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852e402 Major Major never sees anyone in his office while he's in his office. war Joseph Heller
4a5df95 Reality has become so intolerable, she said, so bleak, that all I can paint now are the colors of my dreams. Azar Nafisi
aa055f4 Friendships are nice. So is competence. Michael Crichton
b52e383 A hundred years from now, people will look back on us and laugh. They'll say, 'You know what people used to believe? They believed in photons and electrons. Can you imagine anything so silly?' They'll have a good laugh, because by then there will be newer better fantasies... And meanwhile, you feel the way the boat moves? That's the sea. That's real. You smell the salt in the air? You feel the sunlight on your skin? That's all real. Life is.. science Michael Crichton
49d1c88 Whatever it is you seek, you have to put in the time, the practice, the effort. You must give up a lot to get it. It has to be very important to you. And once you have attained it, it is your power. It can't be given away : it resides in you. It is literally the result of your discipline. jurassic-park Michael Crichton
ace3411 I don't know how long I kept at it... I felt reasonably safe, streched out on the floor, and lay quite still. It didn't seem to be summer any more floor safe still summer sylvia-plath Sylvia Plath
da76d90 But it seems to me that once you begin a gesture it's fatal not to go through with it. John Updike
28f6451 Isn't that what it means to be civilized? That you can wait to get what you want? Orson Scott Card
8e8d1bc The only way to retrieve a secret,once known, is to replace it with a lie. Orson Scott Card
285c696 The insides of our own minds are the scariest things there are. Robin McKinley
c98d0c4 So far I've seen the life studies packet used as (1) an umbrella, (2) a makeshift towel, (3) a pillow, and now this. I have never actually seen anyone study with it, which either means that everyone who graduates from Thomas Jefferson will be totally unprepared for life or that certain things can't be learned in bullet-point format. Lauren Oliver
4492263 To a born-again atheist like myself, it is clear that each of us has multiple selves, talents, perceptions. But to the Roman Catholic, unity is all. atheist born-again religion Gore Vidal
1650d18 And they heard the roaring thunder of a third brilliantly lighted express. "Are they pursuing the first travelers?" demanded the little prince. "They are pursuing nothing at all," said the switchman. "They are asleep in there, or if they are not asleep they are yawning. Only the children are flattening their noses against the windowpanes." "Only the children know what they are looking for," said the little prince. "They waste their time ove.. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
906180f I let out the breath I hadn't realized I was holding. "Guess what?" "What?" Meeting his amber-colored eyes, I admitted what probably wasn't a secret, but what I felt like I needed to put into words. "I like you, Seth." He stopped his hand over mine, staying there, as he gave me a lopsided smile. "Guess what?" "What?" I whispered. Seth shifted so that his lips brushed mine as he spoke. "I like you too, Josie." seth-diodoros the-return Jennifer L. Armentrout
7698141 Oh, shimmer down, Hunter. You're too testy. How many times have I've told you that you need to chill out, take a vacay. Disney World is really fun this time of the year. you should check it out. disney disney-world hunter luc shimmer time vacation world year Jennifer L. Armentrout
a822345 Roth lowered his forehead to mine as he brought our joined hands to his chest, placing them above his heart. "And I love you," he said. "With every breath I take, I will always love you." Jennifer L. Armentrout
b3a6b94 Or maybe it was the soul that worked that way, seeking out warmth and touch, needing to prove that we were still in the world of living. Jennifer L. Armentrout
0d55f70 You haven't locked yourself in any rooms or rocked in any corners, right? Jennifer L. Armentrout
1473ac5 A second later, there was a knock on my door and a booming voice. 'Alexandria?' Seth stilled above me, panting. 'You have got to be freaking kidding me.' Leon knocked again. [...] 'Lucian is requesting your presence immediately.' Another gap of silence followed. 'He is also requesting to see you, Seth.' Seth frowned as the gleam in his eyes faded. 'How in the world does he know I'm in here?' 'Leon...just knows.' I pushed at him weakly. 'Get.. Jennifer L. Armentrout
ca7da23 The fact is, the Time Traveller was one of those men who are too clever to be believed: you never felt that you saw all round him; you always suspected some subtle reserve, some ingenuity in ambush, behind his lucid frankness. H.G. Wells
bb0fe9b You should take more pride in your appearance," I tell him. "You'll never attract girls with an ugly mug like that." Darren Shan
54ba849 Hope," Frank grumbled. "I'd rather have a few good weasels." heroes-of-olympus hope iris percy-jackson-and-the-olympians the-son-of-neptune weasels Rick Riordan
7cebec7 Monsters,' her dad said, a tear tracing his cheek. 'I live in a world of monsters. Rick Riordan
46c8760 Beckendorf closed eyes tight and brought his hand up to his watch. from that distance, the explosion shook the world. Heat seared the back of my head. The Princess Andromeda blew up from both sides, a massive fireball of green flame roiling into the dark sky, consuming everything....I stared out the window into deep blue water. Beckendorf was supposed to go to college in the fall. He had a girlfriend, lots of friends, his whole life ahead o.. percy-jackson Rick Riordan
b5598bb After all the dangerous adventures I'd had, I couldn't die like this. Sadie would be devastated. Then, once she got over her grief, she'd track down my soul in the Egyptian afterlife and tease me mercilessly for how stupid I'd been. Rick Riordan
10f3d58 My girlfriend: sophomore honors student, demigod, and--oh, yeah--head architect for redesigning the palace of the gods on Mount Olympus in her spare time. Rick Riordan
c48614d June smiled. "So what will it be? Safety, or a future of pain and possibility?" Rick Riordan
b620ad4 More minions!" he shouted. "Come to me!" That couldn't be good. Another round of giant crocs and we'd be dead. Why don't we get minions? I complained to Horus, but he didn't answer." Rick Riordan
dea53db He just summoned the dead with coke and cheeseburgers nico percy-jackson-and-the-olympians Rick Riordan
d5b1533 Ridiculous!" Chrysaor's voice turned shrill. He didn't seem sure where to level his sword-at Percy or his own crew. "Save yourselves!" Percy warned. "It is too late for us!" Then he gasped and pointed to the spot where Frank was hiding. "Oh, no! Frank is turning into a crazy dolphin!" Nothing happened. "I said," Percy repeated, "Frank is turning into a crazy dolphin!" Frank stumbled out of nowhere, making a big show of grabbing his thr.. Rick Riordan
8cfb1f2 Mr. D," Grover asked timidly, "if you're not going to eat it, could I have your Diet Coke can?" Rick Riordan
c520c5c Some pain shouldn't be wished away so easily. It had to be dealt with, even embraced. Without the agony of the last few months, Piper never would have found her best friends, Hazel and Annabeth. She never would've discovered her own courage. She certainly wouldn't have had the guts to sing show tunes to the snake people under Athens. frienship hurt pain piper-mclean Rick Riordan
94351cd Now...well, after what happened in Tartarus, it seemed like Percy had graduated to a totally different level of butt-kickery. Rick Riordan
506a9a0 He hated being filled with terror. It was embarrassing. fear humour leo-valdez Rick Riordan
a4d81fc Suddenly his expression turned to alarm. He sprinted toward us. For a moment I had an absurd vision of myself on the cover of one of Gran's old romance novels, where the damsel wilts into the arms of one half-dressed beefy guy while another stands by,casting her longing looks. Oh, the horrible choices a girl must make! I wished I'd had a moment to clean up. I was still covered in dried river muck, twine, and grass, like I'd been tarred and .. Rick Riordan
07a5f30 I wanted to keep things as normal as possible for the trainees, so I led my usual morning class. I called it Magic Problem-Solving 101. The trainees called it Whatever Works. Rick Riordan
1409817 On it!" Hazel said. "Go, Frank!" Dragon Frank veered to the left with Annabeth in one claw yelling, "Let's get 'em!" and Percy in the other claw screaming, "I hate flying!" Rick Riordan
f703ec1 Also, Ares developed a serious fear of jars. I think I'm going to get him a nice one for Christmas. Rick Riordan
0ef3412 The last I saw of Percy and Annabeth, their Prius was turning the corner on First Avenue, Percy singing along with Led Zeppelin on the radio, Annabeth laughing at his bad voice. Alex crossed his arms. "If those two were any cuter together, they'd cause a nuclear explosion of cuteness and destroy the Eastern Seaboard." magnus-chase percabeth Rick Riordan
56ccac6 Piper went a little crazy. She cried out with relief and dove straight into the water. What was she thinking? She didn't take a rope or a life vest or anything. But at the moment, she was just so happy that she paddled over to Leo and kissed him on the cheek, which kind of surprised him. "Miss me?" Leo laughed. Piper was suddenly furious. "Where were you? How are you guys alive?" "Long story," he said. A picnic basket bobbed to the surface.. romance romantic Rick Riordan
f89cd0e Nico knelt and picked it up. He regarded Jason, as if waiting for an attack. "If the others found out-" "If the others found out," Jason said, "you'd have that many more people to back you up, and to unleash the fury of the gods on anybody who gives you trouble." house-of-hades jason-grace nico-diangelo Rick Riordan
d597606 Maybe that's why he had started to fear suffocation. It wasn't so much drowning in the earth or sea but the feeling that he was sinking into too many expectations, literally getting in over his head. Wow...when he started having thoughts like that, he knew he'd been spending too much time with Annabeth. expectations percy-jackson suffocation Rick Riordan
b8319fc Sacred Sibyl!" I cried. "Madam, there is something wrong with your midsection!" The woman stopped, mystified, and looked down at her hugely swollen belly. "Well, I'm seven months pregnant." pergnancy sally-jackson Rick Riordan
5c82a4c Hang on," Sadie said. She stomped right up to the throne. Ammit growled at her, but Sadie growled back, which confused the monster into silence. "What are you?" she demanded. "My dad? Osiris? Are you even alive?" Dad looked at Anubis. "What did I tell you about her? Fiercer than Ammit, I said." "You didn't need to tell me." Anubis's face was grave."I've learned to fear that sharp tongue." Sadie looked outraged. "excuse me?" humor osiris sadie Rick Riordan