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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 8d3db7d | Just because you don't feel calm, doesn't mean you can't be calm. | Penny Reid | ||
| 3b372d9 | I'm not letting you leave this car until we make it to second base. At least." "Jess, you know how good I am at baseball, right?" | Penny Reid | ||
| a1b39c0 | Because if it's possible to have a partner who gives all of themselves without reservation, who looks forward to working and sacrificing for me just as I look forward to doing the same for her, who can't help but love ferociously, brutally, and unconditionally--and even perhaps without reason or sound judgment--that's what I want. Because that's how I plan to love in return. | Penny Reid | ||
| 5fb28a0 | There's no reason to be uncomfortable." "I'm not uncomfortable. I'm just feeling weird, and I don't know how to un-weird myself." "Well, don't un-weird yourself on my account. I like you weird." | Penny Reid | ||
| 041cf89 | Love, I decided, is being a sidekick. | Penny Reid | ||
| 781fbac | That's right. You seize that woman, Cletus. You make her yours. And then after," still grinning, Duane dropped his hand on my shoulder and gave me a little shake, "you give that woman your sausage." | Penny Reid | ||
| 92d9cc4 | The thing is, if you can't tell how a person feels about you, then you probably don't want to know. | Penny Reid | ||
| fcd1b58 | Ideas have a short shelf life. You must act on them before the expiration date. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| 9dc891a | At the evident risk of seeming ridiculous, I want to begin by saying that I have tried for much of my life to write as if I was composing my sentences to be read posthumously. I hope this isn't too melodramatic or self-centred a way of saying that I attempt to write as if I did not care what reviewers said, what peers thought, or what prevailing opinions may be. | death independence nadine-gordimer writing | Christopher Hitchens | |
| 41980cb | Attempts to locate oneself within history are as natural, and as absurd, as attempts to locate oneself within astronomy. On the day that I was born, 13 April 1949, nineteen senior Nazi officials were convicted at Nuremberg, including Hitler's former envoy to the Vatican, Baron Ernst von Weizsacker, who was found guilty of planning aggression against Czechoslovakia and committing atrocities against the Jewish people. On the same day, the Sta.. | alcohol alcoholism andrei-gromyko antisemitism astrology astronomy beijing birth birthdays breastfeeding britain censorship china communism communist-party-of-china corfu corfu-channel-incident czechoslovakia damascus diplomacy ernst-von-weizsacker flushing-meadows flushing-queens gods history hitler horoscopes hosni-zayim international-court-of-justice israel jews mao mars nato nazis newspapers nuremberg passover-seder prohibition the-hague united-nations united-states ussr vatican war | Christopher Hitchens | |
| 01bd2d9 | Many writers, especially male ones, have told us that it is the decease of the father which opens the prospect of one's own end, and affords an unobstructed view of the undug but awaiting grave that says 'you're next.' Unfilial as this may seem, that was not at all so in my own case. It was only when I watched Alexander [my own son] being born that I knew at once that my own funeral director had very suddenly, but quite unmistakably, steppe.. | fathers mortality sons writers | Christopher Hitchens | |
| 2855ac2 | Very often the test of one's allegiance to a cause or to a people is precisely the willingness to stay the course when things are boring, to run the risk of repeating an old argument just one more time, or of going one more round with a hostile or (much worse) indifferent audience. | Christopher Hitchens | ||
| 8ac9de3 | It takes a long time to grow young. | Pablo Picasso | ||
| 2ed58a9 | The way humans hunt for parking and the way animals hunt for food are not as different as you might think. | parking | Tom Vanderbilt | |
| c16015f | Ultimately, the roast turkey must be regarded as a monument to Boomer's love. Look at it now, plump and glossy, floating across Idaho as if it were a mammoth, mutated seed pod. Hear how it backfires as it passes the silver mines, perhaps in tribute to the origin of the knives and forks of splendid sterling that a roast turkey and a roast turkey alone possesses the charisma to draw forth into festivity from dark cupboards. See how it glides .. | holiday thanksgiving turkey | Tom Robbins | |
| 530847a | After the monkeys came down from the trees and learned to hurl sharp objects, they had had to move into caves for protection--not only from the big predatory cats but, as they began to lose their monkey fur, from the elements. Eventually, they started transposing their hunting fantasies onto cave walls in the form of pictures, first as an attempt at practical magic and later for the strange, unexpected pleasure they discovered in artistic c.. | business caves progress religion science | Tom Robbins | |
| 569983e | History knows no scruples and no hesitation. Inert and unnering flows towards her goal. History knows herway. She makes no mistakes. | idealism | Arthur Koestler | |
| 2a2b2be | Some of the greatest discoveries...consist mainly in the clearing away of psychological roadblocks which obstruct the approach to reality; which is why, they appear so obvious. | Arthur Koestler | ||
| 3b22be5 | The sun never set on the British empire, an Indian nationalist later sardonically commented, because even God couldn't trust the Englishman in the dark | Shashi Tharoor | ||
| 11d6708 | The selfish part of me, however, couldn't fathom not falling asleep in his arms or being with him every day. I needed TJ, and the thought of being away from him bothered me more than I wanted to admit. | Tracey Garvis-Graves | ||
| 9a35172 | Hana: What on Earth is a 'barbeque'? Hel: A primitive tribal ritual featuring paper plates, elbows, flying insects, encrusted meat, hush puppies, and beer. Hana: I daren't ask what a 'hush puppy' is. Hel: Don't. | Trevanian | ||
| 8389699 | Success in this world depends on knowing exactly how little effort each job is worth...distribution of energy... | Evelyn Waugh | ||
| 4bbe382 | Have you at any time been detained in a mental home or similar institution? If so, give particulars.' 'I was at Scone College, Oxford, for two years,' said Paul. | oxford | Evelyn Waugh | |
| 581d8bc | Unless we are willing to accept our artists as they are, the answer to the question, "Who speaks for America today?" will have to be: the advertising agencies. They are entirely capable of showing us our unparalleled prosperity and our almost classless society, and no one has ever accused them of not being affirmative. Where the artist is still trusted, he will not be looked to for assurance. Those who believe that art proceeds from a healt.. | Flannery O'Connor | ||
| 3f07265 | The meaning of a story should go on expanding for the reader the more he thinks about it, but meaning cannot be captured in an interpretation. If teachers are in the habit of approaching a story as if it were a research problem for which any answer is believable so long as it is not obvious, then I think students will never learn to enjoy fiction. Too much interpretation is certainly worse than too little, and where feeling for a story is a.. | interpretation words | Flannery O'Connor | |
| 6618c73 | Looks like the safest spot here for a human who doesn't want to get eaten. (Kish) | Sherrilyn Kenyon | ||
| 1b67405 | Uh-huh. You know with that sinister tone you should look into working for the IRS. I'm sure they're desperate for people who can cow others with a single growl. (Susan) | Sherrilyn Kenyon | ||
| 41f1b40 | Yeah his being Sumerian to this group would go over like an Ozzy Osbourne/Marilyn Manson duet at the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting. He might as well be wearing a shit that said "Kibbles and Bits," with a heavy emphasis on the "bits" part..." | Sherrilyn Kenyon | ||
| 7e27435 | Because I've lost my children, too, and I know the ache that lives inside the heart that no amount of solace or alcohol will squelch. I know what it's like to have the powers of a god and to not be able to hold the one thing that means the most to me. And if you think for one minute that I would ever serve that to another being, even Artemis, who I'd like to torture for eternity, then go ahead and call down your army on me. I would deserve .. | Sherrilyn Kenyon | ||
| d51262f | You don't mock my mother. You don't speak of her in anything but the most reverent of tones. I don't care if you are Death, I will open a can of Cajun whup-ass all over you, boy." - Nick "Normally, I'd be hanging you the can opener and daring you to go for it. Be glad I owe a debt that precludes me from killing you right now. But don't push it. While you have a predetermined death, your own free will decisions can override that. Put that i.. | Sherrilyn Kenyon | ||
| a06506c | Zarek shrugged, taking it in stride. "I'm an asshole. I admit it. I've been going to weekly Assholes Anonymous meetings, but it takes a long time to undo a few thousand years of habit. And to think you have even more years to undo than me." -ZAREK" | Sherrilyn Kenyon | ||
| dce1e08 | Hey now," Maahes said. "Don't be making that face. Okay? You start crying, I start crying, and I look like a total freak when I cry. Nothing worse than a big-ass man blubbering like a baby. Totally kills my chances with the women. You know?" | Sherrilyn Kenyon | ||
| c27fb19 | Nick rubbed his hand across his face as he tried to make sense of her prattle. But that was the thing about Simi. She seldom made sense. | Sherrilyn Kenyon | ||
| bda0758 | Tory frowned at his backpack on the floor and the way he kept it within easy reach. "What's in that backpack, by the way? You're always guarding it like it holds national security secrets or something." "Dirty underwear." She rolled her eyes. "Thanks so much for that image." "You asked." | Sherrilyn Kenyon | ||
| 33dad40 | Yet you're helping me. Why? (Arik) Nothing better to do. Eternity is boring. Really boring. I'm hoping that when you pop the seal on Atlantis, there will be a giant explosion to add some humor and interest to my life. If we're really lucky, Apollymi will come out and thoroughly entertain us with a massive fireworks display. Hell, if she does half of what she did last time, there will be belly rolls aplenty for those of us who hate the Olymp.. | Sherrilyn Kenyon | ||
| 841c51f | He's ours now. Not made by evil, but birthed by human cruelty. (Mortent Leader) | Sherrilyn Kenyon | ||
| aa238ea | But I feel its beauty here and I know there is not a lovelier, more precious child in this world than you and your cousins. I am glad that though someone did me grossly wrong, my final mark on this world is not one of countering hurt with more hurt but is one of love and friendship. We will always be known by our actions. Let them always be good ones. (Theo, Geary's Grandfather) | Sherrilyn Kenyon | ||
| d97edf5 | Sweetie, in our world, fair's got nothing to do with anything. He who has the greatest power wins. It's why we're all willing to kill each other off without flinching. (Solin) | Sherrilyn Kenyon | ||
| ae51c3b | WE LEARN FROM OUR PAIN | Sherrilyn Kenyon | ||
| 547f018 | Really, if that's the case, you need to stop letting your mother dress you funny. It's hard to take anyone serious as a killer when he looks like an investment banker. The only part of me that's nervous is my checkbook. (Kat) | Sherrilyn Kenyon | ||
| e8acd72 | A what? (Fang) Badass demon with a superiority complex who picks his teeth with bones of infants. Let's just keep it simple and say he's a demon I want out of the human realm. ASAP. (Thorn) | Sherrilyn Kenyon | ||
| 144043b | Trust me, baby, you weren't that good. I was just a better actress than you were actor. (Zephyra to Stryker) Ew! No offense, Mum, I don't want to know who you've slept with. Kill the sexual bantering and him before I go deaf from it. (Medea) | Sherrilyn Kenyon | ||
| 2aa1726 | Little brother, I don't mean to be a downer, but we're talking about War here. There's no way to mitigate damages. He won't let us. I was there with twenty-five Chthonians to fight him and he spanked our hides like we were Lemurian slave women. Two of us had our hearts ripped out and shoved down our throats while he laughed, then he licked the blood clean from his fingers and came at the rest of us. (Savitar) | Sherrilyn Kenyon | ||
| 39f94f2 | Hey, Vader, keep your Jedi mind tricks to yourself. That hurt! (Jesse) | Sherrilyn Kenyon |