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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 28f43e9 | I woke at dawn every morning to his touch, the delight of his warmth and the heady smell of his skin. I had never before lain with a man who had loved me completely, for myself, and it was a dizzy experience. I had never lain with a man whose touch I adored without any need to hide my adoration, or exaggerate it, or adjust it at all. I simply loved him as if he were my one and only lover, and he loved me too with the same simplicty of appet.. | Philippa Gregory | ||
| 103ca16 | I am locked into the mirror and there is no door out. | Laurie Halse Anderson | ||
| f15d54f | He says a million things without saying a word. I have never heard a more eloquent silence. | Laurie Halse Anderson | ||
| 5227ac5 | That's how it is sometimes when we plunge into the depths of our lives. No one can accompany us, not even those who would give up their hearts for our happiness. | Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni | ||
| 8024a6f | To read well, that is, to read true books in a true spirit, is a noble exercise, and one that will tax the reader more than any exercise which the customs of the day esteem. It requires a training such as the athletes underwent, the steady intention almost of the whole life to this object. Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written. | Henry David Thoreau | ||
| 2d9d04c | Since you got here by not thinking, it seems reasonable to expect that, in order to get out, you must start thinking. | Norton Juster | ||
| a37ffa1 | But why do only unimportant things?" asked Milo, who suddenly remembered how much time he spent each day doing them. "Think of all the trouble it saves," the man explained, and his face looked as if he'd be grinning an evil grin--if he could grin at all. "If you only do the easy and useless jobs, you'll never have to worry about the important ones which are so difficult. You just won't have the time. For there's always something to do to ke.. | wasting-time | Norton Juster | |
| f7b3789 | There are people in the world for whom "coming along" is a perpetual process, people who are destined never to arrive." | James Baldwin | ||
| 25550a6 | Why make yourself miserable saying things like, "Why do we have such bad luck? What has God done to us? What have we done to deserve this?" - all of which, if you understand reality and take it completely into your heart, are irrelevant and unsolvable. They are just things that nobody can know. Your situation is just an accident of life." -- | rationality science | Richard P. Feynman | |
| cfac0bd | I wonder if it will be--can be--any more beautiful than this,' murmured Anne, looking around her with the loving, enraptured eyes of those to whom 'home' must always be the loveliest spot in the world, no matter what fairer lands may lie under alien stars. | L.M. Montgomery | ||
| 09bf6db | Part of the racialized sexism wants everyone to think that a 15-year old Mexican is not a girl, she's a woman. We know she's a girl. We can never emphasize this enough, because this is the fate of colored girls globally right now: the denial of their girlhood, the denial of their childhood, and the constant state of risk and danger they are living in. | race sexism | bell hooks | |
| 2ef2445 | I want to live here. In his arms. Where I know it's safe. | Krista Ritchie | ||
| 1d60375 | To have humanism we must first be convinced of our humanity. As we move further into decadence this becomes more difficult. | Thomas Pynchon | ||
| 4553212 | Truth is eternal. Knowledge is changeable. It is disastrous to confuse them. | Madeleine L'Engle | ||
| 343dcaf | you and I have good enough minds to know how very limited and finite they really are. The naked intellect is an extraordinarily inaccurate instrument. | Madeleine L'Engle | ||
| 63e2469 | He may not have been born with guts, but he didn't have to die without them. | life | Katherine Paterson | |
| b608ace | And the last thought he had that morning as he closed his eyes was: I hope the tornado hit the moose. | Gary Paulsen | ||
| 378ca2d | If there's a God out there, then i would hope he has more important things to attend to than my drinking scotch or eating pork. | belief god | Khaled Hosseini | |
| a3b00ff | What sense would it make to classify a man as handicapped because he is in a wheelchair today, if he is expected to be walking again in a month, and competing in track meets before the year is out? Yet Americans are generally given 'class' labels on the basis of their transient location in the income stream. If most Americans do not stay in the same broad income bracket for even a decade, their repeatedly changing 'class' makes class itself.. | class-warfare politics poverty | Thomas Sowell | |
| 0bdba13 | I solemnly swear that I am up to no good... or Malfoy is anyway. | J.K. Rowling | ||
| 988971d | Aha! What villains are these, that trespass upon my private lands! Come to scorn at my fall, perchance? Draw, you knaves, you dogs! | sir-cadogan | J.K. Rowling | |
| dbb82bb | I'm a teacher! A teacher, Potter! How dare yeh threaten ter break down my door!" "I'm sorry, ," said Harry, emphasizing the last word. Hagrid looked stunned. "Since when have yeh called me 'sir'?" "Since when have you called me 'Potter'?" | J.K. Rowling | ||
| 59ac087 | I don't know who Maxime thinks she's kidding. If Hagrid's half-giant, she definitely is. Big bones... the only thing that's got bigger bones than her is a dinosaur. | J.K. Rowling | ||
| 12d2852 | Poets often describe love as an emotion that we can't control, one that overwhelms logic and common sense. Thats what it's like for me. I didn't plan on falling in love with you, and I doubt that you planned on falling in love with me. But once we met, it was clear that neither of us could control what was happening to us. We fell in love, despite our differences, and once we did, something rare and beautiful was created. For me love like t.. | Nicholas Sparks | ||
| 2bf3b1f | Richard...," Julie said, staring down at the open jewelry case in her hand. Inside was an ornate, heart-shaped locket supported by a gold chain. "It's beautiful. But... why? I mean, what's the occasion?" "No occasion. I just saw it and, well... I liked it. Or rather, I thought of you and knew you should have it." | Nicholas Sparks | ||
| 9827b5b | It doesn't sound so far-fetched, right? When two people love each other? While a part of me still wants to believe it's possible, I know it's not going to happen | sad true-love | Nicholas Sparks | |
| e21b0b1 | If it makes you feel better, I promise to forget. | Nicholas Sparks | ||
| 7369832 | Constellations shine with light that was emitted aeons ago, and I wait for something to come to me, words that a poet might use to illuminate life's mysteries. But there is nothing. | Nicholas Sparks | ||
| bc77469 | Gifts of the heart can't be claimed by anyone except the giver. | love | Nicholas Sparks | |
| f23854b | Trust me on this: no one is better off alone. | Nicholas Sparks | ||
| 7c8ff37 | Omigod,' I said on a sudden flash of sleep-deprived insight. 'You're the big bad wolf.' There are some similarities. | Janet Evanovich | ||
| f5671ef | The community of the Giver had achieved at such great price. A community without danger or pain. But also, a community without music, color or art. And books. | Lois Lowry | ||
| bf32618 | Dammit!" "What?" Gonzo sounds panicked. "We're out of gas." "You're Shithenging me." "I Shithenge you not." | Libba Bray | ||
| 04b51d3 | 'Music opens your soul, makes you ready.' - 'Ready for what?' - He smiles big. 'Exactly. | Libba Bray | ||
| 40aa9df | The world is a lie...not you and me. | Libba Bray | ||
| 828cfd4 | I know this because Tyler knows this. | Chuck Palahniuk | ||
| bd9c00b | I want to have your abortion. | Chuck Palahniuk | ||
| a3dec34 | Ever since college, I make friends. They get married. I lose friends. | friends | Chuck Palahniuk | |
| 323869f | In such seconds of decision entire futures are made. | future time | Dan Simmons | |
| 9ad185f | Nothing is boring exept to people who aren't really paying attention. | Michael Chabon | ||
| 5c719d5 | Once a problem is solved, its simplicity is amazing. | Paulo Coelho | ||
| 3731498 | Tragedy depends on the way you see it. If you chose to be a victim of the world, anything which happens to you will feed that dark side of your soul, where you consider yourself wronged, suffering, guilty and deserving punishment. If you choose to be an adventurer, the changes - even the inevitable losses, since everything in this world changes - can cause some pain, but will soon thrust you forward, forcing you to react. | Paulo Coelho | ||
| 0045272 | Have you ever been to Florence?" asked Dr. Igor. "No." "You should go there; it's not far, for that is where you will find my second example. In the cathedral in Florence, there's a beautiful clock designed by Paolo Uccello in 1443. Now, the curious thing about this clock is that, although it keeps time like all other clocks, its hands go in the opposite direction to that of normal clocks." "What's that got to do with my illness?" "I'm .. | Paulo Coelho | ||
| cbfae78 | Well, then, why should I listen to my heart?" "Because you will never again be able to keep it quiet." | inspirational-attitude the-alchemist | Paulo Coelho |