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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 58ab366 | Why did I not die? More miserable than man ever was before, why did I not sink into forgetfulness and rest? Death snatches away many blooming children, the only hopes of their doting parents: how many brides and youthful lovers have been one day in the bloom of health and hope, and the next a prey for worms and the decay of the tomb! Of what materials was I made, that I could thus resist so many shocks, which, like the turning of the wheel,.. | pain | Mary Shelley | |
| ed33ceb | My old man says when it's time to be counted, the important thing is to be man enough to stand up. | volunteer volunteering volunteerism | Robert A. Heinlein | |
| 0ec4493 | Courage is the complement of fear. A man who is fearless cannot be courageous. [He is also a fool.] | fear folly | Robert A. Heinlein | |
| 80189fe | He no longer dreamed of storms, nor of women, nor of great occurrences, nor of great fish, nor fights, nor contests of strength, nor of his wife. He only dreamed of places now and the lions on the beach. They played like young cats in the dusk and he loved them as he loved the boy. He never dreamed about the boy. He simply woke, looked out the open door at the moon and unrolled his trousers and put them on. | hemingway | Ernest Hemingway | |
| 7eb48a2 | Do you think that Hemingway knew he was a writer at twenty years old? No, he did not. Or Fitzgerald, or Wolfe. This is a difficult concept to grasp. Hemingway didn't know he was Ernest Hemingway when he was a young man. Faulkner didn't know he was William Faulkner. But they had to take the first step. They had to call themselves writers. That is the first revolutionary act a writer has to make. It takes courage. But it's necessary | Pat Conroy | ||
| f0f6e6b | There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good-humour. | Rachel Cohn & David Levithan | ||
| 9273f0c | We always see the worst in our selves. Our most volnerable selves. We need someone to get close enough to tell us that we're wrong. Someone we trust. | self | Rachel Cohn | |
| 51808b2 | You have cable?" He nodded toward her TV. She tossed him the clicker. "Sure do. And if I remember, there's a Godzilla marathon on TBS tonight." "Sweet," the vampire said, kicking his legs out. "I always root for the monster." She smiled at him. "Me, too." | J.R. Ward | ||
| ba97eaf | To be is to do - Socrates. To do is to be - Jean-Paul Satre. Do be do be do -Frank Sinatra. | Kurt Vonnegut | ||
| b6fe4f0 | You know, I think the main purpose of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps is to get poor Americans into clean, pressed, unpatched clothes, so rich Americans can stand to look at them. | Kurt Vonnegut | ||
| 37af61e | Roses are red, And ready for plucking, You're sixteen, And ready for high school. | Kurt Vonnegut | ||
| ae3011d | There is no peace, I'm sorry to say. We find it. We lose it. We find it again. We lose it again. | peace | Kurt Vonnegut | |
| 513f1bf | Greed (as Ling): You humans always get all "holier-than-thou" when it comes to this stuff... I really don't get you. Edward: It's called having integrity. You should try it sometime" | edward-elric fullmetal humor integrity ling | Hiromu Arakawa | |
| 5aaed4e | He looked up as the party emerged and nickered a soft hello to his master, who was dressed in an unfamiliar green cloak and had dirt plastered on his face. Halt glanced at him, brow furrowed, and silently mouthed the words 'shut up'. Abelardshook his mane, which was as close as a horse could come to shruging, and turned away. 'My horse recognized me,' Halt said accusingly out of the side of his mouth to Horace. Horace glanced at the small s.. | John Flanagan | ||
| 3dc7c8f | If I had a nervous breakdown every time something awful happened in the world, I'd be crazier than a shithouse rat. | John Green | ||
| d8f62c9 | More than anything, I felt the unfairness of it, the inarguable injustice of loving someone who might have loved you back but can't due to deadness, and then I leaned forward, my forehead against the back of Takumi's headrest, and I cried, whimpering, and I didn't even feel sadness so much as pain. | looking-for-alaska love | John Green | |
| f455313 | Allow me, in conclusion, to congratulate you warmly upon your sexual intercourse, as well as your singing. | Muriel Spark | ||
| 229836c | Precious Child... nothing matters but the moment. There might be no tomorrow and even if there is, nobody gives a damn. | summer-sisters | Judy Blume | |
| ee9fa7f | We must, we must, we must increase our bust. | humor mantra | Judy Blume | |
| bdf80ca | Suffering in the path of Christian obedience, with joy - because the steadfast love of the Lord is better than life (Psalm 63:3) - is the clearest display of the worth of God in our lives. Therefore, faith-filled suffering is essential in this world for the most intense, authentic worship. When we are most satisfied with God in suffering, he will be most glorified in us in worship. Our problem is not styles of music. Our problem is styles o.. | John Piper | ||
| d0145d1 | Your daddy is standing in a swimming pool out a little bit from the edge. You are, let's say, three years old and standing on the edge of the pool. Daddy holds out his arms to you and says, "Jump, I'll catch you. I promise." Now, how do you make your daddy look good at that moment? Answer: trust him and jump. Have faith in him and jump. That makes him look strong and wise and loving. But if you won't jump, if you shake your head and run awa.. | John Piper | ||
| d8a7f66 | I guess I'm pretty emotional. | Stephen Chbosky | ||
| 99637fb | d`k mn lmkhwf | Juan Rulfo | ||
| 8bae890 | The truth shall make you free, but first it will make you miserable. | Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child | ||
| 61b2d00 | But no one can predict of a certainty what will happen. And none of it will change how I intend to spend the rest of my life. I will live it on my terms. And you... you can have all of me or nothing. I won't be an invalid any longer. Not even if it means losing you. | longing love romance | Lisa Kleypas | |
| 6e53103 | He uttered a curse that startled her with its foulness, and gripped her head between his hands, forcing her to stare at him. His voice was savage. "For twelve years I have been in constant torment, wanting you in my arms and believing it would never be possible. I want you for a thousand reasons other than your legs, and...no, damn it, I want you for no reason at all, other than the fact that you're you. I want to shove myself deep inside y.. | love reunited-lovers romance torment tortured-soul | Lisa Kleypas | |
| 69eb33b | I am no longer Tris, the selfless, or Tris, the brave. I suppose that now, I must become more than either. | Veronica Roth | ||
| a22b021 | To live factionless Is not just to live in poverty and discomfort; it is to live divorced from society, separated from the most important thing in life: community. My mother once told me that we can't survive alone,but even if we could, we wouldn't want to. Without a faction, we have no purpose and no reason to live. | Veronica Roth | ||
| c41ff74 | And I provide much- needed eye candy. | handsome humor uriah | Veronica Roth | |
| 65cbe8c | People are supossed to aspire to become their fathers, not shudder at the thought. | father fear four marcus tobias | Veronica Roth | |
| 355e273 | Caroline, do you value your neck?" "Yes, I'm rather fond of it. Why?" "Because if you don't shut up, I'm going to wring it." | Julia Quinn | ||
| 34402ab | And all was black and still, and black and cold, and black and dead, and black. | a-song-of-ice-and-fire jon-snow | George R.R. Martin | |
| f26b3f9 | Do not threaten the supreme gigantic overlords. We do as we please. | fablehaven mull newel nipsies satyrs | Brandon Mull | |
| f40a4c3 | My heart is too thoroughly dried to be broken in a hurry, and I mean to live as long as I can. | heartbreak life | Anne Brontë | |
| 0a046f9 | They enveloped each other within the folds of their thoughts, holding each other with an intimacy no physical embrace could replicate, allowing their identities to merge once again. Their greatest comfort was a simple one: they were no longer alone. To know that you were with the one who cared for you, and who understood every fiber of your being, and who would not abandon you even in the most desperate of circumstances, that was the most p.. | intoxicating | Christopher Paolini | |
| ebaf4c6 | When you can have anything you want by uttering a few words, the goal matters not, only the journey to it. | Christopher Paolini | ||
| 6ff622a | So, preferring death to capture, I accomplished the most astonishing deeds, and which, more then once, showed me that the too great care we take of our bodies is the only obstacle to the sucess of those projects which require rapid decision, and vigorous and determined execution. In reality, when you have once devoted your life to your enterprises, you are no longer the equal of other men, or, rather, other men are no longer your equals, a.. | life live strength | Alexandre Dumas | |
| 0855451 | the Female Once-Over--a process by which one woman creates a detailed profile of another woman based upon about a million subtle details of clothing, jewelry, makeup, and body type, and then decides how much of a social threat she might be. Men have a parallel process, but it's binary: Does he have beer? If yes, will he share with me? | Jim Butcher | ||
| 4b86556 | I've always felt that the best whips and chains are in the mind. With a little creativity, the physical ones are hardly necessary. | lara-raith | Jim Butcher | |
| aa6f978 | Life is like licking Honey from a Thorn | Holly Black | ||
| 23660eb | I don't lie," I lied." | Holly Black | ||
| 875d690 | She knew she shouldn't feel that way about a monster, but right then, she wanted nothing more than a monster of her very own. | tana | Holly Black | |
| 8cf017d | There are moments in every relationship that define when two people start to fall in love | inspirational love poetry slam-poetry | Colleen Hoover | |
| 7dfac29 | We become what we want to be by consistently being what we want to become each day. | inspirational religious self-determination self-improvement | Richard G. Scott |