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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| eedc6f4 | Folk tell their children that success lies in working hard and being thrifty, but that is as much nonsense as supposing that a badger, a fox and a wolf could build a church. The way to wealth is to become a Christian bishop or a monastery's abbot and thus be imbued with heaven's permission to lie, cheat and steal your way to luxury. | immorality religion success | Bernard Cornwell | |
| 6cb5d93 | Toquei Bafo de Serpente de novo e me pareceu que ela teve um tremor. Algumas vezes eu achava que a espada cantava. Era um canto fino, apenas entreouvido, um som penetrante, a cancao da espada que desejava sangue; a cancao da espada. | Bernard Cornwell | ||
| 3a3b1b5 | I was still screaming at the enemy, promising them death. I was Thor, I was Odin, I was the lord of battle. | Bernard Cornwell | ||
| 197e20b | Thomas nodded towards Keane. 'He doesn't want to be a priest and you don't want to be a monk. Now you're both Hellequin.' Brother Michael looked disbelieving. 'I am?' He asked excitedly. 'You are,' Thomas said. 'So all we need now is a pair of ripe young girls who don't want to be nuns,' Keane said cheerfully. | Bernard Cornwell | ||
| c88c72c | Truth is ever feeble against passionate falsehood. | truth | Bernard Cornwell | |
| 1f56cca | I remember Ragnar laughing one day. "It is so kind of the Christians! They put their wealth in one building and mark it with a great cross! It makes life so easy." | Bernard Cornwell | ||
| afcb22e | What am I supposed to do," she says. "Wait?" She wants him to say, Yes, wait. I will be home as soon as I run this one errand. Ben perceives disgust in her tone. Why would anyone wait for him? A boy who didn't know how to be a prom date, a man who knows what he needs, but too late. He releases her arm. His voice is professional with sorrow. "You certainly couldn't do that." He means because she is precious. Sarina hears that she is snotty a.. | Marie-Helene Bertino | ||
| 109a3ea | It is two A.M., and you are tired. You miss the love of your life. You want to go home. You would rather be with her, in bed, hearing the light buzz of her snoring, watching her sleep, than be here. [...] You imagine a world where the two of you can go out to dinner together on a Saturday night and no one thinks twice about it. It makes you want to cry, the simplicity of it, the smallness of it. You have worked so hard for a life so grand. .. | love peace | Taylor Jenkins Reid | |
| e8cfbfd | He lay there realizing how thoroughly he'd removed himself from the world or obligations, how stupidly independent he'd become: he needed no one, knew no one, was not a part of anyone's life. He'd so thoroughly removed himself from the world of dependencies and obligations, he wasn't sure he still existed. | A.M. Homes | ||
| 4a91c72 | I believe in staying open to possibility. What is the point of not believing, closing the door? Just leave it open, see what comes in. | A.M. Homes | ||
| 1acf1a5 | You are your own beginning. Every day, every hour, every minute, you start again. There is no point wishing you were someone else, you are who you are--start there. | change life | A.M. Homes | |
| cf36d22 | It's like zen. Only not as subtle. | J. J. Connolly | ||
| 95127f9 | Gratification kills desire. And constant gratification kills it permanently | Norah Vincent | ||
| c0c16f6 | Like so many other high school discipline cases, he'd probably been given some hybrid cockamamie ADHD- bipolar diagnosis at a very young age and been medicated into submission for the benefit of his homeroom teacher. We've all read about them in the paper, the problem kids who get slapped with five disorders by the time they're twelve, and horse-pilled by a culture that has pathologized everything from PMS to teen angst. | Norah Vincent | ||
| 6ceaa85 | You're not a dork, you're adorkable. | hester mermaids monstrous-beauty peter syrenka | Elizabeth Fama | |
| 70c57a7 | She is fiercely protective of all those she loves, Emerson. She would take your part just as vigorously if someone were unkind to you.' 'D'you think so?' Emerson considered this idea. 'I refuse to pick a quarrel with you so that Sennia can defend you. She'll get over it; just be polite to Gargery.' 'Damnation,' said Emerson | Elizabeth Peters | ||
| 9ad629c | The man had no more romance in his soul than a codfish. | Elizabeth Peters | ||
| 42ebe24 | When, oh when will justice and reason prevail, and Woman descend from the pedestal on which Man has placed her (in order to prevent her from doing anything except standing perfectly still) and take her rightful place beside him? | Elizabeth Peters | ||
| 50b0872 | The cat required far less attendance than a human child, which is one of the reasons why spinster ladies prefer felines to babies. | spinsters | Elizabeth Peters | |
| 2b04271 | I felt obligated by friendship as well as duty to make certain they were comfortably housed. Since men seem to measure comfort by the degree of dirt and confusion that prevails, I deduced that they were very comfortable. | Elizabeth Peters | ||
| bc5d28c | Emerson bent a tender look upon his son and heir. 'Very well, Ramses; Papa will find you all the dead bodies you want. | Elizabeth Peters | ||
| 3aefbd3 | Men like to create unnecessary organizations and give them impressive or mysterious names; this usually ends in increased confusion, and should therefore be ignored. | humor men | Elizabeth Peters | |
| 36ce6e0 | The men had scattered in all directions, which men are inclined to do when women leave them to their own devices for any length of time. I believe they are easily bored. | humor men | Elizabeth Peters | |
| 783ce69 | Can't you ever stop joking?" "No, why should I? Laughter is one of the two things that make life worthwhile. Aren't you going to ask what the other one is?" | vicky-bliss | Elizabeth Peters | |
| a1661d5 | The sugar was back in Lila Ann Price's voice, but it sounded a little bit like artificial sweetener. | Eireann Corrigan | ||
| 681cfee | Everyone's favorite supper is a gluey carbohydrate-rich concoction known simply as "hotdish" and served in a community Pyrex." | minnesota | Diablo Cody | |
| 99fd04e | I had a moment to visualize Larry out in the dark all alone, unarmed except for his cross. The thought made my skin cold. I opened my mouth to yell at him and closed it. Never dress anyone down in public unless it's an object lesson. I said, "Any tracks?" I gave myself a dozen brownie points for yelling. "Do I look like Tonto? Beside the ground is just grass and it's been so dry lately. I don't think there'd be any tracks." | Laurell K. Hamilton | ||
| bef0299 | I prayed as we walked up the hill. I prayed and felt a measure of calm return. No visions. No angels singing. But a feeling of peace flowed over me. Ii took a deep breath, and something hard and tight and ugly in my heart let go. I took it as a good sign that I'd get to Jeff in time. But part of me was skeptical. God doesn't always save someone. Often He just helps you live through the loss. I guess I don't entirely trust God. I never doubt.. | Laurell K. Hamilton | ||
| 2552997 | What's the matter with you tonight?" he asked when we were out of earshot of Stirling and Co. "I told you." "No," he said, "it isn't just the murder tonight. Hell, I've seen you kill people and be less upset afterwards. What's wrong?" | Laurell K. Hamilton | ||
| 6eb8059 | I'd worked my share of serial killer cases, but none of the killers had ever mailed me a human head. That was new. | Laurell K. Hamilton | ||
| 42838e6 | Most of the time you're ass deep in alligators. | Laurell K. Hamilton | ||
| 35b4f72 | If you don't feel loved maybe the outward trappings like weddings and wedding rings become important? (Page 567) | love security | Laurell K. Hamilton | |
| fac9681 | All fear is the same no matter the cause of it; you conquer or are conquered by it. I wasn't into losing, not even to myself, maybe especially to myself. | Laurell K. Hamilton | ||
| 075d5cd | Too much fear will paralyze you, but too little fear will make you careless. | Laurell K. Hamilton | ||
| 860eae3 | I gazed up at him as the laughter filled his face, and just loved him. The day had sucked, but Jean-Claude made it suck a lot less, and that was what love was supposed to do. It was supposed to make things better, not worse | Laurell K. Hamilton | ||
| ff3df7d | Do the gods sleep well at night? I think maybe they do. | Laurell K. Hamilton | ||
| 201255b | You have a high opinion of yourself, Anita. Confident. I like that. Always so much more entertaining to break someone strong. The weaklings fold and cry and snivel, but the brave ones, they almost demand that you hurt them." He stalked towards me, reaching out one white spider-hand. "Do you want me to hurt you?" | Laurell K. Hamilton | ||
| c73c91d | There is a frozen moment after a really good shot to the face. A moment of shock, or paralysis where all you can do is blink. | Laurell K. Hamilton | ||
| 06b8f37 | because love can die from being withheld, like a flower that is so beautiful you hide it away from the sun trying to make it last longer; but every flower needs sun, and being in love requires risking yourself. It can require risking everything you are, not just in battle, but emotionally. Sometimes you have to risk it all to gain it all. | Laurell K. Hamilton | ||
| 189844d | Humans still have a tendency to think that good is always pretty and that evil is always ugly. I've found that it's so often the other way around. | Laurell K. Hamilton | ||
| 5d36b6d | we're all creatures of light and darkness. Embracing your darkness won't kill the light. Goodness is stronger than that. | Laurell K. Hamilton | ||
| de119c1 | That body did not bleed while I carried it, Nesbit. You touch it but a moment, and it bleeds." "No, I didn't kill her." ... "The dead always know who to blame. They are very good that way." | Laurell K. Hamilton | ||
| 33ebf42 | A very ex-boyfriend once described me as a little china doll. He meant it as a compliment. I didn't take it that way. There are reasons I don't date much. | Laurell K. Hamilton | ||
| 58af939 | Why do i put up with you? You insult me at every turn. | Laurell K. Hamilton |