“Never show fear. Move forward. Don’t hesitate; they wont expect it.”
― Julia Crane, quote from Freak of Nature
“Crying doesn’t hurt. But when you cry, it’s because your heart does.”
― Julia Crane, quote from Freak of Nature
“The sooner you learn women rule this world, the better off you’ll be.”
― Julia Crane, quote from Freak of Nature
“A pulse of current invaded Kaitlyn’s brain, and she straightened up in her seat. It wasn’t painful; it was more of an annoyance. Like a slight buzz between her temples. Maybe even a tickle. She found it somewhat interesting that the test never picked up on her body's awareness of Lucas. Obviously, the computers didn’t know everything.”
― Julia Crane, quote from Freak of Nature
“The sooner you learn women rule this world, the better off you’ll be.” ”
― Julia Crane, quote from Freak of Nature
“You shouldn’t let a train track decide if you are good or bad.”
― Julia Crane, quote from Freak of Nature
“It was amazing that such beauty existed and then there was such ugliness in the world.”
― Julia Crane, quote from Freak of Nature
“It was amazing that such beauty existed, and yet there was such ugliness in the world.”
― Julia Crane, quote from Freak of Nature
“If only she hadn’t checked the “donate body to science” option on her driver’s license,”
― Julia Crane, quote from Freak of Nature
“I don’t want to be just a weapon,” Kaitlyn said firmly. “I want to be a solution,”
― Julia Crane, quote from Freak of Nature
“You make my body feel like it’s revving up when I am standing still. I don’t know how to describe it. I wake up looking forward to seeing you and I go to bed thinking of you.”
― Julia Crane, quote from Freak of Nature
“In China, people from such humble backgrounds rarely spoke in public. But here they were, each person unapologetic and full of faith that her personal story was interesting.”
― Leslie T. Chang, quote from Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China
“all those pills was a terrible mistake. The only thought I had at the time was I’m tired, tired of hurting, tired of guilt, tired of sadness, tired of pain, tired, tired, tired.”
― Jamie Ayres, quote from 18 Things
“Romero could hardly breathe. He just sat in his chair with his fingers on the keys, scrolling Dave back and forth along the landscape, trying to see if anything was wrong, if somehow this wasn’t really happening, if Carmack had not just figured out how to do exactly what the fucking Nintendo could do, if he had not done what every other gamer in the universe had wanted to do, to break through, to do for PCs what Mario was doing for consoles. On the strength of Mario, Nintendo was on the way to knocking down Toyota as Japan’s most successful company, generating over $1 billion per year. Shigeru Miyamoto, the series’s creator, had gone from being a poor country boy in Japan to being the gaming industry’s equivalent of Walt Disney. Super Mario Brothers 3 sold 17 million copies, the equivalent of seventeen platinum records—something only artists like Michael Jackson had pulled off. Romero saw it all come pouring down in front of him: his future, their future, scrolling across the room in brightly colored dreams. The PC was hot. It was heading into more homes each day. Pretty soon, it wouldn’t be just a luxury item, it would be a home appliance. And what better to make it a friendly part of life than a killer game. With such a hit, people wouldn’t even have to buy Nintendos; they could just invest in PCs. And here Romero was sitting in his crappy little office building in Shreveport looking at the technology that could make the first big league games for the PC. He saw their destiny, their Future Rich Personages. It was so devastating that he found he couldn’t move, couldn’t get up out of his seat. He was destroyed. And it wasn’t until Carmack rolled back into the office a few hours later that Romero was able to muster the energy to speak. He had only one thing to tell his friend, his genius partner, his match made in gamer heaven. “This is it,” he said. “We’re gone!”
― quote from Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture
“There are no boring places, only boring people,”
― John Corey Whaley, quote from Highly Illogical Behavior
“Pity is a bitch I’d like to avoid.”
― A.R. Torre, quote from The Girl in 6E
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