knight-of-flowers loras-tyrell ned-stark robert-baratheon | George R.R. Martin | |
| ef1b06d | Sooner would be better than later, and now would be better than sooner." - Tyrion" | George R.R. Martin | ||
| 618f486 | I want to make my kingdom beautiful, to fill it with fat men and pretty maids and laughing children. I want my people to smile when they see me ride by, the way Viserys said they smiled for my father. (Daenerys) | George R.R. Martin | ||
| ba0edcd | Once a man has seen a dragon in flight, let him stay home and tend his garden in content, someone had written once, for this wide world has no greater wonder." Tyrion scratched at his scar and tried to recall the author's name." | George R.R. Martin | ||
| ffae83a | Whore!" someone cried out. A woman's voice. Women were always the cruelest where other women were concerned." | George R.R. Martin | ||
| eb834a5 | When you've know me longer, you'll learn that I mean everything I say." "Even the lies?" "Especially the lies. Lord Petyr..." | petyr-baelish tyrion-lannister | George R.R. Martin | |
| 1c380ef | And I'm sure than in Poland, or somewhere, it is considered cool to drive a Porsche and wear necklaces and black silk, but at least back in Brooklyn if you did those things you were either a drug dealer or from New Jersey. | humor new-jersey | Meg Cabot | |
| c0ac1e6 | But I intend to enjoy the weeks I have left with you to the fullest. Because I know from my study of the philosophy of time, whatever is going to happen in the future is already unavoidable. | Meg Cabot | ||
| 75286b9 | When something horrible happens, it's human nature to want to blame it on someone. We want someone to be held accountable, even though sometimes things just happen. | death | Meg Cabot | |
| 7b08145 | it's only by studying the mistakes of the past," Lucien said mildly, "that we can even have a future" | Meg Cabot | ||
| d0e1867 | But money or no money we're all searching for the same things aren't we It doesn't matter who you are or how much money you have. Love and happiness that's what it's all about | Jill Mansell | ||
| 928e1ef | The girl hurried away, but then Pippi shouted, "Did he have big ears that reached way down to his shoulders?" "No," said the girl and turned and came running back in amazement. "You don't mean to say that you have seen a man walk by with such big ears?" "I have never seen anyone who walks with his ears," said Pippi. "All the people I know walk with their feet." | Astrid Lindgren | ||
| cb6289f | Always try to associate yourself with and learn as much as you can from those who know more than you do, who do better than you, who see more clearly than you. | Dwight D. Eisenhower | ||
| db4367b | I'll kiss you until we can't breathe. I'll strip you naked and taste every inch of you. Then I'll shag you until neither of us can see straight. | Meljean Brook |