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25ffeba Did you think he was just some lazy pure-blood who needed protection?" His voice dripped sarcasm. "Well he looks like one! How was I supposed to know he was secretly Rambo in Dockers?" Jennifer L. Armentrout
372f853 the devil doesn't come dressed in a red cape and pointy horns. He comes as everything you've ever wished for ... the-devil Tucker Max
dde7702 I doubt you can understand the magnitude of the stupidity in your statement Robert Jordan
02ab965 Ammu said that human beings were creatures of habit, and it was amazing the kind of things one could get used to. Arundhati Roy
40f0a00 Life is so uncertain: you never know what could happen. One way to deal with that is to keep your pajamas washed. Haruki Murakami
8e0dbf0 people who say its a long story, mean it's a stupid short one that they are too embarrassed and couldn't be bothered to tell Cecelia Ahern
1f0b73b We all have our moments of brilliance and glory, and this was mine. Roald Dahl
df6c875 God is no fonder of intellectual slackers than He is of any other slacker. slackers C.S. Lewis
4a40f33 You can't eat hope,' the woman said. You can't eat it, but it sustains you,' the colonel replied. Gabriel García Márquez; Morino Angelo (translator)
ad2a837 To diminish the worth of women, men had to diminish the worth of the moon. They had to drive a wedge between human beings and the trees and the beasts and the waters, because trees and beasts and waters are as loyal to the moon as to the sun. They had to drive a wedge between thought and feeling...At first they used Apollo as the wedge, and the abstract logic of Apollo made a mighty wedge, indeed, but Apollo the artist maintained a love for.. Tom Robbins
a80f9ae You haven't been bit till a dragon does it. daine dragon kitten Tamora Pierce
91373a8 I don't like people. They fuck me up. jake Stephen King
bec357f The bounties of space, of infinite outwardness, were three: empty heroics, low comedy, and pointless death. life philosophy science Kurt Vonnegut
2646b6b It's the eternal struggle, Pudge. The good versus the naughty. ... Sometimes you lose a battle. But mischief always wins the war. John Green
3dd1a5a Alaska finished her cigarette and flicked it into the river. looking-for-alaska John Green Looking for Alaska
ff9d316 I can't think again. Not ever again. I don't know if you've ever felt like that. That you wanted to sleep for a thousand years. Or just not exist. Or just not be aware that you do exist. Or something like that. Stephen Chbosky
673357d I feel like a big faker because I've been putting my life back together, and nobody knows. life pieces Stephen Chbosky
11e7c1c One choice can transform you. divergent insurgent tris-prior veronica-roth Veronica Roth
af304c4 Your pretty empire took so long to build, now, with a snap of history's fingers, down it goes. history Alan Moore
d85986e I am the blood of the dragon. I must be strong. I must have fire in my eyes when I face them, not tears. fierce strong-women George R.R. Martin
479b4de The wind blowing through my ripped clothes was so cold that I felt like a Percysicle. simile Rick Riordan
edc3530 Until she met the exploding statue, Annabeth thought she was prepared for anything. the-mark-of-athena Rick Riordan
2a95be0 There are things you can't walk away from. Not if you want to live with yourself afterward. life Jim Butcher
63b5cc4 Regardless of what I think about Islam or Wicca or any other religion, the fact is that it's a group of people. Every faith has its ceremonies. And since it's made up of people, every faith also has its assholes. harry-dresden humor religion Jim Butcher
a51d53a I wasted time, and now doth time waste me. William Shakespeare
b05dca6 War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth a war, is much worse. When a people are used as mere human instruments for firing cannon or thrusting bayonets, in the service and for the selfish purposes of a master, such war degrades a people. A war to protect other human beings against tyrannical injustice; a war to give victory to their .. ethics fight foreign-policy injustice inspirational justice morality motivational patriotic safety selfish tyranny war will John Stuart Mill
3020f8a Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. challenges inspirational life Helen Keller
05b3dd3 The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. inspirational Walter Bagehot
79fed16 I need a new friend. I need a friend, period. Not a true friend, nothing close or share clothes or sleepover giggle giggle yak yak. Just a pseudo-friend, disposable friend. Friend as accessory. Just so I don't feel or look so stupid. Laurie Halse Anderson
cfd6e2d A man always finds it hard to realize that he may have finally lost a woman's love, however badly he may have treated her. love maltreatment men mistreatment separation sherlock-holmes women Arthur Conan Doyle
dc688d8 Most men will not swim before they are able to." Is that not witty? Naturally, they won't swim! They are born for the solid earth, not for the water. And naturally they wont think. They are made for life, not for thought. Yes, and he who thinks, what's more, he who makes thought his business, he may go far in it, but he has bartered the solid earth for the water all the same, and one day he will drown." Hermann Hesse
f1e32b2 And all the voices, all the goals, all the yearnings, all the sorrows, all the pleasures, all the good and evil, all of them together was the world. All of them together was the stream of events, the music of life. Hermann Hesse
7371c6e People never seemed to notice that, by saving time, they were losing something else. No one cared to admit that life was becoming ever poorer, bleaker and more monotonous. The ones who felt this most keenly were the children, because no one had time for them any more. But time is life itself, and life resides in the human heart. And the more people saved, the less they had. Michael Ende
f6d59cc The page is long, blank, and full of truth. When I am through with it, it shall probably be long, full, and empty with words. Jack Kerouac
8403a20 Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver. unhappiness wealth Ayn Rand
b57477f No one understands and appreciates the American Dream of hard work leading to material rewards better than a non-American. Anthony Bourdain
e539357 Can he love her? Can the soul really be satisfied with such polite affections? To love is to burn - to be on fire, like Juliet or Guinevere or Eloise... fire love politeness Emma Thompson
f2965b1 Everybody has to feel superior to somebody," she said. "But it's customary to present a little proof before you take the privilege." Truman Capote
eb3ba03 And so the lion fell in love with the lamb. Stephenie Meyer
8f4a4b2 We live not only in a world of thoughts, but also in a world of things. Words without experience are meaningless. Vladimir Nabokov
133dc64 A photograph is a moral decision taken in one eighth of a second. Salman Rushdie
68e4f3a As long as you have life and breath, believe. Believe for those who cannot. Believe even if you have stopped believing. Believe for the sake of the dead, for love, to keep your heart beating, believe. Never give up, never despair, let no mystery confound you into the conclusion that mystery cannot be yours. believe inspirational Mark Helprin
3e1ff4b Love is a form of prejudice. You love what you need, you love what makes you feel good, you love what is convenient. How can you say you love one person when there are ten thousand people in the world that you would love more if you ever met them? But you'll never meet them. Charles Bukowski
f8483b3 There are those hearts, reader, that never mend again once they are broken. Or if they do mend, they heal themselves in a crooked and lopsided way, as if sewn together by a careless craftsman. Such was the fate of Chiaroscuro. His heart was broken. Picking up the spoon and placing it on his head, speaking of revenge, these things helped him to put his heart together again. But it was, alas, put together wrong. Kate DiCamillo