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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 757197b | It is love and reason,' I said,'fleeing from all the madness of war. | madness reason war | H.G. Wells | |
| 7b6be3b | Not to go on all-Fours; that is the Law. Are we not Men? | H.G. Wells | ||
| f13ae85 | I mean, seriously, what lady of taste could resist a shiny green head of hair like mine? | Darren Shan | ||
| a3b808b | Jangan biarkan kebencian menguasai hidupmu. Kematianku tidak perlu dibalaskan. Hiduplah sebagai vampir yang bebas, bukan sebagai makhluk putus asa gila dan terobsesi untuk membalas dendam. | Darren Shan | ||
| 4530a51 | A world without pain, loss, betrayal, hate, death, loneliness? Impossible! | p334 the-thin-executioner views world | Darren Shan | |
| 47c01ce | Monster tidak terlahir keji begitu saja. Mereka tumbuh, berkembang, menjadi monster. | Darren Shan | ||
| 7d4f412 | Wars raged everywhere as men found new, inventive ways to kill even more of their race. It was like a contest, the many tribes of mankind competing to see who could commit the worst atrocities. | Darren Shan | ||
| 06f8cc7 | small, everyday things can lift us out of despair. But nobody can do it for you. You're the one who has to watch for the open door. | Donna Tartt | ||
| a6dafa1 | Many BrainPal users find it useful to give their BrainPal a name other than BrainPal. Would you like to name your BrainPal at this time? "Yes," I said. Please speak the name you would like to give your BrainPal. "Asshole," I said. You have selected "Asshole," the BrainPal wrote, and to its credit it spelled the word correctly. Be aware that many recruits have selected this name for their BrainPal. Would you like to chose a different name? ".. | John Scalzi | ||
| 5d5932c | For all we know, this"--he scrolled up on the phone screen to find a label--"this Wikipedia information database here is compiled by complete idiots." | John Scalzi | ||
| c734c96 | You'll notice that the Intrepid's inertial dampeners don't work as well in crisis situations, Dahl remembered Jenkins telling them. The ship could do hairpin turns and loop-de-loops any other time and you'd never notice. But whenever there's a dramatic event, there goes your footing. | John Scalzi | ||
| d7f4cf6 | I hadn't realized how supremely shit-housed I was until we stumbled into our room at the Embassy Suites. You ever been so drunk you forgot that you have to shit until the last minute? Well I was at that stage. I nearly had my pants completely off when SlingBlade snaked past me and got into the toilet first. Fine, I go get out of my bar clothes and change into a t-shirt and pink Gap boxers to sleep in. I wait patiently for about three minute.. | Tucker Max | ||
| 344a330 | It's a temptation that exists for everyone--for talk and hype to replace action. | Ryan Holiday | ||
| 1174eb0 | In France the most often used word is "connerie," which means "bullshit," and in America it's hands-down "awesome," which has replaced "incredible," "good," and even "just OK." Pretty much everything that isn't terrible is awesome in America now." | language | David Sedaris | |
| b282c3f | In Germany, Dodd had noticed, no one ever abused a dog, and as a consequence dogs were never fearful around men and were always plump and obviously well tended. "Only horses seem to be equally happy, never children or the youth," he wrote. ... He called it "horse happiness" and had noticed the same phenomenon in Nuremburg and Dresden. In part, he knew this happiness was fostered by German law, which forbade cruelty to animals and punished v.. | Erik Larson | ||
| 56c5a5d | No one could bear the idea of the White City lying empty and desolate. A Cosmopolitan writer said, "Better to have it vanish suddenly, in a blaze of glory, than fall into gradual disrepair and dilapidation. There is no more melancholy spectacle than a festal hall, the morning after the banquet, when the guests have departed and the lights are extinguished." | Erik Larson | ||
| 7bd35be | I possessed nearly five thousand volumes in my library at Rome; but after reading them over many times, I found out that with a hundred and fifty well-chosen books a man possesses a complete analysis of all human knowledge, or at least all that is either useful or desirable to be acquainted with. - Abbe Faria | Alexandre Dumas | ||
| 5187a31 | Il y a une femme dans toutes les affaires; aussitot qu'on me fait un rapport, je dis: 'Cherchez la femme'. | Alexandre Dumas | ||
| f81a5f4 | Punctuality is the politness of kings" p.154" | Alexandre Dumas | ||
| 7405b18 | Her mouth was cut, her left eye already beginning to swell. There was raw color along her cheekbone. He managed to take a full, almost easy breath. "You're going to have a hell of a bruise." "I've had them before." The medication was seeping in, turning pain into a mist. She only smiled when he stripped her to the waist and began checking for other injuries. "You've got great hands. I love when you touch me. Nobody ever touched me like tha.. | roarke | J.D. Robb | |
| dacf773 | i got lucky | J.D. Robb | ||
| ff65005 | I thought this vintage would suit you. What it lacks in subtlety . . ." He turned back, offering her a glass. "It makes up for in sensuality." He tapped his glass against hers so the crystal sang, then watched as she sipped. God, what a face, he thought. All those angles and expressions, all that emotion and control. Just now she was fighting off showing both surprise and pleasure as the taste of the wine settled on her tongue. He was looki.. | J.D. Robb | ||
| 699a312 | You're aunt's just--what is it--down the hall. You know damn well this place isn't soundproofed." "You'll just have to be quiet." He gave her ribs a deliberate tickle that made her jump and yelp. "Or not." "Didn't I bang you already today, twice this morning?" "Darling Eve, you're a pathetic romantic." | pathetic-romantic sex | J.D. Robb | |
| e8d83d8 | For now, for one night, the pressures of the job were light-years away. He could do that to her, and for her, she realized. He could open little pockets of peace. | J.D. Robb | ||
| 879fdab | In their eyes, Eve saw the wolf gleam. The story was the prey, ratings the trophy. | reporters | J.D. Robb | |
| bd60aaf | Tag Feeney," Eve ordered when she was behind the wheel. "Have him run like crimes in and around London." "It would be my honor, Mrs. Lieutenant Dallas Roarke." At Eve's burning look, Peabody only grinned. "Sorry. I just had to do it once. I'm over it." | J.D. Robb | ||
| 21212c6 | I like ass-watching." Peabody settled herself in comfortably."When I see one bigger than mine, it makes me feel good. When I see one smaller, it helps me resist eating a whole bunch of cookies. It's a productive hobby, my ass-watching" | peabody | J.D. Robb | |
| e4cf378 | You will be expected to obey orders, or this appointment can and will be terminated. Again, at the discretion of the primary. We run this by the book." "I've always wondered. How many pages are in that book of yours?" "And smart mouthing to the primary can result in disciplinary action." "Darling. You know how that excites me." | J.D. Robb | ||
| 585c757 | We are not allowed to have hearts, under penalty of being hooted down. | Alexandre Dumas-fils | ||
| 8c40fb4 | Might have to go to London," she murmured. "Huh. Wouldn't it be a kick in the head if I really did have to be out of the country hunting a criminal mastermind when Mavis goes into labor?" "I, my ass. That goes to we or I'll hurt you" | roarke | J.D. Robb | |
| e70e188 | There are misfortunes in life that no one will accept; people would rather believe in the supernatural and the impossible. | Alexandre Dumas | ||
| 2ec04f1 | I was a human woman, no more and no less. | Gail Honeyman | ||
| 09fde6d | How brave are you prepared to be, Eleanor?" Laura asked. This was the correct question. I am brave. I am brave, courageous, Eleanor Oliphant." | Gail Honeyman | ||
| 80e189f | Without reflecting that this is the only moment in which you can study character," said the count; "on the steps of the scaffold death tears off the mask that has been worn through life, and the real visage is disclosed." | Alexandre Dumas | ||
| 7b2df03 | So he went down, smiling sceptically and mutter the final word in human wisdom: 'Perhaps! | Alexandre Dumas | ||
| 74687c8 | Cinderella, until lately, has never been a passive dreamer waiting for rescue. The forerunners of the Ash-girl have all been hardy, active heroines who take their lives into their own hands and work out their own salvations .... Cinderella speaks to all of us in whatever skin we inhabit: the child mistreated, a princess or highborn lady in disguise bearing her trials with patience, fortitude, and determination. Cinderella makes intelligent .. | Jane Yolen | ||
| 2c6f941 | He woke to quiet voices. This had been happening more and more lately, this nodding off unexpectedly, and it left him with an unsettled intimation of rehearsal. You fall asleep for short periods and then for longer periods and then forever. | Emily St. John Mandel | ||
| b6c63be | This is my soul and the world unwinding, this is my heart in the still winter air. Finally whispering the same two words over and over: "Keep walking. Keep walking. Keep walking." | Emily St. John Mandel | ||
| 253a342 | Time had been reset by catastrophe. | Emily St. John Mandel | ||
| 2675c4f | So I'm back again to the eternal question, the one that has plagued me all my life: How Do Other People Do It? How come they were given life's rule book and I missed out? Where was I when God was dispensing capability and cop on? Looking at shoes, probably. | life women | Marian Keyes | |
| b4fdb2f | It was a stretch to imagine that Barbara Walters might want to give it all up for Ed Couch, but Evelyn tried her hardest. Of course, even though she was not religious, it was a comfort to know that the Bible backed her up in being a doormat. | women | Fannie Flagg | |
| 1c7cc9b | It's funny, when you're a child you think time will never go by, but when you hit about twenty, time passes like you're on the fast train to Memphis. | Fannie Flagg | ||
| a6f5716 | Albert and I would spend hours and hours looking at them. Cleo had this big magnifying glass on his desk, and we'd find centipedes and grasshoppers and beetles and potato bugs, ants . . . and put them in a jar and look at them. They have the sweetest little faces and the cutest expressions. After we'd looked at them all we wanted to, we'd put them in the yard and let them go on about their business. | humor | Fannie Flagg | |
| c50b8df | Poor little old human beings - they're jerked into this world without having any idea where they came from or what it is they are supposed to do, or how long they have to do it in. Or where they are gonna wind up after that. But bless their hearts, most of them wake up every morning and keep on trying to make some sense out of it. Why, you can't help but love them, can you? I just wonder why more of them aren't as crazy as betsy bugs. " Aun.. | human-beings life | Fannie Flagg |