“More than anything, I wanted to help her write new words, on perfectly crisp, untouched paper, and to come up with a flawless title, for the perfect story.”
― Rachel Brookes, quote from Be My December
“Fear was a devastating thing. It gripped you to the point of being completely incapacitated and swallowed every rational thought that was your given right. The most frightening part of fear was that it had the potential to completely destroy you if you let it.”
― Rachel Brookes, quote from Be My December
“Eden, it would be a lie if I told you I didn’t want to kiss those perfect lips again. That’s what I am fighting with at the moment, so no I do not want you to leave. I want you to stick around so you can continue to torment me.”
― Rachel Brookes, quote from Be My December
“It was no good; I was like a charging bull, with only red in my sight. It was pretty fucking accurate, considering I was storming toward the girl in the red jacket.”
― Rachel Brookes, quote from Be My December
“Well kids, I am heading out. I have a hot date with brand new pussy tonight,” Josh announced without a care in the world.”
― Rachel Brookes, quote from Be My December
“Never be fearful of saying no to me Eden. I know there will be a time when i'll need you to say no.”
― Rachel Brookes, quote from Be My December
“But maybe they understood more about life than I did. From an early age they knew what little value the world placed in books, and so didn't waste their time with them. Whereas I, even now, persist in believing that these black marks on white paper bear the greatest significance, that if I keep writing, I might be able to catch the rainbow of consciousness in a jar.”
― Jeffrey Eugenides, quote from Middlesex
“The consequences of our actions are always so complicated, so diverse, that predicting the future is a very difficult business indeed.”
― J.K. Rowling, quote from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
“The less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it”
― Mark Twain, quote from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
“I explained to him, however, that my nature was such that my physical needs often got in the way of my feelings.”
― Albert Camus, quote from The Stranger
“The others went upstairs, a slow unwilling procession. If this had been an old house, with creaking wood, and dark shadows, and heavily panelled walls, there might have been an eerie feeling. But this house was the essence of modernity. There were no dark corners - no possible sliding panels - it was flooded with electric light - everything was new and bright and shining. There was nothing hidden in this house, nothing concealed. It had no atmosphere about it. Somehow, that was the most frightening thing of all. They exchanged good-nights on the upper landing. Each of them went into his or her own room, and each of them automatically, almost without conscious thought, locked the door....”
― Agatha Christie, quote from And Then There Were None
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