“If there's anything I hate, it's someone telling me "don't" without saying why.”
― Shelley Adina, quote from Lady of Devices
“Girls should certainly be heard. It is their voices the world is missing.”
― Shelley Adina, quote from Lady of Devices
“Honestly, dear heart, you've got to curb this unhealthy tendency to blow things up.”
― Shelley Adina, quote from Lady of Devices
“If one wanted models of good behaviour, one must be a model of good behaviour oneself.”
― Shelley Adina, quote from Lady of Devices
“Why should I? First she burns me, then she boils me eyes. If I take that knife to anything, it'll be 'er, and that's a fact.”
― Shelley Adina, quote from Lady of Devices
“A lady of resources makes her own luck.”
― Shelley Adina, quote from Lady of Devices
“We are to succeed through the exercise of intellect, not brute force.”
― Shelley Adina, quote from Lady of Devices
“Claire dropped Willie on the cobbles and caught the girl by the back of her combies as she spun to escape. It was the work of a moment to turn her over her knee and remind her of Newton’s law that every action has an equal and opposite reaction.”
― Shelley Adina, quote from Lady of Devices
“There will be no more thieving and fisticuffs and pickpocketing. We will earn our bread through the force of intellect, as befits ladies and gentlemen of this modern age.”
― Shelley Adina, quote from Lady of Devices
“You make your way through the application of intelligence, grace, and consideration for others. You do the right thing, not the easy thing.”
― Shelley Adina, quote from Lady of Devices
“If there’s anything I hate, it’s someone telling me ‘don’t’ without saying why.”
― Shelley Adina, quote from Lady of Devices
“Girls should certainly be heard. It was their voices that the world was missing.”
― Shelley Adina, quote from Lady of Devices
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“I'm just a kid who would really love to no be dissected.”
― Matt Myklusch, quote from Jack Blank and the Imagine Nation
“Conventions are often surrounded with the solemn language of morality, but in fact they have little to do with it.”
― Frans de Waal, quote from Our Inner Ape: A Leading Primatologist Explains Why We are Who We Are
“Thousands of years ago, when our ancestors encountered a predatory animal like a lion, it was best to react immediately and not stand around thinking about the lion, admiring its beauty or wondering why it was bothering them instead of tracking down some tasty antelope. Thus, the fast track to the amygdala kept our ancestors alive.”
― quote from Rewire Your Brain: Think Your Way to a Better Life
“What are you lying about now, devil,” she rasped, coughing when the blood filled up her throat again. Dark fury flashed in his eyes and iron fingers dug into her jaw. She screamed and writhed, fighting to escape the point of metal filling her vision. She screamed as he pressed it into her eye, drilling through her eyeball. She clenched her fists and jolted under the straps, her body going into spams of agony. “How”
― Lucian Bane, quote from Desecrating Solomon 3
“Once you realized that everyone with whom you associated was, potentially, happy to literally stab you in the back, all the wondering just . . . went away.”
― Christie Golden, quote from Dark Disciple
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