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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 319c5c6 | Women could probably be trained quite easily to see men first as sexual things. If girls never experienced sexual violence; if a girl's only window on male sexuality were a stream of easily available, well-lit, cheap images of boys slightly older than herself, in their late teens, smiling encouragingly and revealing cuddly erect penises the color of roses or mocha, she might well look at, masturbate to, and, as an adult, "need" beauty porno.. | equality feminism beauty body-image sexual-violence cosmetic-surgery diet-industry fashion-industry mass-culture objectification plastic-surgery cosmetics images marketing pornography society culture double-standards magazines sexuality eating-disorders self-esteem aging | Naomi Wolf | |
| f412d39 | Captain Phelan," Cam asked, choosing his words with care. "Have you come to ask for our consent to marry Beatrix?" Christopher shook his head. "If I decide to marry Beatrix, I'll do it with or without your consent." Leo looked at Cam. "Good God," he said in disgust. "This one's worse than Harry." | Lisa Kleypas | ||
| 4598708 | I'll follow you to the next life if I have to," he whispered harshly in her ear. "You'll never be free of me. I'll chase you through heaven and hell and beyond." He continued to whisper without stopping while his hands gripped her body close to his. "You stay with me, Holly," he muttered savagely. "Don't do this to me. You stay, damn you." | romance love tear-jerker zach | Lisa Kleypas | |
| 1f16b5d | I sometimes believe his lies are the truth, but I have never mistaken his truth for a lie. | Megan Whalen Turner | ||
| fdaf603 | If nobody spoke unless he had something to say, the human race would very soon lose the use of speech. | W. Somerset Maugham | ||
| aa4652c | They try to make you think they care about what you do but they don't. They don't want you to act a certain way. So you're easy to understand. So you won't pose a threat to them. | Veronica Roth | ||
| 8c3b3b1 | Madness is the emergency exit. You can just step outside, and close the door on all those dreadful things that happened. You can lock them away...forever." The Joker" | Alan Moore | ||
| 685284f | It was what we Japanese called the onion life, peeling away a layer at a time and crying all the while. | memoirs | Arthur Golden | |
| b8ef92f | You see, women have been essential to every great move of God. Yes, Moses led the Isaelites out of Egypt, but only after his mother risked her life to save him! Closer to our time, Clara Barton was instrumental in starting the Red Cross. Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin put fire into people's heart to end slavery in the United States. Rosa Parks kicked the Civil Rights movement into gear with her quiet act of courage. Eunice Kenned.. | women religion spritual | Stasi Eldredge | |
| b422f79 | there is no moment more precious than the exact moment you are living now | inspirational | Obert Skye | |
| b63aaa4 | To be human is to be broken and broken is its own kind of beautiful. | 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 | |
| e203da9 | Remember that things are not always as they appear to be... Curiosity creates possibilities and opportunities. | opportunity leadership inspiration inspirational-quotes inspire life-quotes living motivation optimistic positive-affirmation positive-life inspiring positive positive-thinking motivational optimism life inspirational possibility leader leaders curiosity creativity | Roy T. Bennett | |
| 476fd23 | The sun shall always rise upon a new day and there shall always be a rose garden within me. Yes, there is a part of me that is broken, but my broken soil gives way to my wild roses. | invincibility wild-roses inspirational-life inspirational-quotes hope inspirational inner-strength healing believe | C. JoyBell C. | |
| 3b573ab | You knew me. You knew that person, but you don't know the person I'm trying to become... You are not your past! | Mitch Albom | ||
| 423de19 | This was when she asked him whether it was true that love conquered all, as the songs said. 'It is true', he replied, 'but you would do well not to believe it. | love love-conquers-all of-love-and-other-demons gabriel-garcía-márquez disbelief | Gabriel García Márquez | |
| 9f6aed0 | No matter what you do this year or in the next hundred, you will be dead forever. | Gabriel García Márquez | ||
| 91338fd | You know what I've been thinking?" Why I hadn't crawled over the center console and into his lap yet? Because damn if I was wondering that very thing, but the car was way too small for those kind of Shenanigans." | Jennifer L. Armentrout | ||
| d327adc | Daemon: Ever hear the saying you catch more lions with honey than vinegar? Katy: I think it's 'catch more bees' and not lions. Daemon: Whatever. | jennifer-l-armentrout origin katy-swartz | Jennifer L. Armentrout | |
| f69e7a5 | Very simple was my explanation, and plausible enough---as most wrong theories are! | H.G. Wells | ||
| e0285b0 | Indecision is the source of chaos." - Paris Skyle(Allies of the Night)" | Darren Shan | ||
| 786807b | When I was alive, I mean the first time, Mussolini was in charge. We were at war." "Mussolini?" Leo frowned. "Wasn't he like BFFs with Hitler?" | hazel-levesque leo-valdez lol | Rick Riordan | |
| 152511a | Who are you?" Ethan Nakamura. I have to kill you." ??" | Rick Riordan | ||
| 5213fd9 | I am Hel," she agreed. "Sometimes called Hela, though most mortals dare not speak my name at all. No jokes, Magnus Chase? Who the Hel are you? What the Hel do you want? You look Hela bad. I was expecting more bravado." | Rick Riordan | ||
| c0f0961 | Besides, Reyna will do what she can to slow things down. She's still on our side. I know she is." "You trust her." Piper's voice sounded hollow, even to herself. "Look Pipes. I told you, you've got nothing to be jealous about." "She's beautiful. She's powerful. Se's so...Roman." Jason put down his hammer. He took her hand, which sent a tingle up her arm. Piper's dad had once taken her to the Aquarium of the Pacific and shown her an elec.. | jasper mark-of-athena piper-mclean rick-riordan | Rick Riordan | |
| f674b79 | If we can't repair things with the Romans--well, the two sets of demigods have gotten along. That's why the gods kept us separate. I don't know if we could ever belong there." Percy didn't want to argue, but he couldn't let go of the hope. It felt important--not just for him, but for all the other demigods. It to be possible to belong in two different worlds at once. After all, that's what being a demigod was all about--not quite belong.. | relationships families fitting-in percy-jackson percy-jackson-and-the-olympians the-mark-of-athena the-heroes-of-olympus | Rick Riordan | |
| b9a8ce3 | Cleverness is a quality a man likes to have in his wife as long as she is some distance away from him. Up close, he'll take kindness any day of the week, if there's nothing more alluring to be had. | Margaret Atwood | ||
| 4330365 | We lived, as usual by ignoring. Ignoring isn't the same as ignorance, you have to work at it. | Margaret Atwood | ||
| 682b65c | There is nothing to save, now all is lost, | loss poems stillness quotes | D.H. Lawrence | |
| 4fa04c0 | The world in books seemed so much more alive to me than anything outside. I could see things I'd never seen before. Books and music were my best friends. I had a couple of good friends at school, but never met anyone I could really speak my heart to. We'd just make small talk, play soccer together. When something bothered me, I didn't talk with anyone about it. I thought it over all by myself, came to a conclusion, and took action alone. No.. | Haruki Murakami | ||
| 187a569 | Aren't you afraid of dying? Not really. I've watched lots of good-for-nothing, worthless people die, and if people like that can do it, then I should be able to handle it. | people handle worthless dying | Haruki Murakami | |
| 9a65488 | All of us are imperfect human beings living in an imperfect world. | Haruki Murakami | ||
| 53028d2 | I closed my eyes and listened carefully for the descendants of Sputnik, even now circling the earth, gravity their only tie to the planet. Lonely metal souls in the unimpeded darkness of space, they meet, pass each other, and part, never to meet again. No words passing between them. No promises to keep. | Haruki Murakami | ||
| 3b7d03e | The thoughts that occur to me while I'm running are like clouds in the sky. Clouds of all different sizes. They come and they go, while the sky remains the same sky always. The clouds are mere guests in the sky that pass away and vanish, leaving behind the sky. | writing | Haruki Murakami | |
| c5650d4 | A whizzpopper!" cried the BFG, beaming at her. "Us giants is making whizzpoppers all the time! Whizzpopping is a sign of happiness. It is music in our ears! You surely is not telling me that a little whizzpopping if forbidden among human beans?" | giant humor children-s the-bfg gas farting roald-dahl friendly | Roald Dahl | |
| c61088a | None of the children knew who Aslan was any more than you do; but the moment the Beaver had spoken these words everyone felt quite different. Perhaps it has sometimes happened to you in a dream that someone says something which you don't understand but in the dream it feels as if it had some enormous meaning--either a terrifying one which turns the whole dream into a nightmare or else a lovely meaning too lovely to put into words, which mak.. | C.S. Lewis | ||
| d302876 | I ended my first book with the words 'no answer.' I know now, Lord, why you utter no answer. You are yourself the answer. Before your face questions die away. What other answer would suffice? Only words, words; to be led out to battle against other words. | fantasy religion inspirational | C. S. Lewis | |
| 26889eb | Man corrupt everything, say Shug. He on your box of grits, in your head, and all over the radio. He try to make you think he everywhere. Soon as you think he everywhere, you think he God. But he ain't. Whenever you trying to pray, and man plop himself on the other end of it, tell him to git lost, say Shug. Conjure up the flowers, wind, water, a big rock. | man religion god | Alice Walker | |
| ddd23d6 | In a brutal country like ours, where human life is 'cheap', it's stupid to destroy yourself for the sake of your beliefs. Beliefs? High ideas? Only people in rich countries can enjoy such luxuries. | sacrifice | Orhan Pamuk | |
| 5eaeab1 | Life is gamble, It's harsh and painful most of the time, and it's not for the timid. Spoils go to the victor, not to the one who doesn't even show up for the battle." -Acheron" | Sherrilyn Kenyon | ||
| f433744 | Stars aren't supposed to cry. They're supposed to laugh. (Zarek) How can I laugh when I have no heart? (Astrid) You have a heart. (He placed her hand over his.) One that only beats for you, princess. (Zarek) | Sherrilyn Kenyon | ||
| 5a55622 | I found something" Simon said as he walked in. He whipped out an old-fashioned key from his pocket and grinned at me. "It was taped to the back of my dresser drawer. What do you think? Buried treasure? Secret passageway? Locked room where they keep crazy old Aunt Edna?" "It probaly unlocks another dresser," Tori said. "One they threw out fifty years ago." "Its tragic, being born without an imagination. Do they hold telethons for that?" | Kelley Armstrong | ||
| 2b0d9a3 | Rafe didn't just flirt-he charmed girls right up to the point where they fell for him, then he changed his mind.I called him a player with attention deficit disorder. | Kelley Armstrong | ||
| 4617e11 | I miss you," I whispered. "I know, Bella. believe me, I know. It's like you've taken half my self away with you." "Come and get it, then," I challenged. "Soon, as soon as I possibly can. I make you safe first." His voice was hard. "I love you," I reminded him. "Could you believe that, despite everything I've put you through, I love you, too?" "Yes, I can, actually." "I'll come for you soon." "I'll be waiting." -- | Stephenie Meyer | ||
| 3c9e9b4 | There's terrible evil in the world." It comes from men," said Holly. "All other elil do what they have to do and Frith moves them as he moves us. They live on the earth and they need food. Men will never rest till they've spoiled the earth and destroyed the animals." | Richard Adams |