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74459f8 She had no time for sleep, with the weight of the world upon her shoulders. And she feared to dream. Sleep is a little death, dreams the whisperings of the Other, who would drag us all into his eternal night. dance-with-dragons death dragons dreams epic-fantasy fantasy high-fantasy lions melisandre other series song-of-ice-and-fire wolves George R.R. Martin
f2559b3 My dad always says, some people will treat you badly and you can't help that. But how you handle it and how it makes you feel, that's up to you. prejudice wisdom Elise Broach
2bc1fec Begin by seizing something which your opponent holds dear; then he will be amenable to your will. strategy war Sun Tzu
317d5cd Maybe if everyone walked around being in touch with each other's hidden pain it could work out and even be beautiful, but it doesn't feel safe to be the only compassionate person on the planet. Michelle Tea
6e484e4 Memories, you see, hurt. The good ones most of all. Harlan Coben
a3e518b I believe that the combination of pencil and memory creates a kind of practical magic, and magic is dangerous. Stephen King
e424f68 You just couldn't get hold of the things you had done and turn them right again. Such power might be given to the gods, but it was not given to men and women, and that was probably a good thing. Had it been otherwise, people would probably die of old age still trying to rewrite their teens. Stephen King
1866577 When you want to feel better, call something a piece of shit. It usually works. Stephen King
c45d7e5 Mouse sandwiches and open graves?" Meredith arched an elegant eyebrow. "I think you're getting Stephen King mixed up with Lewis Carroll." L.J. Smith
c59be21 A woman who doesn't lie is a woman without imagination and without sympathy. Agatha Christie
a17ff15 Liking is more important than loving. It lasts. I want what is between us to last, Luke. I don't want us just to love each other and marry and get tired of each other and then want to marry some one else." "Oh! my dear Love, I know. You want reality. So do I. What's between us will last for ever because it's founded on reality." love reality Agatha Christie
da769b8 Pull a thread here and you'll find it's attached to the rest of the world. literature symbolism Nadeem Aslam
9b0c01a Yes, I am sad, sad as a circus-lioness, sad as an eagle without wings, sad as a violin with only one string and that one broken, sad as a woman who is growing old. Sad, sad, sad... Jean Rhys
18b757b Play around. Dive into absurdity and write. Take chances. You will succeed if you are fearless of failure. writing Natalie Goldberg
b423fc4 We don't have education, we have inspiration; if I was educated I would be a damn fool. educational fool foolish foolishness jack-goldenberg Bob Marley
e9d9a9a A little girl loves her bird--Why? Because it lives and feels; because it is helpless and harmless? A toad, likewise, lives and feels, and is equally helpless and harmless; but though she would not hurt a toad, she cannot love it like the bird, with its graceful form, soft feathers, and bright, speaking eyes. Anne Brontë
9380035 If somebody doesn't call me a bitch once a day, I figure I'm not doing my job. J.D. Robb
cb61eb1 Damn it all to hell and back again, you know very well that was a setup. You bloody well know I couldn't put my hands on her." "Yeah, yeah, sure, sure." Eve shrugged off her coat, tossed it aside. "I know a setup when I see it, and I know your face, ace. I didn't see desire on it, I saw annoyance." "Is that so? Is that bloody well so? Well, if you knew it was just what it was, why did you sucker punch me?" "Mostly?" She turned, cocked a hip.. eve-dallas roarke J.D. Robb
281ac99 Lief. That's not nice, considering all your sister has done for you," admonished Perl. "Oh right. How could I forget that she made me bait for a snake, left me on house arrest in Ixia, and smuggled me into the Keep in a coffin." funny lief Maria V. Snyder
830d41a Why is she convinced Ambrose is out to get her" Leif asked "Ambrose?" Yelena raised a slender eyebrow. She carried a tray of tea and fruit. "You're on a first name basis with the Commander now?" "I usually call him Amby, but not in mixed company." Maria V. Snyder
23c38b7 I'm glad you're here. We've had some...interesting developments." Leif groaned. "That's Yelena-speak for life-threatening danger." Maria V. Snyder
1c6b3a0 I hate this life of the fashionable world, always ordered, measured, ruled, like our music-paper. What I have always wished for, desired, and coveted, is the life of an artist, free and independent, relying only on my own resources, and accountable only to myself. Alexandre Dumas
d43c4e4 We are all smiling in the picture, three brothers having a grand old time just playing around in the living room, no agendas, no buried resentments or permanent scars. Even under the best of circumstances, there's just something so damn tragic about growing up. Jonathan Tropper
38bd270 Chocolate fends off all kinds of nasty stuff. And if you get hungry while warding off evil, you have a snack. It's multipurpose equipment. Jim Butcher
3c98bb6 Sometimes it isn't easy to be sane, smart, and responsible. Sometimes it sucks. Sucks wang. Camel wang. But that doesn't turn wrong into right or stupid into smart. responsibility right-and-wrong Jim Butcher
a063230 The moment she was cursed, I lost her. Once it wears off- soon- she will be embarrassed to remember things that she said, things she did, things like this. No matter how solid she feels in my arms, she is made of smoke. hopeless life love regret sad Holly Black
9da7da9 The Folk doubtlessly learned this lesson long ago. They do not need to deceive humans. Humans will deceive themselves. humans lesson Holly Black
46b66f9 Any mind that is capable of a real sorrow is capable of good. Harriet Beecher Stowe
7b27e09 You fight your superficiality, your shallowness, so as to try to come at people without unreal expectations, without an overload of bias or hope or arrogance, as untanklike as you can be, sans cannon and machine guns and steel plating half a foot thick; you come at them unmenacingly on your own ten toes instead of tearing up the turf with your caterpillar treads, take them on with an open mind, as equals, man to man, as we used to say, and .. Philip Roth
36ae33d When we sin and mess up our lives, we find that God doesn't go off and leave us- he enters into our trouble and saves us. inspirational Eugene Peterson
5149e1f Perfection does not exist -- you can always do better and you can always grow. inspirational les-brown motivational Les Brown
92fed01 What others think about you is none of your business. inspirational motivational self-help Jack Canfield
91e0707 Don't quit, and don't give up. The reward is just around the corner. And in times of doubt or times of joy, listen for that still, small voice. Know that God has been there from the beginning--and he will be there until . . . The End. christian-life inspirational Joanna Gaines
cec2b1c Everything is within your power change change-life change-quotes change-the-world change-your-life change-your-mind empowered empowerment encourae-yourself encourage-yourself encouragement encouragement-and-attitude encouragement-quotes encouraging encouraging-quotes innate-wisdom inner-strength inspirational inspiring inspiring-quote inspiring-quotes law-of-attraction motivating motivational motivational-quotes personal-development positive positive-quote positive-thinking positivity power power-of-the-subconscious-mind power-of-thoughts power-of-will power-of-women powerful powerful-quotes powerful-women powerful-words self-empowered self-empowerment self-healing self-help self-help-inspiration self-help-motivator self-help-quote self-help-quotes self-improvement spiritual spiritual-quote spiritual-wisdom strength strength-of-mind strength-of-spirit strong strong-will strong-willed strong-woman strong-women subconscious uplifting Janice Trachtman
8681656 A song and a smile from someone I cared about could be enough to distract me from all that darkness, if only for a little while. care caring darkness inspirational life love lyrics music smile song songs Ransom Riggs
1441df7 The trouble with being a god is that you've got no one to pray to. religion Terry Pratchett
06f0d7b If you stopped tellin' people it's all sorted out after they're dead, they might try sorting it all out while they're alive. humor Neil Gaiman Terry Pratchett
6750842 People don't like change. But make the change fast enough and you go from one type of normal to another. Terry Pratchett
b5f2744 Time was something that largely happened to other people; he viewed it in the same way that people on the shore viewed the sea. It was big and it was out there, and sometimes it was an invigorating thing to dip a toe into, but you couldn't live in it all the time. Besides, it always made his skin wrinkle. Terry Pratchett
68c1bef Humanity's a nice place to visit, but you wouldn't want to live there. humor Terry Pratchett
0df35d8 You will find the way, daughter of the forest. Through grief and pain, through many trials, through betrayal and loss, your feet will walk a straight path. julier-marillier quote quotes Juliet Marillier
4cbb15f Our love has been the thread through the labyrinth, the net under the high-wire walker, the only real thing in this strange life of mine that I could ever trust. life love trust Audrey Niffenegger
5d54984 Human orgasm, firecracker. Vampire orgasm, blast. Kresley Cole
94b957d Just because you're a gutless harlot doesn't mean I won't find your... attributes attractive. I might be immortal, but I'm still a red-blooded male." "Harlot? Who talks like that? Father Time, meet the Flinstones." Kresley Cole