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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 38e4c27 | This was long before the term 'single-parent family' came into use; back then it was a 'broken home'... | history time | Julian Barnes | |
| 7c0b9f3 | Perhaps I just feel safer with the history that's been more or less agreed upon. Or perhaps it's that same paradox again: the history that happens underneath our noses ought to be the clearest, and yet it's the most deliquescent. We live in time, it bounds us and defines us, and time is supposed to measure history, isn't it? But if we can't understand time, can't grasp its mysteries of pace and progress, what chance do we have with history .. | Julian Barnes | ||
| 595fa32 | In the letter he left for the coroner he had explained his reasoning (for suicide): that life is a gift bestowed without anyone asking for it; that the thinking person has a philosophical duty to examine both the nature of life and the conditions it comes with; and that if this person decides to renounce the gift no one asks for, it is the moral and human duty to act on the consequences of that decision. ... Alex showed me a clipping from t.. | suicide | Julian Barnes | |
| 6e2bae8 | Every love story is a potential grief story. If not at first, then later. If not for one, then for the other. Sometimes for both. | Julian Barnes | ||
| ef16c60 | Did you leave me because of me?" "No," she said. "I left you because of us." | Julian Barnes | ||
| 3f06b45 | You put together two people who have not been put together before; and sometimes the world is changed, sometimes not. They may crash and burn, or burn and crash. But sometimes, something new is made, and then the world is changed. Together, in that first exaltation, that first roaring sense of uplift, they are greater than their two separate selves. Together, they see further, and they see more clearly. | Julian Barnes | ||
| 8f0f861 | Saint took a seat at the main faro table at the Society club. "What the devil is a ladies' political tea?" Tristan Carroway, Viscount Dare, finished placing his wager, then sat back, reaching for his glass of port. "Do I look like a dictionary?" "You're domesticated." Saint motioned for a glass of his own, despite unfriendly looks from the tables' other players. "What is it?" "I'm not domesticated; I'm in love. You should try it. Does wonde.. | Suzanne Enoch | ||
| 09f6519 | I had a thought," Bradshaw said into the silence. "Amazing," Tristan returned dryly." | Suzanne Enoch | ||
| 25bcc80 | Cuando la gente se muere de hambre, no ve con buenos ojos a los sacerdotes que estan tan gordos que no pueden caminar. | George R.R. Martin | ||
| 17391bf | Cuando se juega al juego de tronos, solo se puede ganar o morir. | George R.R. Martin | ||
| 65bf5e4 | Arya, What are you doing?" "Syrio says a water dancer can stand on one toe for hours." Her hands flailed at the air to steady herself. Ned had to smile. "Which toe?" he teased. "ANY toe," Arya said, exasperated with the question. She hopped from her right leg to her left, swaying dangerously before she regained her balance. | George R. R. Martin | ||
| 8d34ed1 | Some men think because they are afraid to do. - There is a difference between fear and caution. | George R.R. Martin | ||
| f704051 | Armor yourself in it, and it will never be used against you | George R.R. Martin | ||
| 5e6b29f | A fool more foolish than most had once jested that even Lord Tywin's shit was flecked with gold. Some said the man was still alive, deep in the bowels of Casterly Rock. | George R.R. Martin | ||
| 7e98a50 | Beneath it his skin was milky white, serene and unlined, ready to begin anew, ready for the world to write upon it. | George R.R. Martin | ||
| 59217c1 | If I wanted to honor you, I'd let you retire. I am planing to make you run the kingdom and fight the wars while I eat and drink | George R.R. Martin | ||
| cb675f6 | I made no threats, that was a promise. | threat tyrion | George R.R. Martin | |
| c59a9ca | Un hombre puede ser valiente cuando tiene miedo? - oyo que preguntaba su voz, tenue y lejana. - El el unico momento en que puede ser valiente, Bran - le respondio la voz de su padre. | George R.R. Martin | ||
| 4ef2b5c | When Maester Aemon heard him sing, he said his voice was honey poured over thunder. | George R.R. Martin | ||
| 57a8cd9 | He is not my father. The thought leapt unbidden to Jon's mind. Lord Eddard Stark is my father. I will not forget him, no matter how many swords they give me. Yet he could scarcely tell Lord Mormont that it was another man's sword he dreamt of... | George R.R. Martin | ||
| 7ce4446 | So spare me your envy. It was the gods who neglected to give you a cock, not me. | George R.R. Martin | ||
| 58f50cd | Ygritte was much in his thoughts as well. He remembered the smell of her hair, the warmth of her body... and the look on her face as she slit the old man's throat. You were wrong to love her, a voice whispered. You were wrong to leave her, a different voice insisted. | George R.R. Martin | ||
| f1a82ed | We do not choose our destinies. | George R.R. Martin | ||
| 7a3dd7f | El hombre que dicta la sentencia debe blandir la espada. Si le vas a quitar la vida a un hombre, tienes un deber para con el, y es mirarlo a los ojos y escuchar sus ultimas palabras. Si no soportas eso, quiza es que ese hombre no merece morir"." | George R.R. Martin | ||
| 56658aa | Kill me, and be cursed. You are no king of mine. | George R.R. Martin | ||
| e81571c | Be certain," Catelyn told her son, "or go home and take up that wooden sword again. You cannot afford to seem indecisive in front of men like Roose Bolton and Rickard Karstark. Make no mistake, Robb-these are your bannermen, not your friends. You named yourself battle commander. Command." | catelynstark gameofthrones inspirational leadership | George R.R. Martin | |
| ec25167 | Every noble house had its words. Family mottoes, touchstones, prayers of sorts, they boasted of honor and glory, promised loyalty and truth, swore faith and courage. All but the Starks. Winter is coming, said the Stark words. | George R.R. Martin | ||
| d9b847a | A child sees an obstacle, and his first thought is to run around it or knock it down. A lord must learn that sometimes words can accomplish what swords cannot. | George R.R. Martin | ||
| aaa59b7 | Mai, mai dimenticare chi sei, perche di certo il mondo non lo dimentichera. Trasforma chi sei nella tua forza cosi non potra mai essere la tua debolezza. Fanne un'armatura e non potra mai essere usata contro di te. | George R.R. Martin | ||
| 5273805 | Noble words, but words were easy. Deeds were hard. - Brienne | George R.R. Martin | ||
| 81a3539 | No one who wears a crown is ever safe. | George R.R. Martin | ||
| 5f429f8 | This was how an enemy should be dealt with: with a dagger, not a declaration. | death evil | George R.R. Martin | |
| 3c29323 | The crow calls the raven black. | George R.R. Martin | ||
| 254ef0f | I have the virtue of being still amongst the living. Some would say that is my only virtue. | George R.R. Martin | ||
| 22d4c0b | Every battle is a gamble, Snow. The man who does nothing also takes a risk. | George R.R. Martin | ||
| 794d753 | The sea is never weary. I must be as tireless. | George R.R. Martin | ||
| 58b801a | When I sleep I turn into a wolf. Bran turned his face away and looked back out into the night. Do wolves dreams? | George R.R. Martin | ||
| 04fa652 | This world is twisted beyond hope, when lowborn smugglers must vouch for the honor of kings. | George R.R. Martin | ||
| 028b74e | It was astonishing to see how angry Cersei could wax over accusations she knew perfectly well to be true. | George R.R. Martin | ||
| 819dbdf | When it comes to swords, a queen is only a woman after all. | George R.R. Martin | ||
| 44be111 | red hair was rare among the free folk, and those who had it were said to be kissed by fire, which was supposed to be lucky. | George R.R. Martin | ||
| 22e88e7 | If war were arithmetic, then the mathematicians would rule the world. (Lord Petyr Baelish) | George R.R. Martin | ||
| 8451044 | All the world knew that a maester forged his silver link when he learned the art of healing--but the world preferred to forget that men who knew how to heal also knew how to kill. | killing | George R.R. Martin | |
| 316edab | Men live their lives trapped in an eternal present, between the mists of memory and the sea of shadow that is all we know of the days to come. Certain moths live their whole lives in a day, yet to them that little span of time must seem as long as years and decades do to us. An oak may live three hundred years, a redwood tree three thousand. A weirwood will live forever if left undisturbed. To them seasons pass in the flutter of a moth's wi.. | George R.R. Martin |