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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 594b38a | Wilbury, my dear," Caroline said, "would you mind taking the children and keeping them occupied for a bit?" "Twould be the high point of my golden years, my lady," he replied with frigid politeness. "The culmination of a lifelong dream I had nearly abandoned in favour of waiting peacefully for the Grim Reaper to come and relieve me of my earthly duties." Immune to his sarcasm, Caroline beamed fondly at him. "Thank you, Wilbury. I thought t.. | Teresa Medeiros | ||
| e693678 | No thanks, I've already eaten. | Teresa Medeiros | ||
| 74a3e70 | Nursemaid, you mean? Someone who can sing me to sleep at bedtime, spoon porridge into my mouth, and wipe my"--he hesitated just long enough to make both servants cringe with dread--"chinif I dribble?" "I haven't the voice for lullabies and I'm sure you're perfectly capable of wiping your own...chin, " | Teresa Medeiros | ||
| 5964988 | Not since the serpent approached Eve in the Garden had a woman been so tempted by forbidden fruit. | Teresa Medeiros | ||
| b9423ec | Although she struggled against him, it took very little effort for him to turn the primitive weapon and bring the point of it to bear against his chest. "If you honestly believe I'm some sort of monster," he rasped, "his gaze as fierce as she had ever seen it, "then go ahead and drive it home. My heart hasn't been my own from the first moment I laid eyes on you, so you might as well finish the job." | Teresa Medeiros | ||
| b31e93f | He would not kiss her mouth or allow her to caress him in tenderness. He broke his fierce silence only to whisper what wicked magic he was going to work until it took little more than the husky rasp of his voice in her ear to bring her to the brink of fulfillment. Had there been even a hint of brutality in his attentions, Holly might have brought herself to hate him, but his accomplished hands cherished her flesh as if it were his own priva.. | fair holly teresa-medeiros | Teresa Medeiros | |
| e80eb63 | Barangkali aku hanya punya satu atau dua kehidupan untuk kujalani, tapi bukan berarti aku hanya punya satu cerita untuk kusampaikan. | Teresa Medeiros | ||
| 06aa4ad | For the Jedi, there is no emotion; there is peace. | Timothy Zahn | ||
| eb781c1 | For if one is remembered by a friend, one is never truly gone. -- | Timothy Zahn | ||
| ea454e3 | Alliances are useful in some situations. In others, they are absolutely vital. But | Timothy Zahn | ||
| 7bbf61c | All who hold positions of power fear or hate someone. Or something." Arihnda" | Timothy Zahn | ||
| 34de6a3 | One of the first rules the Emperor had drummed into her [Mara Jade] so long ago was to blend in as best she could with her surroundings | scifi star-wars | Timothy Zahn | |
| 45d07c4 | Fine," Vanto said. The musculature of his throat relaxes partially, but not fully. "Personally, I'd be a lot more concerned about him, but that's up to you. But I'm still the bottom man on the roster. Why do you even care about me?" "You are my translator. You hold my words in your hand, and their meanings. A misjudged translation will confuse or anger. A deliberate error could lead to death." | Timothy Zahn | ||
| 1dc3b2b | One is born with a unique set of talents and abilities. One must choose which of those talents to nurture, which to ignore completely. Sometimes the choice is obvious. Other times, the hints and proddings are more obscure. Then, one may need to undergo several regiments of training and sample several different professions before determining where one's strongest talents lie. This is the driving force behind many life-path alterations, | star-wars thrawn | Timothy Zahn Star Wars: Thrawn | |
| 7659e03 | For a change, Lady Luck seemed to be smiling on me. Then again, maybe the fickle wench was just lulling me into a false sense of security while she reached for a rock. | Timothy Zahn | ||
| 718ed76 | a Jedi can't get so caught up in matters of galactic importance that it interferes with his concern for individual people. | Timothy Zahn | ||
| 089960c | She was here, and it was now; and as the emperor's instructors had so often drummed into her, the first item of business was to fit into her surroundings. And that meant not looking like an escapee from the medical ward | science-fiction star-wars | Timothy Zahn | |
| 9cdaf24 | Leadership and obedience are the two legs on which a warrior's life is balanced. Without both, victory cannot be achieved. | star-wars thrawn | Timothy Zahn Star Wars: Thrawn | |
| 757c3d3 | There was a long silence, finally broken by Teff'ith. "Jedi Grand Master mom, Supreme Commander dad. Now we get why Theron's so messed up. So you sending a fleet, or what?" -- | Drew Karpyshyn | ||
| 0adaaed | The Jedi shackle themselves in chains of obedience: obedience to the Jedi Council; obedience to their Masters; obedience to the Republic. Those who follow the light side even believe they must submit themselves to the Force. They are merely instruments of its will, slaves to a greater good. | Drew Karpyshyn | ||
| 863c8a7 | Knowledge is power, Bane. My purpose is to give you that knowledge. It is up to you to figure out how best to use it. | Drew Karpyshyn | ||
| 7875012 | Are you certain of these accusations?" "I would stake my life on them, my lord Emperor." "You already have." | Drew Karpyshyn | ||
| d4c08b1 | He no longer clung to the simplistic ideals of right and wrong or good and evil. He understood better than anyone that dark and light were intertwined in strange and complex ways. | Drew Karpyshyn | ||
| 304744c | I will continue to study at your feet, Master. I will learn from your wisdom. I will discover your secrets, unlocking them one by one until everything you know--all your knowledge and all your power--is mine. And once you are no longer of use to me, I will destroy you. | Drew Karpyshyn | ||
| 1ad9ad4 | One Master and one apprentice; one to embody the power, the other to crave it | Drew Karpyshyn | ||
| 2bfbe37 | Power comes with a price. It's a burden. It demands sacrifice. | Drew Karpyshyn | ||
| 9dca915 | The best cure for one's own grief and pain was worrying about the well-being of someone else. | pain | Drew Karpyshyn | |
| 147655e | Peace is a lie. There is only passion. Through passion, I gain strength. Through strength, I gain power. Through power, I gain victory. Through victory, my chains are broken. The Code of the Sith | Drew Karpyshyn | ||
| f35cdea | If all are equal, then none is strong. | Drew Karpyshyn | ||
| 45524b3 | Honor is a fool's prize," Bane replied, reciting a passage from one of the volumes he had recently read in the archives. "Glory is of no use to the dead." | Drew Karpyshyn | ||
| a9ab49b | never depend on the efforts of others to push back the darkness. | Matthew Woodring Stover | ||
| e05583c | You've been off fighting the war in the Outer Rim. You don't know what it's been like, dealing with all the petty squabbles and special interests and greedy, grasping fools in the Senate, and Palpatine's constant, cynical, ruthless maneuvering for power--he carves away chunks of our freedom and bandages the wounds with tiny scraps of security. And for what? Look at this planet, Obi-Wan! We have given up so much freedom--how secure do we loo.. | Matthew Woodring Stover | ||
| fe314b6 | Opposites attract, but similarities bind. | Matthew Woodring Stover | ||
| fa70fca | Contemplation of death brought only one slight sting of regret, and more than a bit of puzzlement. Until this very moment, he had never realized he'd always expected, for no discernible reason-- That when he died, Anakin would be with him. | obi-wan-kenobi star-wars | Matthew Woodring Stover | |
| 8e320d0 | It's nice to think that the weirdos get to decide what matters about the past, since it's the weirdos who care the most. | history weirdos | Chuck Klosterman | |
| 54f1531 | I rarely remember the names or faces of nonfictional people | Chuck Klosterman | ||
| a3b432d | The most villainous move any person can make is tying a woman to the railroad tracks. | Chuck Klosterman | ||
| 8ecb025 | So if you've seen Twelve Monkeys more than twice, you're probably a Calvinist. | Chuck Klosterman | ||
| 552f0c9 | The Eagles' song "Take It Easy") is clearly a problem of a young man, as no one over thirty-five could sustain interest in seven simultaneous relationships unless they're biracial and amazing at golf." | Chuck Klosterman | ||
| a446a82 | I wake up, I feel the inescapable oppression of the sunlight pouring through my bedroom window, and I am struck by the fact that I am alone. And that everyone is alone. And that everything I understood seven hours ago has already changed, and that I have to learn everything again. | loniliness | Chuck Klosterman | |
| 9d77eb5 | Ignorance is not bliss. That platitude is totally wrong. You will not be intellectually happier if you know fewer things. Learning should be a primary goal of living. But what if ignorance feels better--not psychologically, but physically? That would explain a lot of human incongruities. | Chuck Klosterman | ||
| c74de40 | Regardless of how liberal Massachusetts may seem, the Celtics were totally GOP. Like Thomas Jefferson, K. C. Jones did not believe in a strong central government: The Celtic players mostly coached themselves. They practiced when they felt like practicing and pulled themselves out of games when they deemed it appropriate, and they wanted to avoid anything taxing. They wanted to avoid taxes. And they excelled by attacking the world in the sam.. | Chuck Klosterman | ||
| fe3976d | I enjoy hating musicians far more than I enjoy appreciating them. As far as I'm concerned, when someone becomes a rock star, he quits being a person. | Chuck Klosterman | ||
| 7be63f9 | Booze is the greatest of all equalizers. Rich drunks and poor drunks both pass out the same way. | Chuck Klosterman |