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| fde7d36 | Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises, Sounds, and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not. Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments Will hum about mine ears; and sometime voices, That, if I then had waked after long sleep, Will make me sleep again: and then, in dreaming, The clouds methought would open, and show riches Ready to drop upon me; that, when I waked, I cried to dream again. | William Shakespeare | ||
| 4efd0ca | Jessica. For god's sake," he said. "Allow me to do at least one common courtesy for you. In spite ow what 'women's lib' teaches you, chivalry does not imply that women are powerless. On the contrary, chivalry is an admission of women's superiority. An acknowledgment o | enlightenment true love inspirational | Beth Fantaskey | |
| 77f2c7a | It is better to be respected than it is to be popular. Popularity ends on yearbook day, but respect lasts forever. | inspirational | John Bytheway | |
| 4725e31 | If every life is a river, then it's little wonder that we do not even notice the changes that occur until we are far out in the darkest sea. One day you look around and nothing is familiar, not even your own face | inspirational first-sentence | Alice Hoffman | |
| a27dc85 | There is a strange moment in time, after something horrible happens, when you know it's true, but you haven't told anyone yet. | Barbara Kingsolver | ||
| bec3949 | On my tombstone they will carve, "IT NEVER GOT FAST ENOUGH FOR ME." | ducati motorcycle | hunter s. thompson | |
| bba743d | You are a terrible liar. You do want this. Just as badly as I do." My mouth opened, but no words came out. "You want this as badly as you want to go to ALA this winter." Now my jaw was on the floor. "You don't even know what ALA is!" "American Library Association midwinter event," he said, grinning proudly. "Saw you obsessing over it on your blog before you got sick. I'm pretty sure you said you'd give up your firstborn child to go." Yeah,.. | Jennifer L. Armentrout | ||
| 095a1be | You know how sometimes, your life is so perfect you're afraid for the next moment, because it couldn't possibly be quite as good? That's what it felt like. | Jodi Picoult | ||
| b804165 | You know how you let yourself think that everything will be all right if you can only get to a certain place or do a certain thing. But when you get there you find it's not that simple. | Richard Adams | ||
| e932c53 | I offered to pee on him, but they said no | maximum-ride max | James Patterson | |
| e367278 | I think we are well-advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not. Otherwise they turn up unannounced and surprise us, come hammering on the mind's door at 4 a.m. of a bad night and demand to know who deserted them, who betrayed them, who is going to make amends. We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget. We forget the loves and the betrayals alike, fo.. | Joan Didion | ||
| 93f6d4d | Just as there are physical monsters, can there not be mental or psychic monsters born? The face and body may be perfect, but if a twisted gene or malformed egg can produce physical monsters, may not the same process produce a malformed soul? Monsters are variations from the accepted normal to a greater or a less degree. As a child may be born without an arm, so one may be born without kindness or the potential of conscience. A man who lose.. | John Steinbeck | ||
| a373b2f | The sea's only gifts are harsh blows, and occasionally the chance to feel strong. Now I don't know much about the sea, but I do know that that's the way it is here. And I also know how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong but to feel strong. To measure yourself at least once. To find yourself at least once in the most ancient of human conditions. Facing the blind death stone alone, with nothing to help you but your hands and.. | inspirational | Jon Krakauer | |
| 43e58a9 | I looked at the stars, and considered how awful it would be for a man to turn his face up to them as he froze to death, and see no help or pity in all the glittering multitude. | Charles Dickens | ||
| fd4dc74 | My wife and I just don't have the same feelings for each other we used to have. I guess I just don't love her anymore and she doesn't love me. What can i do?" "The feeling isn't there anymore?" I asked. "That's right," he reaffirmed. "And we have three children we're really concerned about. What do you suggest?" "love her," I replied. "I told you, the feeling just isn't there anymore." "Love her." "You don't understand. the feeling of love .. | relationships proactive | Stephen R. Covey | |
| 7c2e4d4 | Torture is torture and humiliation is humiliation only when you choose to suffer. | Chuck Palahniuk | ||
| 56b464c | Lorcan reached out, grasping her chin and forcing her to look at him. Hopeless, bleak eyes met his. He brushed away a stray tear with his thumb. "I made a promise to protect you. I will not break it, Elide." "I will always find you," he swore to her. Her throat bobbed. Lorcan whispered, "I promise." | lorcan-salvatarre | Sarah J. Maas | |
| af10e31 | Just in case you ever foolishly forget; I'm never not thinking of you. | Virginia Woolf | ||
| 3aad18f | The main point of Christianity was this: that Nature is not our mother: Nature is our sister. | nature | G.K. Chesterton | |
| 8904e36 | You thought about dragging me into your bed this morning." "I thought about stabbing you and running away screaming. You broke into my house without permission and slobbered all over me. You're a damn lunatic! And don't give me that line about smelling my desire; I know it's bullshit." "I didn't need to smell you. I could tell by the dreamy look in your eyes and the way your tongue licked the inside of my mouth." | Ilona Andrews | ||
| c9b781c | What's that?" "That's my attack poodle." | Ilona Andrews | ||
| 3150ac8 | The universe explodes, hell freezes, and Shane does something resonable. | Rachel Caine | ||
| c492908 | What are you?" I rasped. It smiled. "Whatever scares you." | Kim Harrison | ||
| ed1e699 | If nothing matters, there's nothing to save. | Jonathan Safran Foer | ||
| a0aeb89 | It's like you said the other day," said Adam. "You grow up readin' about pirates and cowboys and spacemen and stuff, and jus' when you think the world's full of amazin' things, they tell you it's really all dead whales and chopped-down forests and nucular waste hangin' about for millions of years. 'Snot worth growin' up for, if you ask my opinion." | Neil Gaiman | ||
| 58951c0 | They don't realize evil lives on their streets | Lisa Scottoline | ||
| 90064a8 | The world," he said, "is not a wish-granting factory." | John Green | ||
| 2411e79 | Personally, I like to think my brother is having a college experience like they do in the movies. I don't mean the big fraternity party kind of movie. More like the movie where the guy meets a smart girl who wears a lot of sweaters and drinks cocoa. They talk about books and issues and kiss in the rain. I think something like that would be very good for him, especially if the girl were unconventionally beautiful. They are the best kind of g.. | Stephen Chbosky | ||
| 72ec0fd | Life is only precious because it ends, kid. Take it from a god. You mortals don't know how lucky you are | life inspirational mars mortal | Rick Riordan | |
| 6f7864a | Leo!" Jason was shaking his shoulder. "Hey, man, why are you hugging Nike?" Leo's eyes fluttered open. His arms were wrapped around the human-sized statue in Athena's hand. He must have been thrashing in his sleep. He clung to the victory goddess like he used to cling to his pillow when he had nightmares as a kid. (Man, that had been embarrassing in the foster homes.) He disentangled himself and sat up, rubbing his face. "Nothing," he mut.. | nike jason-grace leo-valdez | Rick Riordan | |
| 0c5778c | Now, now," Bast said. "It's not so bad." "Right," I said. "We're stuck in Washington, D.C. We have two days to make it to Arizona and stop a god we don't know how to stop. And if we can't, we'll never see our dad or Amos again, and the world might end." "That's the spirit!" Bast said brightly. "Now, let's have a picnic." | Rick Riordan | ||
| 62cebc0 | Be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. Talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet. Make all your friends feel there is something special in them. Look at the sunny side of everything. Think only the best, be as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own | inspirational | Norman Vincent Peale | |
| 57a6d6d | She worked her toes into the sand, feeling the tiny delicious pain of the friction of tiny chips of silicon against the tender flesh between her toes. That's life. It hurts, it's dirty, and it feels very, very good. | live-life sensuality | Orson Scott Card | |
| c3c49e8 | As close as you're riding me, man, I feel like I need to take you out to dinner or something. At least, I should get your name." He punched in a floor number, smirking. "People call me Archer." | Jennifer L. Armentrout | ||
| f430625 | I want to see you again." He stopped, took her face in his hands. "I need to see you again." Her pulse jumped, as if it had nothing to do with the rest of her. "Roarke, what's going on here?" "Lieutenant." He leaned forward, touched his lips to hers. "indications are we're having a romance." | roarke | J.D. Robb | |
| 14f8878 | If you can't be honest with your friends and colleagues and loved ones, then what is life all about? | friendship love inspirational | Sophie Kinsella | |
| 9875d34 | Contemplation seems to be about the only luxury that costs nothing. | luxury | Dodie Smith | |
| 3a84428 | Til shade is gone, til water is gone Into the shadow with teeth bared Screaming defiance with the last breath To spit in Sightblinder's eye on the Last Day. | inspirational | Robert Jordan | |
| 9c88321 | On the surface, an intelligible lie; underneath, the unintelligible truth. | Milan Kundera | ||
| e4a87b5 | When I'm running I don't have to talk to anybody and don't have to listen to anybody. This is a part of my day I can't do without. | Haruki Murakami | ||
| a69c5c9 | I can't deceive myself that out of the bare stark realization that no matter how enthusiastic you are, no matter how sure that character is fate, nothing is real, past or future, when you are alone in your room with the clock ticking loudly into the false cheerful brilliance of the electric light. And if you have no past or future which, after all, is all that the present is made of, why then you may as well dispose of the empty shell of pr.. | suicide loneliness future | Sylvia Plath | |
| e523786 | After awhile you could get used to anything. | Albert Camus | ||
| 1d1fb1a | We had been everywhere. We had really seen nothing. And I catch myself thinking today that our long journey had only defiled with a sinuous trail of slime the lovely, trustful, dreamy, enormous country that by then, in retrospect, was no more to us than a collection of dog-eared maps, ruined tour books, old tires, and her sobs in the night -- every night, every night -- the moment I feigned sleep. | Vladimir Nabokov | ||
| d86cdaa | Why?" His voice is suspicious. "Are you two going out now?" "Yeah, we set up our first date right after he asked me to marry him. Please. We're just friends." | Stephanie Perkins |