“Someone's attention shouldn't have a physical weight, but it does. Hate's a heavy burden; hope is worse.”
― Josin L. McQuein, quote from Arclight
“I know one thing about the place I came from,' I say. 'We didn't eat dessert.'
'Then you came from a horrible and backward place and must stay here out of self-preservation.”
― Josin L. McQuein, quote from Arclight
“What sense is there in ending another life when we’re trying to keep the world from dying?”
― Josin L. McQuein, quote from Arclight
“She wants to know why she can’t hear you,” Rue explains. “I told her your voice has been lost, so she’s keeping your hand until it comes back.”
― Josin L. McQuein, quote from Arclight
“I wasn’t home. Home wasn’t that bed and that pain. Home didn’t hurt. There were no strangers who hid their faces or their voices from me. Home held no secrets.”
― Josin L. McQuein, quote from Arclight
“You cannot murder someone in the Safe Room, okay?”
― Josin L. McQuein, quote from Arclight
“Light is safety; light is life
The first rule of the Arclight.”
― Josin L. McQuein, quote from Arclight
“Do you have any matches?"
"What for?" The suspicion is back in his voice. That's the Tobin I know and lo-
Well, that's the Tobin I know, anyway.”
― Josin L. McQuein, quote from Arclight
“Fire and light. With all our safety measures, and all our weapons, it's the primitive things that keep us safe.”
― Josin L. McQuein, quote from Arclight
“Priority target... no way is that a good thing.”
― Josin L. McQuein, quote from Arclight
“We unify. We include."
"But humans like being individuals."
"We know," Rue said. He pushes off the ground with his foot, starting the swing into a slow sway. "We didn't understand-individuals like being lonely."
"It's not lonely." Hopefully he can't tell I'm lying.”
― Josin L. McQuein, quote from Arclight
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“Una volta ho letto, non ricordo più dove, che agli oggetti antichi può legarsi una maledizione, uno scongiuro, un incantesimo, i quali poi vanno a colpire chi si mette in casa e custodisce simili chincaglierie. Sai forse che cosa inneschi, quando richiami con un fischio un cane randagio che ti viene incontro durante una passeggiata serale? Per compassione lo porti al caldo, nella tua stanza, ed ecco che, all'improvviso, dal suo pelo nero fa capolino il diavolo.
Io, pronipote di John Dee, sto forse vivendo ciò che accadde un tempo al dottor Faust?”
― Gustav Meyrink, quote from The Angel of the West Window
“Why are people born? Why do they die? Why do they want to spend so much of the intervening time wearing digital watches?”
― Douglas Adams, quote from The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide
“Although your staff may be exposed to the message “work longer and harder” while they’re at the office, they’re getting a very different message at home. The message at home is, “Life is passing you by. Your laundry is piling up in the closet, your babies are uncuddled, your spouse is starting to look elsewhere. There is only one time around on this merry-go-round called life, only one shot at the brass ring. And if you use your life up on C++ . . .”
― Tom DeMarco, quote from Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams
“These natural tendencies then make us vulnerable to manufacturers and marketers who easily exploit our basic urges to eat too much, eat the wrong foods, and exercise too little. Because these unhealthy behaviors are deep instincts they are very difficult to overcome. The bottom line is that knowledge is power, but not enough. Most of us need information and skills, but we also require motivation and reinforcement to overcome basic urges in order to make healthier choices in environments replete with plentiful food and labor-saving devices.”
― quote from The Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health, and Disease
“Emotional self-control-- delaying gratification and stifling impulsiveness- underlies accomplishment of every sort”
― Daniel Goleman, quote from Inteligência Emocional
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