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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 4ad531d | The break would never come as long as fear could turn to wrath. | John Steinbeck | ||
| 1ea92f7 | Do you think it's funny to be so serious when I'm not even out of high school?' she asked. 'I don't see how it could be any other way,' said Lee. 'Laughter comes later, like wisdom teeth, and laughter at yourself comes last of all in a mad race with death, and sometimes it isn't in time. | John Steinbeck | ||
| fcbfb9d | You never oughta drink water when it ain't runnin'. | John Steinbeck | ||
| cf95095 | The greatest terror a child can have is that he is not loved, and rejection is the hell he fears. I think everyone in the world to a large or small extent has felt rejection. And with rejection comes anger, and with anger some kind of crime in revenge for the rejection, and with the crime guilt--and there is the story of mankind. I think that if rejection could be amputated, the human would not be what he is. | humanity love rejection | John Steinbeck | |
| 5ab142b | Our species is the only creative species, and it has only one creative instrument, the individual mind and spirit of a man. Nothing was ever created by two men. There are no good collaborations, whether in music, in art, in poetry, in mathematics, in philosophy. Once the miracle of creation has taken place, the group can build and extend it, but the group never invents anything. The preciousness lies in the lonely mind of a man. And now the.. | John Steinbeck | ||
| 757ddd4 | One of the reasons I became a writer is that, unlike starting a band, directing movies, or acting in a theatrical production, you can do it alone. Your success and failure depend entirely on yourself. | success writing | Neil Strauss | |
| 1383924 | A rich man doesn't need to tell you he's rich. | Neil Strauss | ||
| a75c346 | There is a downside to casual sex: Sometimes it stops being casual. People develop a desire for something more. And when one person's expectations don't match the other person's, then whoever holds the highest expectations suffers. There is no such thing as cheap sex. It always comes with a price. | Neil Strauss | ||
| 831c566 | Angela could not be the bomber, not that sweet, pretty thing. Thing? Is that how she regarded that young woman, as a thing? And what had she ever said to her except "I hear you're getting married, Angela" or "How pretty you look, Angela." Had anyone asked her about her ideas, her hopes, her plans? If I had been treated like that I'd have used dynamite, not fireworks; no, I would have just walked out and kept right on going. But Angela was d.. | Ellen Raskin | ||
| 24fc844 | Water never waits. It changes shape and floes around things, and finds the secret paths no one else thought about __ the tiny hole through the roof or the bottom of a box. There's no doubt it's the most versatile of the five elements. It can wash away earth, it can put out fire; it can wear a piece of metal down and can sweep it away. Even wood, which is its natural complement, can'survive without being nurtured by water. | Arthur Golden | ||
| f4eb165 | If those sorts of moments would be the only pleasure life offered me, I'd be better off shutting out that one brilliant source of light to let my eyes begin to adjust to the darkness. | Arthur Golden | ||
| 55e1b19 | Oh, for heaven's sake, Harper, I didn't just pee on the floor. My water broke.' 'What water?' He blinked, then went pale as a corpse. ' water. Oh, God. Oh, Jesus. Oh, shit. Sit. Sit, or... I'll get-' An ambulance. The marines. 'My mother. | Nora Roberts | ||
| b44b6ea | It shouldn't make you sad to know you're loved, Grayson." But it did. It made him sad, and panicked, and for just a moment, wishful." -- | Nora Roberts | ||
| fd21c44 | The state calls Paul Winthrop to the stand." ... Paul answered the opening questions briefly, weighing his words, his eyes on Julia's. "Would you tell the court the nature of your relationship with Miss Summers?" "I'm in love with Miss Summers." The faintest of smiles touched his lips. "Completely in love with Miss Summers." | Nora Roberts | ||
| 42ec225 | You can't just hope for happy endings. You have to believe in them. Then do the work, take the risks. | Nora Roberts | ||
| 2448046 | If it winds up earlier, you should have a movie picked out. This is assuming she isn't sending you the 'let's go back to my place' signals. In that case--" "Don't go there, Bob. Let's just not go there." | friendships funny humor | Nora Roberts | |
| 85db6de | Little girls get hurt when they play grown-up games. | grown-up hurt little-girls petals-on-the-wind quote v-c-andrews | V.C. Andrews | |
| 3ec86d4 | We're not completely happy here because we're not supposed to be! | Rick Warren | ||
| 6089d25 | Men and women should own the world as a mutual possession. | equality gender men women women-s-liberation women-s-rights world | Pearl S. Buck | |
| 7fcf564 | I like the memories because they remind me I haven't always been this girl, constantly mad or scared or confused. | Lisa Schroeder | ||
| 774bdbb | Memories fall like snowflakes upon my dreams. The snowflakes toss and tumble, each different and yet the same. | Lisa Schroeder | ||
| 5fde237 | Like every false rumor, it gained credibility while being repeated, and before long it was practically a fact. | John Grisham | ||
| fd58654 | She was pondering the option of law school, the great American baby-sitter for directionless postgrads. | John Grisham | ||
| 757ed3d | Just be quiet and accept the praise. | colin-bridgerton julia-quinn penelope-featherington romancing-mister-bridgerton | Julia Quinn | |
| 4fa75f6 | Don't look so upset," Hyacinth said, once it was just the two of them again. "You're quite a catch." He looked at her assessingly. "Is one meant to say such things quite so directly?" She shrugged. "Not to men one is trying to impress." "Touche, Miss Bridgerton." She sighed happily. "My three favorite words." Of that, he had no doubt." | Julia Quinn | ||
| 5e28b05 | My love has eyes blue as the sky. Her warm, bright smile makes me want to try To give her the world, And when she's curled Up in my arms where I can feel her touch, I realize again that I love her so much. My world has turned from black to white. Kissing in starlight, basking in sunlight, dancing at midnight.' ~John's poem for Belle | original-poetry splendid | Julia Quinn | |
| 0b617c0 | This Author has come to the conclusion that there are rakes, and there are Rakes. Anthony Bridgerton is a Rake. A rake (lower-case) is youthful and immature. He flaunts his exploits, behaves with utmost idiocy, and thinks himself dangerous to women. A Rake (upper-case) knows he is dangerous to women. He doesn't flaunt his exploits because he doesn't need to. He knows he will be whispered about by men and women alike, and in fact, he'd rathe.. | Julia Quinn | ||
| 21759f3 | He would not give her up,he could not.For the first time in his life he'd found someone who filled all the empty spaces in his heart | Julia Quinn | ||
| 9d1379f | You're going to be my grandmother." "You silly child. In my heart, I've been your grandmother for years. I've just been waiting for you to make it official." | hyacinth-bridgerton it-s-in-his-kiss julia-quinn lady-danbury | Julia Quinn | |
| f90de31 | Thank you," she whispered, sending up a quick prayer for his continued recovery. "You're welcome," Marcus murmured. Honoria let out a little shriek of surprise, jumping back nearly a foot. "Sorry," he said, but he was laughing. It was quite the loveliest sound Honoria had ever heard. "I wasn't thanking you," she said pertly. "I know." He smiled" -- | romance thank-you | Julia Quinn | |
| b57b2e6 | He sucked his lips in an attempt not to laugh. "Aren't you Spanish?" She raised one arm in a salute. "Viva la Queen Isabella!" "I see. Then why are you speaking with a French accent?" | humor | Julia Quinn | |
| e3035be | You might wish to revisit your understanding of the word everything." Gregory turned to his mother. "Vocabulary and comprehension were never her strong suits." Violet rolled her eyes. "Every day I marvel that the two of you managed to reach adulthood." "Afraid we'd kill each other?" Gregory quipped. "No, that I'd do the job myself." | Julia Quinn | ||
| 531a98c | A man with charm is an entertaining thing, and a man with looks is, of course, a sight to behold, but a man with honour, ah, he is the one, dear reader, to which the young ladies should flock. - Lady Whistledown's society papers 2 May 1814 | Julia Quinn | ||
| 7e64e8a | Above all else, be true to your heart. When you marry, whether it be a marquis or an estate manager (or both!), it will be for life. You must go where your heart leads and never forget that love is the most precious gift of all. Money and social status are poor substitutes for a warm, tender embrace, and there is little in life more fulfilling than the joy of loving and knowledge that you are loved in return. | Julia Quinn | ||
| 8624dcd | I'm not a gentle pony... I promise you, you will have to work to keep your seat. | Julia Quinn | ||
| 6dbc056 | There was a rift in American life that was now coursing through American government. It wasn't between Democrats and Republicans. It was between the people who were in it for the mission, and the people who were in it for the money. | Michael Lewis | ||
| 3aaf1c1 | Success was individual achievement; failure was a social problem. | Michael Lewis | ||
| c8af1bd | It's hard to know how people select a course in life," Amos said. "The big choices we make are practically random. The small choices probably tell us more about who we are. Which field we go into may depend on which high school teacher we happen to meet. Who we marry may depend on who happens to be around at the right time of life. On the other hand, the small decisions are very systematic. That I became a psychologist is probably not very .. | Michael Lewis | ||
| e8bb81f | This is not the life I want or who I want to be but I don't know anything else. I have tried to change before and I have failed. I have tried to change again and again and again and I have failed over and over and over. If there was something to make me think this time was different, i would try, but there isn't. If there was a light at the end of the tunnel, I would run to it. I am worse than I have ever been before. If there was a light a.. | James Frey | ||
| 5c875ff | But we are what we are, and humans will always hate. | James Frey | ||
| 8ca4784 | She is sitting on frozen ground wrapped in a blanket, her pale skin shining. She smiles and she stands and without words, she steps forward, opens the blanket, envelops me within it and within her and within myself. She kisses my cheek, the one not torn, she wraps me and she holds me. Her arms are thin but strong. She whispers in my ear, "I'm glad you're here." | James Frey | ||
| a59d968 | It is a strange fancy to suppose that science can bring reason to an irrational world, when all it can ever do is give another twist to a normal madness. | John Gray | ||
| 445b629 | What finally convinced me to go ahead was simply that I was so unhappy not going ahead. I was developing symptoms. As soon as I sat down and began, I was okay. | Steven Pressfield | ||
| 942cb60 | Repression speaks about sex better than any other form of discourse / or so the modern experts maintain. How do people / get power over one another? is an algebraic question | Anne Carson |