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| 8cd0dcf | Afterall," Anne had said to Marilla once, "I believe the nicest and sweetest days are not those on which anything very splendid or wonderful or exciting happens, but just those that bring simple little pleasures, following one another softly, like pearls slipping off a string." ~ Anne, Anne of Avonlea, Chap. 19" -- | l-m-montgomery | L.M. Montgomery | |
| 22b6a47 | In times of struggle, there are as many reasons not to read as there are to breathe. Don't you have bigger things to do? Reading, let alone re-reading, is the terrain of milquetoasts and mopey spinsters. At life's ugliest junctures the very act of opening a book can smack of cowardly escapism. Who chooses to read when there's work to be done? Call me a coward if you will, but when the line between duty and sanity blurs, you can usually find.. | Erin Blakemore | ||
| cfc6e3e | It was so wonderful to be there, safe at home, sheltered from the winds and the cold. Laura thought that this must be a little like heaven, where the weary are at rest. | Laura Ingalls Wilder | ||
| 47450fb | They could not be forgotten, she thought, because now is now. It can never be a long time ago. | Laura Ingalls Wilder | ||
| 8fe96fa | when a phone call competes for attention with a real-world conversation, it wins. Everyone knows the distinctive high-and-dry feeling of being abandoned for a phone call, and of having to compensate - with quite elaborate behaviours = for the sudden half-disappearance of the person we were just speaking to. 'Go ahead!' we say. 'Don't mind us! Oh look, here's a magazine I can read!' When the call is over, other rituals come into play, to min.. | manners rudeness | Lynne Truss | |
| 483e8a0 | Why, sir," said he, looking about him, "what splendour I see: gold lace, breeches, cocked hats. Allow me to recommend a sandwich. And would you be contemplating an attack, at all?" "It had crossed my mind, I must admit," said Jack. "Indeed, I may go so far as to say, that I am afraid a conflict is now virtually inevitable. Did you notice we have cleared for action?" | Patrick O'Brian | ||
| d8c2a3d | I do not say that all lawyers are bad, but I do maintain that the general tendency is bad: standing up in a court for whichever side has paid you, affecting warmth and conviction, and doing everything you can to win the case, whatever your private opinion may be, will soon dull any fine sense of honour. The mercenary soldier is not a valued creature, but at least he risks his life, whereas these men merely risk their next fee. | Patrick O'Brian | ||
| 83c23e8 | The words 'Very finely played, sir, I believe' were formed in his gullet if not in his mouth when he caught the cold and indeed inimical look and heard the whisper, 'If you really must beat the measure, sir, let me entreat you to do so in time, and not half a beat ahead. | Patrick O'Brian | ||
| c2cba48 | Stephen nodded. 'Tell me,' he said, in a low voice, some moments later. 'Were I under naval discipline, could that fellow have me whipped?'He nodded towards Mr Marshall. 'The master?' cried Jack, with inexpressible amazement. 'Yes,' said Stephen looking attentively at him, with his head slightly inclined to the left. 'But he is the master...' said Jack. If Stephen had called the sophies stem her stern, or her truck her keel, he would hav.. | Patrick O'Brian | ||
| 1d30e25 | I felt that I was really living in the moment. I did not know where my life was going, but right now the future did not trouble me. | Ruth Reichl | ||
| f57626c | That was the trouble with moving houses; no matter how carefully you packed the books, they never ended up on the new shelves in quite the right place. | Val McDermid | ||
| 004f2d4 | The first I heard of the beach was in Bangkok, on the Ko Sanh Road. | Alex Garland | ||
| 3e95580 | Meanwhile, every so often, your children come to visit. They are, amazingly, completely charming people. You can't believe you're lucky enough to know them. They make you laugh. They make you proud. You love them madly. They survived you. You survived them. It crosses your mind that on some level, you spent hours and days and months and years without laying a glove on them, but don't dwell. There's no point. It's over. Except for the worryi.. | Nora Ephron | ||
| aa2d7d5 | We know in one part of our brains that we are all going to die, but on some level we don't quite believe it. | Nora Ephron | ||
| f0d3970 | What I love about cooking is that after a hard day, there is something comforting about the fact that if you melt butter and add flour and then hot stock, ! It's a sure thing! It's sure thing in a world where nothing is sure; it has a mathematical certainty in a world where those of us who long for some kind of certainty are forced to settle for crossword puzzles. | cooking | Nora Ephron | |
| 3123174 | I] had gotten to the point where I simply could not make a bad vinaigrette, this was not exactly the stuff of drama. (Even now, I cannot believe Mark would want to risk losing that vinaigrette. You just don't bump into vinaigrettes that good.) | Nora Ephron | ||
| 168817c | Every time you encounter something that forces you to "handle it," your self-esteem is raised considerably. You learn to trust that you will survive, no matter what happens. And in this way your fears are diminished immeasurably." | Susan Jeffers | ||
| 37dfe5a | You see the wheat fields over there? I don't eat bread. For me, wheat is of no use whatever. Wheat fields say nothing to me. Which is sad. But you have hair the color of gold. So it will be wonderful, once you've tamed me! The wheat, which is golden, will remind me of you. And I'll love the sound of the wind in the wheat... | love rememberance | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry | |
| e31c32e | But you want to remember that below the sea of clouds lies eternity. | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry | ||
| cb83ce5 | Why should anyone be frightened by a hat? | hat hats | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry | |
| db82303 | But, of course, for those of us who understand life, we would not care less about figures. | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry | ||
| 135790e | The kiss was brief, but when I pulled away, his expression made my day. He stared down at me, his eyes wide and the pupils slightly dilated. His lips were parted and that bolt in his tongue glittered. The tops of his cheekbones were flushed. He looked... He looked gobsmacked. | Jennifer L. Armentrout | ||
| 3104aa7 | Hay maneras mas divertidas para... ensuciarte. No es que yo vaya a mostrarte como. | Jennifer L. Armentrout | ||
| 826a907 | Your inner book nerd will have a book nerd orgasm | Jennifer L. Armentrout | ||
| 8bc26f8 | I saw them," he said. I frowned. "Saw what?" He took a deep breath as he eyed me. "The paintings." For a moment, I didn't get where he was going with this. Not when he traced the curve of my cheek with his thumb and not when a soft smile curved his lips. And then it hit me. "The paintings?" I swallowed and started to sit up, but he didn't let me get very far. "The paintings at my place?" When he nodded, I felt my face heat like I was out un.. | reece-anders roxanne-ark | Jennifer L. Armentrout | |
| db4795a | At the thought of him, knots twisted in my stomach, a mixture of lingering hurt, the vapid bite of confusion...and guilt. My hands curled helplessly in my lap. I hated feeling that way--hated that I was still affected by Roth and that I could feel fault in any of this. He was the one who'd pushed me away...pushed me right into the arms of Zayne, Which were very nice arms, I thought, staring at his biceps. I felt like a total creeper. | Jennifer L. Armentrout | ||
| 4886ecc | But... but home should be more than that," I told him now. "Life... it should be more than that" he brushes his lips across my cheek. "It should be, but it's not for everyone. you know that." | Jennifer L. Armentrout | ||
| 857899e | What does waiting do? None of us are promised a tomorrow ... We don't always get a later." He kissed my temple again, then pulled back, his eyes finding mine. "I'm done living like we do." | Jennifer L. Armentrout | ||
| 628f6d7 | Apollo stepped toward Athena. "Let's break down this idea step-by-step. How would we be able to use Perses? The last time I checked, he was in Tartarus." "He is still there." Athena tipped her chin up. "And as you know, he is not dead. He is only entombed." "And how do you think we're going to release him?" Apollo demanded, brows slashed. "Zeus would never agree to this." "I am Zeus' favorite child." Her smile beamed. Apollo's blue eyes .. | athena funny zeus | Jennifer L. Armentrout | |
| 6147207 | I'd be supper-pissed in the afterlife if I died a virgin in this crap hole. | Jennifer L. Armentrout | ||
| 5baa667 | People do the damndest things when they're in love, Alex. Look at what your mother did. It's a different kind of love, but she left everything because she loved you. | love | Jennifer L. Armentrout | |
| 5c6175e | Tipping my head back, I screamed. Unlocked from the depths of my soul, it kept coming and coming. I couldn't stop it. I couldn't comprehend what I'd become--the things I had done. And when I stopped, it was only because my throat was raw. | alex breaking-the-connection-to-seth | Jennifer L. Armentrout | |
| 03c8154 | How can something that's a part of me hurt? | Jennifer L. Armentrout | ||
| bdf34a3 | Do you know how hard it is for me to sit on the other side of this booth and not reach across and pull you against me? Just to make sure you really are alive?" he asked, and my breath caught at the raw honesty in his words." | Jennifer L. Armentrout | ||
| 7f75ae5 | soft light ate away at the darkness and revealed a rather large room outfitted with a small kitchen, an antique-looking couch, and a... a bed. Nervously, I turned away and folded my arms. The place reminded me more of a love-nest than anything else. Then again, the stockpile of rifles hanging on the wall kind of ruined the cozy feel. | romance | Jennifer L. Armentrout | |
| b4726af | Forever wasn't pain and grief. Forever wasn't a problem. Forever was my heartbeat and it was the hope tomorrow held. Forever was the glistening silver lining of every dark cloud, no matter how heavy and thick it was. Forever was knowing moments of weakness didn't equate to an eternityof them.Forever was knowing that I was strong.Forever was the fire breathing dragon inside me that had shed the fear like a snake shedding skin. Forever was si.. | Jennifer L. Armentrout | ||
| df0046c | I learned that even monsters could have a positive impact. | Jennifer L. Armentrout | ||
| 429786d | I am not her. I will never be her. | Jennifer L. Armentrout | ||
| b4a62d2 | It's like you have a special skill when it comes to finding condoms. Seriously. They must just fall out of the sky whenever you're around. | Jennifer L. Armentrout | ||
| b103627 | Will you show me what you really look like? You don't sparkle, do you? And please tell me I didn't almost kiss a giant brain-eating insect, because seriously, I'm gonna--" "Kat!" "Sorry," | Jennifer L. Armentrout | ||
| ac69fd6 | The skin around her mouth tightened. "I would throw this book at you, but I respect the book too much to do that." | Jennifer L. Armentrout | ||
| 1c9a186 | I guess I'm just that awesome. | Jennifer L. Armentrout | ||
| 6a8ecf9 | Yo no puedo ser la razon por la que pierdas todo. | Jennifer L. Armentrout | ||
| d0fae9b | Remember everything I said in the bedroom? I'm scared, too. And there are times I question what I deserve, but we're in this together. So fall with me," he said, smoothing his thumbs along my cheekbones. "Let yourself go and fall with me, and baby, I will catch you. I will get you through this. You just got to take that risk." | Jennifer L. Armentrout |