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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 09b7ed0 | Panning his sunglasses across Quincy, Jamie, and LB, he spun his finger in small circles. He spoke into the mike curled at his lips. "Spinning up now." Quincy climbed to his feet. He offered a mitt down to Jamie to lift him, then to LB. Across the pad, through waves of heat off the concrete, the rotors of Pedro 1 accelerated also. Quincy and Jamie hurried away with their packs and carbines. Jamie's gait showed the strain; Quincy dug a big p.. | David L. Robbins | ||
| be6167b | Of course. | David L. Robbins | ||
| 57e58c1 | These men of the special forces have had other options in their lives, other paths, easier paths they could have taken. But they took the hardest path, that narrow causeway that is not for the sunshine patriot. They took the one for the supreme patriot, the one that may require them to lay down their lives for the United States of America. The one that is suitable only for those who want to serve their country so bad, nothing else matters. .. | Marcus Luttrell Patrick Robinson | ||
| d3fd71d | They are of course aware of a higher calling, because they are sworn to defend this country and to fight its battles. And when the drum sounds, they're going to come out fighting. And when it does sound, the hearts of a thousand loved ones miss a beat, and the guys know this as well as anyone. But for them, duty and commitment are stronger than anyone's aching heart. And those highly trained warriors automatically pick up their rifles and a.. | Marcus Luttrell Patrick Robinson | ||
| 47ba9b7 | Not so hellfire unpoetical as all that, brother,' said Jack. 'Rowan came out with as fine a thing as ever I heard only this very morning, just before we rigged church. He and the second mate were looking at the six-pounders and he said "Oh ye mortal engines, whose rude throats/Th'im-mortal Jove's dread clamours counterfeit." ' 'Capital, capital. I doubt if Shakespeare could have done much better,' said Stephen, nodding gravely. Of late he h.. | Patrick O'Brian | ||
| ffd8417 | The real battle is won in the mind. It's won by guys who understand their areas of weakness, who sit and think about it, plotting, and planning to improve. Attending to the detail. Work on their weaknesses and overcome them. Because they can. Pg. 123 | Marcus Luttrell Patrick Robinson | ||
| 82ee415 | xa0"Kindness and consideration of somebody besides yourself keeps you feeling young."\xa0 | Betty White | ||
| 8452202 | Its been said that worry is like a rocking chair--it gives you something to do, but it doesn't get you anywhere. | Joanna Weaver | ||
| f9c7a9b | Be anxious about nothing. Be prayerful about everything. Be thankful for all things. | Joanna Weaver | ||
| 68ea2f8 | All over the world, people go to unimaginable lengths to find God--which is sad when you consider the unimaginable lengths God has already gone to find us. | Joanna Weaver | ||
| 089c52e | It wasn't long before the gracious hostess in Martha collapsed and the Queen of Hearts took over, pointing fingers and screaming, "Off with their heads! Off with everyone's head!" | Joanna Weaver | ||
| 177cb14 | Putting our earthly nature to death isn't something we can do apart from God. It isn't meant to be a renovation we attempt on our own or a charade we play at until it becomes reality. Believe me, I've tried it that way, and it just doesn't work. And yet, while the Holy Spirit wants to help us, we must initiate the act. For in a very real sense, only we can choose to die. | Joanna Weaver | ||
| 7ffbd69 | I'm trying to learn that in my Christian walk as well. If I'll move to the beat of the Spirit and relinquish control of my life to Him, I'll be able to dance to the music God has playing in His head rather than movin' and agroovin' to the catchy little tunes I've got going in my own. For when I allow the Lord to provide the accompaniment to my life, I discover a richly layered soundtrack more beautiful than anything I could compose myself. .. | Joanna Weaver | ||
| 94bbd96 | God has not called me to be successful," Mother Teresa answered. "God has called me to be faithful."8" | Joanna Weaver | ||
| 7552c77 | Lord, you know better than I know myself that I am growing older and will someday be old. Keep me from getting talkative, particularly from the fatal habit of thinking that I must say something on every subject and on every occasion. Release me from craving to straighten out everybody's affairs. Make me thoughtful, but not moody; helpful, but not bossy. With my vast store of wisdom it seems a pity not to use it all, but you know, Lord, that.. | Joanna Weaver | ||
| 5d2b1de | Get at least eight hours of beauty sleep, nine if you're ugly," | Betty White | ||
| 9283788 | She'd never thought of it as a colony. Instead it had been invaded, occupied, enslaved. She supposed colonized was more palatable to those who'd done it. | Meljean Brook | ||
| d813636 | You don't luck into integrity. You work at it." | Betty White | ||
| 7647e1c | And even though she could remember most of the sentences and every plot point, the story would never be what it had been. She would never again be who she'd been. | Meljean Brook | ||
| a64d70c | Ariq's fingers caught in her hair, tugged her close. "This is why," he said roughly againstwhy I wanted you from almost the moment I pulled you from the water. The way you think. You're like an arrow." And sometimes a squirrel, scampering this way and that, wildly collecting nuts. her lips. "This is" -- | zenobia-fox | Meljean Brook | |
| 31b00d2 | You said that if I ever lost a finger, I'd cry like a baby. But I didn't. I cried like a man. | Meljean Brook | ||
| 06ccf29 | No siege engine could equal the destructive power of Zenobia sitting so close. | Meljean Brook | ||
| b968a0d | This was part of love, to suffer. He'd planned to do it in silence, to experience the beautiful agony of the great romantics. Faced with it, however, beautiful agony was shit. | Meljean Brook | ||
| c9d5e0c | Mara gave you my letter?" "Yes." "You must have been astonished." She had exposed her heart in that letter. His eyebrows shot up. "'Astonished' is a mild word for it." "But you came - so you must have read the other letters. They should have prepared you a little." "I received no other letters. I had no idea you were in this part of the world." She shook her head in confusion. "Then how did you know to come?" "Yasmeen and I were in New Eden.. | Meljean Brook | ||
| b474b1f | If Helene was with child, either Basile Auger had astonishing ejaculatory capabilities, impregnating her from halfway around the world, or she'd lain with another man. | Meljean Brook | ||
| c9c739a | If he learned how susceptible I am to men who bathe more than once every year, he would have leapt into a tub that very moment, and my heart would be in certain danger. But he hasn't washed, so I will continue on to the Red City and live with the regret of knowing that happiness was within my reach, but the soap was unfortunately not. | Meljean Brook | ||
| f44964b | the only weapon I bring to a conversation is a knife. A gun means the talking is over. | Meljean Brook | ||
| df45f40 | But disbelief wasn't enough to wound someone. Disbelief only hurt when someone wanted to believe. | Meljean Brook | ||
| 4d1fa56 | Freedom is having a choice to make, to be who we want to be. | Meljean Brook | ||
| 55b6ebf | If one has no sense of humor, one is in trouble."\xa0 | Betty White | ||
| 363d5f4 | But she would not think better of him just because he possessed the decency not to blackmail her. Refusing to take advantage of a woman should be a basic part of any man's character, and lauding him for it would be like commending someone for having lungs to breathe with. | Meljean Brook | ||
| a5aba46 | Stories were so easy to control. Lady Lynx escaped because Zenobia created an escapable situation, and if anything unexpected happened to her characters, Zenobia had a clever plan to get them out of their new fix. | Meljean Brook | ||
| c94c7b9 | The blacksmith has proved quite competent while treating Cooper, and he possesses a great many tools in his workshop. If he learned how susceptible I am to men who bathe more than once every year, he would have leapt into a tub that very moment, and my heart would be in certain danger. But he hasn't washed, so I will continue on to the Red City and live with the regret of knowing that happiness was within my reach, but the soap was unfortun.. | Meljean Brook | ||
| 0c930e3 | Ariq's fingers caught in her hair, tugged her close. "This is why," he said roughly against her lips. "This is why I wanted you from almost the moment I pulled you from the water. The way you think. You're like an arrow." And sometimes a squirrel, scampering this way and that, wildly collecting nuts." | zenonia-fox | Meljean Brook | |
| 16e1ddb | Ghostly terror, green eyes like rocks; ugly and gullible, Zenobia Fox! | Meljean Brook | ||
| eabf28b | This night would have been so much more pleasant | Meljean Brook | ||
| 3b995b3 | This night would have been so much more pleasant if all the men had stopped talking. | Meljean Brook | ||
| 6392537 | He wanted her for the rest of his life. And on his dying breath, he would still want another second with her, another hour, another lifetime. | love | Meljean Brook | |
| 0a73d6c | In the quarantine tower he'd done to her what he'd sworn never to do with the machine: justify the route he'd taken with the result he hoped to achieve. | Meljean Brook | ||
| 60d42bc | I think the difference is not in the man, but how many stand behind him. I think that change will truly come when their combined fists are bigger than a single mighty one. | Meljean Brook | ||
| 3c2537b | His mother had taught him exactly that: To do what must be done. But she had taught him to do it while having a heart. Not heartlessly. | Meljean Brook | ||
| ee2afce | But there exists not one man who never errs. We would be gods." And gods didn't apologize. Men did." | Meljean Brook | ||
| 3e9aa10 | Won without a drop of bloodshed. His mother had been right. That truly was the best victory. | Meljean Brook | ||
| f5c5c08 | The captain shook her head - not in disagreement, but wonder. She glanced at Ariq. "We'll do this all for free if you let us see inside that thing." | Meljean Brook |