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d264373 One does not simply Roland." Oh boy. I supposed I would get a lecture on the dangers of wandering into Mordor next." funny-quotes ghastek kate kate-daniels mordor Ilona Andrews
faa157c He poked his finger into my chest again. "Well, I have something to tell you: don't let the sun set on you in this county, because..." I grabbed his wrist and yanked him forward, tripping him with my foot. He went down back first and I caught him by his throat, three feet above the ground, lifted him up a bit and bent down to his face. My eyes glowed with murderous red. My voice turned rough with an animal growl. "Listen well, because I won.. Ilona Andrews
e5b8bde When life backs you into a corner and offers you no escape, when your friends, your lover, and your family abandon you, when you're at the end of your rope, panicked, alone, and losing your mind, you know you'd give anything to make your problems go away. Then, desperate and eager, you will come to Unicorn Lane, seeking salvation in its magics and secrets. You'll do anything, pay any price. Unicorn Lane will take you in, shroud you in its p.. ilona-andrews kate kate-daniels magic-bites unicor-lane Ilona Andrews
f3158f8 Across from me at the next row of supports Jim raised his hand and touched his fingers to his thumb a few times, imitating an opening and closing beak. Negotiate. He wanted me to engage a lunatic who had already turned four people into smoking meat. Okay. I could do that. "Alright, Jeremy!" I yelled into the night. "Give me the salamander and I won't cut your head off!" Jim put his hand over his face and did some shaking. I thought he was .. Ilona Andrews
435846f Her imagination painted Georgie twenty years later, sitting in leg irons before some Broken psychiatrist. "Well, you see, it all started with bubbles..." Ilona Andrews
61248c4 Hardly. A ragged apron does not a waiter make. Eoin Colfer
da0804d One drop of wine is enough to redden a whole glass of water. glass hugo notre-dame victor wine Victor Hugo
7d671fa I'll always come back to you. Beth Revis
7928497 Possibly the only good to come out of these nightmares was that it brought Hans Hubermann, her new papa, into the room, to soothe her, to love her. He came every night and sat with her. The first couple of times, he simply stayed - a stranger to kill the aloneness. A few nights after that, he whispered, "Shhh, I'm here, it's all right." After three weeks he held her. Trust was accumulated quickly, due primarily to the brute strength of the.. Markus Zusak
af46f67 Clearly," said Arthur,"you're an idiot- but you're our kind of idiot. Come on." Markus Zusak
27052ac It's not the place, I think. It's the people. We'd have all been the same anywhere else. Markus Zusak
025de18 I am the way into the city of woe, I am the way into eternal pain, I am the way to go among the lost. Justice caused my high architect to move, Divine omnipotence created me, The highest wisdom, and the primal love. Before me there were no created things But those that last forever--as do I. Abandon all hope you who enter here. Dante Alighieri
13e3f11 I'm not doing well in terms of being a functional human. Ned Vizzini
75e4172 Yoga is the effort to experience one's divinity personally and then to hold on to that experience forever. Elizabeth Gilbert
3d1f65f The cat looked as if it were about to say something sarcastic. Then it flicked its whiskers and said, "Challenge her. There's no guarantee she'll play fair, but her kind of thing loves games and challenges." Neil Gaiman
103f0f6 If you only write when you're inspired you may be a fairly decent poet, but you'll never be a novelist because you're going to have to make your word count today and those words aren't going to wait for you whether you're inspired or not. poetry writing Neil Gaiman
0e816c4 By acknowledging a petty problem you give it existence and credibility. The more attention you pay an enemy, the stronger you make him; and a small mistake is often made worse and more visible when you try to fix it. It is sometimes best to leave things alone. If there is something you want but cannot have, show contempt for it. The less interest you reveal, the more superior you seem. Robert Greene
876a832 m's@ ladmy@ 'nh tbd' mn lTyn, w'n `lyh 'n tHtl mknth b`d dhlk byn lnjwm Naguib Mahfouz
1f1c980 If most of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. the-hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien
a94a2e3 Last night I woke up with someone squeezing my hand. It was my other hand. William S. Burroughs
d978c0b The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself. William S. Burroughs
da593cc In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality. It is as final as the mountains: a fact. There it is. When you realize it you cannot complain. William S. Burroughs
71da970 I no longer believe that we can keep silent. We never really do, mind you. In one way or another we articulate what has happened to us through the kind of people we become. silence Azar Nafisi
fd0937b I wanted to take off all my clothes and never wear them again. Hunter S. Thompson
2203fde Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba.... Hunter S. Thompson
87ec39f The only thing that really worried me was the ether. There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. And I knew we'd get into that rotten stuff pretty soon. Probably at the next gas station. Hunter S. Thompson
bd10506 There are always risks in challenging excessive police power, but the risks of challenging it are more dangerous, even fatal. hunter-s-thompson Hunter S. Thompson
48eef85 There was madness in any direction, at any hour. You could strike sparks anywhere. There was a fantastic universal sense that whatever we were doing was right, that we were winning. Hunter S. Thompson
f72b305 Happiness. It comes on poetry Raymond Carver
d532b87 Once upon a time, man had a love affair with fire. Robert R. McCammon
1c37ea6 I can wade Grief -- Whole Pools of it -- I'm used to that -- But the least push of Joy Breaks up my feet -- And I tip -- drunken -- Let no Pebble -- smile -- 'Twas the New Liquor -- That was all! Emily Dickinson
e0310cd We hit the sidewalk, and dropped hands. How I wished, right then, that the whole world was a street. Aimee Bender
350c99b If you listen very carefully, you can hear the good fairy come in the night and leave our assignment for tomorrow. Orson Scott Card
5a193a7 All little creatures are beautiful...every living thing when it first sees life is born in beauty. What they grow to be is a different matter. Brian Jacques
3a57157 Cats were often familiars to workers of magic because to anyone used to wrestling with self-willed, wayward, devious magic--which was what all magic was--it was rather soothing to have all the same qualities wrapped up in a small, furry, generally attractive bundle that...might, if it were in a good mood, sit on your knee and purr. Magic never sat on anybody's knee and purred. magic purring Robin McKinley
d6d1c24 Tu deviens responsable pour toujours de ce que tu as apprivoise. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
6b5e4d8 Supposing I know of a flower that is absolutely unique, that is nowhere to be found except on my planet, and any minute that flower could accidentally be eaten up by a little lamb, isn't that important? If a person loves a flower that is the only one of its kind on all the millions and millions of stars, then gazing at the night sky is enough to make him happy. He says to himself "My flower is out there somewhere." But if the lamb eats the .. stars the-little-prince Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
82f1624 He wanted to kill us. With what? His evil-eye power? Will pulled a gun out from underneath his loose shirt. Oh, yeah, that would do it. Jennifer L. Armentrout
ba6ec9e you are my everything. Jennifer L. Armentrout
3bf4148 My heart- dammit-- my heart stopped in my chest as I stared at them. He had me by the throat because he had my whole world in his hands. I said one word I thought I'd never utter to the bastard. "Please." I swallowed hard, but the words came out easier than I could've ever imagined. "Please don't hurt her." "You'd beg for a human who wouldn't do the same for you?" "I'd do anything for her." "And I would do anything for him." Kat gasped out... jennifer-armentrout katy-swartz lux Jennifer L. Armentrout
6e6ce23 Be a man!... What good is religion if it collapses under calamity? Think of what earthquakes and floods, wars and volcanoes, have done before to men! Did you think that God had exempted [us]? He is not an insurance agent. religion H.G. Wells
feb3985 Then something occurred to me. "Get closer," I told Blackjack. He whinnied in protest. "Just within shouting distance," I said. "I need to talk to the statue." Now I'm sure you've lost it, boss, Blackjack said" percy-jackson Rick Riordan
7d71073 I hoped I wasn't blushing. It was bad enough I had to depend on my mom to drive me to my battles. sally-jackson Rick Riordan
6a8f0b5 If my mom told one more story about how cute I looked in the bathtub when I was three years old I was going to burrow into the snow and freeze myself to death. sally-jackson Rick Riordan