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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| c8e01af | Some things are too big to be seen; some emotions are too huge to be felt. | Neil Gaiman | ||
| 1c20d78 | This is crazy', said Shadow. Like the rest of your life is sane? Give me a fucking break. | Neil Gaiman | ||
| c7055f5 | Daisy looked up at him with the kind of expression that Jesus might have given someone who had just explained that he was probably allergic to bread and fishes, so could He possibly do him a quick chicken salad... | Neil Gaiman | ||
| 37df868 | I remembered that, and, remembering that, I remembered everything. | Neil Gaiman | ||
| 27550f2 | So, having found a lady, could you not have come to her aid, or left her alone? Why drag her into your foolishness?' 'Love,' he explained. She looked at him with eyes the blue of the sky. 'I hope you choke on it,' she said, flatly. | tristan | Neil Gaiman | |
| 28bc7d4 | There are too many of us, he thought. There are billions of us and that's too many. Nobody knows anyone. Strangers come and violate you. Strangers come and cut your heart out. Strangers come and take your blood. Good God, who were those men? I never saw them before in my life! | injury population strangers | Ray Bradbury | |
| fb24c04 | Muhammad (PBUH) is not the father of any man among you, but He is Messenger of Allah and the last of the Prophets. And Allah is Ever AllAware of everything." (Surah Ahzaab Ch33 V40)" | Anonymous | ||
| 0eff168 | Become who you are by learning who you are. | Robert Greene | ||
| d3363d0 | As a young child I wanted to be a writer because writers were rich and famous. They lounged around Singapore and Rangoon smoking opium in a yellow pongee silk suit. They sniffed cocaine in Mayfair and they penetrated forbidden swamps with a faithful native boy and lived in the native quarter of Tangier smoking hashish and languidly caressing a pet gazelle. | careers writers | William S. Burroughs | |
| 5426424 | One thing about whoring: It put a chicken on the table. | Jeannette Walls | ||
| 6967589 | Praise not the day until evening has come, a woman until she is burnt, a sword until it is tried, a maiden until she is married, ice until it has been crossed, beer until it has been drunk. | viking wisdom | Michael Crichton | |
| 13b94ef | Myths and legends die hard in America. We love them for the extra dimension they provide, the illusion of near-infinite possibility to erase the narrow confines of most men's reality. Weird heroes and mould-breaking champions exist as living proof to those who need it that the tyranny of 'the rat race' is not yet final. | Hunter S. Thompson | ||
| 1837e21 | Even stone can be worn down with enough rain. | Arthur Golden | ||
| 8330245 | No matter how hard you try to be what you once were, you can only be what you are here and now. | Ray Bradbury | ||
| b8d71b6 | There's a lot of pride involved in my refusal to believe in god. | belief god pride | Orhan Pamuk | |
| 0eb0751 | When you're born a light is switched on, a light which shines up through your life. As you get older the light still reaches you, sparkling as it comes up through your memories. And if you're lucky as you travel forward through time, you'll bring the whole of yourself along with you, gathering your skirts and leaving nothing behind, nothing to obscure the light. But if a Bad Thing happens part of you is seared into place, and trapped for ev.. | trauma | Michael Marshall Smith | |
| 138db1e | Your first family is your blood family and you always be true to that. That means something. But there's another family and that's the kind you go out and find. Maybe even by accident sometimes. And they're as much blood as your first family. Maybe more so, because they don't have to look out for you and they don't have to love you. They choose to. | Dennis Lehane | ||
| 7150985 | Considering what Pauline's been through . . ." Will began, then stopped himself. "She's not very nice." "She's a cold-blooded bitch." "I'm surprised I haven't fallen in love with her." -- | Karin Slaughter | ||
| 02aad68 | History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government. This marks the lowest grade of ignorance of which their civil as well as religious leaders will always avail themselves for their own purposes. { } | alexander-von-humboldt free-government history humboldt ignorance priest | Thomas Jefferson | |
| 969f6c4 | There's a light in a woman's eyes that speaks louder than words. | Arthur Conan Doyle | ||
| 72aa025 | Ash twisted toward Daemon, her cheeks flushed. "I can't believe you're allowing him to do this. Next thing we know, you'll be dating a human." Daemon busted out laughing. "Yeah, not going to happen." | Jennifer L. Armentrout | ||
| 825ffba | What do you think it means if someone has a tattoo of Thanatos's symbol?" "Nothing probably, since a lot of us have tattoos of various symbols." "You don't." As soon as the words left my mouth, I regretted them. His eyes turned from gray to silver in a heartbeat. I imagined he was remembering how I would know if he had a tattoo hidden somewhere." | alex | Jennifer L. Armentrout | |
| 1c3b5fa | So childish, Alex. You've ruined her dress." The vibrant red silk floated around me as I treaded water. "I know. Bad me." | seth | Jennifer L. Armentrout | |
| eedab4d | Folding my arms, I refused to back down. Andrew never liked me. I don't think he liked people in general. Or puppies. Or bacon. | Jennifer L. Armentrout | ||
| 4a690e7 | The arrogant half smile I disliked so much tipped up one corner of his swollen lips. "You're barely glowing now." | obsidian | Jennifer L. Armentrout | |
| 4c4079c | I thinks Its cute that you call my house Home. By the way, it Is my house. My name is on the deed. - Daemon Black | daemon-black katy-swartz lux lux-series opal | Jennifer L. Armentrout | |
| 7b89d3c | the freaky kid was now staring at me with those purple eyes. Man, I did not like freaky kids. | Jennifer L. Armentrout | ||
| 618d1ab | Nothing?" Favonius cried. "The one you care for most... plunged into Tartarus, and you still will not allow the truth?" Suddenly Jason felt like he was eavedropping. " | eros favonius heroes-of-olympus house-of-hades jason-grace love nico-di-angelo percy-jackson rick-riordan | Rick Riordan | |
| 508abbf | Must've been hard on your mom," Frank said. "I guess we'll do anything for someone we love." Hazel squeezed his hand appreciatively. Nico stared at the cobblestones. "Yeah," he said bitterly. "I guess we will." | loneliness love sadness | Rick Riordan | |
| a4fdc5a | Very good, Jason Grace," Notus said. "You are a son of Jupiter, yet you have chosen your own path- as all the greatest demigods have done before you. You cannot control your parentage, but you choose your legacy." | greek hero heroes-of-olympus heroism house-of-hades jason-grace legacy percy-jackson rick-riordan roman self | Rick Riordan | |
| 150e2c1 | Maybe love was no match for ice...but Piper had used it to wake a metal dragon. Mortals did superhuman feats in the name of love all the time. Mothers lifted cars to save their children. And Piper was more than just a mortal. She was a demigod. A hero. The ice melted on her blade. Her arm steamed under Khione's grip. 'Still underestimating me,' Piper told the goddess. 'You really need to work on that. | Rick Riordan | ||
| 489b1d9 | Will Solace sighed. He was, of course, tied to Nico. He propped his elbow on Nico's shoulder as if the son of Hades were a convenient shelf. | Rick Riordan | ||
| 65cc0ff | Any moment now..." The girl [Calypso] stared out at the water. No magical raft appeared. "Maybe it got stuck in a traffic," Leo said." | Rick Riordan | ||
| d9fc27d | Hi," Piper said, as casually as she could. "We're back." | piper | Rick Riordan | |
| b4ed737 | Leo] lunged at Passalos, but the red-furred dwarf was too quick. He sprang from his chair, bounced off Jason's head, did a flip, and landed next to Leo, his hairy arms around Leo's waist. "Save me?" the dwarf pleaded. "Get off!" Leo tried to shove him away, but Passalos did a backward somersault and landed out of reach. Leo's pants promptly fell around his knees. He stared at Passalos, who was now grinning and holding a small zigzaggy strip.. | humor jason-grace leo-valdez passalos zipper | Rick Riordan | |
| 35280a7 | He had a note excusing him from PE for the rest of his life because he had some kind of muscular disease in his legs. He walked funny, like every step hurt him, but don't let that fool you. You should've seen him run when it was enchilada day in the cafeteria. | Rick Riordan | ||
| 23f2d49 | The rivalry ends here," [Percy] said. "I love you, Wise Girl." | annabeth-chase percabeth percy-jackson romance together-forever true-love | Rick Riordan | |
| d1a167e | Strange things conspire when one tries to cheat fate | karma | Rick Riordan | |
| 78f8d48 | He looked like those paintings of baby angels - what do you call them, hubbubs? No cherubs. That's it. He looked like a cherub who'd turned middle-aged in a trailer park. | cherub mr-d putto | Rick Riordan | |
| ef4a23c | He remembered Apollo, smiling and tanned and completely cool in his shades. Thalia had said, He's hot. He's the sun god, Percy replied. That's not what I meant. Why was Nico thinking about that now? The random memory irritated him, made him feel jittery. | memory nico-di-angelo | Rick Riordan | |
| f20c253 | It's funny; in this era of e-mail and voice mail and all those things that even I did not grow up with, a plain old paper letter takes on amazing intimacy. | letters | Elizabeth Kostova | |
| fef60d9 | Honestly, it's so easy to get what you want from people if they think you're a psycho. | Sophie Kinsella | ||
| ffafa7d | No mother is ever, completely, a child's idea of what a mother should be, and I suppose it works the other way around as well. But despite everything, we didn't do too badly by one another, we did as well as most. | parents-and-children | Margaret Atwood | |
| 443641a | Dad," said Will, his voice very faint. "Are you a good person?" "To you and your mother, yes, I try. But no man's a hero to himself. I've lived with me a lifetime, Will. I know everything worth knowing about myself-" "And, adding it all up...?" "The sum? As they come and go, and I mostly sit very still and tight, yes, I'm all right." | Ray Bradbury |