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| 21461f8 | Although the far territory of the extreme can exert an intoxicating pull on susceptible individuals of all bents, extremism seems to be especially prevalent among those inclined by temperament or upbringing toward religious pursuits. Faith is the very antithesis of reason, injudiciousness a crucial component of spiritual devotion. And when religious fanaticism supplants ratiocination, all bets are suddenly off. | faith mormon reason religion | Jon Krakauer | |
| fb03a85 | She has done for me at last, Rachel my torment. | suspense suspicion | Daphne du Maurier | |
| 31a6715 | I was following a phantom in my mind, whose shadowy form had taken shape at last. Her features were blurred, her coloring indistinct, the setting of her eyes and the texture of her hair was still uncertain, still to be revealed. She had beauty that endured, and a smile that was not forgotten. Somewhere her voice still lingered, and the memory of her words. | Daphne du Maurier | ||
| 0b75d12 | The house, it's already been a-settin' here for a hundred years. It'll be right here tomorrow. It's today I must be livin'. | catherine-marshall christy christy-huddleston | Catherine Marshall | |
| 475926b | Why is this the "new feminism" and not what it looks like: the old objectification?" | Ariel Levy | ||
| 5028046 | There's a meaning behind blank pages, too. | Beth Revis | ||
| c206f4c | Now they are lovers. The first, wild courses are ended. They have founded their domain. A satanic happiness follows. | knowing love sex sin | James Salter | |
| 9816fbb | Do you know what it is to be really intimate, to feel safe with someone who will never betray you, will never force you to act unlike yourself? That was what we had. | James Salter | ||
| a69e3ee | It is always an accident that saves us. It is someone we have never seen. | James Salter | ||
| 57cca0b | Old people die. It's what they do. ~ Amy | Beth Revis | ||
| 5d10cc7 | Belgarath and Garion effortlessly hurdled over the driftwood and loped off into the fog. "It's going to be a wet day," Garion noted soundlessly as he ran alongside the great silver wolf. "Your fur won't melt." "I know, but my paws get cold when they're wet." "I'll have Durnik make you some little booties." "That would be absolutely ridiculous, Grandfather," Garion said indignantly." | David Eddings | ||
| d225efc | Durnik needs a tower somewhere in the Vale," Belgarath was saying. "I don't see why, father," Polgara replied. "All of Aldur's disciples have towers, Pol. It's the custom." "Old customs persist --even when there's no longer any need for them." "He's going to need to study, Pol. How can he possibly study with you underfoot all the time?" She gave him a long, chilly stare. "Maybe I should rephrase that." | David Eddings | ||
| 16cd957 | If you're going to maintain any kind of self-respect, you're going to have to keep secrets from yourself. | David Eddings | ||
| 5a6d0db | Why are the people all so unhappy?" he asked Mister Wolf. "They have a stern and demanding God," Wolf replied. "Which God is that?" Garion asked. "Money," Wolf said." | David Eddings | ||
| c2485fd | The Goddess has a fourth face. It is secret, and you should prey, as I do, as I do Igraine, that Morgause will never wear that face. | pagan priestess | Marion Zimmer Bradley | |
| 097d58f | Avalon will always be there for all men to find if they can seek the way thither, throughout all the ages past the ages. If they cannot find the way to Avalon, it is a sign, perhaps, that they are not ready." - Kevin" | Marion Zimmer Bradley | ||
| f8ddbea | If the streets shackled my right leg, the schools shackled my left. Fail to comprehend the streets and you gave up your body now. But fail to comprehend the schools and you gave up your body later. | Ta-Nehisi Coates | ||
| 242cc2d | I didn't always have things, but I had people--I always had people. | Ta-Nehisi Coates | ||
| d06ea13 | I don't ever want to forget that resistance must be its own reward, since resistance, at least within the life span of the resistors, almost always fails. | Ta-Nehisi Coates | ||
| df0deec | And I saw that what divided me from the world was not anything intrinsic to us but the actual injury done by people intent on naming us, intent on believing that what they have named us matters more than anything we could ever actually do. In America, the injury is not in being born with darker skin, with fuller lips, with a broader nose, but in everything that happens after. | Ta-Nehisi Coates | ||
| 6bf2e61 | William Butler Yeats's "Second Coming" seems perfectly to render our present predicament: "The best lack all conviction, while the worst / Are full of passionate intensity." This is an excellent description of the current split between anaemic liberals and impassioned fundamentalists. "The best" are no longer able to fully engage, while "the worst" engage in racist, religious, sexist fanaticism. However, are the terrorist fundamentalists, b.. | Slavoj Žižek | ||
| f903035 | We were dandelion seeds released to the wind, she asked for no return. We are saplings now. With gentle hands. | Sarah Kay | ||
| fc473d3 | It is hard to stop loving the ocean. Even after it has left you gasping, salty. | Sarah Kay | ||
| a1ab658 | If loving you means getting dirty, bring on the grime. | Sarah Kay | ||
| 405269e | She's become a Russian again, he thought. When something works, she's grateful. When it doesn't work, it's life. | life-philosophy politics russia | John le Carré | |
| dd714f8 | We've had enough." He took back the report and jammed it under his arm. "We've had a bellyful, in fact." "And like everyone who's had enough," said Control as Alleline noisily left the room, "he wants more." | desires dissatisfaction greed saturation | John le Carré | |
| 9d1e521 | also took for granted that secret services were the only real measure of a nations political health, the only real expression of its subconscious. | John le Carré | ||
| bb25fca | A lot of people see doubt as legitimate philosophical posture. They think of themselves in the middle, whereas of course really, they're nowhere. | John le Carré | ||
| e35d410 | It's not so much that the old friend is a better friend. It's just that you know the person better, and you know they don't really care if you're acting like a poor, grovelling idiot. They know you would do the same for them. | idiot person | Markus Zusak | |
| f088e65 | I'm gonna hunt my life down and grab it. | hunt life | Markus Zusak | |
| b7ab499 | CHRISTMAS GREETINGS FROM*** MAX VANDENBURG Often I wish this would all be over, Liesel, but then somehow you do something like walk down the basement steps with a snowman in your hands. | Markus Zusak | ||
| e773886 | Or had she always loved him? It's likely. Restricted as she was from speaking, she wanted him to kiss her. She wanted him to drag her hand across and pull her over. It didn't matter where. Her mouth, her neck, her cheek. Her skin was empty for it, waiting. | Markus Zusak | ||
| a907d76 | The nightmares arrived like they always did, much like the best player in the opposition when you've heard rumors that he might be injured or sick-but there he is, warming up with the rest of them, ready to take the field. | Markus Zusak | ||
| 775b65d | Quise decirle muchas cosas a la ladrona de libros, sobre la belleza y la crueldad, pero ?que podia contarle sobre todo eso que ella no supiera? Quise explicarle que no dejo de sobreestimar e infravalorar a la raza humana, que pocas veces me limito unicamente a valoraria. Quise preguntarle como un mismo hecho puede ser esplendido y terrible a la vez, y una misma palabra, dura y sublime. Sin embargo, no abri la boca. Solo consegui hablar para.. | Markus Zusak | ||
| 5ebca5a | Warily, she dares to allow me a smile. "It's okay. It's just...I'm not too good at talking to people." She looks away again as her shyness smothers her. "So, do you think it'd be all right if we don't talk?" | Markus Zusak | ||
| 60d796b | Outside is dark. The kitchen light is loud. It deafens me as I walk towards it. | Markus Zusak | ||
| ae64b26 | It's impeccable how brutal the truth can be at times. You can only admire it. | Markus Zusak | ||
| 06276e8 | Because you don't learn anything unless you can find the patience to read. TV takes that away from you. It robs you from your mind. | patience read robs tv | Markus Zusak | |
| 823ad78 | It is an excellent habit to look at things as so many symbols. | Gustave Flaubert | ||
| 6b3867b | I shall do everything it becomes me to do. | George Eliot | ||
| 72990bb | She was] a creature full of eager, passionate longings for all that was beautiful and glad; thirsty for all knowledge; with an ear straining after dreamy music that died away and would not come near to her; with a blind unconscious yearning for something that would link together the wonderful impressions of this mysterious life, and give her soul a sense of home in it. | passion | George Eliot | |
| da053d5 | Love once, love always | love | George Eliot | |
| a9861b9 | Tragedies come in the hungry hours. | Virginia Woolf | ||
| db6f70e | But what after all is one night? A short space, especially when the darkness dims so soon, and so soon a bird sings, a cock crows, or a faint green quickens, like a turning leaf, in the hollow of the wave. | Virginia Woolf |