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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 43730b6 | A beetle may or may not be inferior to a man -- the matter awaits demonstration; but if he were inferior by ten thousand fathoms, the fact remains that there is probably a beetle view of things of which a man is entirely ignorant. If he wishes to conceive that point of view, he will scarcely reach it by persistently revelling in the fact that he is not a beetle. | worldview | G.K. Chesterton | |
| de081e8 | It is inspiriting without doubt to whizz in a motor-car round the earth, to feel Arabia as a whirl of sand or China as a flash of rice-fields. But Arabia is not a whirl of sand and China is not a flash of rice-fields. They are ancient civilizations with strange virtues buried like treasures. If we wish to understand them it must not be as tourists or inquirers, it must be with the loyalty of children and the great patience of poets. To conq.. | G.K. Chesterton | ||
| 7e3b331 | The fairy tale is in a perpetual state of becoming and alteration. To keep to one version or one translation alone is to put robin redbreast in a cage. | writing | Philip Pullman | |
| efd217f | Everyone, from the Mother Superior to the priests to my parents--they were so upset and reproachful...I felt as if something they all passionately believed in depended on me carrying on with something I didn't. | Philip Pullman | ||
| a846919 | Behind her the sun was still shining, so that every grove and every single tree between her and the storm blazed ardent and vivid, little frail things defying the dark with leaf and twig and fruit and flower. | Philip Pullman | ||
| 9b69e66 | Amazing what the application of a knitting needle could do for one's manners. | Lauren Willig | ||
| d280377 | Quite definitely a Bingley | pride-and-prejudice turnip | Lauren Willig | |
| 1062361 | She was a little given to rehearsing things in her mind, and having imaginary triumphs over people who had upset her in one way and another. | James M. Cain | ||
| 8644018 | You Can't Write Perfect Software. Did that hurt? It shouldn't. Accept it as an axiom of life. Embrace it. Celebrate it. Because perfect software doesn't exist. No one in the brief history of computing has ever written a piece of perfect software. It's unlikely that you'll be the first. And unless you accept this as a fact, you'll end up wasting time and energy chasing an impossible dream. | Andrew Hunt | ||
| 09330ef | Caldenia blinked. "Who are the attending parties?" "The Holy Anocracy represented by House Krahr, the Hope-crushing Horde, and the Merchants of Baha-char. They coming here for Arbitration and they will probably try to murder each other the moment they walk through the door." Caldenia's eyes widened. "Do you really think so? This is absolutely marvelous!" She would think so, wouldn't she?" | sweep-in-peace | Ilona Andrews | |
| b2de187 | Her face looked like it would shatter any second. | kate | Ilona Andrews | |
| eee48ed | I realized that I'm a child." William looked point-blank at her chest. "No." | cerise child ilona-andrews the-edge william | Ilona Andrews | |
| b13f2a0 | Good people didn't hate without a reason, so they grasped at any pretext, no matter how small, that gave them permission to hate. A line in a holy book. The color of a person's skin. The brand of their magic. They were not in the habit of taking a second look or giving chances. Their fear was too great and their need to defend themselves too dire. They always lost at the end. Life was change. It would come to them, as inevitable as the sunr.. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| b7c9c0a | It's being handled. Your involvement isn't necessary. You're free to continue on your serial urination spree. | sean-evans | Ilona Andrews | |
| 88d0bb1 | My future chef was an oversized, hysterical hedgehog with a martyr complex. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 60d76e1 | I want in," the boy said. "In on what?" "You're the Hunter. You're hunting the slavers. I want in." "And how would you know that?" If someone had opened their mouth, he would be really put out. Jack gave a one-shouldered shrug. "We overhead you and Declan talking." "Declan's study is soundproof." "Not to reanimated mice," Jack said." | Ilona Andrews | ||
| b69f07b | And I meant to tell you: that was a one-in-a-thousand shot." She raised her hand. "Don't." "It was awesome," George confirmed. "It really was," Jack said. "His head exploded." | fate-s-edge funny george ilona-andrew jack kaldar shot the-edge | Ilona Andrews | |
| 8565ca2 | He glanced up. His eyes were pure white. Great, his brights were on, but nobody was driving. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| e1415e7 | When I got a bad grade in my old boarding school, Kate would make a trip to the school to chew me out. When I got homesick, I'd flunk a grade on purpose. Sometimes she came by herself. Sometimes with other people. Boy kind of people. Of whom I promised myself I wouldn't be thinking about, because they were idiots. | julie | Ilona Andrews | |
| 4534ae7 | God. I haven't been very good. The metal whined in protest. I could have tried harder. I could've been a better person. I stand before you now as I am. I make no excuses. The beams gave, bending. Please, have mercy on me, | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 945dee5 | Did you see how she got all hot under the collar?" Grandma Frida said in a theatrical whisper behind me. She's not over him. "I can hear you!" | hidden-legacy ilona-andrews nevada white-hot | Ilona Andrews | |
| 4ae458b | A man had no right to be this fiercely sexual without even trying. | nevada-baylor | Ilona Andrews | |
| a8b3870 | Something clicked in my brain. "I remember where I've seen you before. You're Curran's..."--lover, mistress, honey-bunny--"significant other." Dear God, what could the Beast Lord's concubine possibly want from me?" | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 9bb8561 | I kept my hands firmly on the iron rail before me. Grabbing the weight bar and walloping the Beast Lord upside the head wouldn't be the best diplomatic move. "I'm sorry, Your Majesty." There. I was civil. It almost killed me. "Apology accepted." "Will there be anything else?"Your Arrogance." | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 7436019 | The lion opened his mouth, showing his big teeth. Yes, yes, you're bad. We know, Your Majesty. | kate-daniels | Ilona Andrews | |
| 944c271 | What may I do to get back into your good graces?" "You've done nothing to offend me." "Then why did you acknowledge Robart before me?" What? "You addressed him before you addressed me." I cleared my throat. "Just to be clear, you're upset because I spoke to Robart before I spoke to you? In the ballroom just before we went to check on the car?" "I understand that the circumstances of the summit prevent frank exchanges," Arland said. "An appe.. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| e353d0a | You want me to go back into that house protected by a magic sticky note?" "Don't even start," I told him. "It's working. If it weren't working, you couldn't drag me into that place." "What did you write on here? 'Don't die'?" No, I wrote, 'Don't be an a-hole!" I headed for the house. "On yours or mine?" "On yours" "Well, in that case, your magic isn't working. I'm still an asshole." | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 01d57ec | I really would like to know," he said with genuine curiosity. "The next time I kill someone, I'd like to do it in a way that doesn't freak you out." "How about you don't kill anybody for a little bit?" "I can't make that promise." | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 59b4524 | Her eyes sparkled. "You should try calling, 'Here, kitty, kitty, kitty.'" "I will kill you and nobody will find your body." | humor kate-daniels | Ilona Andrews | |
| 777957c | Slowly the reality of the situation sank in. He got his ass kicked, learned nothing, and got saved by a dumb dog and an old lady. If he lived long enough to report to Nancy back in Adrianglia, he would have to gloss over this part. | bayou-moon ilona-andrews the-edge william | Ilona Andrews | |
| a2c336d | You're the least power-hungry person I've ever met. You're also the most stubborn person I've ever met. Disrespectful. Mouthy." "You mean independent and proactive in taking initiative." "That," | Ilona Andrews | ||
| e3129d4 | We have to stop anyway. I don't want you to regret this later. And I don't want your head to explode." "Really? You're so good that my head would explode?" It took him a moment. His expression changed from intense to speculative. "It's a possibility. I'm not a doctor, but Doolittle says it could happen." "That's a lot of expectation to live up to." "I exceed expectations." So modest, too." -- | funny kate-daniels sex | Ilona Andrews | |
| 8bc7131 | In a perfect world, Joshua's vertically gifted murderer would've had himself a monologue before rampaging, during which he loudly and clearly would've announced his full name, occupation, religious preference, preferably with his god's country and time period of origin, his goals, dreams, and aspirations, and the location of his lair. But nobody had ever accused post-Shift Atlanta of being perfect. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 69db41b | Maybe I should roll down the window to let some of the sexual tension out. | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 600e31f | One day some other Prime will threaten our House, and when that day comes, I'll kill him." What? "I'll do it quiet and clean, and nobody will ever know." Leon smiled. "I'm going to be a dark horse, House Baylor's secret. I'll be the best assassin. A legend. They'll never see me coming." I would kill Kurt. I would strangle him with my bare hands." | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 1627672 | I fell in love with literature and stayed lovesick all my life. | Tom Stoppard | ||
| ab11dab | ROS: Why don't you go and have a look? GUIL: Pragmatism?! - is that all you have to offer? | Tom Stoppard | ||
| 2e83c32 | I believe in mess, tears, pain, self-abasement, loss of self-respect, nakedness. Not caring doesn't seem much different from not loving. | henry | Tom Stoppard | |
| 758d7b7 | He's never known anything like it! But then, he has never known anything to write home about, so this is nothing to write home about. | Tom Stoppard | ||
| d639c2d | I do not believe that a dream should necessarily be taken for reality, or reality for madness. | madness reality | Adolfo Bioy Casares | |
| 6f26b2a | So why don't we have a go? There are two of us.' Little Mike realized that his friend was actually serious. 'Two of us? Father Hillary had God Almighty helping out, and look where it got him.' 'I know. But we're a team. For years, since primary. Batman and Robin.' 'Robin got killed,' said Mike. Christy was shocked. 'He did not, did he? Jesus, I didn't hear about that.' 'Yeah. It was a big shock. The Joker kilt him.' 'That fuckin' Joker. I d.. | batman-robin joker | Eoin Colfer | |
| c006d09 | Most craft give a nod, however brief and unfriendly, towards beauty. Vogon ships did not nod towards beauty. They pulled on ski masks and mugged beauty in a dark alley They spat in the eye of beauty and bludgeoned their wait through the notions of aesthetics and aerodynamics. Vogon cruisers did not so much travel through space as defile it and toss it aside. | Eoin Colfer | ||
| 01b3031 | Humanity was heaved back to the paper age in half a second. Life-support systems spat out bolts of energy and died. Precious manuscripts were lost. Banks collapsed as all financial records for the past fifty years were completely wiped out. Planes fell from the sky, the Graum II space station drifted off into space, and defense satellites that were not supposed to exist stopped existing. People took to the streets, shouting into their dead .. | Eoin Colfer | ||
| 3e23c8d | I waved my hand in front of my face, obi-wan style. "I am not here." Niall's mucas glands kicked into overdrive. "Eoin's dead! And his ghost is standing right there on the grass!" Donal let out a long suffering sigh. "Eoin is being a writer." Niall calmed down, becuase everyone knows writers are weird and are always doing stupid thingss." | Eoin Colfer |