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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 6519c35 | If a minstrel must embroider the truth to help us recall it fully, then let her, and let no one say she has lied. Truth is often much larger than facts. | Robin Hobb | ||
| b1836f7 | This is our last hunt, old wolf. And as we have always done, we go to it together. | Robin Hobb | ||
| 3f1ad5f | Don't you think it's rather nice to think that we're in a book that God's writing? If I were writing the book, I might make mistakes. But God knows how to make the story end just right--in the way that's best for us. | E. Nesbit | ||
| bc3edf9 | Imagine that you have to break someone's arm. Right or left, doesn't matter. The point is that you have to break it, because if you don't...well, that doesn't matter either. Let's just say bad things will happen if you don't. Now, my question goes like this: do you break the arm quickly -- snap, whoops, sorry, here let me help you with that improvised splint -- or do you drag the whole business out for a good eight minutes, every now and th.. | Hugh Laurie | ||
| 18cefe4 | Why would anyone who is deeply satisfied with reality, with real life as it is lived, dedicate himself to something as insubstantial and fanciful as the creation of fictional realities? Naturally, those who rebel against lie as it is, using their ability to invent different lives and different people, may do so for any number of reasons, honorable or dishonorable, generous or selfish, complex or banal. The nature of this basic questioning o.. | Mario Vargas Llosa | ||
| 59ea666 | Cuanto mas te acercas a lo esencial, menos puedes nombrarlo. | Rosa Montero | ||
| ad0e49d | Teach her never to universalize her own standards or experiences. Teach her that her standards are for her alone, and not for other people. This is the only necessary form of humility: the realization that difference is normal. Tell | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | ||
| 71467be | What a beautiful name," Kimberly said. "Does it mean anything? I love multicultural names because they have such wonderful meanings, from wonderful rich cultures." Kimberly was smiling the kindly smile of people who thought "culture" the unfamiliar colorful reserve of colorful people, a word that always had to be qualified with "rich." She would not think Norway had a "rich culture." -- | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | ||
| f74306c | It was too early in the day for this kind of discussion - but really, was it ever too early to discuss matters of the heart? What if the moment passed and never returned? | women | Barbara Delinsky | |
| 9324862 | Like all people, we perceive the version of reality that our culture communicates. Like others having or living in more than one culture, we get multiple, often opposing messages. The coming together of two self-consistent but habitually incomparable frames of reference causes un choque, a cultural collision. | Gloria E. Anzaldúa | ||
| 70ac9b9 | But anyone with the time and the inclination can acquire technical proficiency. To achieve greatness, though, that requires artistry. That requires imagination and thoughtfulness... | Christopher Paolini | ||
| dd11e6c | We only give credence to that which we can prove exists. Since we cannot find evidence that gods, miracles, and other supernatural things are real, we do not trouble ourselves about them. If that were to change, if Helzvog were to reveal himself to us, then we would accept the new information and revise our position." "It seems a cold world without something . . . more." "On the contrary," said Oromis, "it is a better world. A place where w.. | eldest elfs oromis | Christopher Paolini | |
| 8c1805e | I agree that it's important to be of a virtuous nature, but I would also contend that if you had to choose between giving a man a noble disposition or teaching him to think clearly, you'd do better to teach him to think clearly. Too many problems in this world are caused by men with noble dispositions and clouded minds. | Christopher Paolini | ||
| 4f27423 | They asked him for help rebuilding the farm, but e only shook his head with a pang of longing in his heart. I'm tracking your killers",he whispered to his uncle." | Christopher Paolini | ||
| 958735f | It is easy to love and there are so many ways to do it. | Anaïs Nin | ||
| bba49fd | Will you come down and kiss me good night? | Anaïs Nin | ||
| 6ba344d | What doesn't kill you maims you, cripples you, leaves you weak, makes you whiny and full of yourself at the same time. The more pain, the more pompous you get. Whatever doesn't kill you makes you incredibly annoying | Rob Sheffield | ||
| b130348 | Do you really want to know why you lost?" I asked. "Do you really have an answer?" he countered. "You need to get off your horse and run with your men. You don't have the stamina for a long fight. And find a lighter sword." "But it was my uncle's." "You're not your uncle." "But I'm the King, and this is the King's sword," Cahil said. His brows creased together. He seemed confused. "So wear it to your coronation," I said. "If you use it in b.. | yelena | Maria V. Snyder | |
| ef3a488 | Words are easy. It's convincing the heart that's hard. | Maria V. Snyder | ||
| 9ec93c0 | Reviewing our fight, I asked Janco, "Why do you rhyme when you fight?" | yelena | Maria V. Snyder | |
| b992cd3 | Run," he whispered. "Run." "No, Rand," I said, brushing the dirt from his face. "I'm tired of running." "Forgive me, please." He clutched my hand as his eyes beseeched me through tears of pain. "You're forgiven." He sighed once, then stopped breathing. The shine in his brown eyes dulled. I pulled his hood over his head." | yelena | Maria V. Snyder | |
| 08a8e71 | Valek had learned the best way to distribute information was to classify it as secret. | Maria V. Snyder | ||
| 4b24c79 | But they fight in the name of the creator." "I don't care if they fight in the name of broccoli. The goal remains the same." | creator fight | Maria V. Snyder | |
| 9062bef | I wanted to dissolve into the floor, mixing myself with the hard stone. A stone had a single purpose: to be. No complicated promises, no worries and no feelings. | Maria V. Snyder | ||
| 2aeb67a | And all that 'don't want to lose you' is utter bullshit. But just in case it's true, guess what? You did lose me. Just now. | Kristan Higgins | ||
| 6203746 | Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, I'm a bleeping idiot. | Kristan Higgins | ||
| f1630ac | Gus, do I have to put you in a cage or something? Because I will! Don't push it, mister!" "As an officer of the court, I feel obliged to speak up and tell you that child imprisonment is against the law," I said. "Right. Well, then, I'll take that as your offer to babysit all four of my precious angels when you get home." "Then again, cages can be very comfortable." | Kristan Higgins | ||
| 8a1b187 | OH!" KATE GRUNTED as she sat down behind her desk. "My side is killing me. I'm ovulating, I think. That sucker must be huge." "Must we discuss?" Jon asked. "Man up, weenie boy," Kate said. "You man up, Venus Williams," Jon replied. "I'm a gay home-ec teacher. I never have to man up. I never will man up. As God is my witness, I'll never man up again." | Kristan Higgins | ||
| cededf9 | I'm at a bar with a woman! So there, you disgusting whore! And I'm going to take her back to our house and I'm going to have sex with her!" His voice grew louder and louder, cracking with an intensity. "That's right! On the couch, in our bed, on the kitchen floor, on the goddamn kitchen table! How do you like that, you cheating, miserable skank?" Then he flipped his phone shut, looked at me and smiled. "So where were we?" he asked pleasantl.. | Kristan Higgins | ||
| cce5bae | I don't want to lose you, I love you, and...and that's all I've got." As speeches went, it wasn't great. As feelings went...different story." -- | i-love-you love | Kristan Higgins | |
| d00c9dd | Please," she says. "Tell me what you're thinking." It's an absurd request. Our minds, unedited by guilt or shame, are selfish and unkind, and the majority of our thoughts, at any given time, are not for public consumption, because they would either be hurtful or else just make us look like the selfish and unkind bastards we are. We don't share our thoughts, we share carefully sanitized, watered-down versions of them, Hollywood adaptations o.. | Jonathan Tropper | ||
| 5eb28ac | Phillip is a repository of random snatches of film dialogue and song lyrics. To make room for all of it in his brain, he apparently cleared out all the areas where things like reason and common sense are stored. | Jonathan Tropper | ||
| afff79c | My name is Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden. Conjure by it at your own risk. I'm a wizard. I work out of an office in midtown Chicago. As far as I know, I'm the only openly practicing professional wizard in the country. You can find me in the yellow pages, under "Wizards." Believe it or not, I'm the only one there. My ad looks like this: HARRY DRESDEN -- WIZARD Lost Items Found. Paranormal Investigations. Consulting. Advice. Reasonable .. | Jim Butcher | ||
| 76eca4f | Mab turned back to me and eyed me up and down. She quirked one eyebrow, very slightly, somehow conveying layers of disapproval toward multiple aspects of my appearance, conduct, and situation, and said, 'Finally.' 'There's been a lot on my mind,' I replied. 'It seems unlikely that your cares will lighten,' Queen Mab replied. 'Improve your mind.' | inspirational | Jim Butcher | |
| 76a1c70 | It is the prerogative of wizards to be grumpy. It is not, however, the prerogative of freelance consultants who are late on their rent, so instead of saying something smart, I told the woman on the phone, "Yes, ma'am. How can I help you today?" | Jim Butcher | ||
| a938e50 | My name is Harry Dresden," I said. Fitz stumbled. "Holy shit," he said. "Like... Harry Dresden? The professional wizard?" "The one and only." He recovered his pace and shook his head. "I heard you were dead." "Well, yeah," I said, "but I'm taking it in stride." | Jim Butcher | ||
| a37820c | I ask people impertinent questions. Hopefully turning up pertinent answers. | dresden-files questions | Jim Butcher | |
| d0a75fe | The past was gone. Nothing could change what had already been. Looking back at it, letting its wounds fester, indulging in regret was just a different, slower way to die. The living moved forward. | Jim Butcher | ||
| 9d3af17 | You never get a straight answer from captains. You should know that by now. | Jim Butcher | ||
| 3d6529b | Open eyes are of little use when the mind behind them is closed. | isana jim-butcher princeps-fury | Jim Butcher | |
| bb7e08e | Thomas has the kind of whiter-than-white boyish grin that makes women's panties spontaneously evaporate. | Jim Butcher | ||
| bf12612 | Troubleshooters?" Michael asked. "When there's trouble," I told him, "they shoot it." | Jim Butcher | ||
| 1137a46 | A pair of dolphins swept by us in the water, flicking their heads out to get a look at us as they went. One of them made a chittering sound that wasn't very melodic. The other twitched its tail and splashed a little water our way, all in good fun. They weren't the attractive Flipper kind of dolphins. They were regular dolphins that aren't as pretty and don't get cast on television. Maybe they just refused to sell out and see a plastic surge.. | flipper humor respect | Jim Butcher | |
| adcb069 | Well. We'll just have to hope that this wasn't a loup-garou, I guess." "If it was a louper, you'd know," Bob said wisely. "In the middle of this town, you'd have a dozen people dead every time the full moon came around. What's going on?" "A dozen people are dying every time the full moon comes around." | Jim Butcher |