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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| b8f10f1 | Sooner or later...one has to take sides. If one is to remain human. | Graham Greene | ||
| 31b3380 | And there are always people who find their lives have become so unsupportable they believe the best thing they could do would be to hasten their transition to another plane of existence.' 'They kill themselves, you mean?' said Bod. [...] 'Indeed.' 'Does it work? Are they happier dead?' 'Sometimes. Mostly, no. It's like the people who believe they'll be happy if they go and live somewhere else, but who learn it doesn't work that way. Whereve.. | Neil Gaiman | ||
| ef64ce3 | Of course it was Loki. It's always Loki. | thor | Neil Gaiman | |
| 6fac725 | Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information? | wisdom knowledge | T.S. Eliot | |
| a925d2c | No pill can help me deal with the problem of not wanting to take pills; likewise, no amount of psychotherapy alone can prevent my manias and depressions. I need both. It is an odd thing, owing life to pills, one's own quirks and tenacities, and this unique, strange, and ultimately profound relationship called psychotherapy | Kay Redfield Jamison | ||
| 9dc944f | It is awfully hard work doing nothing. However, I don't mind hard work where there is no definite object of any kind. -Algernon | procrastination | Oscar Wilde | |
| 0ae3ff2 | Diana gave her a measured look and ducked down behind the counter. She came up a moment later with a sword about the length of Clary's forearm. "What do you think of this?" Clary stared at the weapon. It was undoubtedly beautiful. The cross-guard, grip and pommel were gold chased with obsidian, the blade a silver so dark it was nearly black. "It's a shortsword. You might want to look at the other side," said Diana, and she flipped the sword.. | Cassandra Clare | ||
| 1e2be66 | Look, I asked you here for a reason. Much as I hate to admit it, vampire, we have something in common. " "Totally awesome hair?" Simon suggested, but his heart wasn't really in it either. Something about the look on Jace's face was making him increasingly uneasy. Simon was caught off guard. "Clary?" "Clary, " Jace said again. "You know: short, redheaded, bad temper. " | love | Cassandra Clare | |
| d80d512 | Do you remember, the night of the battle on Valentine's ship, when I needed some of your strength?" "Do you need it again now?" Alec said. "Because you can have it." "I always need your strength, Alec," Magnus said, and closed his eyes as their intertwined fingers began to shine, as if between them they held the light of a star." | Cassandra Clare | ||
| c47ff34 | Tessa was laying on her side, her brown hair spread over the pillow, watching Will, whose face was bent over the pages, with a look of tenderness in her eyes, a tenderness mirrored in the softness of Will's voice as he read. | love tessa-gray will-herondale tenderness | Cassandra Clare | |
| 70313ab | Well, I don't want you to die," Tessa said. "I don't know why I feel it so strongly -- I've just met you -- but I don't want you to die." "And I trust you," he said. "I don't know why -- I've just met you -- but I do." | tid the-infernal-devices clockwork-angel tessa-gray jem-carstairs | Cassandra Clare | |
| 0551ad4 | He dropped his voice, so low that Tessa wasn't sure if what he said next was real or part of the dream darkness rising to claim her, though she fought against it. "I've never minded it," he went on. "Being lost, that is. I had always thought one could not be truly lost if one knew one's own heart. But I fear I may be lost without knowing yours." He closed his eyes as if he were bone-weary, and she saw how thin his eyelids were, like parchme.. | romance love tessa-gray jem-carstairs | Cassandra Clare | |
| 2c4d113 | You become mature when you become the authority of your own life. | spirituality philosophy mythology | Joseph Campbell | |
| 3f852af | Phury glanced at John and thought that sometimes it took only a hairbreadth between cars to avoid a mortal accident. Sometimes your whole life could hinge on a fraction of an inch. Or the beat of a nanosecond. Or the knock on a door. Kind of made a male believe in the divine. | J.R. Ward | ||
| 185f851 | Motherf**ker. Bastard ass motherf**ker. C**ks**king rat-bitch bastard motherf**ker!" - Blay" | J.R. Ward | ||
| 6c3ab40 | Why you? Why us for that matter? Why anything? Because this moment simply is. | Kurt Vonnegut | ||
| 9089378 | So hard to die.' I don't doubt that it is, but it cannot be much harder than being left behind. | John Green | ||
| 5866386 | There is nothing more majestic than the determined courage of individuals willing to suffer and sacrifice for their freedom and dignity. | Martin Luther King Jr. | ||
| 474015d | My eyes flew open, and I pushed back against rock-hard shoulders. I let out a little squeak of horror. "It's me," said a familiar voice. ..."Eric, what are you doing here?" "Snuggling." | Charlaine Harris | ||
| fab8122 | Weddings are never about the bride and groom, weddings are public platforms for dysfunctional families. | Lisa Kleypas | ||
| 5569b7f | You'll have to pardon me," the magus said. "But with your country at war I can't see how any of it really matters." Standing up, Eugenides pulled the papers from the magus's hands. "It matters, because I can't do anything, anymore, for this country, and it matters," he yelled as he threw the papers back to his desk, "because I only have one hand and it isn't even the right one!" Turning, he picked an inkpot off the desk and threw it to shat.. | Megan Whalen Turner | ||
| 0df0cb1 | She tips her chin up and looks at me with that Abnegation stubbornness I know so well. She may have left them, but they are what's making her strong. | Veronica Roth | ||
| 1f8a5f9 | It is impossible to erase my choices. | tris tobias impossible | Veronica Roth | |
| 6156db8 | Suicide to them is an act of selfishness. Someone who is truly selfless does not think of himself often enough to desire death. | Veronica Roth | ||
| dd88882 | I breathe in. The water will wash my wounds clean. I breathe out. My mother submerged me in water when I was a baby, to give me to God. It has been a long time since I thought about God, but I think about him now. It is only natural. I am glad, suddenly, that I shot Eric in the foot instead of the head. | religion dying | Veronica Roth | |
| a5e7423 | He touches my face, covering my cheeks with his hands, sliding his fingertips down my neck, fitting his fingers to the slight curve of my hips. I can't stop. | Veronica Roth | ||
| 26553d4 | What did I know of life, I who had lived so carefully? Who had neither won nor lost, but just let life happen to him? Who had the usual ambitions and settled all too quickly for them not being realised? Who avoided being hurt and called it a capacity for survival? Who paid his bills, stayed on good terms with everyone as far as possible, for whom ecstasy and despair soon became just words once read in novels? One whose self-rebukes never re.. | Julian Barnes | ||
| f0ccbaa | People who've never read fairy tales, the professor said, have a harder time coping in life than the people who have. They don't have access to all the lessons that can be learned from the journeys through the dark woods and the kindness of strangers treated decently, the knowledge that can be gained from the company and example of Donkeyskins and cats wearing boots and steadfast tin soldiers. I'm not talking about in-your-face lessons, but.. | Charles de Lint | ||
| 9d50c93 | We Lannisters do have a certain pride," said Tyrion Lannister. "Pride?" Catelyn snapped. His mocking tone and easy manner made her angry. "Arrogance, some might call it. Arrogance and avarice and lust for power." "My brother is undoubtedly arrogant," Tyrion Lannister replied. "My father is the soul of avarice, and my sweet sister Cersei lusts for power with every waking breath. I, however, am innocent as a little lamb. Shall I bleat for you.. | avarice innocence power | George R.R. Martin | |
| 7090f6e | If soldiers are punished before they have grown attached to you, they will not prove submissive; and, unless submissive, then will be practically useless. If, when the soldiers have become attached to you, punishments are not enforced, they will still be unless. | relationship leadership discipline | Sun Tzu | |
| 62afe28 | Be authentic to your dreams. Be authentic to your own idea about yourself. Grind away at your own minds and bodies until you become your own invention. Be Mad Scientists. | Warren Ellis | ||
| 935358e | When you find that people are not telling you the truth---look out! | Agatha Christie | ||
| 8b3c9a2 | But I killed you," Alyss said. "Did you?" Red turned to The Cat. "Why wasn't I informed?" | frank-beddor queen-redd | Frank Beddor | |
| 1a8d09b | Stop thinking of what you intend to do. Stop thinking of what you have just done. Then, stop thinking that you have stopped thinking of those things. Then you will find the Now, the time that stretches eternal, and is really the only time there is. | Robin Hobb | ||
| d7ca4c4 | Do you know who I am?" she demanded. "Well, you're Night, I suppose," said Annabeth. "I mean, I can tell because you're dark and everything, though the brochure didn't say much about you." Nyx's eyes winked out for a moment. "What brochure?" Annabeth patted her pockets. "We had one, didn't we?" Percy licked his lips. "Uh-huh." He was still watching the horses, his hand tight on his sword hilt, but he was smart enough to follow Annabeth's le.. | tourists percy-jackson | Rick Riordan | |
| b70faed | Magic comes from the heart, from your feelings, your deepest expressions of desire. That's why black magic is so easy--it comes from lust, from fear and anger, from things that are easy to feed and make grow. The sort I do is harder. It comes from something deeper than that, a truer and purer source--harder to tap, harder to keep, but ultimately more elegant, more powerful. My magic. That was at the heart of me. It was a manifestation of wh.. | magic hope harry-dresden | Jim Butcher | |
| 36342df | They say that nameless things change constantly--that names fix them in place like pins. | Holly Black | ||
| 5ec6d23 | Tohru: "Call a doctor, or a vet, or something! Mr. Postman! It's terrible! You see?! They're animals!" Mailman: "Well, uh, yes, they certainly are. Here's your mail." Tohru: "No, no, we've got to do something!" (Shigure in dog form grabs the letter.) Mailman: "I wish my dog was as smart. Good day!" | humor manga tohru-honda natsuki-takaya tohru | Natsuki Takaya | |
| 0acb170 | Happiness is the only thing worth fighting for in life. | inspirational | Lilly Singh | |
| 463ef48 | We don't truly appreciate what we have until it's gone... We don't really appreciate something until we have experienced some events; we don't really appreciate our parents until we ourselves have become parents. Be grateful for what you have now, and nothing should be taken for granted. | gratitude inspiration inspirational-quotes inspire life-quotes living optimistic positive-affirmation positive-life inspiring positive positive-thinking optimism life inspirational | Roy T. Bennett | |
| 59e709c | The more you talk about them, the more important they will feel. The more you listen to them, the more important you will make them feel. | influence leadership inspiration inspirational-quotes inspire life-quotes living motivation inspiring motivational life inspirational listen leader leaders important talk listening talking | Roy T. Bennett | |
| bcd973e | Take Care Of Your Tongue Like The Way You Take Care Of Gold & Silver. | think-before-you-speak inspirational | Ali Ibn Abi Talib A.S | |
| 7dfe26d | When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved not enough. | love inspirational lost | Maurice Maeterlinck | |
| afe234a | Now don't you understand man universal la | inspirational | Lauryn Hill |