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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 7e81c73 | She was inches from my face, really , as if it were a section of a globe she'd never closely inspected before, an ocean filled with strings of unnamed islands. | Marisha Pessl | ||
| 0621208 | We were freshman, taking her film class, and we'd spend hours after school sitting in her classroom talking about any old thing--life, sex, Forrest Gump. | Marisha Pessl | ||
| 6a26688 | Is man's destiny determined by the vicissitudes of environment or free will? I argue that it is free will, because what we think, what we dwell upon in our heads, whether it be fears or dreams, has a direct effect upon the physical world. The more you think about your downfall, your ruin, the greater the likelihood that it will occur. And conversely, the more one thinks of victory, the more likely one will achieve it. | Marisha Pessl | ||
| 78a2722 | No matter what time of day or amount of work to be done, someone with Tahiti could close his eyes and the reality of moody lawnmowers, scruffy lawns, threats of termination of employment would recede and in seconds he'd simply be in Tahiti, stark naked and drinking from a coconut, aware only of the percussion of the wind and girlish sighs of the ocean. (Few | Marisha Pessl | ||
| 88f4e2b | It was always surprising to me how ferociously the public mourned a beautiful stranger -- especially one from a famous family. Into that empty form they could unload the grief and regret of their own lives, be rid of it, feel lucky and light for a few days, comforted by the though, At least it wasn't me. | Marisha Pessl | ||
| 818ecba | She was lost now, she'd been silenced- another dead branch on Cordova's warped tree. | death horror metaphor nature | Marisha Pessl | |
| 0d61f49 | I'd have to, if on Sunday I wanted to run off with some "slack-jawed Suzy," some "invertebrate," a "post-pubescent wasteoid who imagines the Khmer Rouge to be makeup and Guerrilla Warfare to be that rivalry which occurs between apes." | Marisha Pessl | ||
| 2b064b7 | Fuck you," she said, giggling. "And your little dog too." | Marisha Pessl | ||
| 328f6a0 | Dad's "Theory of Arrogance"--that everyone always assumes they're the Principal Character of Desire and/or Loathing in everybody else's Broadway play." | Marisha Pessl | ||
| 884558d | Que sont les fantasmes ? Des reves dont nous nous servons pour nous preserver de la realite. Notre monde est un plancher rigide qui nous casse le dos si on dort a meme le sol. | Marisha Pessl | ||
| e1c4614 | How was it possible scientists were able to locate the edge of the observable universe, the Cosmic Light Horizon ("Our universe is 13.7 billion light years long," wrote Harry Mills Cornblow, Ph.D., with astounding confidence in The ABCs of the Cosmos [2003]), and yet mere human beings stayed so fuzzy, beyond all calculation?" | Marisha Pessl | ||
| 193787f | somewhere, nearby voices filled with dusk, cabs and panhandlers and one drunken girl screeching like a wounded bird - all of it flushed with a warmth and sad beauty I'd never noticed before. | sad-beauty | Marisha Pessl | |
| 88d0108 | Always life your life with your biography in mind. Naturally, it won't be published unless you have a magnificent reason, but at the very least you'll be living grandly. | Marisha Pessl | ||
| e1a01f5 | We are under an invincible blindness as to the real and true nature of things | Marisha Pessl | ||
| f2c1a73 | It is adorable and healthily childlike secretly to believe in fairy tales, but the instant one articulates such viewpoints to other people, one goes from darling to dumbo, from childlike to chillingly out of touch with reality. | Marisha Pessl | ||
| e31cfdb | Take as much care with words expressing your sentiments as you will crafting your doctoral dissertation. | Marisha Pessl | ||
| ed30f3a | For the record, there were no framed pictures of me around our house, and the only class portrait Dad had ever ordered was the one from Sparta Elementary in which I'd sat, knees glued together, in front of a background that looked like Yosemite, sporting pink overalls and a lazy eye. "This is classic," Dad said. "That they shamelessly send me an order form so I can pay $69.95 for prints large and small of a photo in which my daughter looks .. | Marisha Pessl | ||
| 756568e | Mortal fear is as crucial a thing to our lives as love. It cuts to the core of our being and shows us what we are. Will you step back and cover your eyes? Or will you have the strength to walk to the precipice and look out? Do you want to know what is there or live in the dark delusion that this commercial world insists we remain sealed inside like blind caterpillars in an eternal cocoon? Will you curl up with your eyes closed and die? Or c.. | Marisha Pessl | ||
| b33be9d | Some stories you should run from while you still have legs. | Marisha Pessl | ||
| 2de6115 | Because he was an asshole. I'm not sayin' nothin' I wouldn't say to his face. He embraced his assholeness. | Marisha Pessl | ||
| 1326564 | I was a ticking clock in a timeless world | timeless-clock | Marisha Pessl | |
| 1b03b8c | Maybe good luck was like bad luck in that it took a while to sink in. | Donna Tartt | ||
| d046115 | Lately, I've been spending a lot of time rolling on the ground with men who think a stiffy represents personal growth. | Janet Evanovich | ||
| 12969d4 | Three things cannot be long hidden. The sun, the moon, and the truth. | Janet Evanovich | ||
| 6fae33a | My mother is a good Christian woman who would never refuse someone a seat at her table, but I knew this was a nightmare for her. With Lula and Grandma at the table together, it's much more likely that my father will try to stab someone with his fork. | Janet Evanovich | ||
| 3e1c847 | You hung up on me," he said. "Don't ever hang up on me." His voice was quiet, but as always the authority was unmistakable. He was wearing black dress slacks, a long-sleeved lightweight black sweater pushed up on his forearms, and expensive black loafers. His hair was cut very short. I was used to seeing him in SWAT dress with long hair, and I hadn't immediately recognized him. I guess that was the point." | Janet Evanovich | ||
| 6e2d2c4 | Most fathers don't show up with hand grenades and bowie knives." "They should be ashamed of themselves," Jake said." | Janet Evanovich | ||
| 40e5a07 | Okay," Ranger said. "We're going to walk through the room and look for this guy. Pretend I'm not here." "You going to be the wind again?" I asked. Ranger grinned. "Wiseass." | Janet Evanovich | ||
| 6b77f32 | Some people learn from books, some listen to the advice of others, some learn from mistakes. | Janet Evanovich | ||
| a5fd56a | You don't wear responsibility like clothes. You can't take it off and put it on when you feel like. You wear responsibility on the inside, and it isn't that easy to remove. You have to learn how to live with it. | Janet Evanovich | ||
| 44946a5 | Ranger is one of the few civilians in Trenton with a permit to carry concealed. He owns office buildings in Boston, has a daughter in Florida by a failed marriage, has worked worldwide as a mercenary, and has a moral code that isn't entirely in sync with our legal system. I have no idea who the heck he is . . . but I like him. | Janet Evanovich | ||
| 3ae41f1 | I always listen," Ranger said. "I don't always agree. I have a problem right now that I can't seem to solve by myself. I need you to help me find my daughter. And there's an even bigger problem involved. I feel a financial and moral obligation to my daughter. I send child support, I send birthday and Christmas presents, I visit when I'm invited. But I've kept myself emotionally distanced. I'm not emotionally distanced from you. I couldn't l.. | Janet Evanovich | ||
| 1db0394 | So elves could be walking around in our midst, disguised as normal, everyday, vertically challenged citizens. | little-people | Janet Evanovich | |
| cdbda91 | Concentrate on doing the job, not the fear. | Janet Evanovich | ||
| e94ee78 | His full name is Ricardo Carlos Manoso. Second generation Cuban-American. Was Special Forces. Works for Vinnie now. He makes apprehensions other agents only dream about. He gets a little creative sometimes, but hey, that's the way it is with a genius, right? | Janet Evanovich | ||
| 95ae488 | Trenton cops wore more hats than I could name. They were arbitrators, social workers, peacekeepers, baby-sitters and law enforcers. The job was boring, terrifying, disgusting, exhausting and often made no sense at all. The pay was abysmal, the hours inhuman, the department budget was a joke, the uniforms were short in the crotch. And year after year, the Trenton cops held the city together. | police-officer | Janet Evanovich | |
| b20a083 | When people ask what you do, tell them you're a writer. Put yourself on the line. Make a commitment. | Janet Evanovich | ||
| 12221ec | My fear was that I'd oversleep, and when Ranger broke into my apartment to wake me up, I'd drag him into bed with me. And then what would I tell Joe? | Janet Evanovich | ||
| 6ce3821 | You shouldn't be driving," Morelli said to Kloughn. "I know," Kloughn said. "I tried walking, but I was too drunk. It's okay. I was driving very slooooowly and 'sponsibly." | Janet Evanovich | ||
| db07b40 | I was pressed for time, so all I was able to whip up was deviled eggs with a dollop of Tsar Nicoulai caviar on top, a selection of fruit and artisanal cheeses, and sauteed Dover sole with lemon and capers." Kate's idea of preparing a quick meal was eating Cap'n Crunch out of the box, so this was Christmas dinner by comparison." | Janet Evanovich | ||
| 65c9976 | Is that why you have hand grenades and a garrote in your nightstand?" "They're sleep aids." | Janet Evanovich | ||
| edf3446 | You took your clothes off?" "You didn't notice?" "No! Jeez Louise, I don't even know you." "If you look under the covers, you'll know me better." "I don't want to know you better!" "That's a big fib," Diesel said." | humor humorous love wicked-appetite | Janet Evanovich | |
| b3bc183 | This thing's giving me an eye twitch," Ranger said. "Can you get the sound off?" I started pressing buttons and the screen went blank. "How's that?" I asked. "Babe, you shut the system down." "Yes, but the sound is off." "Reprogram it." "No need to get testy," I told him. "I don't know where I'm going." "I have a map. You just get on I-95 south and take the Springfield exit." "And then what?" "Then you'll have to pull over and reprogram the.. | Janet Evanovich | ||
| f29c86d | Nice tackle, babe," he said. And then he kissed me. No doubt about the intention this time. Not the sort of kiss you'd give your cousin, for instance. More like the sort of kiss a man would give a woman when he wanted to rip her clothes off and give her a reason to sing the Hallelujah Chorus." | Janet Evanovich |