“You stole my car."
"Borrowed it I did, return it I will."
"Okay Yoda, can I have the woman whose body you stole back?”
― Amelia Hutchins, quote from Fighting Destiny
“I’ll be strong for you Syn, if you need it. You don’t always have to be the strong one, I’ll be
your glue if you want to crumble, I’ll hold you together,”.”
― Amelia Hutchins, quote from Fighting Destiny
“Thanks for that by the way, not bad for a fucking Fairy—” I laughed—“get it? Fucking Fairy?” I snorted and closed my eyes.
“I get it,” he growled,”
― Amelia Hutchins, quote from Fighting Destiny
“Love is more than just feeling something Syn, it's the connection of two souls that intertwine and cannot be without the other. It's not just saying you love someone, it’s showing them with every fucking breath you take, every look. It just is, simple as that. That kind of love doesn't die. It withers the soul without the other to keep it alive.”
― Amelia Hutchins, quote from Fighting Destiny
“You ordered me here,” I said finally breaking the silence.
“I did,” Ryder said with his lopsided grin that looked more dangerous than friendly.
“I’m here,” I mumbled.
“You are.”
"..."
“Okay, we gonna measure dicks all day Ryder, or are we gonna sign a contract?” I snapped.
“You don’t have a dick Syn, I would have noticed,” Ryder’s smile lifted roguishly.”
― Amelia Hutchins, quote from Fighting Destiny
“I go in on your arm and we separate. To make me look unavailable, since Vlad likes what he can’t have, I play dumb blonde and make myself sexy.” I glared as Adam barked with laughter at my words.“No going off of the plan, when he takes you in the back room—and he will, you work the information out of him without blowing your cover, or him.” I shot the glare to Ryder. “I have no intention of bobbing on Vlad’s knob. Or yours.” I tossed into remove the wide smirk my response had given him and it worked.”
― Amelia Hutchins, quote from Fighting Destiny
“I scanned through another section finding yet another thing I wasn't about to let happen.
“You want to pick my clothes? What the hell is wrong with my clothes?”
His eyes took in my sleeveless top and sank lower as if he was sneering with disdain at my jeans. They were jeans for monkey butt’s sake!
“I have a certain reputation Synthia. I won’t have it smeared with being shadowed by a child who wears the clothes of an immature teenager.”
“I’m wearing jeans, half the country wears them!”
― Amelia Hutchins, quote from Fighting Destiny
“So help me, if you turned me into a fucking Vampire, I'll bite your dick off!”
― Amelia Hutchins, quote from Fighting Destiny
“Destiny doesn't ask you if you want it Syn, it just forces it into your lap and deal with it. -RYDER”
― Amelia Hutchins, quote from Fighting Destiny
“Keep lipping off, and I'll find a use for that tongue."
"Keep dreaming, man-whore.”
― Amelia Hutchins, quote from Fighting Destiny
“I'll be strong for you, Syn …if you need it. You don’t always have to be the strong one. I'll be your glue if you want to crumble. I'll hold you together," he said, lifting his eyes and meeting mine.
"And what if you're what's making me crumble, Ryder? What then?"
His lips lifted into his sexy smirk. "Then I'll put you back together. I will never tear you down, Syn. I will always protect you from anything and everything that would.”
― Amelia Hutchins, quote from Fighting Destiny
“A few things go through your mind when you do something stupid. Like, oh hell this was stupid, along with that moment of perfect clarity that this might be the last stupid thing you ever do.”
― Amelia Hutchins, quote from Fighting Destiny
“Love is more than just feeling something, it's the connection of two souls that intertwine and cannot be without the other. It's not just saying you love someone—it’s showing them with every fucking breath you take, every look. It just is, simple as that. That kind of love doesn't die. It withers the soul without the other to keep it alive. Eventually, it turns you bitter and cynical.”
― Amelia Hutchins, quote from Fighting Destiny
“Funny how growing up can change your opinion of being afraid of the dark and afraid of the bills.”
― Amelia Hutchins, quote from Fighting Destiny
“I can feel the draw, her body calling to mine as animals do in heat. I'd fuck her like an animal; raw, hot, and fucking hard.”
― Amelia Hutchins, quote from Fighting Destiny
“I’m. Not. A. Victim!” I growled low and clearly pronounced each word. “No? Then what are you?” he asked, angered by my words. “I’m a survivor.”
― Amelia Hutchins, quote from Fighting Destiny
“Love is more than just feeling something Syn, it's the connecetion of two souls that intertwine and cannot be without the other. It's not just saying you love someone, its showing them with every fucking breath you take, every look. It just is, simple as that. That kind of love doesn't die. It withers the soul without the other to keep it alive. Eventually, it turns you bitter and cynical. -RYDER”
― Amelia Hutchins, quote from Fighting Destiny
“Destiny doesn’t ask you if you want it, Syn; it just forces it into your lap, and you deal with it.”
― Amelia Hutchins, quote from Fighting Destiny
“I'll be strong for you Syn, if you need it. You don't always have to be the strong one, I'll be your glue if you want to crumble, I'll hold you together. RYDER”
― Amelia Hutchins, quote from Fighting Destiny
“He settled on the bed with his back propped up—every inch the predator, he was.”
― Amelia Hutchins, quote from Fighting Destiny
“I watched his nostrils flare as the glow became more apparent, and he allowed me to see the full fire that I’d created in him. “No panties?” he questioned through a guttural tone.”
― Amelia Hutchins, quote from Fighting Destiny
“I'll be strong for you, Syn…if you need it. You don’t always have to be the strong one. I'll be your glue if you want to crumble. I'll hold you together," he said, lifting his eyes and meeting mine.”
― Amelia Hutchins, quote from Fighting Destiny
“Glorious mind fuck, she’s addictive. It makes my mind go to places that it hasn’t even fathomed before. She denies me while denying herself. She’s growing weak. I can feel, as she trembles against me, her walls coming down slowly, even as she struggles to keep them up. The scent of her need makes me want to pull back the delicate petals of her flower and devour it, consume it, fuck it.”
― Amelia Hutchins, quote from Fighting Destiny
“I’ll be strong for you, Syn…if you need it. You don’t always have to be the strong one. I’ll be your glue if you want to crumble. I’ll hold you together,”
― Amelia Hutchins, quote from Fighting Destiny
“I don’t make excuses for what I am, or what I do. I play hard. I love hard, and I fuck even harder, Syn. I am what I am. So if you play games with me, keep in mind, I will be more than happy playing them with you—and I always win,” he growled huskily”
― Amelia Hutchins, quote from Fighting Destiny
“You’re looking at me like I’m a freaking Scooby Snack.”
― Amelia Hutchins, quote from Fighting Destiny
“Until then, I plan to make her mine in body and soul.”
― Amelia Hutchins, quote from Fighting Destiny
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“it is not a faith walk if I give you a calendar.”
― quote from While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age During the Civil Rights Movement
“So the question arose now, as it had in the wake of the Mongol holocaust: if the triumphant expansion of the Muslim project proved the truth of the revelation, what did the impotence of Muslims in the face of these new foreigners signify about the faith?
With this question looming over the Muslim world, movements to revive Islam could not be extricated from the need to resurrect Muslim power. Reformers could not merely offer proposals for achieving more authentic religions experiences. They had to expound on how the authenticity they proposed would get history back on course, how their proposals would restore the dignity and splendor of the Umma, how they would get Muslims moving again toward the proper endpoint of history: perfecting the community of justice and compassion that flourished in Medina in the original golden moment and enlarging it until it included all the world.
Many reformers emerged and many movements bubbled up, but all of them can sorted into three general sorts of responses to the troubling question.
One response was to say that what needed changing was not Islam, but Muslims. Innovation, alterations, and accretions had corrupted the faith, so that no one was practicing the true Islam anymore. What Muslims needed to do was to shut out Western influence and restore Islam to its pristine, original form.
Another response was to say that the West was right. Muslims had gotten mired in obsolete religious ideas; they had ceded control of Islam to ignorant clerics who were out of touch with changing times; they needed to modernize their faith along Western lines by clearing out superstition, renouncing magical thinking, and rethinking Islam as an ethical system compatible with science and secular activities.
A third response was to declare Islam the true religion but concede that Muslims had certain things to learn from the West. In this view, Muslims needed to rediscover and strengthen the essence of their own faith, history and traditions, but absorb Western learning in the fields of science and technology. According to this river of reform, Muslims needed to modernize but could do so in a distinctively Muslim way: science was compatible with the Muslim faith and modernization did not have to mean Westernization.”
― Tamim Ansary, quote from Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes
“Toughened or coarsened by their worldly lives, the other dissenters could shrug and move on, but Souter couldn't. His whole life was being a judge.”
― Jeffrey Toobin, quote from The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
“So how do you know when the boy's perfect for you?' Dulcie asked
Betty gave her a tender look. 'You'll just know. That sounds vague, I know, but it's true.”
― Lesley Pearse, quote from Trust Me
“In order to destroy this system which we so much detest we are creating conditions over here which run contrary to our dearest p-principles.”
― Winston Graham, quote from The Black Moon
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