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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| ab764b3 | We are all so afraid, we are all so alone, we all so need from the outside the assurance of our own worthiness to exist. | Ford Madox Ford | ||
| 154c075 | So I shall just imagine myself for a fortnight or so at one side of the fireplace of a country cottage, with a sympathetic soul opposite me. And I shall go on talking, in a low voice while the sea sounds in the distance and overhead the great black flood of wind polishes the bright stars. | Ford Madox Ford | ||
| b6da7a9 | I like your shoes," I said. Because I did. They were pink and pointed, and I wanted a pair like that so bad. My mom and dad groaned. Morgan looked at me and cocked his head. "Thank you, little one. I made them out of the tears of a succubus and a lightning-struck tree stump I found under the Winter Moon. I like your face." I grinned. "Thank you, big one. My parents made it when they got married. I was a honeymoon baby, whatever that means." | sam | T.J. Klune | |
| 7a2724c | That's a federal crime," I told him. "Punishable by three to five years in a minimum-security prison. You'll get passed around like condiments at a barbeque." "My hole is already quivering," he said." | T.J. Klune | ||
| 991e627 | When hope dies, you breathe it back to life again! No matter how long it takes, or what time's required to heal the wound. Disappointment will not last a lifetime unless you lie down and give in. | Janny Wurts | ||
| 2724cd8 | He grunted and stirred, withdrawing from her. She only had a moment to be disappointed and then he flipped her to her back and rose over her, powerful and male. He casually parted her legs with his knees and thrust into her again, hot and hard. She gasped at the swift invasion, the lovely feeling, and then his face was next to hers, his big palms cradling her cheeks. "What I want," he drawled, "is ye. Nothin' else." | mickey oh-gawd-hawt scandalous-desires silence | Elizabeth Hoyt | |
| 93b17bb | You are the closest I will ever come to heaven, either here on Earth or in the afterlife, and I will not regret it, not even at the cost of your tears. So I go to my grave an unrepentant sinner, I'm afraid. There is no use in mourning one such as I, dearest... -Simon to Lucy in a letter before the last duel. | lucy simondabomb the-serpent-prince | Elizabeth Hoyt | |
| f3852cd | Which is why you chose to wear that delightful ensemble from the skank-wear collection at Hoes-n-Thangs?" -Tommy" | you-suck | Christopher Moore | |
| 9700b73 | Hope is merely another face of desire. And desire is a motherfucker. | Christopher Moore | ||
| b25cbc3 | Does the work get easier once you know what you are doing?" "Your lungs grow thick with stone dust and your eyes bleary from the sun and fragments thrown up by the chisel. You pour your lifeblood out into works of stone for Romans who will take your money in taxes to feed soldiers who will nail your people to crosses for wanting to be free. Your back breaks, your bones creak, your wife screeches at you, and your children torment you with op.. | humorous physical-labor work | Christopher Moore | |
| fe96174 | She set the course of his life with just a smile. | Christopher Moore | ||
| 7582bc5 | And off in the far distance, the gold on the wings of the angel atop the bell tower of San Marco flashed in the sun, bathing the entire city in its glistening benediction. | italy venice | Donna Leon | |
| a80b7fe | When we finish a book, why do we hold it in both hands and gaze at it as if it were somehow alive? | Lynda Barry | ||
| 6790782 | Christ's atonement fully satisfied the demands of God's righteousness, so forgiveness and mercy are guaranteed to those who receive Christ in humble, repentant faith. | christian-behavior repentance | John F. MacArthur Jr. | |
| 7ed6809 | Five things make a man happy," I told him, "a good ship, a good sword, a good hound, a good horse, and a woman." "Not a good woman?" Finan asked, amused. "They're all good," I said, "except when they're not, and then they're better than good." | Bernard Cornwell | ||
| e071d6f | Did you become a Christian in your nunnery?' I asked her. 'Of course not.' she said scornfully. 'They didn't mind?' 'I gave them silver.' 'Then they didn't mind.' I said. 'I don't think any Dane is a real Christian.' she told me. 'Not even your brother?' 'We have many gods,' she said, 'and the Christian god is just another one. I'm sure that's what Guthred thinks. What's the Christian god's name? A nun did tell me, but I've forgotten.' 'Jeh.. | Bernard Cornwell | ||
| 9a7fdd1 | All those separate people were a part of my life, strings strung on the frame of Uhtred, and though they were separate they affected one another and together they would make the music of my life. | Bernard Cornwell | ||
| cf6f4c3 | Juno MacGuff: You can never have too many of your favorite one calorie breath mints. | Diablo Cody | ||
| 28d90c9 | I sometimes wonder what it would be like to be the respected patriarch of an ordinary English family." "Very boring, Emerson." | Elizabeth peters | ||
| 1a10bcb | Juno MacGuff: [yelling through the house] Dad? Mac MacGuff: What? Juno MacGuff: Either I just peed my pants or um... Mac MacGuff: *Or*...? Juno MacGuff: THUNDERCATS ARE GO! | Diablo Cody | ||
| d42e90a | He laughed, and it raised goose-bumps on my arms. "Oh,ma petite ,ma petite , you are precious." Just what I wanted to hear. "So how are you getting here?" "My private jet." Of course, he had a private jet. "When can you be here?" "I will be there as soon as I can, my impatient flower." "I prefer ma petite to flower." | jean-claude | Laurell K. Hamilton | |
| 2811011 | I am always sincere, ma petite, even when I lie." - Jean Claude" | Laurell K. Hamilton | ||
| b5631a9 | I didn't know what to say to that. I just stared at him. He was right, of course he was right, but... "I can't do my job like this." "No," he said, "you can't." Then suddenly I felt the first tear slide down my face. "No crying," he said. Another tear joined the first. I fought not to wipe at them. His hand dropped to his side and he took a deep breath. "That's not fair. Don't cry." "I'm sorry, I don't mean to, but you're right, I thi.. | Laurell K. Hamilton | ||
| 2db44c9 | A certain type of man, when he loves for the first time, his love is not really love, it is possession. Possessions don't have rights or feelings; they are something to owned and controlled. He had spent more than a year trying to do just that, and failing. | Laurell K. Hamilton | ||
| 15877a9 | Women may get to wear lots of | Laurell K. Hamilton | ||
| 2438840 | I give good advice. I do not always take it. | Laurell K. Hamilton | ||
| 1d20ec0 | Most hatred is based on fear, one way or another. | Laurell K. Hamilton | ||
| 3adf0a0 | The core of science is not controlled experiment or mathetical modeling; it is intellectual honesty. It is time we acknowledge a basic feature of human discourse: when considering the truth of a proposition, one is either engaged in an honest appraisal of the evidence and logical arguments, or one isn't. | Sam Harris | ||
| be744e6 | 120 million of us place the big bang 2,500 years after the Babylonians and Sumerians learned to brew beer. | big-bang religion | Sam Harris | |
| 68fb37e | our moral reasoning is plagued by two illusions. The first illusion can be called the wag-the-dog illusion: We believe that our own moral judgment (the dog) is driven by our own moral reasoning (the tail). The second illusion can be called the wag-theother-dog's-tail illusion: In a moral argument, we expect the successful rebuttal of an opponent's arguments to change the opponent's mind. Such a belief is like thinking that forcing a dog's t.. | morality neuroscience | Sam Harris | |
| 3dfe93a | Could there be any doubt that the Jews would seek to harm the Son of God again, knowing that his body was now readily accessible in the form of defenseless crackers? | catholicism christian christianity god jesus-christ jews mass son-of-god | Sam Harris | |
| f46c421 | A moment or two of serious self-scrutiny, and you might observe that you no more decide the next thought you think than the next thought I write. | Sam Harris | ||
| 9713292 | Beast?" Jane murmured. "Then God make me a beast; for, man or beast, I am yours." | Edgar Rice Burroughs | ||
| 05d33ba | When I think about it, I have no idea who you are, but that's not important, what matters is that we care about each other. | José Saramago | ||
| 02eaf50 | Let's all keep quiet, there are times when words serve no purpose, if only I, too, could weep, say everything with tears, not have to speak in order to be understood. | José Saramago | ||
| e93f5f7 | It is in meeting the great tests that mankind can most successfully rise to great heights. Out of danger and restless insecurity comes the force that pushes mankind to newer and loftier conquests. Can you understand that? Can you understand that in averting the pitfalls and miseries that beset man, Eternity prevents men from finding their own bitter and better solutions, the real solutions that come from conquering difficulty, not avoiding .. | Isaac Asimov | ||
| 7695fd8 | Childishness comes almost as naturally to a man as to a child | Isaac Asimov | ||
| a57bf0f | You mean that this is a matter of patriotism and traders aren't patriotic?" "Notoriously not. Pioneers never are." | pioneers trade | Isaac Asimov | |
| ed2e1c6 | Author's Note: This story starts with section 6. This is not a mistake. I have my own subtle reasoning. So, just read, and enjoy. | Isaac Asimov | ||
| 4da8d90 | Galaxy! When can a man know he is not a puppet? can a man know he is not a puppet? | Isaac Asimov | ||
| a1295c3 | All roads lead to Trantor, and that is where all stars end. | mystery philosophical | Isaac Asimov | |
| 89ef433 | Scientific method, hell! No wonder the Galaxy was going to pot. | Isaac Asimov | ||
| 51420fb | Feminine intuition? Is that what you wanted the robot for? You men. Faced with a woman reaching a correct conclusion and unable to accept the fact that she is your equal or superior in intelligence, you invent something called feminine intuition. | human-intelligence intuition women-s-intuition | Isaac Asimov | |
| 8c82620 | The first casualty of any battle is the plan of attack. | Cory Doctorow |