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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| e816200 | Without a doubt, many of our founders had great respect for the Roman republican ideal, to the point that they even patterned our government buildings after their architecture. We called upon God to reject the monarchy of Britain but made no mention of God when we codified the legal documents of our own government, instead extolling the virtues of 'We the People. | William Struse | ||
| 4dba8da | Like Rome, we have become a people obsessed with the games played in coliseums. Like Rome, our military is made up of people from all religious backgrounds and nationalities. Like Rome, our national symbol is an eagle with wings spread. Like Rome, as our way of life decays from within, we take our banner and our legions to every corner of the earth. We have political or military outposts in just about every nation on earth. | William Struse | ||
| 2e8dfba | a seasonally flowing stream of water and an amazing amount of desert vegetation, trees, and wildlife. Just to the west, the San Pedro River valley and the richest habitat for birds and mammals anywhere in the Southwest. With over eighty different mammals and four hundred species of birds, the San Pedro River Valley was home to more than half the species of birds found in the entire United States. This little section of southern Arizona had .. | William Struse | ||
| 19203c7 | After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns. I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up .. | William Struse | ||
| 23c26da | And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known .. | William Struse | ||
| 5b2c0e3 | And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land. And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them. Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down. And an ho.. | William Struse | ||
| 6867cdf | To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain.. | William Struse | ||
| bf54e69 | added one back into the prime list. With one included, thirteen became the seventh prime number, and forty-one became the fourteenth. He understood the reasoning as to why mathematicians excluded one from the prime list, but looking at what he had discovered sure made him wonder about that classification. | William Struse | ||
| d813e4a | The first seven digits of pi reversed give you 295 14 13 The first occurrence of 7 is in the 13th decimal place The second occurrence of 7 is at the 29th decimal place and it sits between 2-7-9 The third occurrence of 7 is at the 39th decimal place (3 x 13) The first occurrence of 13 is in the 29th (10 block of pi) The sum of the first 13 decimal digits is 65 or (5 x 13) The sum of the first 26 decimal digits is 126 or (3 x 6 x 7) The sum o.. | William Struse | ||
| b0a3852 | 233 is the 13th number in a Fibonacci sequence (233 = 3 x 17) (17 is the 7th prime) 377 is the 14th number in a Fibonacci sequence (377 = 13 x 29) 609 is the sum of a Fibonacci sequence up to the 13th iteration (609 = 3 x 7 x 29) 986 is the sum of a Fibonacci sequence up to the 14th iteration (986 = 2 x 17 x 29) (17 is the 7th prime) 13 is the 6th prime number 41 is the 13th prime number (If 1 was considered a prime number, 13 would be the .. | William Struse | ||
| 4e068c9 | The sum of primes to 43 is 281 (281 = 42nd prime) (42 = 6 x 7), or 282 if 1 was still included (282 = 2 x 3 x 47) | William Struse | ||
| 66d32b8 | By the time my sister finally died, I was grateful in a way. It seemed to me that she'd been expelled into this world not quite formed. She was not ready for its weight. People whispered comfort about Marian being called back to heaven, but my mother would not be distracted from her grief. To this day it remains a hobby. | Gillian Flynn | ||
| a6a0b9c | I don't want to panic them,' I said. 'If we don't | Gillian Flynn | ||
| 4f20d60 | neighbors, I ran errands for Mo's | Gillian Flynn | ||
| c51129f | Self denial is not a virtue: it is only the effect of prudence on rascality. | Abstinence | ||
| e02e601 | Grita que no hay que esperar nada, nunca, ni de ninguna persona, ni de ningun Estado ni de ningun Dios | Marguerite Duras | ||
| 037f159 | Claire shook her head. She was scared that he wasn't taking her seriously. She was also scared that he was. They were down the rabbit hole now. There was no turning back. | Karin Slaughter | ||
| 70cc639 | The lust and fucking like rabbits and letting your life fall to shit so you can be around him - that's passion. It's borderline obsession. And it always burns itself out. | Karin Slaughter | ||
| 5fc3aee | The fingerprinting was nothing like on TV. Instead of ink, Claire had to press her fingers onto a filthy glass plate so the swirls could be digitized into a computer. Her swirls, apparently, were very faint. It took several tries. | Karin Slaughter | ||
| 5360d02 | Press evenly," the praying mantis said, chewing off the wings of a fly." | Karin Slaughter | ||
| c338304 | Claire's mug shot was taken against a white background with a ruler that was clearly off by an inch. She wondered aloud why she wasn't asked to hold a sign with her name and inmate number. "Photoshop template," the praying mantis said in a bored tone that indicated the question was not a new one." | Karin Slaughter | ||
| d55f5ae | This was the beginning of something that might lead to everything or nothing at all. To | Karin Slaughter | ||
| e5e9e9d | He was safe because she would never really give all of herself to him." "I" | Karin Slaughter | ||
| 9bbb388 | So." Penelope slapped her hands on her thighs as she turned back to Lydia. "I was wondering if you could help me out." "Oka-a-ay." Lydia drew out the word to convey her great trepidation. This was how Penelope sucked you in. She didn't tell you to do things; she told you that she needed your help." | Karin Slaughter | ||
| b691742 | Well." Lydia took a deep breath as she prepared to sing the hokey pokey of her life story, where she put the truth in, pulled a lie out, added an embellishment, and shook it all about." | Karin Slaughter | ||
| 905ea36 | Lydia wondered how long it would take for Penelope to tell the other Mothers about the tragic death of Lloyd Delgado. Her father always said that the price for hearing gossip was having someone else gossip about you. She wished that he were still alive so she could tell him about the Mothers. He would've wet himself with laughter. | Karin Slaughter | ||
| c37d270 | if you lie with enough conviction, you can usually fool yourself. | Karin Slaughter | ||
| 22c0940 | I want you to know that this is what happens when you meet the person you are supposed to spend the rest of your life with: that restless feeling dissolves like butter. I | Karin Slaughter | ||
| adb0e94 | And then she got older, and . . ." Lydia shook her head. "Having a teenager is like having a really, really shitty roommate. They eat all your food and steal your clothes and take money out of your purse and borrow your car without asking." She put her hand over her heart. "But they soften you in ways you can't imagine. It's so unexpected. They just smooth out your hard lines. They make you into this better version of yourself that you neve.. | Karin Slaughter | ||
| 63d9d7e | The office looked the same as it had been the day before. Claire sat down at the desk. She hesitated as she reached out to tap the keyboard. This was a red pill/blue pill moment. Did she really want to know if there were more files? Paul was dead now. What was the point? | Karin Slaughter | ||
| 970c560 | He would never challenge her or scare her or infuriate her or stir up any of those fiery emotions that made it worthwhile to put up with a man's bullshit. "Why" | Karin Slaughter | ||
| 36fbba9 | He is a man who is comfortable airing his opinions, and confident that every single word that comes out of his mouth is not just correct, but fascinating. He has money, which is evident from the car he drives and the clothes he wears, but there is nothing moneyed about his attitude. His arrogance comes from his intelligence, not from his wallet. And it must be said that he is clearly a brilliant young man. His ability to at least sound info.. | Karin Slaughter | ||
| 7a8550f | Trust me, sweetheart, there is a reason centuries of fathers have fought brutal wars to protect the concept | Karin Slaughter | ||
| 02ed804 | Carver is a charming man with a soft voice that makes you believe he is always confiding in you. He is courteous and attentive, which I wonder about, because is this his natural disposition, or has he read too many novels about Hannibal Lecter? | Karin Slaughter | ||
| f31952b | She said, "Where is Lydia?" "I'm calling you from a comsat phone with a scrambler. Do you know what that is?" "Why the fuck would I know what that is?" "Comsat is an abbreviation for a series of communication satellites," he explained, his voice maddeningly pedantic. "The phone relays calls through geostationary satellites instead of land-based cell towers. The scrambler masks the number and location, which means this call can't be traced, .. | Karin Slaughter | ||
| bcb8b62 | matter most? This is a universal question, because through the days and weeks and months and years after your disappearance, I understood that I did not cherish you enough. I never told you that I loved you enough. I never held you enough. I never listened to you enough. You | Karin Slaughter | ||
| cfef3ef | The world stops for you when you're pretty. That's why women spend billions on crap for their faces. Their whole life, they're the center of attention. People want to be around them just because they're attractive. Their jokes are funnier. Their lives are better. And then suddenly, they get bags under their eyes or they put on a little weight and no one cares about them anymore. They cease to exist. | Karin Slaughter | ||
| 5092061 | She took him for granted sometimes. That was the luxury of a long marriage. | Karin Slaughter | ||
| 02df53c | And Helen's, too. The last time Lydia had talked to her mother, Helen had said, "Don't make me choose between you and your sister." To which Lydia had responded, "I think you already have." | Karin Slaughter | ||
| 62554f3 | Time to wake up." Rick muted the TV when a commercial came on. He slipped on his reading glasses and asked, "What is the groundnut better known as?" Lydia carefully rolled onto her back so the cat wouldn't be disturbed. "The peanut." | Karin Slaughter | ||
| 9019c73 | Sweetheart, I know you're an adult, but adults are like vampires. The older ones are much more powerful." Claire" | Karin Slaughter | ||
| 16d39b4 | Nancy's last sentence is on the last page in your file. There is nothing more we know. As the sheriff might say, we don't have anything farther. | Karin Slaughter | ||
| 2ac6350 | The casket was gunmetal gray with a blanket of white lilies covering the closed lid. The smell of wet earth was pungent as the machine lowered his body into the grave. Claire's knees went weak. Her grandmother stroked her back. Her mother offered her arm. Claire shook her head. She thought of strong things: iron. Steel. Paul. It was not until they were climbing into the back of the black limousine that Claire truly understood that she would.. | Karin Slaughter | ||
| 41b1caf | She had felt this intense disembodiment for the last four days, really from the moment the Snake Man had told them to turn around. And then the police, the undertaker, asking if she wanted to see the body one last time and Claire blanching at the word body and sobbing like a child because she had spent every single second since they had taken Paul from her arms trying to remove the image of her lifeless, murdered husband from her mind. | Karin Slaughter |