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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| de9d462 | The city's full of people who you just see around. | cities strangers | Terry Pratchett | |
| 6f5e1ba | I would like you to teach [the orcs] civilised behaviour," said Ladyship coldly. He appeared to consider this. "Yes of course, I think that would be quite possible," he said. "And who would you send to teach the humans?" | humanity monsters | Terry Pratchett | |
| ab759fb | You'd like Freedom, Truth, and Justice, wouldn't you, Comrade Sergeant?' said Reg encouragingly. 'I'd like a hard-boiled egg,' said Vimes, shaking the match out. There was some nervous laughter, but Reg looked offended. 'In the circumstances, Sergeant, I think we should set our sights a little higher--' 'Well, yes, we could,' said Vimes, coming down the steps. He glanced at the sheets of papers in front of Reg. The man cared. He really did... | freedom hard-boiled-egg justice realism revolution truth | Terry Pratchett | |
| 1c22fc5 | Your actions are your own. Your choices are your own. Each of us carries a burden of guilt for decisions made or not made. You can let that rule your whole life or you can put it behind you and move on. Only a madman lets jealousy determine the course of his existence. Only a weak man blames others for his own errors. | liadan | Juliet Marillier | |
| 2044865 | They understand not only evil, it seemed, but the extravagance of tricks with which evil presents itself as good. | Donna Tartt | ||
| c7ade7f | A robber who steals a knife and cuts himself cannot cry out against the woman who kept it sharp. | Naomi Novik | ||
| b2b6609 | I still love you. And sometimes, my friend, the love that I have, and can't give to you, crushes the breath from my chest. Sometimes, even now, my heart is drowning in a sorrow that has no stars without you, and no laughter, and no sleep. | Gregory David Roberts | ||
| f20a56d | My advice." She pressed her fingers to her chest. "But didn't you recently say that I was a 'mad creature' who was 'soft in the head'? Sniff, sniff, Rydstrom. Sniff, sniff. I was so crushed that I ate a gallon of Ben & Jerry's, except I didn't because Valkyrie don't eat." | Kresley Cole | ||
| f99bfd8 | I'll begin with the most basic. What are you?" "Pussy Cat Doll?" she asked, immediately doing a slow headshake at his look. "Judge, jury and executioner." He scowled. Her eyes lit up. "Transient! What? Really. No? Babe in Toyland?" | Kresley Cole | ||
| e6a2b0b | Emma turned to him, bottom lip trembling. "For me?" "Always for you. All things for you. He coughed into his fist "All your own." | paranormal romance romantic | Kresley Cole | |
| 7c02b9d | A fucked-up family's a fucked-up family, whether or not werewolves are involved. | werewolves | Carrie Vaughn | |
| 91ce339 | What happens to the rest of something when you smash its heart? | Francesca Lia Block | ||
| 4cc704f | There's all kinds of love in the world, and not all of it looks like the stuff in greeting cards. | Jennifer Weiner | ||
| 5f07b7c | He came after Homer and before Gertrude Stein, a difficult interval for a poet. | Anne Carson | ||
| 455923d | Odd to think that the piece of you I know best is already dead. The cells on the surface of your skin are thin and flat without the blood vessels or nerve endings. Dead cells, thickest on the palms of your hands and the soles of your feet. | Jeanette Winterson | ||
| 76fea03 | leave me in peace, let me sleep one night at least without my pillow being wet with tears, my eyes burning and my head throbbing | Anne Frank | ||
| ab2e7cb | I hope I remember everything," said Toni. "You won't," said Trapp. "That's how you learn. But after you make the same mistake one, or two, or five times, you'll eventually get it. And then you'll make new mistakes." | mistakes | Louis Sachar | |
| dc07cd6 | Don't expect to make a difference unless you speak up for yourself. | Laurie Halse Anderson | ||
| 485f59e | Where did you live before you came here?" I asked. "The moon," he said smoothly. "We left because the place had no atmosphere." | sarcasm sass the-impossible-knife-of-memory | Laurie Halse Anderson | |
| b51c8dc | No, I am never setting foot in this house again it scares me and makes me sad and I wish you could be a mom whose eyes worked but I don't think you can. | moms relationships | Laurie Halse Anderson | |
| d99418a | I am not going to think about it. It was ugly, but it's over, and I'm not going to think about it. | Laurie Halse Anderson | ||
| 1b59b6a | Sometimes it was harder to change the past than it was the future. | future kate-atkinson past | Kate Atkinson | |
| b4e8d16 | Good writing is the hardest form of thinking. It involves the agony of turning profoundly difficult thoughts into lucid form, then forcing them into the tight-fitting uniform of language, making them visible and clear. If the writing is good, then the result seems effortless and inevitable. But when you want to say something life-changing or ineffable in a single sentence, you face both the limitations of the sentence itself and the extent .. | Pat Conroy | ||
| 8826cf0 | Walk really, really carefully. It's not complicated, but if you mess up, you'll die, so pay attention. | Maureen Johnson | ||
| 0ba9662 | And what else is she?" Jerome asked. Jazza didn't offer any reply so I chimed in with, "A bitchweasel?" "A bitchweasel!" Jazza's face lit up. "She's a bitchweasel! I love my new roommate." | Maureen Johnson | ||
| cf6ba2c | Learn what the rest of the world is like. The variety is worthwhile. | Richard P. Feynman | ||
| 76d1e51 | The ghosts of things that never happened are worse than the ghosts of things that did. | ghosts montgomery | L.M. Montgomery | |
| 29e25f3 | Snow in April is abominable," said Anne. "Like a slap in the face when you expected a kiss." | snow | L.M. Montgomery | |
| afcf311 | We don't know where we're going, but isn't is fun to go? | fun | L.M. Montgomery | |
| 61785d6 | Oh, but there's such a difference between saying a thing yourself and hearing other people say it,' wailed Anne. 'You may know a thing is so, but you can't help hoping other people don't quite think it is. | L.M. Montgomery | ||
| 523bfb8 | The greatest happiness [...] is to sneeze when you want to. | life | L.M. Montgomery | |
| 883e98a | Oh, of course there's a risk in marrying anybody, but, when it's all said and done, there's many a worse thing than a husband. | L.M. Montgomery | ||
| b50807c | Hatred is so much easier to win than love - and so much harder to get rid of. | love | Enid Blyton | |
| f3f0482 | Our hearts connect with lots of folks in a lifetime but most of us will go to our graves with no experience of true love. | bell hooks | ||
| bacd797 | Our story is never written in isolation. We do not act in a one-man play. We can do nothing that does not affect other people, no matter how loudly we say, "It's my own business." | madeleine-l-engle our-story walking-on-water | Madeleine L'Engle | |
| 8eb6fa3 | He had preserved the best part of her and made it his own: the principle of her scent. | olfactory perfume preservation preserve principle scent smell the-story-of-a-murderer virgin virginity | Patrick Süskind | |
| c833bb9 | Laila remembered Mammy telling Babi once that she had married a man who had no convictions. Mammy didn't understand. She didn't understand that if she looked into a mirror, she would find the one unfailing conviction of his life looking right back at her. | Khaled Hosseini | ||
| 2375422 | The tragedy of preparedness has scarcely been handled, save by the Greeks. Life is indeed dangerous, but not in the way morality would have us believe. It is indeed unmanageable, but the essence of it is not a battle. It is unmanageable because it is a romance, and its essence is romantic beauty. | romance | E.M. Forster | |
| eeeff8c | Everyone queue up!' Malfoy roared to the crowd. 'Harry Potter's giving out signed photos! | J.K. Rowling | ||
| 580c1bb | Tell me, how is Lucius Malfoy these days? I expect he's delighted his lapdog's working at Hogwarts, isn't he?" "Speaking of dogs," said Snape softly, "did you know that Lucius Malfoy recognized you last time you risked a little jaunt outside? Clever idea, Black, getting yourself seen on a safe station platform. Gave you a cast-iron excuse not to leave your hidey-hole in future, didn't it?" | J.K. Rowling | ||
| 8003133 | Time to sit down," Fred told Harry, "Or we're going to get run over by the bride." | humor | J.K. Rowling | |
| 6e6d91f | The fates have informed me that your examination in June will concern the Orb, and I am anxious to give you sufficient practice. Hermione snorted. "Well honestly... 'the fates have informed her'... Who sets the exam? She does!" | J.K. Rowling | ||
| a7cdb2e | Come, daddy, Harry doesn't want to talk to us right now. He's just too polite to say it. ~Luna Lovegood | dreamy harry-potter intelligent luna-lovegood | J.K. Rowling | |
| 7949330 | Ministry of Magic (M.O.M) Classification. xxxxx Known wizard killer / impossible to train or domesticate / or anything Hagrid likes | hagrid harry-potter humor | J.K. Rowling |