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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| b31879f | His cracked lips moved. Beloved. He couldn't say the word, but I knew it. And so did his Fool. | Robin Hobb | ||
| 6ae2274 | When you borrow trouble against what might be, you neglect the moment you have now to enjoy. The man who worries about what will next be happening to him loses this moment in dread of the next, and poisons the next with pre-judgment. | Robin Hobb | ||
| de0cfa9 | Many will rant and rave against the garment fate has woven for them, but they pick it up and don it all the same, and most wear it to the end of their days. You... you would rather go naked into the storm. | Robin Hobb | ||
| 2aa412c | Somehow," she said coldly, "you have confused profitable and not profitable for right and wrong. I, however, have not." | Robin Hobb | ||
| ca9685d | I'd rather I was a stray pup,' I made bold to say. And then all my fears broke my voice as I added, "You wouldn't let them do this to a stray pup, changing everything all at once. When they gave the bloodhound puppy to Lord Grimsby, you sent your old shirt with it, so it would have something that smelled of home until it settle in.' 'Well,' he said, "I didn't ... come here, fitz. Come here, boy.' And puppy-like, I went to him, the only mast.. | fitzchivalry-farseer | Robin Hobb | |
| e46bd5c | You'll do well, if you don't mire in self-pity. Self-pity only gets you more of the same. Don't waste time on it. | Robin Hobb | ||
| d76045f | Silent," the carved wizardwood on his wrist breathed. "Silent as a blinded ship, floating hull-up in the sea. Silent as a scream underwater." | Robin Hobb | ||
| e36fc20 | How you humans survive so much experience is something I shall never understand. To do so much and react to it all in the way you do is as much a curse as a blessing. You never take time to digest and appreciate what happens to you. | Peter F. Hamilton | ||
| e0b123c | But to have dreamed the dream is to have flown above the mountains so high in all but deed. | Peter F. Hamilton | ||
| e258743 | There's a book called "A Dictionary of Angels." No one has opened it in fifty years, I know, because when I did, The covers creaked, the pages Crumbled. There I discovered The angels were once as plentiful As species of flies. The sky at dusk Used to be thick with them. You had to wave both arms Just to keep them away. Now the sun is shining Through the tall windows. The library is a quiet place. Angels and gods huddled In dark unopened boo.. | Charles Simic | ||
| 16eff8b | La felicidad es minimalista. Es sencilla y desnuda. Es una casi nada que lo es todo. | vida | Rosa Montero | |
| cece911 | It is the case that, albeit to a lesser extent, all fictions make their readers live "the impossible", taking them out of themselves, breaking down barriers, and making them share, by identifying with the characters of the illusion, a life that is richer, more intense, or more abject and violent, or simply different from the one that they are confined to by the high-security prison that is real life. Fictions exist because of this fact. Bec.. | Mario Vargas Llosa | ||
| 1f09489 | It's easier to imagine the death of one person than those of a hundred or a thousand. When multiplied, suffering becomes abstract. It's not easy to be moved by abstract things. | Mario Vargas Llosa | ||
| 729bb69 | It is one of the things she has come to love about America, the abundance of unreasonable hope. | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | ||
| a322bc2 | I believe that if one person is watching a huge calamity, let's say a conflagration, a fire, there are always three principle options. 1. Run away, as far away and as fast as you can and let those who cannot run burn. | Amos Oz | ||
| 175dddf | while it was true that books could change with the years just as much as people could, the difference was that whereas people would always drop you when they could no longer get any advantage or pleasure or interest or at least a good feeling from you, a book would never abandon you. Naturally you sometimes dropped them, maybe for several years, or even forever. But they, even if you betrayed them, would never turn their backs on you: they .. | Amos Oz | ||
| 05da151 | Kvetha, Shur'tugal Greetings, Dragon Rider | Christopher Paolini | ||
| a22b51c | Adrift upon the sea of time, the lonely god wanders from shore to distant shore, upholding the laws of the stars above. | Christopher Paolini | ||
| eb056f9 | Nothing out of the ordinary ever occurs to me when I'm by myself. But you attract duels, ambushes, immortal enemies, obscure creatures such as the Ra'zac, long-lost family members, and mysterious acts of magic as if they were were starving weasels and you were a rabbit that wandered into their den. Saphira | Christopher Paolini | ||
| 422df29 | It's like trying to herd a flock of geese," said Orik. "They're always trying to go off on their own, they make an obnoxious noise, and they'll bite your hand first chance they get." | Christopher Paolini | ||
| f4cd23c | Moderation is a wiser policy than zealotry | moderation way-of-life zealotry | Christopher Paolini | |
| f97ee00 | A person must earn enlightenment, Eragon. It is not handed down to you by others, regardless of how revered they be. | knowledge teaching | Christopher Paolini | |
| 39a97e1 | All great fighting is the same, Eragon, even as all great warriors are the same. Past a certain point, it does not matter whether you wield a sword, a claw, a tooth or a tail. It is true, you must be capable with your weapon, but anyone with the time, and the inclination can acquire technical proficiency. To achieve greatness, though, that requires artistry. That requires imagination and thoughtfulness, and it is those qualities that the be.. | Christopher Paolini | ||
| 6e2bed1 | First, let no one rule your mind or body. Take special care that your thoughts remain unfettered. One may be a free man and yet be bound tighter than a slave. Give men your ear, but not your heart. Show respect for those in power, but don't follow them blindly. Judge with logic and reason, but comment not. "Consider none your superior, whatever their rank or station in life. Treat all fairly or they will seek revenge. Be careful with your m.. | Christopher Paolini | ||
| eab0002 | The sands of time cannot be stopped. Years pass whether we will them or not... but we can remember. What has been lost may yet live in memories. | time | Christopher Paolini | |
| d56b324 | To know who you are without any delusions or sympathy is a moment of revelation that no one experiences unscathed | Christopher Paolini | ||
| ffa4eaa | With her jaws and talons, Saphira tore through an Urgal. | Christopher Paolini | ||
| 7c3c4fb | we should lean into the pain, instead of running away from it. | Debbie Macomber | ||
| 8f75a97 | Grief was just the moment before you tied the thread and began the next one | Elizabeth Chadwick | ||
| fc0762c | Not being able to protect her from things was the most frightening thing I'd ever felt, and it kicked in as soon as we got together. With every year we spent together, I became more conscious that I now had an infinitely expanding number of reasons to be afraid. I had something to lose. | Rob Sheffield | ||
| c04406b | Morrissey was my Mrs. Garrett, the house mother from the Facts of Life, a soothing adult figure giving me words of wisdom. | Rob Sheffield | ||
| 87cdeec | Trella! You're here," he said with glee. "Even though I'm not as smart as you, I do know where I am." | Maria V. Snyder | ||
| 0052bf3 | They were trying to discover a cure for the toxin," I said. "It doesn't matter what the intentions were or what the logic was behind the decision. What matters is that six million people died." Quain gasped in mock horror. "Unless those six million people are pretending to be dead." | Maria V. Snyder | ||
| 63c7821 | Fear causes the dog to bite and Roze was one bitch. | humor | Maria V. Snyder | |
| b7dd49b | Till death. I do swear, love." Valek whispered in my ear. "Beyond death. My vow to you," I said. He drew back to meet my gaze. "So we shall be. Forever united." "We shall be," I agreed." | Maria V. Snyder | ||
| 6c5c476 | Don't judge what you don't know. | judge misjudge | Maria V. Snyder | |
| c7b8633 | gryh nkhn khwhrm. dr khnht drkhty khwhd rwyyd w drkhthyy dr shhrt w bsyr drkhtnb dr srzmynt. w bd pyGm hr drkhty r bh drkht dygr khwhd rsnyd w drkhth z bd khwhnd prsyd: dr rh khh myamdy sHr r ndydy | Simin Daneshvar | ||
| b061803 | Use your natural powers--of persistence, concentration, insight, and sensitivity--to do work you love and work that matters. Solve problems, make art, think deeply. | Susan Cain | ||
| 5bfcb64 | Should we become so proficient at self-presentation that we can dissemble without anyone suspecting? | Susan Cain | ||
| 591a67c | In times of youth, drinking is better. With the joyful, linking is better. The world is a mere temporal inn; With the shipwrecked, sinking is better. | love | Hafez | |
| 0d1572e | How can you be a lover of love | faith god hafez hafiz impossible in-love kamand kamand-kojouri kojouri love love-movement love-poems love-quotes love-revolution love-wins lover religion rumi spiritual spirituality sufi sufism | Kamand Kojouri | |
| d4c5590 | You know how it goes: at some point in your life, you fell in love with someone and had a glimpse of God. Then you abandoned life and lover | beloved celebrate celebrating celebration christ divine divinity glimpse god goes hafez hafiz in-love jesus kamand kamand-kojouri know kojouri life love love-is-love love-movement love-revolution love-wins lover point religion rumi someone spiritual spirituality sufi sufism universe worship worshipping | Kamand Kojouri | |
| c7ebfb3 | What does life give me in the end but sorrow? What do love's good and evil send but sorrow? I've only seen one true companion - pain, And I have known no faithful friend but sorrow. | love love-quotes-and-sayings poetry quote quotes sadness sorrow | Hafez | |
| c20c6d7 | For I have indeed been torn from all my roots, even from the earth that nourished them, more entirely than most in our times. I was born in 1881 in the great and mighty empire of the Habsburg Monarchy, but you would look for it in vain on the map today; it has vanished without trace. I grew up in Vienna, an international metropolis for two thousand years, and had to steal away from it like a thief in the night before it was demoted to the s.. | fascism vienna | Stefan Zweig |