“Life itself was hard enough without monosynaptic sociopaths preying on folks.”
― Michael A. Stackpole, quote from I, Jedi
“If you can't recognize the man in the mirror, it is time to step back and see when you stopped being yourself.”
― Michael A. Stackpole, quote from I, Jedi
“If the wind no longer calls to you, it is time to see if you have forgotten your name.”
― Michael A. Stackpole, quote from I, Jedi
“Do you want help?"
"No."
"Do you need help?”
― Michael A. Stackpole, quote from I, Jedi
“Life is not without pain, but life concerns itself with how we handle that pain, or joy, or confusion or triumph. Life is more than time passing before death, it is the sum and total of all we make of it.”
― Michael A. Stackpole, quote from I, Jedi
“A Two-Onebee droid doesn’t need to contract a disease to diagnose and treat it.”
― Michael A. Stackpole, quote from I, Jedi
“Your intentions will be good. Without consideration and forethought, however, your actions could still be evil. That is the problem, of course, evil is always easy and resisting it is never so. Evil is relentless; and anyone, if they tire, if they are not vigilant, can fall prey to it.”
― Michael A. Stackpole, quote from I, Jedi
“I have nothing against kids—as long as they go home with their parents at the end of the day.”
― Michael A. Stackpole, quote from I, Jedi
“This is the purpose of life, is it not? To create life is the greatest act a living creature can commit.”
― Michael A. Stackpole, quote from I, Jedi
“selflessness is the only antidote to evil. It provides the light that destroys the dark.”
― Michael A. Stackpole, quote from I, Jedi
Michael A. Stackpole
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“What we expect rarely occurs; what we don't expect is what happens.”
― Holly Goldberg Sloan, quote from Counting by 7s
“I need to be whole again. Even if it doesn’t last.”
“It can’t last,” she said, staring at him, because how could it, when they could never keep what they had? “It’ll break our hearts.”
He caught her by the wrist, brought her hand to his bare chest. Splayed her fingers over his heart. It beat against her palm, like a fist punching its way through his sternum. “Break my heart,” he said. “Break it in pieces. I give you permission.”
― Cassandra Clare, quote from Lord of Shadows
“¿No hay que haberlo experimentado todo para poder expresarlo todo? Y sentir vivamente, ¿no es sufrir? Por consiguiente, las poesías no se crean sino tras penosos viajes que se emprenden a las vastas regiones del pensamiento y de la sociedad.”
― Honoré de Balzac, quote from Lost Illusions
“As she sat alone in the apartment, the enormity of it all started to sink in. Any hope that the North Korean regime might change with the death of Kim Il-sung was quickly dashed. The power had passed to his son. Things weren't going to get any better. She heard her father's words replaying in her ears. "The son is even worse than the father." "Now we're really fucked," she said to herself. Only then did tears of self-pity fill her eyes.”
― Barbara Demick, quote from Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
“I don't know what I did to deserve moments like these."
"You deserve a lifetime of moments like these.”
― Lisa De Jong, quote from When It Rains
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