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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 8a8eb75 | Hey you." She smiled and traced a finger on his cheek. "Where have you been?" "Right here, always," Jack murmured, kissing her all over her face, her neck. But there was little time for tenderness" | Melissa de la Cruz | ||
| fb6b841 | Daughters. They could cut you with a look. | Melissa de la Cruz | ||
| 3920550 | wonder how a country so divided can stand?" "We will only stand if we learn to accept and even embrace each other's differences rather than allow them to divide us. It is a childish fantasy to expect everyone to agree all the time, but how much better to live in a country where one is free to think differently from one's neighbors, and even one's government, without risking life and limb." | Melissa de la Cruz | ||
| 4bd980b | Too bad there wasn't a Valencia filter to smooth out memories. | Melissa de la Cruz | ||
| 6890e5f | witch. A goddess. Someone not of this earth but not apart from it either. A woman to be loved and feared and adored. | Melissa de la Cruz | ||
| e914aa9 | It's difficult to be honorable at your worst moment and to forgive those who do you wrong, to have to battle what comes naturally to you. But that's what it takes to be a monster living among mortals. | monster | Melissa de la Cruz | |
| 911fec1 | Harry's tub | Melissa de la Cruz | ||
| 8188d79 | I live because I have to. You will hurt, you will bleed, you will be betrayed as I have been betrayed. You will survive. And you must learn to control your power. | Melissa de la Cruz | ||
| f2d6fc1 | Oh, wonderful, a president who hates immigrants. | Melissa de la Cruz | ||
| 4acfc80 | You cannot let the darkness overcome the light. | light stolen | Melissa de la Cruz | |
| 1265b5f | Magical | Melissa de la Cruz | ||
| d626f00 | Have you ever seen a germ?" Aunt Gertrude asked without waiting for Eliza's reply. "Neither have I, yet I have no doubt they exist, because I have seen their effects on the body. Likewise I have never 'seen' love, yet I have witnessed again and again its transformative effect on human beings." | love alexander-hamilton | Melissa de la Cruz | |
| 442e7bc | Medicine is a bit like love," Aunt Gertrude began. "There are the theatrical outer forms gone through by the players-the bandages and injections and extractions, the flowers and love notes and dances-but the real work is always happening out of sight. In here," she added, tapping herself on the heart." | historical-romance | Melissa de la Cruz | |
| 9ce038b | Captain Hook lowered his hand as Smee fired the starting pistol. The race was on! | Melissa de la Cruz | ||
| 056c102 | Pretty clothes are like the colors of a flower's petals. They tell the bee where to land. After that, it's what's inside that holds his interest," said Peggy, still quoting their mother." | Melissa de la Cruz | ||
| c78d0d5 | She was magnificent. She wasn't so much a person as an event, a gigantic presence. | Michelle Tea | ||
| 2b0c6ad | She was just so sad. Her whole face hung with it, like sadness was her personal gravity. | Michelle Tea | ||
| befb055 | Am I in an abusive relationship? Because even though Fake Johnny Depp's torments were never physical, they made me feel so completely unhinged that I actually hit myself. Nothing slams the self-esteem like hitting your own freaking self. This was the cycle of violence I found myself in, due in no small part to the heady effects of | Michelle Tea | ||
| 7524aa5 | Ms. Bone has weaved a captivating tale of cat and mouse that will keep the reader turning pages long into the night." Michelle Beattie, author of WHAT A PIRATE DESIRES" | Katherine Bone | ||
| aeb8e64 | Nearly all the queers Michelle knew were fuckups in one way or another. | Michelle Tea | ||
| abb3678 | On the first day of the end of the world, Michelle got out of bed, walked into the kitchen, and smacked some roaches | Michelle Tea | ||
| ecb17de | You can't get lost if you have nowhere to be. | Michelle Tea | ||
| f93a545 | Did anyone think this canon of druggie men were out of control? Only in the most admirable of ways! Out of control like a shaman or a space explorer, like a magician sawing himself in half. Out of control like a poet. | men magician shaman space explorer poet | Michelle Tea | |
| 1164226 | Older Fags and Younger Fags, Like Legally Young. Daddies. Zeus and Ganymede. Ziggy schooled her. Yeah, You Were There, Michelle retorted, On Mount Olympus. You Were Working the Door. You Carded Ganymede. | olympus zeus | Michelle Tea | |
| e782af3 | I don't mind doing awful things as long as somebody else does. I would totally jump off the bridge, thanks for asking. | Michelle Tea | ||
| 8493e7b | The girls Iris went through wound up cracked vases no longer fit for flowers, leaky dust collectors. After Iris, girls left town or started fucking boys. She ruined everyone. | Michelle Tea | ||
| 63225d8 | My parents' work ethic amazed me. How could they put in such long hours, day after day? Part of the reason was to keep the family going - to keep me going. I realized that, although we had different values derived from different cultures and wouldn't agree on certain issues, they were good people, incredible people, and I loved and respected them. | work family ethic parents | Harvey Pekar | |
| c88a07d | I actually took them all on quite handily, although I learned when I came to study the issue that I was completely wrong. I also came to believe that the war on drugs is one of the last vestiges of institutionalized racism in our society. | Harvey Pekar | ||
| bc27671 | I looked at her when she was saying this and I realized that there is absolutely nothing you can say to a person who would feel comfortable suggesting something like that, let alone a direct accusation. | Harvey Pekar | ||
| bdcb266 | Praise from people I respect can get me through times of no money better than money can get me through times of no praise. | Harvey Pekar | ||
| 19c0ee0 | And no business can possibly equate happy workers (community) with profit (effectiveness). Happy workers are much more productive workers and hence contribute to profit, but no organization is formed for the idea of pleasing its employees. | Harvey Pekar | ||
| 5422197 | Bir defasinda gokyuzunu bir cocugun uzerine dusurmustum. | Salvador Plascencia | ||
| aec225f | Readers often feel they know an author because they've read their books. To a degree, this is often true. We write from our individual worldviews, using the beliefs and understanding we have of the world and others. | Cheryl St.John | ||
| 2caedae | Descriptive writing is more than visual; it employs all the senses. | Cheryl St.John | ||
| 40bdac8 | Avoid ending a scene with your character going to bed. Your reader will shut off the light and go to sleep, too. | Cheryl St.John | ||
| a564a36 | Mal watched Mary hurry to meet her aunt, her skirts rippling like water. She was beauty itself, and Mal wanted her. Not simply in bed- though he definitely would have that- he wanted her nearness, her warmth, that silken voice that tried to be haughty, the sudden flash of her smile. Mal's body tightened, goading him to pursue her and do all the good things he longed to. He would. He'd see her again; he'd make certain of it. Mal reflected a.. | Jennifer Ashley | ||
| 3c2ea6c | She wanted her work to be wanted, but still was unwilling to push. After all the years of watching self-promoters get ahead, she could not bring herself to participate. She cautioned herself against anticipation, saying, "I don't let my hopes wing too high--I'm scared to" and berated herself for "being so dammed afraid of a 'mike' " that it prevented her from accepting offers for television interviews with Mary Margaret McBride and others." | Cari Beauchamp | ||
| 4aa1c96 | Ye have to be bold, lad. We're told that ladies want cringing politeness from a gentleman, but what they really want is a bit of forwardness, even carnality. It's exciting for them. | Jennifer Ashley | ||
| a25f95e | Beth knew in that instant that she was not a true lady, and never would be. A true lady would have fallen out of her chair in a gentle swoon or screamed down the opera house. Instead, Beth leaned into Ian's touch, liking it. | Jennifer Ashley | ||
| a5be9d4 | All of us are mad in some way," Ian said. "I have a memory that won't let go of details. Hart is obsessed with politics and money. Cameron is a genius with horses, and Mac paints like a god. You find out details on your cases that others miss. You are obsessed with justice and getting everything you think is coming to you. We all have our madness. Mine is just the most obvious." | Jennifer Ashley | ||
| 55410ad | Never mind about me," she said quickly. "As long as Audrey is happy, that will be enough." Malcolm stepped closer, shaking his head. "Never let it be enough, lass. People like us, we have to snatch up our happiness as soon as we find it. And not let go." He lifted her hand to his mouth, his breath burning the skin on the inside of her wrist as he took a tiny bite. Mary's heart nearly stopped beating. She'd never felt anything like it, the s.. | Jennifer Ashley | ||
| 4dfe95b | Perhaps I can't save them from themselves," Beth answered. "But I will try to save them from you." Fellows" | Jennifer Ashley | ||
| 1aa2277 | Visiting a brothel is respectable, the vicar's widow asks with her brows raised?" "They" | Jennifer Ashley | ||
| 3dd4f36 | The man who couldn't look anyone in the eyes was making himself do it, no matter what the pain. He was giving her a gift, the greatest one he could, straight from his heart. | Jennifer Ashley |