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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 53a4177 | He | Michael Connelly | ||
| 5831d52 | The details made no difference either way to Bosch, because he considered her death a murder. It was a nine-year-old murder, and whoever had taken Daisy had also taken Elizabeth. Never mind that the killer had never met or even seen Elizabeth. He took everything that mattered away from her. He had killed her just as plainly as he had killed her daughter. Two for the price of one. | Michael Connelly | ||
| a44bd32 | that one moment that takes all other moments away--all fear, all sadness--and leaves just joy. Just hope. Sometimes love. | Michael Connelly | ||
| e017914 | Bag the hands," Bosch said to him," | Michael Connelly | ||
| 450f05d | There was something deeply affecting about that. Something unfair that went beyond the general unfairness of death at the hands of another. She wondered how men would live if they knew that in every moment of their lives, their size and nature made them vulnerable to the opposite sex. | Michael Connelly | ||
| 821dedb | Do you know a six-letter word for a man of constant sorrow and loneliness?" she asked after sliding the window open and then checking her nail for damage. "Bosch." | Michael Connelly | ||
| 1324bec | Cisco pointed south in the | Michael Connelly | ||
| 248a20b | background | Michael Connelly | ||
| 6d6f0e0 | A man with a knife making threats." "Ooooh. Big bad man with big bad knife." Stan Jessup, two ex-wives, six kids, short temper." -- | Betty Webb | ||
| 51c18b4 | You're too cheap. You'd make me nervous to work for you. I'd come to you for a gun, you wouldn't want to give me more than one bullet. | Donald E. Westlake | ||
| fa6615b | Fitzroy wouldn't | Donald E. Westlake | ||
| 7d8daf4 | Beyond that he was a ghost of Uganda; in this nation of his birth he was under a death sentence for the simple crime of having lived. And he was the ghost of his father's dream of security and continuity, there was no security, and this age was the enemy of continuity. Every man stands on the freight-car roof. We fall and fall, our feet planted on the solid surface, and the only question is how long before we hit. | Donald E. Westlake | ||
| fc65bd9 | A friend of mine'll follow him home tonight", Tiny said, "to get me the address. He's on the four to twelve. Around one, I'll put on a ski mask and go to that guy's house and put his head in his holster." "A ski mask," Dortmunder echoed. He was thinking how much good a ski mask would do to disguise this monster. In order to be effectively disguised, Tiny would have to put on, at a minimum, a three-room apartment." | Donald E. Westlake | ||
| 94efb43 | Donald E. Westlake It's an accepted fact that Donald E. Westlake has excelled at every single sub-genre the mystery field has to offer--humorous books (Scared Monster); terrifying books (The Ax, about a man who wants vengeance on the company that downsized him out of a job, and probably Westlake's most accomplished novel); | Jeffery Deaver | ||
| 7ba7304 | Rhyme | Jeffery Deaver | ||
| 8375642 | Everyone stared at me now. I'd studied linguistics a long time ago. A little philology too, the study of languages from analyzing texts. Mostly for the fun of it, but the subject came in useful sometimes. Ellis | Jeffery Deaver | ||
| c28b516 | I and Mahathir have buried the hatchet already, it was a long time ago. | Anwar Ibrahim | ||
| 1fdfee7 | Action without promises is presumption, not faith, but when you have God's promises, you can go forward with confidence. | Warren W. Wiersbe | ||
| a226df8 | I am a prime minister representing all Malaysians and to maintain peace and harmony. | Anwar Ibrahim | ||
| 73413dc | Jesus Christ is the Conqueror, and all believers share in His great victory. | Warren W. Wiersbe | ||
| 488eaf8 | With my team, I will carry out this heavy responsibility based on the people's aspirations. | Anwar Ibrahim | ||
| cdf04e3 | Please, don't do that (calling me the prime minister as papa). | Anwar Ibrahim | ||
| 7f8bbcb | Insha Allah, bilateral ties between both Malaysia and Turkey will continue to strengthen. | Anwar Ibrahim | ||
| a683196 | One shouldn't lust after an innocent. | Anne Stuart | ||
| 6056499 | I'll see you in hell." "Ah, but you'll be there first, my dear. Move." | Anne Stuart | ||
| 914a81c | For a time, I had hoped I might find the end of your wire. Then it became more of a chore," Constantine said jadedly. "Would that you had been less aware, perhaps." His eyes shifted to me. "Or maybe, it is just a good thing that events fell as they did." Constantine smiled sharply. "So glad an Origin Mage fell from the sky?" "No." He looked at me. "Just that she did." The charged silence that followed made me itch at the elbow. Constantine'.. | ren-crown stuart-leandred | Anne Zoelle | |
| f726a1a | It was important to me to hear how Littmus survived after losing everything he loved. | Kate DiCamillo | ||
| e809538 | How can a story end happily if there is no love? | Kate DiCamillo | ||
| a73ab5f | He said, 'I forgive you, Pa." And he said those words because he sensed that it was the only way to save his own heart, to stop it from breaking in two. Despereaux, reader, spoke those words to save himself." -- | Kate DiCamillo | ||
| 36ff679 | Did Rob make it?" Sistine asked Willie May. "He did," said Willie May. "It looks alive. Is it like your bird that you let go?" | Kate DiCamillo | ||
| e410c3a | How do you know if you are a writer? For once, I am going to answer a question as directly as I am able. My answer goes like this. You know that you are a writer if you are imaginative. You know that you are a writer if you are curious. You know that you are a writer if you are interested in the things and people of the world. You know that you are a writer if you hold a minie ball in your hand and wonder about its story. You know that you .. | Kate DiCamillo | ||
| 72f10aa | Franny, you are the genuine article. You are solid. You are certain. You are like a refrigerator. You hum. | Kate DiCamillo | ||
| 186b180 | I have been loved said Edward to the stars. | Kate DiCamillo | ||
| 2a8eec7 | Botticelli sat | Kate DiCamillo | ||
| 159fe92 | Everything was astonishing. The setting sun was illuminating each blade of grass. It was reflecting off the girl's glasses, making a halo of light around the girl's round head, setting the whole world on fire. | Kate DiCamillo | ||
| ea84be0 | Edward? Yes yes yes. It is me. Edward thought. | Kate DiCamillo | ||
| 4c92671 | I forgive you..." And he said those words because he sensed that it was the only way to save his own heart, to stop it from breaking in two. Despereaux, reader, spoke those words to save himself. ... And then the princess took a deep breath and put a hand on her heart. I think, reader, that she was feeling the same thing that Despereaux had felt when he was faced with his father begging him for forgiveness. That is, Pea, was aware suddenly.. | Kate DiCamillo | ||
| 9a820ed | food. | Kate DiCamillo | ||
| 3d7a5d6 | thoughts of food. | Kate DiCamillo | ||
| f53aecf | Open your heart," she said gently. "Someone will come. Someone will come for you. But first you must open your heart." | Kate DiCamillo | ||
| 9cc859e | This is the danger of loving: No matter how powerful you are, no matter how many kingdoms you rule, you cannot stop those you love from dying. | Kate DiCamillo | ||
| 6ad4f3e | It's kind of a strange church and I thought Winn-Dixie would fit right in. | Kate DiCamillo | ||
| eb13a3d | store?" "Yes sir," I told him. "He got in by mistake. I'm sorry. It won't happen again. "Come on, Winn-Dixie," I said to the dog. I started walking and he followed along behind me as I went out of the produce department and down the cereal aisle and past all the cashiers and out the door. Once we were safe outside, I checked him over real careful and he didn't look that good. He was big, but skinny; you could see his ribs. And there were ba.. | Kate DiCamillo | ||
| 288b1f6 | Do gooders don't interest me. They are the least interesting people on the planet. | Kate DiCamillo |