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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 05edc92 | I told Ing once that she dances like a German and she didn't like it, but it's true: she dances seriously, like lives are hanging in the balance, like precision dancing can save the starving children of India. | humor | Audrey Niffenegger | |
| 57b1dd9 | I can appreciate that," says Henry. He's adding to the list. I look over his shoulder. Sex Pistols, the Clash, Gang of Four, Buzzcocks, Dead Kennedys, X, the Mekons, the Raincoats, the Dead Boys, New Order, the Smiths, Lora Logic, the Au Pairs, Big Black, Pil, the Pixies, the Breeders, Sonic Youth... Henry, they're not going to be able to get any of that up here." He nods, and jots the phone number and address for Vintage Vinyl at the botto.. | Audrey Niffenegger | ||
| 2e7d745 | I raise my head and see a red illuminated EXIT sign and as my eyes adjust I see tigers, cavemen with long spears, cavewomen wearing strategically modest skins, wolfish dogs. My heart is racing and for a liquor-addled moment I think until I realize that EXIT signs tend to congregate in the twentieth century. | time-travel | Audrey Niffenegger | |
| ca99b07 | He looked at her. "I will miss you, Montana. For the first time in my life, I'll regret leaving someone behind." | Susan Mallery | ||
| edb2ffc | The lamplight was warm and the apartment still and snug. At home in bed, in my private abyss of longing, the scenes I dreamed of always began like this. I could lose myself forever in that singular little face, in the pessimism of her beautiful mouth. When I imagined these phrases cast in her voice, they were almost intolerably sweet; now, sitting right beside her, it was unthinkable that I should voice them myself. | Donna Tartt | ||
| 3994ea7 | Beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before it. That night I wrote in my journal: "Trees are schizophrenic now and beginning to lose control, enraged with the shock of their fiery new colors. Someone--was it van Gogh?--said that orange is the color of insanity. Beauty is terror. We want to be devoured by it, to hide ourselves in that fire which refines us." | Donna Tartt | ||
| e3f8fd6 | After death.) So few people who come across, possess awareness of any kind. All they bring along with them are worthless values. All they desire is continuation of what they had in life no matter how misguided or degraded. . . Will those people ever progress, even with our help? | Richard Matheson | ||
| 6f8e09b | Let the jagged edge of sobriety be now dulled. | Richard Matheson | ||
| 468a764 | And on the wedding contract, before me and my parents and the rabbi, and Wanda and Sergey for our witnesses, in silver ink he signed his name. But I won't ever tell you what it is. | Naomi Novik | ||
| 2bf613e | I do not care if they do not like me," he said. "Maybe then they will let me alone, and I will not have to stay in China." The thought visibly struck him, and his head came up with sudden enthusiasm. "If I were very offensive, do you suppose they would go away now?" he asked. "Laurence, what would be particularly insulting" Hammond looked like Pandora, the box open and horrors loose upon the world. Laurence was inclined to laugh, but he sti.. | Naomi Novik | ||
| 2d26bfa | No; they nearly drowned you, and not even on purpose but only through carelessness. I am not letting them have you back," Temeraire said." | Naomi Novik | ||
| a5e2b43 | I will tell you what we shall do: if ever you need to rescue Catherine, or you Berkley, Maximus, I will help you, and you will do as much for me. Then we do not need to worry, I do not suppose anyone could stop all three of us, at least not before we can escape | help humor inspirational rescue temeraire togetherness | Naomi Novik | |
| 17553e6 | She didn't mean anything," Kasia said, brave brave brave, the way I hadn't been for her." | Naomi Novik | ||
| dede808 | I hated her; I wanted her to burn, the way so many of the corrupted had burned, because she'd put her hold on them. But wanting cruelty felt like another wrong answer in an endless chain. | Naomi Novik | ||
| 6fc754f | A power claimed and challenged and thrice carried out is true | Naomi Novik | ||
| 0c8e845 | So, in meditation practice, the best way to get somewhere is to let go of trying to get anywhere at all. | Jon Kabat-Zinn | ||
| bfb42c6 | I was raised thinking that moral and ethical standards are universals that apply equally to everyone. And these values aren't easily compatible with the kind of religion that posits a Creator. To my way of thinking, an omnipotent being who sets up a universe in which thinking beings proliferate, grow old, and die (usually in agony, alone, and in fear) is a cosmic sadist. | cosmic-sadist death everything life religion theology universe | Charles Stross | |
| 5bb1856 | He screamed. Mmm?' inquired the gentleman. I...I would never presume to interrupt you, sir. But the ground appears to be swallowing me up.' It is a bog,' said the gentleman, helpfully. It is certainly a most terrifying substance. | Susanna Clarke | ||
| 900d4b0 | It's only our faith in illusions that makes life possible. It's believing in reality that does us in every time. | Richard Flanagan | ||
| 6f0f6a3 | Your heart, Mary Karr, he'd say. His pen touched my sternum, and it felt for all the world like the point of a dull spear as he said, Your heart knows what your head don't. Or won't. | Mary Karr | ||
| db5de96 | Daddy said a Republican was somebody who couldn't enjoy eating unless he knew somebody else was hungry, | Mary Karr | ||
| c8cf479 | I wondered if there were planets where it's okay to murder people. I decided there must be, reminding myself that in war, after all, killers are heroes. | Ryū Murakami | ||
| ec30eae | They needed a reason why a little kid would commit murder, someone or something to point the finger at, and I think they were relieved when they hit upon horror movies as the culprit. But there's no reason a child commits murder, just as there's no reason a child gets lost. What would it be - because his parents weren't watching him? That's not a reason, it's just a step in the process. | japan japanese japanese-literature murder | Ryū Murakami | |
| f690325 | When I went on anyway, my body began to grow cold, and I thought I was dead. Face pale, my dead self sat down on a bench and began to turn toward my real self, who was watching this hallucination on the screen of the night. My dead self came nearer, just as if it might want to shake hands with my real self. That's when I panicked and tried to run. But my dead self pursued me and finally caught me, entered me and controlled me. I'd felt.. | japanese murakami self world | Ryū Murakami | |
| 059addb | Most of the advice was along the lines of, "If you persevere in your efforts you will surely succeed," which is bullshit, if you ask me. People who turn to stuff like this have probably already persevered and gotten nowhere." | Ryū Murakami | ||
| 9382599 | Everyone's running around comparing wounds, like bodybuilders showing off their muscles. And what's really unbelievable is that they really believe they can heal the wounds like that, just by putting them on display. | society | Ryū Murakami | |
| a9a15c3 | You have to watch your step with women these days, Pops. She could be involved with Yakuza or something. Even some of the girls in my class -- you should hear the stuff they talk about. Fifteen years old, and there's nothing they don't know. We're not in the age of Peace and Love anymore. | Ryū Murakami | ||
| f943c5b | Nice person, bad person -- that's not the level this girl is at. I can see you're crazy about her and probably won't be able to hear this, Ao-chan, but I think you'd be better off staying away from someone like her. I can't read her exactly, but I can tell you she's either a saint or a monster. Maybe both extremes at once, but not somewhere in between. | Ryū Murakami | ||
| 383be0b | No forgiveness for lies. | lies | Ryū Murakami | |
| e03c3ed | I will be good to you, Myst. I will protect you. You are mine. | Kresley Cole | ||
| 1c8b1e5 | I can't lose you. The very thought makes me crazed. I can't even allow myself to imagine you leaving me. | Kresley Cole | ||
| 97dd871 | Dreams can change. | Kresley Cole | ||
| ae09295 | MacRieve had been roaring in his cage in the basement for hours now, [...] "Let me the bluidy hell out of here!" sounded up from below. Regin glared at Lucia, as if this were her fault. "He is harshing my buzz, and I am" - Regin turned to yell over her shoulder - "not interested!" "Open this fucking cage, you glowing bluidy freak!" Gods, he was fierce." | Kresley Cole | ||
| d7ab750 | Ugly on the inside!" she'd screamed. "I could never love you!" She truly hadn't fallen for him. For " | Kresley Cole | ||
| 941fe5b | When he was this close to me, I could feel his palpable yearning. I could sense that gut-wrenching loneliness he'd suffered. | death | Kresley Cole | |
| 32cdcab | Five houses?" Lothaire had sneered, cutting Trehan off. "You all live under one roof now. Mine. Because I'm the king of the castle." Then his red eyes had grown vacant, and he'd begun muttering about "Lizvetta's lingerie." Trehan had been ... underwhelmed by the Enemy of Old's attention span." | Kresley Cole | ||
| c69e807 | Splat. Without thought, she'd thrown mud all over his face. So much for femme fatale. He sputtered in disbelief, then roared, "What the ever-livin' feck--" | Kresley Cole | ||
| 19ecd5a | We'll all have an ice-cream cake to celebrate! Except for we don't have a freezer! | Kresley Cole | ||
| eb5f07f | Outside, I muttered, 'Let us set you up?' I already cleaned you out of PowerBars, bitch | Kresley Cole | ||
| 503a061 | Lookit Gollum, bust me out of here and I'll help you find your precious | Kresley Cole | ||
| 7c57887 | The neurologist and writer Oliver Sacks goes one further: If you're working on two completely separate projects, dedicate one desk or table or section of the house for each. Just stepping into a different space hits the reset | Daniel J. Levitin | ||
| 6431f2a | Now, what does a vampire do with a computer? Keep track of investments? Send e-mail to other vampires as you all plot to take over the world?" "I spend a lot of time on Wikipedia making corrections to the entries of historical figures I've known." I blinked at him. "Really?" "No, Kitty. That was a joke." | Carrie Vaughn | ||
| 977bb45 | Don't underestimate her ability to talk, it's her superpower. | talking | Carrie Vaughn | |
| e51c1b4 | We're werewolves. We don't get to judge 'crazy. | werewolves | Carrie Vaughn |