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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 1cbed64 | It was not often that Flay approved of happiness in others. | Mervyn Peake | ||
| a86ac4d | The road was wet with rain, black and shiny like oilskin. The reflection of the street lamps wallowed like yellow jelly-fish. A bus was approaching - a bus to Piccadilly, a bus to the never-never land - a bus to death or glory. I found neither. I found something which haunts me still. The great bus swayed as it sped. The black street gleamed. Through the window a hundred faces fluttered by as though the leaves of a dark book were being flic.. | street travel | Mervyn Peake | |
| bfc8825 | Titus is seven. His confines, Gormenghast. Suckled on shadows; weaned, as it were, on webs of ritual: for his ears, echoes, for his eyes, a labyrinth of stone: and yet within his body something other - other than this umbrageous legacy. For first and ever foremost he is child. | Mervyn Peake | ||
| a229a68 | Fuchsia took three paces forward in the first of the attics and then paused a moment to re-tie a string above her knee. Over her head vague rafters loomed and while she straightened her-self she noticed them and unconsciously loved them. This was the lumber room. Though very long and lofty it looked relatively smaller than it was, for the fantastic piles of every imaginable kind of thing, from the great organ to the lost and painted head of.. | Mervyn Peake | ||
| 8249e25 | Steerpike was, of course, alive with ideas and projects. These two half-witted women were a gift. That they should be the sisters of Lord Sepulchrave was of tremendous strategic value. They would prove an advance on the Prunesquallors, if not intellectually at any rate socially, and that at the moment was what mattered. And in any case, the lower the mentality of his employers the more scope for his own projects. | cora-groan steerpike | Mervyn Peake | |
| 7ec4ad6 | The puckered-up face of the newly-born child, old as the world, wise as the roots of trees. Sin was there and goodness, love, pity and horror, and even beauty for his eyes were pure violet. | Mervyn Peake | ||
| c778cba | There he was. The infant Titus. His eyes were open but he was quite still. The puckered-up face of the newly-born child, old as the world, wise as the roots of trees. Sin was there and goodness, love, pity and horror, and even beauty for his eyes were pure violet. Earth's passions, earth's griefs, earth's incongruous, ridiculous humours - dormant, yet visible in the wry pippin of a face. | Mervyn Peake | ||
| 2eb2182 | I was brooding, boy. Than which there is no richer pastime. It muffles one with rotting plumes. It gives forth sullen music. It is the smell of home. | Mervyn Peake | ||
| f759a56 | So limp of brain that for them to conceive an idea is to risk a haemorrhage. So limp of body that their purple dresses appear no more indicative of housing nerves and sinews than when they hang suspended from their hooks. | limp professors | Mervyn Peake | |
| 24a1da8 | Hold fast To the law Of the last Cold tome, Where the earth Of the truth Lies thick On the page, And the loam Of faith In the ink Long fled From the drone Of the nib Flows on Through the breath Of the bone Reborn In a dawn Of doom Where blooms The rose For the winds The child For the tomb The thrush For the hush Of song, The corn For the scythe And the thorn In wait For the heart Till the last Of the first Depart, And the least Of the past.. | Mervyn Peake | ||
| cf72de9 | She and her sister were dressed in purple, with gold buckles at their throats by way of brooches, and another gold buckle each at the end of hatpins which they wore through their grey hair in order apparently to match their brooches. Their faces, identical to the point of indecency, were quite expressionless, as though they were the preliminary lay-outs for faces and were waiting for sentience to be injected. | titus-groan | Mervyn Peake | |
| a196e1d | His habitual melancholy was changing day by day into something more sinister. There were moments when he would desecrate the crumbling and mournful mask of his face with a smile more horrible than the darkest lineaments of pain. Across the stoniness of his eyes a strange light would pass for a moment, as though the moon were flaring on the gristle, and his lips would open and the gash of his mouth would widen in a dead, climbing curve | Mervyn Peake | ||
| 55a9651 | Fuchsia took three paces forward in the first of the attics and then paused a moment to retie a string above her knee. Over her head vague rafters loomed and while she straightened herself she noticed them and unconsciously loved them. This was the lumber room. Though very long and lofty it looked relatively smaller than it was, for the fantastic piles of every imaginable kind of thing, from the great organ to the lost and painted head of a.. | Mervyn Peake | ||
| 351a3c5 | By the piss of Satan, pug, your sauce is dangerous! | Mervyn Peake | ||
| 2e886c7 | Practice "zero-based thinking" in every part of your life. Ask yourself continually, "If I were not doing this already, knowing what I now know, would I start doing it again today?" If it is something you would not start again today, knowing what you now know, it is a prime candidate for abandonment or creative procrastination." | Brian Tracy | ||
| 9fac21f | The highest paid Americans read an average of two to three hours per day. The lowest paid Americans don't read at all... ...58% of adults never read another book after they leave high school--including 42% of university graduates... ...43.6% of American adults read below the 7th grade level... they are functionally illiterate... fully 50% of high school graduates cannot read their graduation diplomas, nor fill out an application form for a .. | the-privilege-myth | Brian Tracy | |
| c51b7e8 | You perform as well as you believe yourself capable of performing. You are as effective as you believe yourself to be in whatever you do. You can never be better or different on the outside than you believe yourself to be on the inside. | inspirational-quotes life-changing | Brian Tracy | |
| 62dc15c | The most important success principle of all was stated by Elbert Hubbard, one of the most prolific writers in American history, at the beginning of the twentieth century. He said, 'Self-discipline is the ability to do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not. | Brian Tracy | ||
| 205bfb0 | The law of increasing returns says that the more you focus on doing the few things that represent the most valuable use of your time, the better you become at those activities and the less time it takes you to accomplish each one. | Brian Tracy | ||
| f90c167 | The very act of accepting responsibility short-circuits and cancels out any negative emotions you may be experiencing. | Brian Tracy | ||
| b4884d5 | Your problem is to bridge the gap between where you are now and the goals you intend to reach. EARL NIGHTINGALE | Brian Tracy | ||
| 117d950 | Attention is our greatest asset. We all invariably attract what we give attention to. | Azim Jamal & Brian Tracy | ||
| bd05c34 | Do your clothes make you feel happy, beautiful, comfortable in your skin, handsome, confident, or powerful? | branding communication-skills dress-for-success motivational-speaker quotes-by-susan-c-young relationship-quotes success susan-young | Susan C. Young | |
| 91e1c2d | You can be dressed to the nines and have it all going on, but if you don't have shoes to support your look, they can be your undoing. Your shoes should be appropriate, clean, polished, and maintained if you want to make a great impression and fortify your credibility. If your shoes are scuffed, dirty, or worn, clients may wonder what other details you've neglected to attend to. | branding communication-skills dress-for-success motivational-speaker quotes-by-susan-c-young relationship-quotes success susan-young | Susan C. Young | |
| 3810b74 | To say your mindset is critical to your success is a gross understatement--it is the underpinning! | build-confidence communication-skills mindset-quotes motivational-speaker preparation-quotes quotes-by-susan-c-young relationship-quotes susan-young | Susan C. Young | |
| a4bfe20 | Your mindset brings together your attitude, perceptions, experience, interpretations, opinions, beliefs, values, and understanding to determine how you think, act, walk, talk, behave, and engage. | build-confidence communication-skills mindset-quotes motivational-speaker preparation-quotes quotes-by-susan-c-young relationship-quotes susan-young | Susan C. Young | |
| 38e409f | Would you like to feel a calm confidence when you walk into a room full of strangers, knowing that you can start new a conversation with anyone? | build-confidence communication-skills mindset-quotes motivational-speaker preparation-quotes quotes-by-susan-c-young relationship-quotes susan-young | Susan C. Young | |
| 4d3ee3e | Many people go through life complaining, whining, and obsessing so much about what they don't have that they are doing exactly what it takes to block it. | build-confidence communication-skills mindset-quotes motivational-speaker preparation-quotes quotes-by-susan-c-young relationship-quotes susan-young | Susan C. Young | |
| 9226d73 | Learn to leverage the Law of Cause and Effect to your advantage in positive ways! | build-confidence communication-skills mindset-quotes motivational-speaker preparation-quotes quotes-by-susan-c-young relationship-quotes susan-young | Susan C. Young | |
| 92299f0 | Emotionally intelligent people trust their instincts and can identify how certain thoughts, feelings, people, and situations make them feel. | communication-skills emotional-intelligence-quotes motivational-speaker preparation-quotes quotes-by-susan-c-young relationship-quotes susan-young | Susan C. Young | |
| 2aa92c2 | Emotionally intelligent people hold themselves accountable for their behavior, failures, decisions, and successes. | communication-skills emotional-intelligence-quotes motivational-speaker preparation-quotes quotes-by-susan-c-young relationship-quotes susan-young | Susan C. Young | |
| 76df83e | Not everyone is always going to like you. What impresses one person may turn another away. To thine own self be true. | communication-quotes communication-skills first-impressions motivational-speaker personality-development relationship-quotes social-networking susan-young trust | Susan C. Young | |
| 32e42ad | Just as your body has self-regulating mechanisms, like perspiring to cool you down and shivering to warm you up, you can regulate your emotions according to the circumstances. You can abstain from over-reacting, and you know how to set boundaries and how to say "no." | communication-skills emotional-intelligence-quotes motivational-speaker preparation-quotes quotes-by-susan-c-young relationship-quotes susan-young | Susan C. Young | |
| ee47abe | Even if you're not broadcasting your personal life to the universe through social media, choose your confidants wisely and with discretion. Your ability to keep your personal details close to your vest will encourage others to feel that you are trustworthy enough to be trusted with their personal details. | best-motivational-speakers build-rapport communication-skills customer-service-quotes discretion first-impressions-quotes quotes-by-susan-c-young relationship-quotes speaker-susan-young | Susan C. Young | |
| 0dd165c | One simple glance can convey to your recipient that you are . . . * Present * Interested * Paying attention * Being respectful * Listening * Confident * Engaged * Caring * Dedicated * Appreciative * Empathetic * Focused * Supportive * Trustworthy * Acknowledging * Excited This list barely scratches the surface; however, it opens the conversation about how vital your eye contact is for making positive first impressions. | body-language-quotes communication-skills eye-contact-quotes law-of-attraction-quotes mirroring motivational-speaker-susan-young quotes-by-susan-c-young reciprocity relationship-quotes | Susan C. Young | |
| dd17569 | Bill, what's your favorite fantasy?" I asked. Weirdly enough, I felt much better after designing all these happy endings. Bill glanced over at me quizzically. We were almost to my house. "My favorite fantasy? You come down into my daytime resting place stark naked," he said. I could see the gleam of his teeth as he smiled. "Oh wait," Bill said. "That's already happened." "There's gotta be more to it," I said. Then I could have bitten off my.. | Charlaine Harris | ||
| 31171dc | Nunca fui uma mulher de relacoes de uma noite so. Quero ter a certeza, se dormir contigo, de que o faco porque queres passar algum tempo comigo e porque gostas de mim por quem eu sou e nao pelo que sou. | Charlaine Harris | ||
| 6e20cf8 | These two Kings and two Queens governed Narnia well, and long and happy was their reign. At first much of their time was spent in seeking out the remnants of the White Witch's army and destroying them, and indeed for a long time there would be news of evil things lurking in the wilder parts of the forest- a haunting here and a killing there, a glimpse of a werewolf one month and a rumor of a hag the next. But in the end all that foul brood .. | edmund-pevensie kings-and-queens lucy-pevensie mythical-creatures narnia peter-pevensie reign susan-pevensie | C.S. Lewis | |
| e4d1253 | She's lazy. That extends to her friendships. If it's easy to be friendly, she will be. If the wind blows the other way, her friendship will be gone. And I'm thinking the wind is blowing the other way. She has found some other way to be an important person in her own right, by hating others. | Charlaine Harris | ||
| f68b7ce | Jeff Abbot was once involved in a taxicab race with Charlaine Harris in North Carolina (he did not win). | Charlaine Harris | ||
| a7586df | Sometimes he wondered if most people experienced the world around them a little bit differently from their fellows, if the assumption of commonality was simply an illusion. | C.S. Harris | ||
| 18abb27 | She had been born with a different name, to a woman with laughing eyes and warmly whispered words of love who'd died degraded and afraid on a misty Irish morning. | death woman | C.S. Harris | |
| 0962550 | When one lived a life that was, essentially, a lie, appearances were everything. | C.S. Harris | ||
| cbd863e | Life is full of scary things," he used to tell Kat. "The trick is not to let your fears get in the way of your living. Whatever else you do, Katherine, don't settle for a life half-lived." | C.S. Harris |