“The bravest person I know is afraid of the dark. She sleeps with a night lamp always, but if her friends are threatened? She suddenly thinks she's a bear twelve feet tall and attacks whoever scared her friends.”
― Tamora Pierce, quote from Cold Fire
“It's been interesting, "Frostpine said casually. "I wanted Daja to get some experience of other smiths'-and other mages'- ways of doing things, if only so she can see mine is best.”
― Tamora Pierce, quote from Cold Fire
“Oh, Daja," moaned Jory, "you sound just like my parents." She ran from the schoolroom.
"Well, there's no reason to insult me, "muttered Daja, half offended.”
― Tamora Pierce, quote from Cold Fire
“These mages," Kol asked, a wicked glint in his eye, "what kind of fees will they charge? Will I get a two-for-one discount, since they're twins?”
― Tamora Pierce, quote from Cold Fire
“Frostpine swivelled his head like an irate owl "The air is cold, wet, and moving”
― Tamora Pierce, quote from Cold Fire
“It was like trying to balance on a pair of knife blades. Who had thought of this mad form of travel in the first place? And why had no one locked them up before they passed their dangerous ideas on to others?”
― Tamora Pierce, quote from Cold Fire
“wagons to move the camp of a regiment from one place to another, and some of the camps had bakeries and cooking establishments that would have done credit to Delmonico.”
― William T. Sherman, quote from Memoirs of General W.T. Sherman
“He knew that being handy is the kind of conspicuous skill that makes it easier for others to tolerate you. They tolerated, and even liked him, for as long as they could.”
― John O'Brien, quote from Leaving Las Vegas
“Today, at this very moment in time, is as far into the future as you can go.”
― Kevin Alan Milne, quote from The One Good Thing
“Hermione uzanıp yanağına dokundu, kederle gülümsüyordu. “Gördüğüm en mutsuz gelinsin.”
Lucy gözlerini kapadı. “Mutsuz değilim. Ben sadece şey hissediyorum...”
Ama ne hissettiğini bilmiyordu. Ne hissetmesi gerekiyordu ki?Kimse bunun için eğitmemişti onu.Bütün eğitimi boyunca; dadısı,mürebbiyesi ve Bayan Moss’un Okulu’nda geçirdiği üç yıl boyunca kimse ona bunun dersini vermemişti. Neden kimse bunun dikiş nakıştan ve yerel danslardan daha önemli olduğunu fark etmemişti?
“Ben...” Artık anlamıştı. “Ben veda ediyormuş gibi hissediyorum.”
Hermione hayretle gözlerini kırpıştırdı. “Kime?”
Kendime...”
― Julia Quinn, quote from On the Way to the Wedding
“He loved three things alone:
White peacocks, evensong,
old maps of America.
He hated children crying,
and raspberry jam with his tea,
and womanish hysteria.
...And then he married me.
1911”
― Anna Akhmatova, quote from Selected Poems
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