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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| aacfcf9 | Gods of Olympus." Piper stared at Leo. "What happened to ?" His hair was greased back. He had welding goggles on his forehead, a lipstick mark on his cheek, tattoos all over his arms, and a T-shirt that read HOT STUFF, BAD BOY, and TEAM LEO. "Long story," he said." | leo-valdez percy-jackson-and-the-olympians piper-mclean the-mark-of-athena | Rick Riordan | |
| 92222c9 | If you spent your life concentrating on what everyone else thought of you, would you forget who you really were? What if the face you showed the world turned out to be a mask... with nothing beneath it? | image self-image | Jodi Picoult | |
| 135ea7c | The books are to remind us what asses and fool we are. They're Caeser's praetorian guard, whispering as the parade roars down the avenue, "Remember, Caeser, thou art mortal." Most of us can't rush around, talking to everyone, know all the cities of the world, we haven't time, money or that many friends. The things you're looking for, Montag, are in the world, but the only way the average chap will ever see ninety-nine per cent of them is in.. | Ray Bradbury | ||
| 51615e2 | I want love to conquer all. But love can't conquer anything. It can't do anything on it's own. It relies on us to do the conquering on its behalf. | David Levithan | ||
| 7b177de | I mean, maybe I am crazy. I mean, maybe. But if this is all there is, then I don't want to be sane. | sanity | Neil Gaiman | |
| 524c55e | It's not a big thing, but I guess it's true--big things are often just small things that are noticed. | Markus Zusak | ||
| 2a056b5 | some moments are nice, some are nicer, some are even worth writing about. | love moments nice poetry war-all-the-time writing | Charles Bukowski | |
| 41d32a1 | He always accuses me of trying to look'cool', I was like, 'everybody tries to look cool, I just happen to be successful. | cool girl successful try | Daniel Clowes | |
| 6878103 | Our fearlessness shall be our secret weapon. | John Green | ||
| 6af3435 | I love that you get cold when it's 71 degrees out. I love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich. I love that you get a little crinkle above your nose when you're looking at me like I'm nuts. I love that after I spend the day with you, I can still smell your perfume on my clothes. And I love that you are the last person I want to talk to before I go to sleep at night. And it's not because I'm lonely, and it's not because i.. | declarations-of-love foibles future harry-burns in-love life love marriage-proposal new-year-s-eve romance sally-albright simple-life simple-pleasures true-love when-harry-met-sally | Nora Ephron | |
| 039eecd | Water does not resist. Water flows. When you plunge your hand into it, all you feel is a caress. Water is not a solid wall, it will not stop you. But water always goes where it wants to go, and nothing in the end can stand against it. Water is patient. Dripping water wears away a stone. Remember that, my child. Remember you are half water. If you can't go through an obstacle, go around it. Water does. | patient water | Margaret Atwood | |
| 6081225 | I love you," he whispered, and that was the moment he knew what he was going to do. When you loved someone, you put their needs before your own. No matter how inconceivable those needs were; no matter how fucked up; no matter how much it made you feel like you were ripping yourself into pieces." | self-sacrifice | Jodi Picoult | |
| b4a6dae | She moaned into her pillow. "Go away. I feel like dying." "No fair maiden should die alone," he said, putting a hand on hers. "Shall I read to you in your final moments? What story would you like?" She snatched her hand back. "How about the story of the idiotic prince who won't leave the assassin alone?" "Oh! I love that story! It has such a happy ending, too--why, the assassin was really feigning her illness in order to get the prince's at.. | Sarah J. Maas | ||
| 137447f | I'm afraid to answer that. I've heard that when I speak, it makes American women wish to strike me with umbrellas. | Cassandra Clare | ||
| beeda14 | Growing up happens when you start having things you look back on and wish you could change -Clary Fray | growing-up life | Cassandra Clare | |
| c5f4a15 | After all the thousand times I've told you I love you, how could you let one word break your faith in me?...I could see it in your eyes, that you honestly believed that I didn't want you anymore. The most absurd, ridiculous concept--as if there were any way that I could exist without needing you! | Stephenie Meyer | ||
| 10f47fb | Hey, pretty thing," he said. "What's in the bag?" "Holy water," said Jace, reappearing beside her as if he'd been conjured up like a genie. A sarcastic blond genie with a bad attitude. "Oooh, a Shadowhunter," said the vampire. "Scary." With a wink he melted back into the crowd. "Vampires are such prima donnas," Magnus sighed from the doorway. "Honestly, I don't know why I have these parties." "Because of your cat," Clary reminded him. Magnu.. | magnus-bane | Cassandra Clare | |
| e0f441c | All the books we own, both read and unread, are the fullest expression of self we have at our disposal. ... But with each passing year, and with each whimsical purchase, our libraries become more and more able to articulate who we are, whether we read the books or not. | identity individuality | Nick Hornby | |
| 8af4a15 | two people can sleep in the same bed and still be alone when they close their eyes | Haruki Murakami | ||
| 9481c9b | Catching sight of himself in the long mirrors that ran along the walls, he stiffened in shock...His eyes were surrounded by black shadows, his shirt smeared with dried blood and filthy mud... "Admiring yourself?" The Inquisitor's voice cut through his reverie. "You won't look so pretty when the Clave gets through with you." "You do seem obsessed with my look...Could it be that you're attracted to me?" "Don't be revolting...You could be my s.. | Cassandra Clare | ||
| 26ee566 | I guess you're coming as my date now." Simon shoved the phone into his pocket. "I'm secure enough in my masculinity to accept that," said Jordan. "We better get you something nice to wear, though," he called as Simon headed back into his room. "I want you to look pretty." | jordan-kyle simon-lewis | Cassandra Clare | |
| cdf434e | Everything's a risk. Not doing anything is a risk. It's up to you. | inspirational | Nicola Yoon | |
| cfeca29 | Reading is everything. Reading makes me feel like I've accomplished something, learned something, become a better person. Reading makes me smarter. Reading gives me something to talk about later on. Reading is the unbelievably healthy way my attention deficit disorder medicates itself. Reading is escape, and the opposite of escape; it's a way to make contact with reality after a day of making things up, and it's a way of making contact with.. | Nora Ephron | ||
| fca8b81 | I have come home at last! This is my real country! I belong here. This is the land I have been looking for all my life, though I never knew it till now...Come further up, come further in! | heaven inspirational narnia christianity | C.S. Lewis | |
| 06d60ed | People want pretty much the same things: They wanted to be happy. Most young people seemed to think that those things lay somewhere in the future, while most older people believed they lay in the past. | Nicholas Sparks | ||
| 565a5b4 | She leaned forward and caught at his hand, pressing it between her own. The touch was like white fire through his veins. He could not feel her skin only the cloth of her gloves, and yet it did not matter. He had wondered once why love was always phrased in terms of burning. The conflagration in his own veins, now, gave the answer. | fire love tessa-gray will-herondale | Cassandra Clare | |
| 919508c | How would your life be different if...You walked away from gossip and verbal defamation? Let today be the day...You speak only the good you know of other people and encourage others to do the same. | encouragement friends gossip inspirational life motivational relationships | Steve Maraboli | |
| ca0ec5a | Let them think what they liked, but I didn't mean to drown myself. I meant to swim till I sank -- but that's not the same thing. | suicide | Joseph Conrad | |
| 8d4ca7b | In a world where billions believe their deity conceived a mortal child with a virgin human, it's stunning how little imagination most people display. | Chuck Palahniuk | ||
| 8d61007 | Beware the irrational, however seductive. Shun the 'transcendent' and all who invite you to subordinate or annihilate yourself. Distrust compassion; prefer dignity for yourself and others. Don't be afraid to be thought arrogant or selfish. Picture all experts as if they were mammals. Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity. Seek out argument and disputation for their own sake; the grave will supply plenty of time for silence. Suspec.. | science | Christopher Hitchens | |
| 10dbdd7 | I want to think again of dangerous and noble things. I want to be light and frolicsome. I want to be improbable beautiful and afraid of nothing, as though I had wings. | Mary Oliver | ||
| 6cb51ad | You weren't able to talk sense into him?" Well, we kind of tried to kill each other in a duel to the death." I see. You tried the diplomatic approach." | hermes percy-jackson | Rick Riordan | |
| 46a2822 | What happened to your tan?"--Fang "It was dirt." --Max" | maxride | James Patterson | |
| 1ae9b65 | Because fear kills everything," Mo had once told her. "Your mind, your heart, your imagination." | heart imagination mind | Cornelia Funke | |
| 60d9121 | It's the children the world almost breaks who grow up to save it. | breaking children hope inspirational inspiring pith save world | Frank Warren | |
| 5979992 | I wish you to know that you have been the last dream of my soul. | finality love soul | Charles Dickens | |
| 2081f9c | Every blessing ignored becomes a curse. | inspirational | Paulo Coelho | |
| 440aed7 | Everything in this room is edible. Even I'm edible. But, that would be called canibalism. It is looked down upon in most societies. | gluttony humor manners | Tim Burton | |
| 867d506 | These are the things I learned (in Kindergarten): 1. Share everything. 2. Play fair. 3. Don't hit people. 4. Put things back where you found them. 5. CLEAN UP YOUR OWN MESS. 6. Don't take things that aren't yours. 7. Say you're SORRY when you HURT somebody. 8. Wash your hands before you eat. 9. Flush. 10. Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you. 11. Live a balanced life - learn some and drink some and draw some and paint some and sing a.. | Robert Fulghum | ||
| e2d9e57 | I Wanna Hold Your Hand.' First single. Fucking brilliant. Perhaps the most fucking brilliant song ever written. Because they nailed it. That's what everyone wants. Not 24-7 hot wet sex. Not a marriage that lasts a hundred years. Not a Porsche or a blow job or a million-dollar crib. No. They wanna hold your hand. They have a feeling that they can't hide. | music the-beatles | Rachel Cohn | |
| 9111195 | Yelena, you've driven me crazy. You've caused me considerable trouble and I've contemplated ending your life twice since I've known you." Valek's warm breath in my ear sent a shiver down my spine. "But you've slipped under my skin, invaded my blood and seized my heart." "That sounds more like a poison than a person," was all I could say. His confession had both shocked and thrilled me. "Exactly," Valek replied. "You have poisoned me." -.. | poison | Maria V. Snyder | |
| d0a5021 | Love is a serious mental disease. | Plato | ||
| f7f34c3 | It wasn't my day. My week. My month. My year. My life. God damn it. | Charles Bukowski | ||
| 4d97dcd | You left me. You made a pet out of me, and then you left me. If love were food, I would have starved on the bones you gave me. | cassandra-clare city-of-fallen-angels magnus-bane mortal-instruments | Cassandra Clare |