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34aa6b4 The 1143-year-long war hand begun on false pretenses and only because the two races were unable to communicate. Once they could talk, the first question was 'Why did you start this thing?' and the answer was 'Me? Joe Haldeman
e210876 We're like the wicked witch. We promise gingerbread, then eat the little brats alive. gingerbread graff promise wicked-witch-of-the-west Orson Scott Card
ce8a3eb I know, you've been here a year, you think these people are normal. Well, they're not. WE'RE not. I look in the library, I call up books on my desk. Old ones, because they won't let us have anything new, but I've got a pretty good idea what children are, and we're not children. Children can lose sometimes, and nobody cares. Children aren't in armies, they aren't COMMANDERS, they don't rule over forty other kids, it's more than anybody can t.. Orson Scott Card
06cb166 Shake paws, count your claws, You steal mine, I'll borrow yours. redwall thievery Brian Jacques
e755295 If you had killed Watson, you would not have got out of this room alive. Arthur Conan Doyle
e905739 This man is the bee's knees, Arthur, he is the wasp's nipples. He is, I would go so far as to say, the entire set of erogenous zones of every major flying insect of the Western world. Douglas Adams
689933f To be a man is, precisely, to be responsible. It is to feel shame at the sight of what seems to be unmerited misery. It is to take pride in a victory won by one's comrades. It is to feel, when setting one's stone, that one is contributing to the building of the world. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
de37a52 We need a plan," he replied. "Wow," Seth folded his arms. "That's a unique concept." "Seth," I hissed, shooting him a look. "That's okay," Apollo replied, smiling at Seth in a wholly creepy "hide your kids" kind of way. "When you least expect it, I'm going to turn you into a pink flower that smells like cat pee." Jennifer L. Armentrout
87a0cbb My last conscious thought was of my biggest mistake- not the boy beside me, but the one i could never have. alexandra forbidden-love Jennifer L. Armentrout
a31162e There's always tomorrow." I followed him. "Tomorrow's not going to change anything." "We'll see." "There's nothing to see. You're wasting your time." "When it concerns you, it's never a waste of my time," he replied." aww cam cute j-lynn jennifer-l-armentrout sweet wait-for-you Jennifer L. Armentrout
ca04272 I texted back: A few minutes passed while I stared at my phone. cam j-lynn jennifer-l-armentrout texting wait-for-you Jennifer L. Armentrout
53aa6e3 Stick it up your crack, you warped son of a mutant b*tch! grubbs-grady lord-loss Darren Shan
3351766 I prefer to be the noisiest thing in my environment thank you very much. Rick Riordan
11713db Oh...my...god,"Drew whimpered."Who..." Anubis ignored her (bless him for that) and held out his elbow for me - a sweet old-fashioned gesture. " May I have this dance?" "I suppose," I said,as non committally as I could. I looped my arm through his, and we left the Plastic Bags behind us, all of them muttering,"Oh my god! Oh my god!" No ,actually, I wanted to say. He's my amazingly hot boy god. Find your own." aphrodite-s-daughters sadie Rick Riordan
494b7ac Thank Ra!" She exclaimed. "Yeah, I'm alive." "No, I almost jumped in after you. I hate the water!" Rick Riordan
dc38dde If you look at it from any other side, it looks like a pile of enormous deer droppings, but Chiron wouldn't let us call the place the Poop Pile, especially after it had been named for Zeus, who doesn't have much of a sense of humor. rick-riordan the-titan-s-curse zeus Rick Riordan
a3dc20e He was also the god of (take a deep breath) commerce, languages, thievery, cheeseburgers, trickery, eloquent speaking, feasts, cheeseburgers, hospitality, guard dogs, birds of omen, gymnastics, athletic competitions, cheeseburgers, cheeseburgers and telling fortunes with dice. Okay, I just tossed in the cheeseburgers to see if you were paying attention. Also, I'm hungry. Rick Riordan
79e7f08 Okay," Annabeth said. "What exactly do you smell?" "Something bad," Tyson answered. "Great," Annabeth grumbled. "That clears it up." cyclops smells tyson Rick Riordan
d6adaf4 Right," I said. "So the baboon, the crocodile...any other pets I should know about?" Amos thought for a moment. "Visible ones? No, I think that's it." Rick Riordan
763e73d Narcissus turned and scowled at Leo. "Who are you?" "I'm the Super-sized McShizzle, man!" Leo said. "I'm Leo Valdez, bad boy supreme. And the ladies love a bad boy." Rick Riordan
74e1622 People are really trying their best. Just like being happy and sad, you will find yourself on both sides of the equation many times over your lifetime, either saying or hearing the wrong thing. Let's all give each other a pass, shall we? David Rakoff
dc4b614 A good meal, a good talk, a good fuck--what better way to pass the day? Henry Miller
61186e8 People cain't help being what they are any more than a skunk can help being a skunk. Don't you think if they had their choice they would rather be something else? Sure they would. People are just weak. Fannie Flagg
b937c6c Sanity is a valuable possesion; I hoard it the way people once hoarded money. I save it, so I will have enough, when the time comes. Margaret Atwood
84a79ce Ah men, why do you want all this attention? I can write poems for myself, make love to a doorknob if absolutely necessary. What do you have to offer me I can't find otherwise men Margaret Atwood
c76efb6 Ordinary, said Aunt Lydia, is what you are used to. This may not seem ordinary to you now, but after a time it will. It will become ordinary. social-commentary Margaret Atwood
9d518b3 Maybe this is what happens when you fall in love. On the outside a lighter is nothing amazing, but it holds all the ingredients that can create something wonderful. With a few pushes in the right direction, you can inspire something so brilliant that it pushes back the darkness. Katie McGarry
f264ecc A woman can't do anything about her appearance. Either she's pretty or she isn't. But her character is quite another matter. beauty character inspirational women Julie Garwood
c4566d9 He could do only one thing at a time. If he held her, he couldn't kiss her. If he kissed her, he couldn't see her. If he saw her, he couldn't feel her. Arundhati Roy
c48274c Ironically, the utterly unselective omnivore -- "I'm easy; I'll eat anything" -- can appear more socially sensitive than the individual who tries to eat in a way that is good for society." vegetarianism Jonathan Safran Foer
8059007 I wasn't having second thoughts, but I was having thoughts. Jonathan Safran Foer
27794ff There are these rare moments when musicians together touch something sweeter than they've ever found before in rehearsals or performance, beyond the merely collaborative or technically proficient, when their expression becomes as easy and graceful as friendship or love. This is when they give us a glimpse of what we might be, of our best selves, and of an impossible world in which you give everything to others, but lose nothing of yourself. Ian McEwan
58116c8 But I'm not guilty," said K. "there's been a mistake. How is it even possible for someone to be guilty? We're all human beings here, one like the other." "That is true" said the priest "but that is how the guilty speak" guilty human human-condition life mistakes priest trial Franz Kafka
e745040 The degree of slowness is directionally proportional to the intensity of memory. The degree of speed is directionally proportional to the intensity of forgetting. memory speed time Milan Kundera
1a9271f Sexy means loving someone you do not know. Jhumpa Lahiri
0c3d55a There is nothing so cruel in this world as the desolation of having nothing to hope for. Haruki Murakami
d686dde What I was chasing in circles must have been the tail of the darkness inside me. life-lesson psychology Haruki Murakami
8f0592f Practice giving things away, not just things you don't care about, but things you do like. Remember, it is not the size of a gift, it is its quality and the amount of mental attachment you overcome that count. So don't bankrupt yourself on a momentary positive impulse, only to regret it later. Give thought to giving. Give small things, carefully, and observe the mental processes going along with the act of releasing the little thing you lik.. generosity gift giving non-attachment practice releasing simplicity Huston Smith
0bb5169 I'm sure partial to the evening,' Augustus said. 'The evening and the morning. If we just didn't have to have the rest of the dern day I'd be a lot happier. Larry McMurtry
8171398 her] mind blackens. The blackness is not a thought, but if it could be pressed into a thought, if a chemical from a dropper could be dripped onto it causing its color and essence to become visible, it would take the shape of this sentence: Why does no one want me? Steve Martin
9c96b3e well, sometimes to get what you want the most, you have to do what you want the least. wisdom Jodi Picoult
c52de9f They're fake bullets, so why do I feel like Im bleeding out? bullets fake jodi picoult Jodi Picoult
4e09c85 And I will look down and see my murmuring bones and the deep water like wind, like a roof of wind, and after a long time they cannot distinguish even bones upon the lonely and inviolate sand. William Faulkner
644886e A person does not belong to a place until there is someone dead under the ground. Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez