“Silent is the ruined land.
Man is brutal
and the rain does not wash away
the pain
or rid the distant memory.
It makes it glisten.”
― Cecil Castellucci, quote from Boy Proof
“Non est ad astra mollis e terris via.
That's my philosophy. Its a quote from the past. "There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.”
― Cecil Castellucci, quote from Boy Proof
“Is there any other way to be? I mean, this is it. This is my body, my soul; I gotta live with it. I'd better get comfortable. I plan on taking it for a long ride.”
― Cecil Castellucci, quote from Boy Proof
“I want to make my mark,' he says.
But what target, I wonder, are you going to hit?”
― Cecil Castellucci, quote from Boy Proof
“I smile a lot. I heard someone say once that it takes fewer muscles to smile than to frown, so i'm trying it out.”
― Cecil Castellucci, quote from Boy Proof
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“You don't ever play games, make me guess what it is you want, or what you're thinking. You're not afraid of getting dirty, you don't worry about if your hair looks just right, or get angry about having your prom in the woods.”
― Cindy C. Bennett, quote from Heart on a Chain
“Non è mai giusto colpire altre persone o causare loro del dolore.”
― Mineko Iwasaki, quote from Geisha, a Life
“As Steve draws me closer to the band, all I can see is a frenzied mass of seething, writhing people, like a many-headed sea snake, grinding, waving their arms, stamping their feet, jumping. No rules, just energy - so much energy, you could harness it; I bet you could power Portland for a decade. It is more than a wave. It's a tide, an ocean of bodies.”
― Lauren Oliver, quote from Hana
“He left slowly, as if he had to pry himself away before he something improper. A growing part of me wished he'd stayed.”
― Megan Shepherd, quote from The Madman’s Daughter
“You don’t kidnap somebody if you love them. They come to you. They choose you. Not the other way around.”
― Karin Slaughter, quote from Fractured
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