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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| abb5a17 | No wonder you've turned on me so savagely. I suspect that you are using me as a scapegoat for your own feelings of guilt. | John Kennedy Toole | ||
| 1900ca1 | Social Note: I have sought escape in the Prytania on more than one occasion, pulled by the attractions of some technicolored horrors, filmed abortions that were offenses against any criteria of taste and decency, reels and reels of perversion and blasphemy that stunned my disbelieving eyes, the shocked my virginal mind, and sealed my valve. | movies | John Kennedy Toole | |
| 86f1069 | Give life long enough and it will solve all your problems, including the one of being alive. | death endings growing-older living-life problems | Colum McCann | |
| 0d4d2b4 | Brother--" "I thought we'd already decided we weren't that, either." Grabbing his shoulder, I stopped him before he could reach the door. "Look, I'm sorry! I'm sorry I did this to you." He turned to look at me, his brow raised high. "You're sorry. So, what . . . we go back to being cool again?" "I don't know, man. But we can't do this." "And why can't we? You couldn't stand to let me have one normal day with her. Have I done anything to you.. | Molly McAdams | ||
| 10ac74e | Her lips tarried at mine. Baiting each other with the warmth of our breath, barely grazing, detouring, then connecting. | Craig Thompson | ||
| 370f4cd | But pity was not action. It was not love. Pity, like passion, was no more than a kind of instinct. | Shūsaku Endō | ||
| ca5b98b | Helping is not, as conventionally thought, a charitable act that is praiseworthy to do but not wrong to omit. It is something that everyone ought to do. | ethics global-warming | Peter Singer | |
| 0dfd5fa | When stones lying warm in the sun were turned over, they exposed the cold, damp earth underneath; and that was where Masako had burrowed deep. There was no trace of warmth in this dark earth, yet for a bug curled up tight in it, it was a peaceful and familiar world. | Natsuo Kirino | ||
| f9e9b24 | This book was written so that we may take heed and remold our story. I am certain that when enough of us become aware of how we are being exploited by the economic engine that creates an insatiable appetite for the world's resources, and results in systems that foster slavery, we will no longer tolerate it. We will reassess our role in a world where a few swim in riches and the majority drown in poverty, pollution, and violence . We will co.. | John Perkins | ||
| 44896e1 | He looks up. Our eyes lock,and he breaks into a slow smile. My heart beats faster and faster. Almost there.He sets down his book and stands.And then this-the moment he calls my name-is the real moment everything changes. He is no longer St. Clair, everyone's pal, everyone's friend. He is Etienne. Etienne,like the night we met. He is Etienne,he is friend. He is so much more. Etienne.My feet trip in three syllables. E-ti-enne. E-ti-enne, E-.. | Stephanie Perkins | ||
| 5a623d9 | I used to think then that all the tragic events of life were written down in books and that what went on outside was just diluted crap. | books | Henry Miller | |
| 5c85345 | Through endless night the earth whirls toward a creation unknown... | Henry Miller | ||
| b5a8851 | Every time you come to the limit of what is demanded of you, you are faced with the same problem - to be yourself! And with the first step you make in this direction you realize that there is neither plus nor minus; you throw the skates away and swim. There is no suffering any more because there is nothing which can threaten your security. And there is no desire to be of help to others even, because why rob them of a privilege which must be.. | Henry Miller | ||
| e9b3d86 | Today the lack of faith is an expression of profound confusion and despair. Once skepticism and rationalism were progressive forces for the development of thought; now they have become rationalizations for relativism and uncertainty. | skepticism | Erich Fromm | |
| 10f1bf2 | The task of the moral philosopher-thinker is to support and strengthen the voice of human conscience, to recognize what is good or what is bad for people, whether they are good or bad for society in a period of evolution. May be a "voice crying in the wilderness", but only if that voice remains lively and uncompromising, it is possible to transform the desert into fertile land." | moral philosopher support task transform uncompromising voice | Erich Fromm | |
| d24a81c | You do many things at once; you read, listen to the radio, talk, smoke, eat, drink. You are the consumer with the open mouth, eager and ready to swallow everything--pictures, liquor, knowledge. This lack of concentration is clearly shown in our difficulty in being alone with ourselves. To sit still, without talking, smoking, reading, drinking, is impossible for most people. They become nervous and fidgety, and must do something with their m.. | Erich Fromm | ||
| 5ade45f | Whenever I saw a sunset, I would quietly make my secret wish right before the sun tucked under the western horizon and disappeared. It would seem as if the sun had taken my wish with it. I'd make it right before the last speck of light vanished. | wishes | Michael Jackson | |
| 3390333 | My brain and this world don't fit each other; and there's an end of it. | G.K. Chesterton | ||
| c67fbf3 | Now the best relation to our spiritual home is to be near enough to love it. But the next best is to be far enough away not to hate it. It is the contention of these pages that while the best judge of Christianity is a Christian, the next best judge would be something more like a Confucian. The worst judge of all is the man now most ready with his judgements; the ill-educated Christian turning gradually into the ill-tempered agnostic, entan.. | bias | G.K. Chesterton | |
| 02d3045 | If the devil tells you something is too fearful to look at, look at it. If he says something is too terrible to hear, hear it. If you think some truth unbearable, bear it. | G.K. Chesterton | ||
| 5bf386b | I am the fool in this story, and no rebel shall hurl me from my throne. | G.K. Chesterton | ||
| 2d8c802 | There again," said Syme irritably, "what is there poetical about being in revolt? You might as well say that it is poetical to be sea-sick. Being sick is a revolt. Both being sick and being rebellious may be the wholesome thing on certain desperate occasions; but I'm hanged if I can see why they are poetical...It is things going right," he cried, "that is poetical! Our digestions, for instance, going sacredly and silently right, that is the.. | G.K. Chesterton | ||
| 936b637 | I kissed her. Her eyes were shining up at me like two blue stars. It was like being in church. | James M. Cain | ||
| f0808e5 | There is, I have heard, a little thing called sunrise, in which the sun reverses the process we all viewed the night before. You might assume such a thing as mythical as those beasts that guard the corners of the earth, but I have it on the finest authority, and have, indeed, from time to time, regarded it with my own eyes. | mornings sunrise | Lauren Willig | |
| a48785f | Don't be a slave to history. Don't let existing code dictate future code. All code can be replaced if it is no longer appropriate. Even within one program, don't let what you've already done constrain what you do next -- be ready to refactor... This decision may impact the project schedule. The assumption is that the impact will be less than the cost of /not/ making the change. | Andrew Hunt | ||
| 134c2a7 | He gave an impression of coiled power, a contained violence that if released, would explode with terrifying intensity. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| a0081ca | He was going to take a dive into this lake. He just didn't know it. Cerise rose, finding footing in the soft mud. The water came up to just below her breasts and her wet shirt stuck to her body. William's gaze snagged on her chest. Yep, keep looking, Lord Bill. Keeeeeep looking. | swimming water | Ilona Andrews | |
| cf956c9 | I mean to have you, Rose, you and all of your thorns. I'm a disagreeable and stubborn bastard, but I'm not a fool. You didn't really expect me to pass you up, did you? | rose thorns | Ilona Andrews | |
| 14a2c30 | Ask!" the cat said. "Ask, Kate!" Saiman prompted. "Ask!" one of the volhvs called out. I took a deep breath. The cat leaned forward in anticipation. "Would you like some milk?" | saiman | Ilona Andrews | |
| 352b8a1 | Nothing kills a party like an oversize metal hedgehog. | humor true-fact | Ilona Andrews | |
| 034a523 | He leaned toward me. Suddenly the space between us shrank. "I will do everything in my power to ensure your survival, and should the need arise, I will put myself between danger and you." His voice was quiet and intimate. "Do not hesitate to use me as your shield." His voice sent tiny shivers through me. Wow." | panty-melting vampire yum | Ilona Andrews | |
| 59952f2 | It wasn't real. I deluded myself. I had this aching need to be loved and it was screwing with my head. Sometimes, when you crave certain feelings, you'll trick yourself into thinking the other person is something other than what he appears. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| efecd6c | Raphael was a bouda and they viewed sex as a fun recreational activity that should be practiced vigorously and often. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| c02150b | Who are you, what are you doing here, who is Hood, why does he want Julie, and where is Julie's mother?" "Is that all!" He wiped the red smudge off his lip with the back of his hand. "Yes. No. Why is the cauldron important, where did it go, how is Morrigan involved, where do you go when you disappear, and why do you keep stealing the maps? Okay, now that's everything." | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 7e80ce3 | The black volhv pivoted to me. "I have questions." "Can it wait?" "No. Your wedding is in two weeks. Have you prepared your guest list?" "Why do I need a list? I kind of figured that whoever wanted to show up would show up." "You need a list so you know how many people you are feeding. Do you have a caterer?" "No." "But you did order the cake?" "Umm..." "Florist?" "Florist?" "The person who delivers expensive flowers and sets them up in pre.. | ilona-andrews kate-daniels magic-bites | Ilona Andrews | |
| e4a79ff | Andrea raised her eyebrows. "Look at you, all high-speed." "Yeah, you'd think I was a detective or something." Andrea held her hand out. "You'll jinx it." | ilona-andrews kate magic-slays | Ilona Andrews | |
| b2d1c28 | And what causes orgasm in a man?" Kate Daniels, the sex-ed specialist. Kill me, somebody." | Ilona Andrews | ||
| ac49336 | Had he expected me to hump her leg? | Ilona Andrews | ||
| d526877 | If you put a door marked "Authorized Personnel ONLY" and me in the same building, sooner or later I'll try to jimmy its lock to discover what's so special about it." | Ilona Andrews | ||
| ccbd9ec | Unlike your half-blood prince, this is a classic." "Half-Blood Prince is a great book." "Of course it is. What could be better than stories of clueless teenagers sent off to... Bale, what is that?" "What, this?" Lamar's voice took on a sharp edge. "Is that a wand?" "It's a stick." "Are you pointing a wand at me?" "Who, me?" "Bale, if any Latin comes out of your mouth, it better be a litany of the saints, because I will end you." | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 2ff7cb0 | If he ever becomes an issue, I could eat him. He looks delicious." "Thank you, but that won't be necessary." And that wasn't creepy. Not at all. Caldenia smiled. "You will be surprised how difficult it is to get rid of a human body. I'd say he is perhaps a hundred and seventy pounds? That's a lot of flesh to manage. We could freeze it. He'd feed me for at least three months." -- | dina-demille | Ilona Andrews | |
| ed03b82 | Leaving what is safe so you can be more, Derek said. The cage is what the bird knows; the sky is all the things he still wants to do even if it's a risk. | escape freedom | Ilona Andrews | |
| 4a2703b | This is blasphemy!" Odalon declared in the same way Gerard Butler had once roared "This is Sparta." Sadly, Odalon had nobody to kick into a bottomless hole for emphasis, so he settled for looking extremely put out." | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 594bbfa | Football is a wargame of land acquisition. | Ilona Andrews |