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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| a7bfdec | Every intelligent being, whether it breathes or not, coughs nervously at some time in its life. | science | Terry Pratchett | |
| a89acbc | Marriage is a big word for all guys," Shane said. "You know that. It's kind of an allergy. We get itchy and sweaty just trying to spell it, much less do it." | Rachel Caine | ||
| 275c1b2 | I find it ridiculous to assign a gender to an inanimate object incapable of disrobing and making an occasional fool of itself. Why refer to lady crack pipe or good sir dishrag when these things could never live up to all that their sex implied? | David Sedaris | ||
| 10d9211 | I sat on the bed. Neither of us said anything. I wasn't slick and sophisticated enough for this. What do you say to boyfriend A when he finds you naked in the bed of boyfriend B? Especially if boyfriend A turned into a monster the night before and ate someone. I bet Miss Manners didn't cover this at all. | sex funny miss-manners polyamory | Laurell K. Hamilton | |
| e363669 | We are so afraid of the idea of having to die... that we always try to find excuses for the dead, as if we were asking beforehand to be excused when it is our turn... | José Saramago | ||
| 4901a37 | The Yesees said yes to anything That anyone suggested. The Noees said no to everything Unless it was proven and tested. So the Yesees all died of much too much And the Noees all died of fright, But somehow I think the Thinkforyourselfees All came out all right. | Shel Silverstein | ||
| 64951c4 | Sometimes a woman's love of being loved gets the better of her conscience, and though she is agonized at the thought of treating a man cruelly, she encourages him to love her while she doesn't love him at all. Then, when she sees him suffering, her remorse sets in, and she does what she can to repair the wrong. | woman love loved unrequited sexes cruelty | Thomas Hardy | |
| 7049494 | The heart is like a woman, and the head is like a man, and although man is the head of woman, woman is the heart of man, and she turns man's head because she turns his heart. | man marriage woman relationships christianity spirituality heart love philosophy inspirational woman-s-charm jesus-shock woman-s-character woman-s-strength catholicism theology | Peter Kreeft | |
| 68ce8c9 | Because there are mysteries. Because there are things that people are forbidden to speak about. Because there are things they do not remember. | Neil Gaiman | ||
| b3b9d0c | Your religion assumes that people are children and need a boogeyman so they'll behave. You want people to believe in God so they'll obey the law. That's the only means that occurs to you: a strict secular police force, and the threat of punishment by an all-seeing God for whatever the police overlook. You sell human beings short. | religion | Carl Sagan | |
| 832d7ce | Hey, our hair's the same color," I said, eyeing us side by side in the mirror. Sure is, Girlfriend." Eric grinned at me. "But are you blond all the way down?" Don't you wish you knew?" Yes," he said simply. Well, you'll just have to wonder." I am," he said. "Blond everywhere," I could tell as much from your chest hair." He raised my arm to check my armpit. "You silly women, shaving your body hair," He said, dropping my arm." | Charlaine Harris | ||
| 66b63a9 | I suppose that we women are such cowards that we think a man will save us from fears, and we marry him. | relationships truth | Bram Stoker | |
| 806fb06 | You have filled my tea with lumps of sugar, and though I asked most distinctly for bread and butter, you have given me cake. I am known for the gentleness of my disposition, and the extraordinary sweetness of my nature, but I warn you, Miss Cardew, you may go too far. | Oscar Wilde | ||
| 061ae3c | Gwendolen, it is a terrible thing for a man to find out suddenly that all his life he has been speaking nothing but the truth. Can you forgive me? | Oscar Wilde | ||
| e63602c | The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself. | gothic-horror-fiction hedonism | Oscar Wilde | |
| 02e899b | We are not our parents, Gabriel. We do not have to carry the burden of their choices or their sins. | cecily-herondale page-297 gabriel-lightwood clockwork-princess | Cassandra Clare | |
| a6c7159 | Can I tell you a boring science fact?" she whispered. "I bet you didn't learn it in Shadowhunter history class." "If you're trying to distract me from talking about my feelings, you're not being very subtle about it." He touched her face. "You know I make speeches. It's okay. You don't have to make them back. Just tell me you love me," "I'm not trying to distract you." She held up her hand and wiggles the fingers. "There are a hundred trill.. | love pg-699 jace-herondale power | Cassandra Clare | |
| 92fa72b | To love something is to destroy it forever. | Cassandra Clare | ||
| b80e43f | I'm Magnus Bane." he went on in a soothing tone, stretching out his ringed hands. Blue sparks had begun to dance between them like bioluminescence dancing water. "I'm the warlock who's here to cure you. Didn't they tell you I was comming?" "I know who you are, but..." Maia looked dazed. "You look so... so... shiny." | maia magnus-bane mortal-instruments | Cassandra Clare | |
| a6bc64e | They all yelled in excitement. Tamara yelled because she was happy. Aaron yelled because he liked it when other people were happy, and Call yelled because he was sure they were going to die. | Cassandra Clare | ||
| ceb008a | Jace threw himself against the door. It didn't budge. He cursed. "My shoulder will never be the same. I expect you to nurse me back to health." -Jace to Clary, pg.284-" | Cassandra Clare | ||
| 037f58d | She looked up from closing it to find Jace watching her through hooded eyes. "And one last thing," he said. He reached over and pulled the sparking pins out of her hair, so that it fell in warm heavy curls down her neck. The sensation of hair tickling her bare skin was unfamiliar and oddly pleasant. "Much better," he said, and she thought this time that maybe his voice was uneven too." | love jace-wayland | Cassandra Clare | |
| 2896ede | I was going to watch ," said Jace. "It's on next." "No, you're not," said Magnus. He snapped his fingers and the TV went off, releasing a small puff of smoke as the picture died. "You need to deal with this." "Suddenly you're interested in solving my problems?" "I'm interested in getting my apartment back. I'm tired of you cleaning all the time." | magnus-bane tv-reference | Cassandra Clare | |
| b39f108 | I did it because I love you!" he half-shouted, and then, as if registering the shocked look her face, he said in a more subdued voice, "I love you, Tessa, and I have loved you, almost since the moment I met you." | Cassandra Clare | ||
| 03e34b6 | Clothes were scattered across the floor in piles, a duffel bag open on the floor as if it had exploded. Isabelle's bright silver-gold whip hung from one bedpost, a lacy white bra from another. Simon averted his eyes. The curtains were drawn, the lamps extinguished. Isabelle flopped down on the edge of the bed and looked at him with bitter amusement. "A blushing vampire. Who would have guessed." | simon | Cassandra Clare | |
| fa96638 | No utopia can ever give satisfaction to everyone, all the time. As their material conditions improve, men raise their sights and become discontented with power and possessions that once would have seemed beyond their wildest dreams. And even when the external world has granted all it can, there still remain the searchings of the mind and the longings of the heart. | Arthur C. Clarke | ||
| c64dd93 | Worrying is the correct worldview. Life is worrisome. | John Green | ||
| 920a2fa | It lit up like a Christmas Tree Hazel Grace... | pain sorrow sorrowful cancer sad | John Green | |
| daa3a05 | Anybody have any money?" Frank checked his pockets. "Three denarii from Camp Jupiter. Five dollars Canadian." Hedge patted his gym shorts and pulled out what he found. "Three quarters, two dimes, a rubber band and--score! A piece of celery." He started munching on the celery, eyeing the change and the rubber band like they might be next." -- | money humor percy-jackson percy-jackson-and-the-olympians the-mark-of-athena frank-zhang the-heroes-of-olympus food | Rick Riordan | |
| 5786f3e | In war, our elders may give the orders...but it is the young who have to fight. | war youth | T.H. White | |
| 4e9a52e | Maybe it's good to put things in perspective, but sometimes, I think that the only perspective is to really be there. | Stephen Chbosky | ||
| 49a6141 | Sophos turned red, and I wondered about the circulation of his blood; maybe his body kept an extra supply of it in his head, ready for blushing. | Megan Whalen Turner | ||
| 44bcbb2 | That night we push our cots just a little closer together, and look into each other's eyes in the moments before we fall asleep. When he finally drifts off, our fingers are twisted together in the space between the beds. I smile a little, and let myself go. | love intimacy | Veronica Roth | |
| 7542d04 | This is what I wanted most to avoid: for my rises and falls to become Tobias's rises and falls. That's why I can't let him step in to defend me now. | Veronica Roth | ||
| 63e5c95 | To me, when someone wrongs you, you both share the burden of that wrongdoing - the pain of it weighs on both of you. Forgiveness, then, means choosing to bear the full weight all by yourself. Caleb's betrayal is something we both carry, and since he did it, all I've wanted is for him to take its weight away from me. I am not sure that I'm capable of shouldering it all myself - not sure that I am strong enough, or good enough. | inspirational | Veronica Roth | |
| 3cd18a5 | Nothing burns like the cold. But only for a while. Then it gets inside you and starts to fill you up, and after a while you don't have the strength to fight it. | winter hypothermia | George R.R. Martin | |
| 5ea1606 | But there's always a first time for everything | inspirational | Melissa de la Cruz | |
| 898ed71 | Don't think of introversion as something that needs to be cured...Spend your free the way you like, not the way you think you're supposed to. | inspirational introverts susan-cain | Susan Cain | |
| c7fa9d7 | I would remain nearer you for what time there is." "Gone in one faerie sigh," she quoted. Leather-clad fingers brushed over her short hair, rested on her cheek. "I can hold my breath." | holly valiant faerie | Holly Black | |
| 15d9d30 | No," said Luis, "You can't date the Lord of the Night Court." "Well, I'm not, he dumped me." "You can't get dumped by the lord of the night court." "Oh, yes, you can. You so completely can." | Holly Black | ||
| fdeb6c4 | Some people who are obsessed with food become gourmet chefs. Others become eating disorders. | food obsession | Marya Hornbacher | |
| 6d42448 | Inner peace is impossible without patience. Wisdom requires patience. Spiritual growth implies the mastery of patience. Patience allows the unfolding of destiny to proceed at its won unhurried pace. | inspirational soul patience | Brian Weiss | |
| f8ce6a2 | Seberapa indah mimpi, jika tetap mimpi? | inspirational | Seno Gumira Ajidarma | |
| b695edb | Well, if it can be thought, it can be done, a problem can be overcome, | overcoming-challenges problem successful-mind inspirational-attitude positive-thinking motivational success inspirational overcoming-obstacles triumph challenges overcoming-adversity positive-attitude challenge problems problem-solving | E.A. Bucchianeri |