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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 62b32bb | You got the list?" Lewis asked. "What the hell is the deal with the temperature?" "Razel is not allowed to sweat," Maximo answered. "If she does, fanatics will appear from nowhere like mischievous sprites and bottle each drop and then sell it on eBay for millions." | erotic-romance razel-dazzle urban-fairytale urban-fantasy | Elizabeth Morgan | |
| a260cc4 | You have fallen badly, senor gringo. Bribery is a very serious crime in this country. You will have to pay. | Rusty Young | ||
| 37c91d3 | Mr. Sturgess ran the classes with iron, ex-military discipline. We each had spots on the floor, denoting where we should stand rigidly to attention, awaiting our next task. And he pushed us hard. It felt like Mr. Sturgess had forgotten that we were only age six--but as kids, we loved it. It made us feel special. We would line up in rows beneath a metal bar, some seven feet off the ground, then one by one we would say: "Up, please, Mr. Sturg.. | Bear Grylls | ||
| 6d91b58 | When my parents were away, I would often be sent to spend the night in the house of an older lady who I didn't know, and who didn't seem to know me, either. (I assume it was a friendly neighbor or acquaintance, or at least hope it was.) I hated it. I remember the smell of the old leather photo frame containing a picture of my mum and dad that I would cling to in the strange bed. I was too young to understand that my parents would be coming .. | Bear Grylls | ||
| d9d9d03 | Through all these times and formative young years, Lara, my sister, was a rock to me. My mother had suffered three miscarriages after having Lara, and eight years on she was convinced that she wasn't going to be able to have more children. But Mum got pregnant, and she tells me she spent nine months in bed to make sure she didn't miscarry. It worked. Mum saved me. The end result, though, was that she was probably pleased to get me out, and .. | Bear Grylls | ||
| e517a7f | Families are like fudge--mostly sweet with a few nuts! | Bear Grylls | ||
| 148fa98 | Three words that are the beating heart behind why many explorers or adventurers do what they do. 'Because it's there. | Bear Grylls | ||
| a15c118 | Almost a hundred years earlier, to the day, Samuel Smiles had written the final pages of his book It included this moving tale of heroism as an example for the Victorian Englishman to follow. For the fate of my great-grandfather, Walter, it was poignant in the extreme. The vessel was steaming along the African coast with 472 men and 166 women and children on board. The men consisted principally of recruits who had been only a short time i.. | Bear Grylls | ||
| 6cd4a55 | Samuel Smiles ends his book with the following moving story of the "gentleman" general: The gentleman is characterized by his sacrifice of self, and preference of others, in the little daily occurrences of life...we may cite the anecdote of the gallant Sir Ralph Abercromby, of whom it is related, that, when mortally wounded in the battle of Aboukir, and, to ease his pain, a soldier's blanket was placed under his head, from which he experien.. | Bear Grylls | ||
| 77e91e4 | As a former pilot in World War I, Walter had always preferred flying as a means of travel, rather than going by sea. Whenever he was in the Dakota, flying over to Northern Ireland, he always asked for the front seat, joking that if it crashed then he wanted to die first. | Bear Grylls | ||
| 1a11a95 | The area became known affectionately by the other recruits as simply: 'The asshole of the world. | Bear Grylls | ||
| a13b383 | These made Trucker and me look back on the summer Selection days as quite balmy and pleasant! It is strange how accustomed you become to hardship, and how what once seemed horrific can soon become mundane. | Bear Grylls | ||
| 31d9cfd | It wasn't until the final years of her life that Neville and Patsie became almost reunited. Neville now lived a few hundred yards from the house that I grew up in as a teenager on the Isle of Wight, and Patsie in her old age would spend long summers living with us there as well. The two of them would take walks together and sit on the bench overlooking the sea. But Neville always struggled to let her in close again, despite her warmth and t.. | Bear Grylls | ||
| 28e8ef7 | positive word of warning, though: you might find that once you start eating more of the healthy stuff, your body will no longer like it when you eat the bad stuff. | Bear Grylls | ||
| 4745e82 | We can't always choose our circumstances but we can choose how we respond to what life throws at us, and there is power when we realize our ability to alter our destiny. | Bear Grylls | ||
| a311626 | empty vessels make the most noise. It is true. The best adventurers and climbers, and the most successful people I know in life, are all great listeners, and they don't talk too much. | Bear Grylls | ||
| 63d37a7 | Hey! Monkey! Over here!' one of the tourists called. The reverent atmosphere burst like a balloon. The orang-utan paused and looked back at them. Her face was long and grave, as if wondering how anyone could be such an idiot. Then she turned away again and disappeared into the trees. 'Hah!' The man clapped his hands, very pleased with himself. Then: 'What?' as he noticed the expressions on some of the faces around him. 'I made her look, did.. | Bear Grylls | ||
| 270799d | No, doctor, I'm going to London. If things happen anywhere, they happen in London. | Agatha Christie | ||
| 86ad6e3 | The professor was looking at Theodosia; he knew with resigned amusement that he was about to become the owner of the little dog. She wasn't going to ask, but the expression on her face was eloquent. | love pet-adoption rescue | Betty Neels | |
| 98bda77 | On the whole, however, it was accepted that money not only talked, but governed. All the industrialist had to get to be accepted among the governors of society was enough money. | capitalism economics french-revolution imperialism | Eric Hobsbawm | |
| be0acbb | Seventy years after Marx's death, one third of the human race lived under regimes ruled by communist parties which claimed to represent his ideas and realise his aspirations. | Eric Hobsbawm | ||
| e50b66e | Indeed, it may be suggested that 'traditions' and pragmatic conventions or routines are inversely related. | Eric J. Hobsbawm | ||
| d505455 | tSfH ktb wltjwl byn lrfwf hm jz Hmymy mn fn lqr@ wl ymkn stbdlh btqlyb shsh@. | Alberto Manguel | ||
| 5388e42 | In a week marred by death and pain, I'd found a single red rose growing in the ruins. I'd take the thorns as they came. | Craig Schaefer | ||
| 1b0791a | Ugh." She rolled her eyes. "Ever wonder why that's the conversational default? People always want to know your job. Not what you love, what you hate, but what you do to earn money. What does that say about us as a society?" | Craig Schaefer | ||
| 97208c3 | She had personal details about my relationships that only my close friends should have known. "So you've got a stalker," I said to my reflection in the rearview mirror. "And she eats people. Great." | Craig Schaefer | ||
| 4172d8a | Now bottle your hatred and store it in your heart's pantry for a thirstier day. | Craig Schaefer | ||
| 51016a7 | I realize you're a politician, so this is a new concept for you. 'Cooperating' means actually doing what you're supposed to, not just saying you will and then weaseling out. | Craig Schaefer | ||
| f19b7ea | Spend enough time living on the wrong side of the law, magic powers or not, you grow a sixth sense for when things are about to go sideways. Think of it as Darwinism for criminals. You learn when to walk away, you stay in the game for another night. You don't, well...the prisons are filled with guys who didn't spot a setup until they were being hauled off in handcuffs. | Craig Schaefer | ||
| bf60128 | She pointed at our hands. "Are you two rutting?" "That is so gross." Justine stood next to her with her mouth agape. "You are so gross." "No," Caitlin said, grinning. "We're holding hands. What I did with your father, that was rutting." Justine made a strangled squeaking noise, like a cat had lodged in her throat and was trying to kick its way out. Juliette stammered incoherently as she dragged her sister away by the arm. I let go of Caitli.. | Craig Schaefer | ||
| fb875bf | When you fight, though, that badge means you've gotta keep your gloves on. I don't. I use brass knuckles. | Craig Schaefer | ||
| cd23510 | According to Caitlin, he'd been on the throne since Hannibal discovered elephants, and he was so slippery he would orchestrate assassination plots against himself when he got bored, just to keep his wits sharp. | Craig Schaefer | ||
| 30f573f | I love working with fanatics. You just wind them up, and off they go. | Craig Schaefer | ||
| 76c07ac | Tonight," he said, "we shall get quietly and thoroughly drunk...in memory of all that was lost. And on the morrow, I begin the struggle to win it back." | struggles wales | Sharon Kay Penman | |
| 42a635d | He would never be able to emulate Richard's last gesture of defiance--gallant, glorious, and quite mad. | Sharon Kay Penman | ||
| 42ea1f4 | nn njd fy kl SfH@ mn SfHt ktb nTl`h athr Hytn ldhty@ | Alberto Manguel | ||
| 243a020 | My wife says [parenting] is a test of your capacity to deal with disorder and unpredictability -- a test you can't study for, and one whose results aren't always reassuring. | Alfie Kohn | ||
| c0885bf | Children aren't helped to become caring members of a community, or ethical decision-makers, or critical thinkers, so much as they're simply trained to follow directions. | Alfie Kohn | ||
| 9f8cb2f | Something in his voice stopped her from asking any more questions and he went on: 'So you see, Octavia, we need you and you need us. Between us we can be a family instead of three lonely people. | Betty Neels | ||
| a07a497 | Students get the message bout what adults want. When 4th graders in a variety of classroomswere asked what their teachers most wanted them to do, they didn't say, "Ask thoughtful questions" or "Make responsible decisions" or Help others." They said, "Be quiet, don't fool around, and get our work done on time." | education rewards | Alfie Kohn | |
| 384831c | They are not raising children so much as living resumes, and by the time high school arrives, the kids have learned to sign up for activities strictly to impress college admissions committees, ignoring (or, eventually, losing sight of) what they personally find interesting in the here-and-now. They have acquired the habit of asking teachers, "Do we need to know this?"--rather than, say, "What does this mean?"--as they grimly set about the b.. | Alfie Kohn | ||
| fe517d3 | Most people who refer to an epidemic of permissive parenting just assume that this is true, that everyone knows it, and therefore that there's no need to substantiate that claim. My efforts to track down data -- by combing both scholarly and popular databases as well as sending queries to leading experts in the field -- have yielded absolutely nothing. I'm forced to conclude that no one has any idea how many parents could be considered perm.. | Alfie Kohn | ||
| 407d66b | Independence is useful, but caring attitudes and behaviors shrivel up in a culture where each person is responsible only for himself. | Alfie Kohn | ||
| 0e902fb | How well you do things should be incidental, not integral, to the way you regard yourself. | self-esteem | Alfie Kohn |