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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| b614855 | Developed a knack for this dull conversation. I'd sharpen my wit, but what's my motivation? | Alkaline Trio | ||
| 4b61245 | You think about all that stuff that can happen to you, he said. There aint no end to it. | All the Pretty Horses (novel) | ||
| c385d67 | He said we were full of shit. But in a nice way. | All the Pretty Horses (novel) | ||
| c9c4a60 | Word gets around when the circus comes to town, dont it? | All the Pretty Horses (novel) | ||
| 7a62e09 | The old man ... said ... the notion that men can be understood was probably an illusion. | All the Pretty Horses (novel) | ||
| d68f2e7 | I dont see you holdin no aces. | All the Pretty Horses (novel) | ||
| 5b5526d | Anybody can be a pendejo, said John Grady. That just means asshole. | All the Pretty Horses (novel) | ||
| c2bb521 | You are the oveja negre, no? The black sheep? | All the Pretty Horses (novel) | ||
| f27f141 | It's not what artists touch that counts most. It's what they don't touch. | Allan Kaprow | ||
| a538cd6 | The line between art and life should be kept as fluid, and perhaps indistinct, as possible. | Allan Kaprow | ||
| 72ef114 | A walk down 14th street is more amazing than any masterpiece of art. | Allan Kaprow | ||
| 70d1f54 | The difference between reality and unreality is that reality has so little to recommend it. | Allan Sherman | ||
| 32d7150 | Reporter: Could you be clear about your practicing habits since we can't see you practice? | Allen Iverson | ||
| 7074ff0 | If it's about the lives of my men and their safety, I'd go through hell with a gasoline can. | Allen West (politician) | ||
| 57583c6 | We're going to be successful Tuesday night, don't worry. | Allen West (politician) | ||
| 26d09c9 | My punishment is far heavier, I forgive you, and set you free. | Alp Arslan | ||
| 024ee64 | Sometimes, only one person is missing, and the whole world seems depopulated. | Alphonse de Lamartine | ||
| f7849d4 | I say to this night: "Pass more slowly"; and the dawn will come to dispel the night. | Alphonse de Lamartine | ||
| 5c1fd5f | If you never change your mind, why have one? ~ Edward de Bono | Mara Jacobs | ||
| 27b46f9 | her recommendation--Henry James's The Turn of the Screw, freshly annotated; Alice Munro's Open Secrets; Denis Johnson's Resuscitation of a Hanged Man; Katherine Dunn's Geek Love; Paul Auster's The New York Trilogy--and the sight of each made her sigh. | Matthew J. Sullivan | ||
| ecd81d0 | I sit, tired of reading. I am sick of books. I can't tell where I leave off and the books begin. I'm nobody. I'm a polluted nothing. A confessed sin, an open door, the clutterer in the clutter. | books burnout ennui reading | Katherine Dunn | |
| 4860021 | Most people seem to turn off at some point in their lives. Maybe it's thirty or forty. For most people it's lots younger. They stop there. Stop growing or changing or learning or something. From that point on they're dead. | banality compromise happy-thoughts life | Katherine Dunn | |
| 006bc43 | And yes--he will come to puking himself and feeling like stabbed through the head, but better there than in ambulance, BOOM, shirt cut open, mask jammed down on him, peoples slapping his face to wake him, laws involved, everyone very harsh and judgmental--believe me, Narcan, very very violent experience, you feel bad enough when you come round without being in hospital, bright lights and everyone very disapproving and hostile, treating you .. | Donna Tartt | ||
| bd65b8e | Para Dickens y Marx, la funcion de las empresas era controlar o explotar al trabajador. Para Mill, su funcion era enriquecer a los duenos. Para Marshall, la empresa no era una carcel, y dirigir una empresa no significaba controlar a los presos. Competir por los clientes (o los trabajadores) exigia algo mas que repeticion ciega. Las empresas estudiadas por Marshall habian tenido que evolucionar para sobrevivir. | Sylvia Nasar | ||
| 6bcb85e | The missing link between animals and the real human being is most likely ourselves". Konrad Lorenz "Nothing exists except atoms and space; everything else is opinion". Democritus of Abdera "The simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity". Edward de Bono." | darwinism earth extra-terrestrials great-flood homo-sapiens humanity noah-s-ark pyramid trans-generational-memory-gene | John Cowie | |
| c524b9a | Thinking is the ultimate human resource. | Edward de Bono | ||
| bf34b43 | Other than his ex-wife and despite appearances with a series of cultivated blondes, Edward de Bono has never publicly aligned himself with a woman. 'I'm looking for a fat, cross-eyed hunchback,' he explains, stifling a giggle. 'A prosthetic hump would do.' His delight evaporates when asked about his three grandchildren. 'Am I a doting grandfather?' He pauses. 'I'm a ... something grandfather, yes.' The fact that De Bono remains unperturbed .. | lateral-thinking | Antonella Gambotto-Burke | |
| 2ac5a04 | Let us love the passing hour, let us hurry up and enjoy our time. | Alphonse de Lamartine | ||
| 4f39da3 | He had always understood me better, without words. So I laid my hand on my heart, held it there for a moment, and then moved it over and touched my palm against his breast. | red sorcha | Juliet Marillier | |
| 9899bf3 | Love alone was left, as a great image of a dream that was erased. | Alphonse de Lamartine | ||
| 67065ca | Limited in his nature, infinite in his desires, man is a fallen god who remembers the heavens. | Alphonse de Lamartine | ||
| 6515ac9 | Meanwhile, the great ash would rest where she lay, and mosses would creep over her trunk, and tiny creatures make their homes her dim hollows. Even in death she was a link in the great chain of the forest's being. | earth fantasy-fiction life | Juliet Marillier | |
| a4346cf | Experience is the only prophecy of wise men. | Alphonse de Lamartine | ||
| 6165ffd | The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs. | Alphonse de Lamartine | ||
| 1c778e2 | I was learning the nature of magic; it seemed to work according to a strict set of rules. And yet, somehow, it never worked in quite the way you expected. | Juliet Marillier | ||
| 7d8ccad | and the sad demise of my father before I saw the light of day. Ulf was | Juliet Marillier | ||
| ffd8f6a | My feet will tread soft as a deer in the forest," said Conor, frowning with concentration. "My mind will be clear as water from the sacred well. My heart will be strong as a great oak. My spirit will spread an eagle's wings, and fly forth. This is the way of truth." | Juliet Marillier | ||
| c9b6d82 | Na enxerga, Saraid dormia. Eile fazia o mesmo com os longos cabelos espalhados pela almofada como um rio de chamas escuras. Junto da fogueira, os homens de Pitnochie mantinham-se silenciosos, enrolados nos seus cobertores. Ninguem o ouvia; apenas as sombras. | faolan loneliness love | Juliet Marillier | |
| 5652882 | I often tell myself, there is no point in wishing certain things had not happened. We can't change what has been, only do our best with what is to come. | Juliet Marillier | ||
| 6ef7d9d | We don't say cannot here at Shadowfell,' Tali put in firmly, silencing him. 'And we don't say impossible. | motivational | Juliet Marillier | |
| e3c0b5d | It came to me that it was possible to be afraid of your own fear, and that such a phenomenon was utterly ridiculous. | Juliet Marillier | ||
| fc5eaf4 | This was a familiar feeling, for there were many places in the great forest where you could drink in its energy, become one with its ancient heart. When you were in trouble, you could find your way in these places. | Juliet Marillier | ||
| 48e917c | Disparate! - repliquei, e estava tao zangada com ele que o agarrei pelos ombros e lhe dei um bom abanao. - O final da historia e teu, de mais ninguem. Podes faze-lo como quiseres. Ha tantos caminhos para o teu heroi como ramos numa arvore. | Juliet Marillier | ||
| 35fccab | Ana wished very much that she could discuss this with Faolan | Juliet Marillier |