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4397b63 Suppose... suppose we have only dreamed and made up these things like sun, sky, stars, and moon, and Aslan himself. In that case, it seems to me that the made-up things are a good deal better than the real ones. And if this black pits of a kingdom is the best you can make, then it's a poor world. And we four can make a dream world to lick your real one hollow. C.S. Lewis
ec94615 What makes people so impatient is what I can't figure; all the guy had to do was wait. Ken Kesey
4ce2c31 A trickle of blood came out under the door, crossed the living room, went out into the street, continued on in a straight line across the uneven terraces, went down steps and climbed over curbs, passed along the Street of the Turks, turned a corner to the right and another to the left, made a right angle at the Buendia house, went in under the closed door, crossed through the parlor, hugging the walls so as not to stain the rugs, went on to.. Gabriel García Márquez
38d099c Just as real events are forgotten, some that never were can be in our memories as if they happened. Gabriel García Márquez
309298b Maybe Christmas, the Grinch thought, doesn't come from a store. Dr. Seuss
e033a58 You can't be neutral on a moving train. history indifference justice neutrality passivity Howard Zinn
dce2a9c the constant shower of the sun's mane erases the footprints on thin ice Tite Kubo
433dc10 There can be no progress without head-on confrontation. confrontation progress Christopher Hitchens
c4ddec4 There are wonders enough out there without our inventing any. Carl Sagan
ba5eedf No, this, she felt, was real life and if she wasn't as curious or passionate as she had once been, that was only to be expected. It would be inappropriate, undignified, at thirty-eight, to conduct friendships or love affairs with the ardour and intensity of a twenty-two-year-old. Falling in love like that? Writing poetry, crying at pop songs? Dragging people into photo-booths, taking a whole day to make a compilation tape, asking people if .. romance David Nicholls
b8f9091 I do not believe, from what I have been told about this people, that there is anything barbarous or savage about them, except that we all call barbarous anything that is contrary to our own habits. xenophobia Michel de Montaigne
b2584bf the "Mind of God," which Einstein wrote eloquently about, is cosmic music resonating throughout hyperspace." Michio Kaku
c8b2fd8 We admit that we are like apes, but we seldom realize that we are apes. evolution Richard Dawkins
d4e4318 Now, don't be angry after you've been afraid. That's the worst kind of cowardice. Rudyard Kipling
33af56e To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect. Oscar Wilde
d66d380 This ghastly state of things is what you call Bunburying, I suppose? Algernon. Yes, and a perfectly wonderful Bunbury it is. The most wonderful Bunbury I have ever had in my life. Jack. Well, you've no right whatsoever to Bunbury here. Algernon. That is absurd. One has a right to Bunbury anywhere one chooses. Every serious Bunburyist knows that. Oscar Wilde
db97a49 Well, what? Sophie-" "I hit her on the head with a mirror," Sophie said hopelessly. "One of those silver-backed ones, so it was quite heavy. She went down just like a stone, miss. So I...I tied her to the bed and I came looking for you." Cassandra Clare
673759d Will-," Tessa began but it was too late, Church made a yowling noise at being woken, and lashed out with his claws. Will began to swear. Tessa left, unable to hide the slightest of smiles as she went." infernal-devices tessa will Cassandra Clare
8adcd36 They also said she was unconscious and that Valentine wasn't happy about it. He seems to be waiting for her to wake up." "I'd stay unconscious if I were her," Isabelle muttered." Cassandra Clare
750ced3 We are all what our pasts have made us," Catarina said. "The accumulation of thousands of daily choices. We can change ourselves, but never erase what we've been." Cassandra Clare
91394f4 You might want to put some clothes on' suggested Jace 'I'm all for the bra and panties look, but you don't want the Silent Brothers to die of excitement jace-wayland modesty Cassandra Clare
a73f2ae The love a parent had for a child, there nothing else like it. No other love so consuming. No father-not even Valentine-would sacrifice his son for a hunk of metal, no matter how powerful." (The Inquisitor) "You don't know my father. He'll laugh in your face and offer you some money to mail my body back to Idris." (Jace) "Don't be absurd-" "You're right," Jace said. "Come to think of it, he'll probably make you pay the shipping charges yo.. Cassandra Clare
8e48fb9 Love potions? For Will 'erondale? 'Tain't my way to turn down payment, but any man who looks like you 'as got no need of love potions, and that's a fact." "No," Will said, a little desperation in his voice. "I was looking for the opposite, really -- something that might put an end to being in love." "An 'atred potion?" Mol still sounded amused. "I was hoping for something more akin to indifference? Tolerance?" She made a snorting noise, ast.. clockwork-prince the-infernal-devices tid will-herondale Cassandra Clare
45a5cce Mortality, behold, and fear, What a change of flesh is here! Think how many royal bones Sleep within this heap of stones, Cassandra Clare
e175bb3 Does that mean you agree?" He groaned. "I think it means you crushed my spirit and beat me down." "Fantastic." simon-lewis Cassandra Clare
8fbfd9f When he faced her again, he had never looked to her so much like one of the Fair Folk. His eyes were full of feral amusement, a carelessness that spoke of a world where there was no human Law. He seemed to bring the wildness of Faerie into the room with him: a cold, sweet magic that was nevertheless a bitter at the roots. The storm calls you as it calls me, does it not? He held out a hand to her, half-beckoning, half-offering. "Why lie?" he.. mark-blackthorn Cassandra Clare
1b7ac50 Its very variety, subtlety, and utterly irrational, idiomatic complexity makes it possible to say things in English which simply cannot be said in any other language. Robert A. Heinlein
3767067 Certainly the game is rigged. Don't let that stop you; if you don't bet you can't win. Robert A. Heinlein
306b6d2 Perhaps some of us have to go through dark and devious ways before we can find the river of peace or the highroad to the soul's destination. Joseph Campbell
0784053 All our final decisions are made in a state of mind that is not going to last. Marcel Proust
aaa4b0c I'm tired of this. It's like, just when I think our goal is within reach, it slips right through our fingers. It's happened time and again. Now, when we finally in our grasp, the truth slaps us in the face. Hiromu Arakawa
0a2892c He's not that smart." "She's right," Augustus says. "It's just that most really good-looking people are stupid, so I exceed expectations." "Right, it's primarily his hotness." "It can be sort of blinding," he said. "It actually did blind our friend Isaac." "Terrible tragedy, that. But can I help my own deadly beauty?" "You cannot." "It is my burden, this beautiful face." "Not to mention your body." "Seriously, don't even get me started on m.. funny tfios John Green
7f43ae7 Radar revs the engine as to say hustle, and we are running through the parking lot, Ben's robe flowing in the wind so that he looks vaguely like a dark wizard, except that his pale skinny legs are visible, and his arms hug plastic bags. I can see the back of Lacey's legs beneath her dress, her calves tight in midstride. I don't know how I look, but I know how I feel: Young. Goofy. Infinite. John Green
3f17118 You're not boring. You've got to stop saying that, or people will start believing you. John Green
d280b22 Many nights he lay there dreaming awake of secret cafes in Mont Marte, where ivory women delved in romantic mysteries with diplomats and soldiers of fortune, while orchestras played Hungarian waltzes and the air was thick and exotic with intrigue and moonlight and adventure. F. Scott Fitzgerald
2e06e15 Perhaps he does not want to be friends with you until he knows what you are like. With owls, it is never easy-come-easy-go. friends friendship owls T.H. White
5aea0c6 Lights on buildings and everything that makes you wonder. Stephen Chbosky
0919b9f Come on," I said, taking his hand. Clutching the afghan with the other hand, he trailed down the hall after me, a snow white giant in tiny red underwear." funny sookie-stackhouse true-blood Charlaine Harris
39c5023 And Poppy, remember that someday you will meet a frog who will turn into a handsome prince." "Good," Beatrix said. "Because all she's met so far are princes who turn into frogs." "Mr. Bayning is not a frog," Poppy protested. "You're right," Beatrix said. "That was very unfair to frogs, who are lovely creatures." courtship hathaways humor poppy Lisa Kleypas
31eeaae You know, most boys would enjoy being trapped in close quarters with a girl." I roll my eyes. "Not claustrophobic people, Tris!" He sounds desperate now. "Okay, okay." I set my hand on top of his and guide it to my chest, so it's right over my heart. "Feel my heartbeat. Can you feel it?" "Yes." "Feel how steady it is?" "It's fast." "Yes, well, that has nothing to do with the box." I wince as soon as I'm done speaking. I just admitted to som.. Veronica Roth
5b6a6af Dauntless,' he says. 'I was born for Abnegation. I was planning on leaving Dauntless, and becoming factionless. But then I met her, and...I felt like maybe I could make something more of my decision.' tobias-eaton tris-prior Veronica Roth
73f2047 I may be in pain, but I am not weak. strong strong-female-characters strong-heroine strong-women Veronica Roth
fae2d92 Sometimes, all it takes to save people from a terrible fate is one person willing to do something about it. Even if that "something" is a fake bathroom break." four tobias Veronica Roth
6b25f69 I point at a window to my left, and it explodes. Particles of glass rain over us. 'You'll have to do better than that,' I say. Veronica Roth