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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| f9f5eab | Pain. I seem to have an affection, a kind of sweettooth for it. Bolts of lightning, little rivulets of thunder. And I the eye of the storm. | Toni Morrison | ||
| 5c41f33 | Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy. | metaphor humor no-mercy old-testament gods | Joseph Campbell | |
| 041024b | I love you." Z squeezed his eyes shut. "Don't be a tragedy, Bella." | love bdb j-r-ward bella zsadist | J.R. Ward | |
| 6fafc1c | You are in a prison with no bars. I worry about you. | phurry john | J.R. Ward | |
| 5962b87 | There was a loud scraping noise as five chairs slid backward. The men rose as a unit. And started coming for her. She looked to the faces of the two she knew, but their grave expressions weren't encouraging. And then the knives came out. With a metallic whoosh, five black daggers were unsheathed. She backed up frantically, hands in front of herself. She slammed into a wall and was about to scream for Wrath when the men dropped down on bende.. | J.R. Ward | ||
| 02e4523 | Lady and gentleman, when my parents left Korea with nothing but the clothes on their backs and the considerable wealth they had amassed in the shipping business, they had a dream. They had a dream that one day amid the snowy hilltops of western North Carolina, their son would lose his virginity to a cheerleader in the woman's bathroom of a Waffle House just off the interstate. My parents have sacrificed so much for this dream! And that is w.. | sex cheerleaders immigration virginity | John Green | |
| 8fdfd23 | Meriwether Lewis's last words were, 'I am not a coward, but I am so strong. So hard to die.' I don't doubt that it is, but it cannot be much harder than being left behind. | John Green | ||
| 7d39b30 | The wisdom of God devised a way for the love of God to deliver sinners from the wrath of God while not compromising the righteousness of God. | John Piper | ||
| b26f4a8 | It was the kind of kiss I could never tell my friends about out loud. It was the kind of kiss that made me know I was never so happy in my whole life. | Stephen Chbosky | ||
| 80bb8af | Cada suspiro es como un sorbo de vida del que uno se deshace. | muerte | Juan Rulfo | |
| 17fd296 | Every ending is a new beginning. Through the grace of God, we can always start again. (Page 120.) | Marianne Williamson | ||
| 15c8cef | You know," she said dreamily, passing over his question, "you're not nearly as handsome as Lord St.Vincent." "There's a surprise," he said dryly. "But for some reason," she continued, "I never want to kiss him the way I do you." It was a good thing that she had closed her eyes, for if she had seen his expression, she might not have continued. "There is something about you that makes me feel terribly wicked. You make me want to do shocking t.. | romance humor | Lisa Kleypas | |
| 2120e52 | It does not do to rely too much on silent majorities, Evey, for silence is a fragile thing, one loud noise, and its gone. But the people are so cowed and disorganised. A few might take the opportunity to protest, but it'll just be a voice crying in the wilderness. Noise is relative to the silence preceding it. The more absolute the hush, the more shocking the thunderclap. Our masters have not heard the people's voice for generations, Evey a.. | silence shock revolution | Alan Moore & David Lloyd | |
| 31b93c7 | Needless to say, the fact that he actually spoke to me at all practically caused me to pass out. And then the fact that he was actually saying something that sounded like it might be a prelude to asking me out - well, I nearly threw up. I mean it. I felt really sick, but in a good way. | Meg Cabot | ||
| a570a32 | Only if you are afraid of looking foolish, and I would have looked far more foolish if I persisted with an erroneous belief.' Eragon said. Why, little one, you just said something wise!'Saphira teased. | Christopher Paolini | ||
| 7ff15ac | No guilt is forgotten so long as the conscience still knows of it. | stefan-zweig conscience guilt | Stefan Zweig | |
| c46e59b | Even from the beginning, that was the problem. People liked pretty things. People even liked pretty things that wanted to kill and eat them. | pretty-things | Holly Black | |
| 02d061f | She looks honestly upset, but then, I've learned that I can't read her. The problem with a really excellent liar is that you have to just assume they're always lying. | lying | Holly Black | |
| 2effc70 | My experiences have taught me that things rarely improve with a simple change of scenery. | hector-ricardo inspirational | Pittacus Lore | |
| 8026b43 | Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming | future life inspirational | David Bowie | |
| f99c3ea | Madness and chaos are self-destructing but over thinking is the suicide. | happyquotes inspired instadaily instaquote pinquotes poems quoteoftheday relationships rmdrake spokenword vsco writer poetry writing quote hope inspirational inspirationalquotes sadquotes typewriter tattoo sayings lovequotes quotes | robert m drake | |
| 9a0ea41 | Blessed are the weird people | poets writing-life creative inspirational art writers | Jacob Nordby | |
| 9b7d170 | Were I a Roman Catholic, perhaps I should on this occasion vow to build a chapel to some saint, but as I am not, if I were to vow at all, it should be to build a light-house | 1757 lighthouse inspirational churches | Benjamin Franklin | |
| abefe7a | Though we tremble before uncertain future | mestiza feminism poetry inspirational | Gloria Anzaldúa | |
| c173397 | Anything that you learn becomes your wealth, a wealth that cannot be taken away from you; whether you learn it in a building called school or in the school of life. To learn something new is a timeless pleasure and a valuable treasure. And not all things that you learn are taught to you, but many things that you learn you realize you have taught yourself. | wealth learning inspirational-quotes life-and-living inspiring education life wisdom inspirational school-of-life learning-process growing teachings wisdom-quotes growth | C. JoyBell C. | |
| 9454bbb | I realized then that even though I was a tiny speck in an infinite cosmos, a blip on the timeline of eternity, I was not without purpose. | r-j-anderson ultraviolet inspirational cosmos purpose | R.J. Anderson | |
| 39987af | I think what you notice most when you haven't been home in a while is how much the trees have grown around your memories. | Mitch Albom | ||
| 7254e66 | f~ Hrtn m 'n ykwn lrjl ftw@ wm 'n yu`dW qfh llSf` | Naguib Mahfouz | ||
| 42c2cd6 | In my own worst seasons I've come back from the colorless world of despair by forcing myself to look hard, for a long time, at a single glorious thing: a flame of red geranium outside my bedroom window. And then another: my daughter in a yellow dress. And another: the perfect outline of a full, dark sphere behind the crescent moon. Until I learned to be in love with my life again. Like a stroke victim retraining new parts of the brain to gr.. | tucson dark joy life love tide times taught kingsolver rebirth high | Barbara Kingsolver | |
| 49dc140 | What does tamed mean? It's something that's been too often neglected. It means to create ties. | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry | ||
| 81c440c | This car sucks." "It was your idea. I, on the other hand, think this car if perfect size. But that might be because I'm not the size of a mountain." He snickered. "You're the size of a little, itty bitty doll." "If you say a vacant doll, I will hurt you." I wound the necklace chain around my fingers. "Got that?" "Yes, ma'am." | Jennifer L. Armentrout | ||
| 4627c6b | I feel it in here," she said, placing her hand against her chest and then against her stomach, "and here. It's like there's not enough air or room inside me. That I may... burst out of my skin or drown in it, and that wouldn't be a bad thing. I don't know why I feel this way, but I always have... and will." She tipped her chin up and her entire face was a rosy color. "It's you. I... I love you." | alex | Jennifer L. Armentrout | |
| fd8972c | So few people did good in their lives. It was depressing. | Rick Riordan | ||
| fedf5dc | Once I saw Desjardins' house, I hated him even more. It was a huge mansion on the other side of the Tuileries, on the rue des Pyramids. "Pyramids Road?" Sadie said. "Obvious, much?" "Maybe he couldn't find a place on Stupid Evil Magician Street," I suggested." | Rick Riordan | ||
| 3d89ef6 | Akmon pulled a ratchet wrench from the tool belt and spun it like a noisemaker. "Oh, very nice! I'm definitely keeping this! Thanks, Blue Bottom!" Leo glanced down. His pants had slipped around his ankles again, revealing his blue undershorts. "That's it!" he shouted. "My stuff. Now. Or I'll show you how funny a flaming dwarf is." His hands caught fire." | humor leo-valdez | Rick Riordan | |
| 737545b | Facinating." He broke into a wide grin. "I've discovered something, Khufu. This is not Memphis, Egypt." Khufu gave me a sideways look, and I could swear his expression meant, Duh. "I've also discovered a new form of magic called blues music," the man continued. "And barbecue. Yes, you must try barbecue." | Rick Riordan | ||
| b1b642e | I have noticed that when things happen in one's imaginings, they never happen in one's life, so I am curbing myself. | Dodie Smith | ||
| ddf5be0 | When we're afraid, we lose all sense of analysis and reflection. Our fear paralyzes us. Besides, fear has always been the driving force behind all dictators' repression. | fear repression oppression | Marjane Satrapi | |
| 1bf50d0 | It's my motto for life. 'Walk slowly; drink lots of water. | Haruki Murakami | ||
| dade136 | Open your eyes, train your ears, use your head. If a mind you have, then use it while you can. | Haruki Murakami | ||
| bb9e7a4 | Torn between fear and something that resembled love, she wrestled with questions she never dreamed she would face: How could she leave? Then again, how could she stay? | Jodi Picoult | ||
| c1079a8 | I dinna know what's a sadist. And if I forgive you for this afternoon, I reckon you'll forgive me, too, as soon as ye can sit down again." "As for my pleasure..." His lip twitched. "I said I would have to punish you. I did not say I wasna going to enjoy it." He crooked a finger at me. "Come here." | Diana Gabaldon | ||
| 0f28f77 | I'd rather be fried alive and eaten by Mexicans. | Roald Dahl | ||
| ad78436 | Aren't all these notes the senseless writings of a man who won't accept the fact that there is nothing we can do with suffering except to suffer it? | C.S. Lewis |