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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| b56ca02 | The cruelty of children is more shocking than the cruelty of adults. Not only was I shocked, I was angry. But it felt somehow wrong, unhealthy, to be so furious with a child. | Charlaine Harris | ||
| 621e2ef | Then slowly, as his erratic shape approached the next guttering aura he would begin by degrees to become a silhouette, until immediately before the candle he would for a moment appear like an inky scarecrow, a mantis of pitch-black cardboard worked with strings. | Mervyn Peake | ||
| 66f398f | Suddenly the blood tasted good, salty, the stuff of life. | Charlaine Harris | ||
| bcbd08b | It must be one of the worst things in the world, to see your child revealed as a selfish little sadist. | Charlaine Harris | ||
| 8d68292 | You want to own your own life," Eric said. "As much as anyone can." "Just when I think you're very simple, you say something complex," Eric said. "Are you complaining?" I tried to smile, failed. "No." | Charlaine Harris | ||
| 58e00ed | I saw a Puffin In the Bay of Baffin Sittin on Nuffin And it was Laffin. | Mervyn Peake | ||
| 9d4a405 | For answer Mr Flay shot his head forward out of his collar and croaked, 'Silence! you kitchen thing. Hold your tongue you greasy fork. | Mervyn Peake | ||
| e2cc82e | Rottcodd was unmarried. An aloofness and even a nervousness was apparent on first acquaintance and the ladies held a peculiar horror for him. His, then, was an ideal existence, living alone day and night in a long loft. Yet | Mervyn Peake | ||
| 8891202 | The castle was round and about them, widespread and as unchartable as a dark day. | mervyn peake | ||
| 45d55c7 | That night, I hated father. He smelt of cabbage. There was cigarette ash all over his trousers. His untidy moustache was yellower and viler than ever with nicotine, and he took no notice of me. He simply sat there in his ugly arm-chair, his eyes half closed, brooding on the Lord knows what. I hated him. I hated his moustache. I even hated the smoke that drifted from his mouth and hung in the stale air above his head. And when my mother came.. | bourgeoisie petulance | Mervyn Peake | |
| e40aa1e | Let them touch him. For every hair that's hurt I'll stop a heart. | Mervyn Peake | ||
| a826ce3 | Don't you think so? Don't you think so?' 'I am far beyond thinking, bone of my bone. Far, far beyond thinking, I hand over the reins to you, Irma. Mount and be gone. The world awaits you. | Mervyn Peake | ||
| 70c71ca | Every blade of the grass was of consequence, and the few scattered stones held an authority that made their solid, separate marks upon the brain - each one with its own unduplicated shape: each rising brightly from the ink of its own spilling. | Mervyn Peake | ||
| 276d037 | Words can be tiresome as a swarm of insects. They can prick and buzz! Words can be no more than a series of farts; or on the other hand they can be adamantine, obdurate, inviolable, stone upon stone. | Mervyn Peake | ||
| 31ec4e7 | Directly Mr Pye stepped ashore he heard her voice. 'The name is Dredger,' it said. Mr Pye lifted his head again, his thorn-shaped nose veering towards her and the rest of his round face following it, as a ship must follow its bowsprit. His little mouth continued to smile gently but it gave nothing away. As he remained silent, Miss Dredger raised her voice as though to establish the fact of her forthright nature from the outset. 'Mr Pye, I i.. | Mervyn Peake | ||
| 8852fbb | He could now inhabit the world of words, with, at the back of his melancholy, a solace he had not known before | Mervyn Peake | ||
| 3ee7bc7 | For what is more lovable than failure? | failure friendship love | Mervyn Peake | |
| 54bd588 | she stepped outwards into the dim atmosphere, and falling, was most fabulously lit by the moon and the sun. | Mervyn Peake | ||
| 3777538 | She was gauche in movement and in a sense, ugly of face, but with how small a twist might she not suddenly have become beautiful. Her sullen mouth was full and rich -- her eyes smouldered. A yellow scarf hung loosely around her neck. Her shapeless dress was a flaming red. For all the straightness of her back she walked with a slouch. "Come here," said Lord Groan as she was about to pass him and the doctor. "Yes father," she said huskily. "W.. | Mervyn Peake | ||
| 50006d7 | Through her, in microcosm, the wide earth sobbed. The starglobe sank in her; the colours faded. The death-dew rose and the wild birds in her breast climbed to her throat and gathered songless, hovering, all tumult, wing to wing, so ardent for those climes where all things end. | Mervyn Peake | ||
| 4fe5d09 | In great thick dusty books he read And hardly ever went to bed Before it was eleven. - | reading reading-habits | Mervyn Peake | |
| 06698fe | Before it had awoke to die on the instant of its waking, a score of bells and clocks had shouted midday and for a minute after its death, from near and far the clappers in their tents of rusted iron clanged across Gormenghast. | Mervyn Peake | ||
| d205f33 | Would you be so kind as to remove your redundant carcass from the door of this room, my man,' he said, in his high, abstracted voice; 'and keep it in the kitchen, where it is paid to do this and that among the saucepans, I believe ... would you? No one rang for you. Your mistress' voice, though high, is nothing like the ringing of a bell ... nothing at all. | Mervyn Peake | ||
| 0f5ff44 | If ever he had harboured a conscience in his tough narrow breast he had by now dug out and flung away the awkward thing - flung it so far away that were he ever to need it again he could never find it. | Mervyn Peake | ||
| 525c36c | He watched her almost with indifference -for it was all in the past-and even the present was nothing to the pride of his memory. | Mervyn Peake | ||
| 747a887 | He ran because his decision had been made. It had been made for him by the convergence of half-forgotten motives, of desires and reasons, of varied yet congruous impulses. And the convergence of all these to a focus point of action. | Mervyn Peake | ||
| f6d0b12 | His voice is unmuffled - it is like a bell, clearly ringing in the night of our confusion; but the clarity is the clarity of imponderable depth... | Mervyn Peake | ||
| 375579f | One should always be defended against reality. | self-care | Maeve Gilmore | |
| f009e93 | Steerpike of the Many Problems," said the Doctor. "What did you say they were? My memory is so very untrustworthy. It's as fickle as a fox. Ask me to name the third lateral bloodvessel from the extremity of my index finger that runs east to west when I lie on my face at sundown, or the percentage of chalk to be found in the knuckles of an average spinster in her fifty-seventh year, ha, ha, ha! - or even ask me, my dear boy, to give details .. | memory | Mervyn Peake | |
| 0e31397 | His staff had shaken hands with her as though a woman was merely another kind of man. Fools! The seeds of Eve were in this radiant creature. The lullabyes of half a million years throbbed in her throat. Had they no sense of wonder, no reverence, no pride? | women | Mervyn Peake | |
| 2c4e141 | The crumbs blow free down the pointless sea To the beat of a cakey heart And the sensitive steel of the knife can feel That love is a race apart In the speed of the lingering light are blown The crumbs to the hake above, And the tropical air vibrates to the drone Of a cake in the throes of love. | nonsense | Mervyn Peake | |
| 7478526 | There is a kind of laughter that sickens the soul. Laughter when it is out of control: when it screams and stamps its feet, and sets the bells jangling in the next town. Laughter in all its ignorance and its cruelty. Laughter with the seed of Satan in it. It tramples upon shrines; the belly-roarer. It roars, it yells, it is delirious: and yet it is as cold as ice. It has no humour. It is naked noise and naked malice. | laughter malevolence the-mob | Mervyn Peake | |
| eb5e606 | I love acronyms, don't you? They are quick and easy tools for remembering important lessons that are too good to forget. The PEACE acronym goes straight to the heart of the matter for delivering "Service Beyond Self." When you do this one thing, you will increase your opportunities, earn loyalty and respect, and rock your first and last impressions. Persistently Exceed All Customer Expectations" -- | customer-service-quotes motivational-speaker-susan-young positive-first-impression-quotes positivity-quotes quotes-by-susan-c-young relationship-quotes selling-success service-beyond-self susanspeaks-com | Susan C. Young | |
| 2bc53a3 | Get outside your comfort zone. Stretch beyond your norm and try new things. | communication-skills confidence-and-attitude confidence-quotes first-impressions motivational-speaker relationship-quotes self-confidence self-esteem-quotes susan-young | Susan C. Young | |
| 05ac60f | Our cultural lens is so much a part of us that we are not even aware of how obvious it is to others. Like the nose on your face, you may forget that it is there, but everyone else sees it. I can't look at you and not see your nose. | customer-service-quotes employee-engagement mindfulness motivational-speaker-susan-young positive-first-impression-quotes quotes-by-susan-c-young relationship-quotes susanspeaks-com | Susan C. Young | |
| 3f2a45d | Wouldn't you like to arrive to any event or situation with a sense of confidence and ease that things are as they need to be? | communication-skills motivational-speaker preparation-quotes quotes-by-susan-c-young relationship-quotes susan-young | Susan C. Young | |
| 67a0577 | Get ready to take on the world from a position of personal power, strength, and intention! | communication-skills motivational-speaker preparation-quotes quotes-by-susan-c-young relationship-quotes susan-young | Susan C. Young | |
| f611576 | Ambiverts typically . . . * Can process information both internally and externally. They need time to contemplate on their own, but consider the opinions and wisdom from people whom they trust when making a decision. * Love to engage and interact enthusiastically with others, however, they also enjoy calm and profound communication. * Seek to balance between their personal time and social time, they value each greatly. * Are able to move fr.. | employee-engagement first-impressions-quotes hire-keynote-speaker introvert-or-extrovert motivational-leadership-speaker personality-styles quotes-by-susan-c-young relationship-quotes speaker-susan-young | Susan C. Young | |
| d0deb30 | As you jump new hurdles, you gain greater confidence. Confidence can be achieved like any other practiced skill. | charm-quotes communication-quotes communication-skills first-impressions motivational-speaker relationship-quotes self-confidence self-esteem-quotes susan-young | Susan C. Young | |
| 40a9a9d | Whether it is in a sales situation, love at first sight, a husband and wife having an important conversation, a parent disciplining a child, or a teacher instructing her students, eye contact is a powerful body language for enriching engagement, focus, and communication. | body-language-quotes communication-skills eye-contact-quotes law-of-attraction-quotes mirroring motivational-speaker-susan-young quotes-by-susan-c-young reciprocity relationship-quotes | Susan C. Young | |
| c1b4aae | UN-Impressive Acts of Indiscretion * Forwarding other people's emails without getting permission. * Throwing other people under the bus to save yourself. * Talking loudly, being boorish and insensitive to the others around you. * Flagrant cheating. * Burning bridges. * Talking smack. * Dissing your competitor to your customer. * Oversharing and revealing too much personal information about yourself and others. * Breaking trust by sharing s.. | best-motivational-speakers build-rapport communication-skills customer-service-quotes discretion first-impressions-quotes quotes-by-susan-c-young relationship-quotes speaker-susan-young | Susan C. Young | |
| c138bf6 | Being culturally aware and respectful of others' cultures will help you to keep the habit of making eye contact in context. As a matter of fact, in some parts of the world making eye contact can be construed as being exactly the opposite of what I am sharing in these pages. Making a great first impression is always about the specific environment and circumstance, isn't it? | body-language-quotes communication-skills eye-contact-quotes law-of-attraction-quotes mirroring motivational-speaker-susan-young quotes-by-susan-c-young reciprocity relationship-quotes | Susan C. Young | |
| f099785 | We've all been in the middle of a conversation and the person with whom we are speaking breaks eye contact, appears distracted, glazes over, or looks elsewhere. Their simple eye movement can quickly break down communications by making us feel ignored, dismissed, or rejected. For some, it may be accidental and unintentional, while for others, avoiding eye contact is on purpose. | body-language-quotes communication-skills eye-contact-quotes law-of-attraction-quotes mirroring motivational-speaker-susan-young quotes-by-susan-c-young reciprocity relationship-quotes | Susan C. Young | |
| 481250d | Eye Contact Can Reveal if a Person is . . . * Shy or gregarious * Honest or deceitful * Confident or terrified * Interested or bored * Patient or irritated * Sincere or inauthentic * Organized or Unprepared * Attentive or distracted | body-language-quotes communication-skills eye-contact-quotes law-of-attraction-quotes mirroring motivational-speaker-susan-young quotes-by-susan-c-young reciprocity relationship-quotes | Susan C. Young |