“I like the way he danced. And then I like the way we danced together.”
― Anita Diamant, quote from Good Harbor
“Mind your business" had been the motto of her childhood. But now that seemed like a failing in a friend.”
― Anita Diamant, quote from Good Harbor
“And then what do I do?” Joyce asked, her voice suddenly pinched.”
― Anita Diamant, quote from Good Harbor
“I need a bathroom. And there are way too many people around here for us to”
― Anita Diamant, quote from Good Harbor
“with breast cancer.” Father Sherry’s hand was resting on the statue’s shoulder. “Theresa was”
― Anita Diamant, quote from Good Harbor
“Could she be a friend to the writer of a bad book?”
― Anita Diamant, quote from Good Harbor
“Her gaze met his. "What do you want more than anything?"
Right now, he felt like he could gaze into her green eyes for a century or two. They were amazing, the way they flared with anger, twinkled with humor, or softened with compassion. "I want to be loved, honestly and truly loved, for who I am. And I want to love a woman with all my heart for all my life. I want to ache for her mind, for her body, for her companionship."
Her eyes widened. "Oh." (Toni & Ian)”
― Kerrelyn Sparks, quote from All I Want for Christmas is a Vampire
“As they pushed through the door a remarkable sight met their eyes: the Muskrat was sitting in the fork of a tree eating a pear.
"Where's mother?" asked Moomintroll.
"She's trying to get your father out of his room," replied the Muskrat, bitterly. "This is what comes of collecting plants. I've never quite trusted that Hemulen. Well, I hope the Muskrat heaven is a peaceful place, because I shan't be here much longer.”
― Tove Jansson, quote from Finn Family Moomintroll
“I have made a discovery,' said Giskard, his voice carrying no shade of emotion. 'I have made it because, for the first time in my existence, I faced thousands of human beings. Had I done this two centuries ago, I would have made the discovery then. Had I never faced so many at once, then I would never have made the discovery at all.
'Consider, then, how many vital points I might easily grasp, but never have and never will, simply because the proper conditions for it will never come my way. I remain ignorant except where circumstance helps me, and I cannot count on circumstance.”
― Isaac Asimov, quote from Robots and Empire
“He'd was called first Cephas in Aramaic, then Petros, rock, in Greek. Eventually he became Peter and the Gospels proclaimed that Christ said, Upon this rock I shall build my church.'
The testimony was the first ancient account he'd ever read that made sense. No supernatural events or miraculous apparitions. No actions contrary to history or logic. No inconsistent details that cast doubt on credibility. Just the testimony by a simple fisherman of how he'd borne witness to a great man, one whose good works and kind words lived on after his death, enough to inspire him to continue the cause.”
― Steve Berry, quote from The Templar Legacy
“Dearest says that is the best kind of goodness; not to think about yourself, but to think about other people.”
― Frances Hodgson Burnett, quote from Little Lord Fauntleroy
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