Obert Skye · 363 pages
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“You're kidding, right?" Ezra barked. "We're not just going to wait." "I suppose we could help people clean up a bit," "Girl!" Ezra called out. "Big eyes!" Winter turned from what she was looking at. "Are you talking to me?”
― Obert Skye, quote from Leven Thumps and the Ruins of Alder
“I found a copy of Leven's birth certificate and was surprised to see his birth name listed as E. Leven Thumps. I assume the E. stands for Elton, and I have no idea why they didnt spell it out, but it's intresting to think that it took exactly eleven whacks or thumps to down the oldest tree.”
― Obert Skye, quote from Leven Thumps and the Ruins of Alder
“There are people who believe in you. You might not always believe that yourself, but there are—parents, teachers, neighbors, relatives, me. I know that no matter what is thrown at you, you’ll recover amazingly.”
― Obert Skye, quote from Leven Thumps and the Ruins of Alder
“Take me to my new trailer,” Ezra ordered Dennis.
Dennis didn't move.
“What, did you not hear me?” Ezra raged. “I'm standing on your deaf ear?”
Dennis just stood there calmly.
Ezra slapped his own forehead with his right hand and sighed—civility didn’t come easy. And here Dennis was standing his ground and demanding he be treated right.
“Please,” Ezra said, defeated.
Dennis turned away from Elton and walked confidently toward the new RV the U.S. government had brought in for Ezra.
“Some people and their inflated egos,” Ezra sniffed.
Dennis just smiled.”
― Obert Skye, quote from Leven Thumps and the Ruins of Alder
“Sometimes we underestimate the impact we have on other people's lives. Everybody living, no matter how miserable his or her life may be or how glorious each day is, makes an impact on others.”
― Obert Skye, quote from Leven Thumps and the Ruins of Alder
Obert Skye
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“If I had a life with Woods to look forward to I knew I could fight whatever darkness that tried to take me. Before Woods, I didnt know what I was living for. In my search to find myself, Id found so much more. I knew now why I wanted to live. I understood love. I had found it.”
― Abbi Glines, quote from Twisted Perfection
“სიტყვები ხომ სიყვარულს ანადგურებს. ვიცი, საშინელებაა, როცა მწერალი ასეთ რამეს ამბობს, მაგრამ, მგონი, ასეა. ირემს რომ უთხრა, ნუ გეშინია, არაფერს გავნებო, კუდს მოიქნევს და გაგისხლტება. სიტყვებიც სწორედ ასე ვნებს სიყვარულს. სიყვარული ხომ ის არ არის, რაც მავან ცინგლიან პოეტს ჰგონია. სიყვარულს კბილები აქვს და იკბინება. მისი ნაკნები არასოდეს რჩება. სიტყვების ვერავითარი კომბინაცია ვერ მოარჩენს სიყვარულის ნაკბენს. ხოლო ჭრილობა თუ შეხორცდა, მაშინ სიტყვებიც კვდება, მთელი ირონიაც ესაა. დამიჯერეთ, თავს სიტყვებით ვირჩენ და ვიცი, რასაც ვამბობ.”
― Stephen King, quote from The Body
“On a scale of one to bitchy, how hung-over are you?”
― Cora Carmack, quote from Losing It
“Мария тоже слегка побледнела, но ей импонируют интеллектуалы - от этого я так и не смог ее отучить; интеллект Кинкеля импонировал также будущей госпоже Фредебейль: словесную обработку, которой ее подвергли, она сопровождала вздохами, на мой взгляд почти неприличными. Поистине, на бедняжку обрушился целый интеллектуальный смерч, в ход было пущено все - от отцов церкви до Брехта, и, когда я, отдышавшись немного, пришел с балкона, они впали в состояние полной прострации и пили крюшон... и все это только потому, что бедная простушка похвалила "неплохие рассказики" Бенна.
Сейчас у нее уже двое детей от Фредебейля, хотя ей еще нет двадцати двух; телефонные звонки все еще раздавались в их квартире, и я представил себе, что в эту минуту она возится с молочными бутылочками, детскими присыпками, пеленками и вазелином, донельзя беспомощная и сконфуженная, и еще я подумал о ворохе грязного детского белья и о груде жирной немытой посуды на кухне. Однажды, когда они доконали меня своими разговорами, я вызвался помочь ей по хозяйству - подсушивать хлеб, делать бутерброды и варить кофе; исполнять такую работу мне куда менее противно, чем участвовать в беседах определенного свойства.”
― Heinrich Böll, quote from The Clown
“It’s not that you have to achieve anything, it’s that you have to get away from where you are.”
― Marguerite Duras, quote from The Lover
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