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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| a06a977 | It was like trying to break up with the color orange, or Wednesday, or silent e. It was the most passionate and tumultuous relationship I'd ever known. | Rob Sheffield | ||
| 91f8560 | I thought, there is nowhere else in the universe I would rather be at this moment... There is nowhere else I could imagine wanting to be besides here in this car, with this girl, on this road, listening to this song. If she breaks my heart, no matter what hell she puts me through, I can say it was worth it, just because of right now. Out the window is a blur and all I can really hear is this girl's hair flapping in the wind, and maybe if we.. | Rob Sheffield | ||
| c0db463 | Love trumps logic?" "Every time," | Maria V. Snyder | ||
| bdd0f02 | I'd like you to make a commitment to me as well. Will you be my mate? | Maria V. Snyder | ||
| 58d52a4 | Ah, Kerry. You've found your heart. Who is she?" ... "A healer, but she's... gone." | Maria V. Snyder | ||
| c1387bc | We talked through Gillie's life from start to finish, including all her accomplishments and major life events. The woman fell asleep with a dreamy half smile still on her lips. I remained by her bedside. Cog would be amused by my efforts to comfort an upper. No. Not amused. Proud. I liked Ella. She was a good sort, much nicer than Trella, and I hoped she managed to survive the next thirty hours. | Maria V. Snyder | ||
| 921af1c | What we do with our free time is none of your business. Now, why don't you shuffle off to Parffet. I saw him heading toward the latrines. He'll need you to wipe his ass soon. It's the one skill you're most suited for." - Ari, pg. 188." | maria-v-snyder poison-study | Maria V. Snyder | |
| eb4bb7a | Living is a risk...Every decision, every interaction, every step, every time you get out of bed in the morning, you take a risk. To survive is to know you're taking that risk and to not get out of bed clutching illusions of safety. | Maria V. Snyder | ||
| c0d5145 | Your path is clear," said Moon Man. "You need to find it." And the best way to find something you had lost was to return to the last place you remembered having it. In my case, I needed to start at the very beginning." | yelena | Maria V. Snyder | |
| c95a7d3 | Though shyness per se was unacceptable, reserve was a mark of good breeding. | Susan Cain | ||
| 9c5e4ae | A shy man no doubt dreads the notice of strangers, but can hardly be said to be afraid of them. He may be as bold as a hero in battle, and yet have no self-confidence about trifles in the presence of strangers."--Charles Darwin" | Susan Cain | ||
| 77a8852 | pyyz hych Hrf tzh y bry gftn ndrd b yn hmh z mnbr blnd bd | Hafez Mosavi / حافظ موسوي | ||
| 11d6c7d | People and events don't disappoint us, our models of reality do. It is my model of reality that determines my happiness or disappointments. | Stefan Zweig | ||
| eaf2129 | Forget it all, I told myself, escape into your mind and your work, into the place where you are only your living, breathing self, not a citizen of any state, not a stake in that infernal game, the place where only what reason you have can still work to some reasonable effect in a world gone mad. | work world-gone-mad | Stefan Zweig | |
| 99c110d | Yet, when these facts are seen side by side with other facts in the case, it is difficult not to become lost in superstitious awe. Their very absurdity seems to prohibit the use of the words 'chance' and 'coincidence.' For the sceptic there remains only one consolation: if there should be such a thing as superhuman Law, it is administered with sub-human inefficiency. | fortune | Eric Ambler | |
| 8313e5e | Reality is always so obstructive. | Eric Ambler | ||
| 4fc8ffb | Don't ever marry a man who loves his work more than he loves you. | kristan higgins | ||
| 9e05d6a | But I hardly hear anyone, because Trevor is kissing me and whispering, over and over, "I love you, Chas. I love you, I love you, I love you." | Kristan Higgins | ||
| ba8f3e7 | It's like knowing your way through the forest. You don't keep the whole forest in your mind, but wherever you are, you know where to go next. | Ken Follett | ||
| 28bbfe9 | When a man is certain that he knows God's will, and is resolved to do it regardless of the cost, he is the most dangerous person in the world. | Ken Follett | ||
| 7641025 | Culture clash is terrific drama | Ken Follett | ||
| c0edebe | It was an odd thing to do, to stand in a street in the hope of seeing someone who hardly knew him, but he did not want to move. | Ken Follett | ||
| e2f153b | What you're doing is wrong," he said. "I mean evil. To give up happiness like this is like throwing jewels into the ocean. It's far worse than any sin." | life-decisions | Ken Follett | |
| a9a4b30 | I want someone who will love me and touch me and understand me and let me take care of them, but beyond that, I don't know. | love marriage relationships | Jonathan Tropper | |
| d3953d8 | If you're eating an ice cream cone, it's just very hard to believe that things have gone completely to shit. That there isn't still hope. | Jonathan Tropper | ||
| ce475e3 | It's a sad moment when you come to understand how truly replaceable you are. | Jonathan Tropper | ||
| 7029b98 | Lies. Mab cannot change who you are. | Jim Butcher | ||
| 5b7fce3 | No," she said. "You are not Patrick Swayze. I am not Demi Moore." She touched a switch on the little box and it started ticking. "And this sure as hell isn't pottery class." | ghost harry-dresden karrin-murphy patrick-swayze | Jim Butcher | |
| ca36a8c | Booya!" I shouted in pure triumph, the adrenaline turning my manly baritone into a rather terrified-sounding shriek. "What have you got for fiery beams of death, huh? You got for fiery beam of death! Might as well go back to Atari, bug-boy, 'cause you don't got game enough for me!" | Jim Butcher | ||
| 9cd4c97 | All right, you primitive screwheads. Listen up. I'm Harry Dresden. I'm the new Winter Knight. I'm instituting a rule: When you're within sight of me, mortals are off-limits." I paused for a moment to let that sink in. Then I continued. "I can't give you orders. I can't control what you do in your own domains. I'm not going to be able to change you. I'm not even going to try. But if I see you abusing a mortal, you'll join Chunky here. Zero w.. | Jim Butcher | ||
| 343a386 | After a few minutes, Molly came partway up the short ladder to the bridge and stopped. "Do I need to ask permission to come up there or something?" "Why would you?" I asked. She considered. "It's what they do on ?" | humourous | Jim Butcher | |
| f9a42e2 | Seedy wasn't a fair description for the place, because seeds imply eventual regrowth and renewal. | humorous | Jim Butcher | |
| 6b9163d | Paradox is an overrated threat. There is...a quality similar to inertia at work. Once an event has occurred, there is an extremely strong tendency for that event to occur. The larger, more significant, or more energetic the event, the more it tends to remain as it originally happened, despite any interference." I frowned. "There's...a law of conservation of history?" | Jim Butcher | ||
| 5ac7cb4 | And suddenly a shaft of blinding silver-white light three feet long sprang from the broken hilt of Fidelacchius and shone in the first golden light of that day's dawn, humming with the full power of the Sword, only louder now, more melodic, and physically audible. | Jim Butcher | ||
| 01c23a7 | For a second, I wanted very badly to know a spell that would let me melt through the floor in a quivering puddle of please-don't-kill-me. | humor spell | Jim Butcher | |
| 1e1357f | Karrin smiled faintly and shook her head. "He always said you knew ghosts. You're sure it was really him?" Mort eyed her. "Me and everyone else, yeah." Karrin scowled and stared into the middle distance. Mort frowned and then his expression softened. "You didn't want it to be his ghost. Did you?" Murphy shook her head slowly, but said nothing. "You needed everyone to be wrong about it. Because if it really was his ghost," Mort said, "it mea.. | Jim Butcher | ||
| dc2e6f9 | Animals do not do what they have done. Animals kill to eat, to defend themselves or their own, and to protect their territory. Not for the joy of it. Not for the lust of it...Only humans do that, wizard. | Jim Butcher | ||
| 8681ac5 | Please, help me. Young werewolves in love. I turned to walk into the house, moving carefully. I had never much believed in God. Well, that's not quite true. I believed that there was a God, or something close enough to it to warrant the name if there were demons, there had to be angels, right? If there was a Devil, somewhere, there had to be a God. But He & I had never really seen things in quite the same terms. All the same. I flashed a lo.. | dresden files fool fool-moon jim moon | Jim Butcher | |
| db12be4 | I know you've been aching to have your hands on my staff," I said to Ascher, as Nicodemus examined the altar for himself. I held out my hand. "But I'd rather be the one fondling my tool. Wizards are weird like that." "Wow," she said, and flashed me a grin, her face flushed, excited. "You left me nowhere to go with that one. I have nothing to add." | Jim Butcher | ||
| 786a61f | Yes, I was standing on nothing but congealed starlight. Yes, I was walking up through a savage storm, the wind threatening to tear me off and throw me into the freezing waters of Lake Michigan far below. Yes, I was using a legendary and enchanted means of travel to transcend the border between one dimension and the next, and on my way to an epic struggle between ancient and elemental forces. But all i could think to say, between panting bre.. | jim-butcher sarcasm summer-knight | Jim Butcher | |
| ed6fb03 | In Chicago, you can't swing a cat without hitting an Irish pub (and angering the cat), but McAnally's place stands out from the crowd. | swinging-a-cat | Jim Butcher | |
| 5e4bcb1 | You beg fate to make your fears into reality, Aleran. But for the moment, they are only fears. They may come. If so, then face them and overcome them. Until then, pay them no mind. You have enough to think on. | fate fears jim-butcher reality | Jim Butcher | |
| c5b216a | You killed my dog! Get your affairs in order. | Jim Butcher | ||
| e83ca70 | Better safe than exsanguinated. | Jim Butcher |