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f42e06f It is impossible," he said, "to put a label upon remembered feelings. They are colored too much by all our subsequent experiences." Mary Balogh
fcbc215 Insults are only really effective," she said, "when the person insulted cares for the good opinion of the insulter" Mary Balogh
c0197d9 Happiness can make us feel big and sure of ourselves, but only pain gives us depth. Christopher Pike
9b05b11 I do not want to die - Then you should not have been born (Sita) Last Vampire Christopher Pike
c0eba2c In the heart are three emotions--I felt them then: love, fear, and hatred. I could see that an individual could only have one of the three at a time. Christopher Pike
81bd87d Any odds are good odds for the damned christopher pike
c80f404 It's like a haunted house we can't leave,' Neil said. A haunted house we're afraid to leave, Tony thought. christopher-pike fear haunted-houses horror Christopher Pike
ac1d291 I'd seen him around town for a year or so before he made a move on me. I'd heard good and bad things about him. One friend said he was just out for sex. Another said he was a romantic at heart. What the hell, I thought. I needed sex and romance in my life. Sometimes I believe I would have taken one without the other. sex Christopher Pike
82d1076 I am not dead. Death does not exist. I am alive! That is the purpose of this tale, to let everyone know that they do go on and that they don't need to be afraid, as I was afraid. Yet I also have a selfish reason for wanting my story told. I was young when I died. I didn't have a chance to make my mark in the world. I didn't do anything unique, nothing that will change the course of history. But I wasn't a bad girl. I don't want to be forgot.. christopher-pike death ghosts remember-me shari-cooper Christopher Pike
f58341e On the other hand, if love did not mature it could lead to bondage, to jealousy. If you loved someone, but felt possessive of them, you could end up treating them like an object that belonged to you. Just as bad, with your children, if you showered them with too much love, and never disciplined them, they would grow up weak and spoiled. At times, love had to be tough, or it could end up wrecking those dearest to you. Christopher Pike
c228a6f I have faith. It doesn't matter what I decide. Christopher Pike
447b484 But if you wish, you can imagine that the Shadow does wait for your return and that it does remember everything that has gone before and that it doesn't let you accept yourself as perfect until you let it. There is truth in that. That is why a child usually cries as soon as it's born. With its first breath, the Shadow returns. christopher-pike death ghosts horror remember-me self-acceptance shadows Christopher Pike
536e73e Most people would probably call me a ghost. I am, after all, dead. But I don't think of myself that way. It wasn't so long ago that I was alive, you see. I was only eighteen. I had my whole life in front of me. Now I suppose you could say I have all of eternity before me. I'm not sure exactly what that means yet. I'm told everything's going to be fine. But I have to wonder what I would have done with my life, who I might have been. That's w.. christopher-pike death ghosts remember-me shari-cooper Christopher Pike
68e3ac2 You're in love with your image of Linda. Mr. Green is in love with his image of Jesus. Both of your images have little to do with reality. Both of you are making yourselves miserable.' 'That's not fair, comparing me to him. You don't see me hammering nails in people.' 'You prefer to hammer them through your own hands. jesus spiritual Christopher Pike
b436c9f Yet I have to wonder if I have lost the song because I have become the song. If I have lost my Lord because I do indeed desire to be what I will become. A lover who hates, a saint who sins, and an angel who kills. angel-of-death black-blood christopher-pike lover maya saint sita song spirtualism Christopher Pike
61f2ac3 Why does Papaji tell Jeevan this story? Roop wonders. Whenever Gujri tells Roop a story, se reminds Roop that stories are not told for th telling, but for the teaching. Shauna Singh Baldwin
673e172 If you would win a woman's love, give her each day a gift. If you would keep her love, give her each day two gifts. Kwani Linda Lay Shuler
708df70 Vaheguru, forgive me, but a woman must choose the wisdom of lies over the dangers of truth. woman womens-fiction Shauna Singh Baldwin
06026c9 that experience of getting it wrong that makes me know what's right. Maggie Shayne
8049fd2 I don't like you, Jack. You know that, right ?" "Right. No more than I like you, Brigham." "And I'm not afraid of this thing. I'm not afraid of anything. You know that, too, right ?" "I've never seen you scared. I can give you that." Till now, he thought, but he didn't say that part aloud, mostly because it would piss her off and he was dying to see where the hell she was going with it. "Good, just so we're clear on it. I wouldn't want you .. Maggie Shayne
71a4af7 God, Brigham. You never told me you were a goddamn goddess. Maggie Shayne
7a4a803 Eat dessert first in case you're going to choke to death on your b Maggie Shayne
e48ae7d Do not cry for me, Raven. Dying is part of living, a birth into a new life. You know this. Maggie Shayne
0b0980e In some previous lifetime, my daughter, you died while attempting to save the life of another witch. Because of this, you were born into this lifetime with the gift of immortality. But this is only one of two ways that gift can be passed on. Maggie Shayne
15a659c My heart, as you well know, Bright Eyes, has always been yours for the asking. Or the staking. Teresa Medeiros
9135912 When you wrote yr 1st book, did U ever dream it was going to be welcomed by the world w/open arms? I didn't write it for the world. I wrote it for me. Then that's what you need to do again. Write yourself another book. But I know in my heart I'll never write anything as good as that book. [...] It doesn't matter what you write as long as you stop beating yourself up about not writing and start writing. Teresa Medeiros
75328e7 Oddly enough, writing again has made me WANT to get out more. I mean, if I don't start living life, how can I write about it? Teresa Medeiros
cb4596a Their gazes met. His eyes swept her in a velvet caress, uncertainty stamped on his features. The night loomed between them, as dark and impenetrable as his eyes. Rowena had to look away. She forced herself to remember how he had used his body and her need as weapons to weave a punishing net of pleasure. lace rowena shadows teresa-medeiros Teresa Medeiros
4c4b5de There is none so blind as he who will not see. Teresa Medeiros
30688c6 The true measure of a man has nothing to do with years and everything to do with how well he looks after those who depend upon him. Teresa Medeiros
cb9bf2d He was not a man to hide his emotions and if tested, his blue eyes would darken, gleaming like unfathomable gems. Teresa Medeiros
bea89dd When her father offered him her hand in marriage and a fortune in gold and jewels as a reward, Burke informed him that he would be content with nothing more than a kiss.'" "Her father must have been a most excellent kisser," Clarinda replied, lifting the book to hide her face altogether." Teresa Medeiros
ca3b171 Your growling and posturing might impress the sort of women you're accustomed to consorting with,but quite frankly, I find them to be a bit of a bore. Teresa Medeiros
851d7a1 Night, G'rard." " 'Night, mouse." lucy Teresa Medeiros
5e81932 Daca un barbat refuza sa creada o femeie pe care pretinde ca o iubeste, atunci, spune-mi, barbate, care dintre ei este cel necredincios? Teresa Medeiros
9c19dcb But ultimate safety does not exist. Those who trust in such will find that hope dashed upon the very rock behind which they seek to hide. -- Timothy Zahn
686be66 Then I am alone, he told himself. I am the last of the Jedi. Timothy Zahn
c3a4cad There is satisfaction in defeating an enemy. But one must never allow oneself to become complacent. There are always more enemies to be identified, faced, and vanquished. Timothy Zahn
0a26c42 The fear of the violent and the lawless is no less a tyranny than the edicts that come from the Emperor's throne. Timothy Zahn
e263dfa Jedi Skywalker; remember it well. For if you allow your justice to be forgotten, you will be forced to repeat the same lessons again and again." He held Luke's gaze" Timothy Zahn
874f25e Jedi Skywalker; remember it well. For if you allow your justice to be forgotten, you will be forced to repeat the same lessons again and again." He held Luke's gaze a pair" Timothy Zahn
9374184 And in that single crackle of tortured electronics she had lost everything. Her comm, her lights, her limited maneuvering jets, her life support regulator, her emergency beacons. Everything. For a second her thoughts flickered to Skywalker. He'd been lost in deep space, too, awhile back. But she'd had a reason to find him. No one had a similar reason to find her. loss luke-skywalker mara-jade star-wars Timothy Zahn
93cb619 There are three ways to take down a wild tusklan. The average hunter takes a large-bore weapon with which to shoot the animal. When it works, the method is quick and efficient. But if the first shot fails to hit a vital organ, the tusklan may be upon its attackerbfore a second shot can be aimed and fired. The wise hunter takes a smaller-bore weapon. The method is less likely to produce a first-shot kill, but the second, third, or fourth sho.. hunting star-wars thrawn Timothy Zahn Star Wars: Thrawn
cc2d859 A great tactician creates plans. A good tactician recognizes the soundness of a plan presented to him. A fair tactician must see the plan succeed before offering approval. Those Timothy Zahn