“Either I've turned stupid, or life's turned hard.”
― Tamora Pierce, quote from Lioness Rampant
“You turned into a hero when I wasn't watching.”
― Tamora Pierce, quote from Lioness Rampant
“You know something? There are sandstorms that strip man and horse and bury them — I've seen them. I saw bones piled higher than my head for the folly of a bad king and those who wanted his throne. I lived through a blizzard that froze every other living creature solid. Against those things, you're only a man. I can deal with you.”
― Tamora Pierce, quote from Lioness Rampant
“Faithful: When will you learn to leave well enough alone?
Alanna sighed. "When I want to stop learning, I guess.”
― Tamora Pierce, quote from Lioness Rampant
“Horses are calmer people. They also don't throw things at cats.”
― Tamora Pierce, quote from Lioness Rampant
“There are times in every rider's life when it is necessary to apologize to a horse....”
― Tamora Pierce, quote from Lioness Rampant
“I wouldn't call it tamed, laddy-me-love. The lady of Pirate's Swoop shouldn't be tame.”
― Tamora Pierce, quote from Lioness Rampant
“He knows about things like betrayal, and being afraid, and the looks on people's faces when they know you did something they thought impossible”
― Tamora Pierce, quote from Lioness Rampant
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“The Angels don’t like to be called losers, but they have learned to live with it. “Yeah, I guess I am,” said one. “But you’re looking at one loser who’s going to make a hell of a scene on the way out.”
― Hunter S. Thompson, quote from Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga
“His smile was bright and sweet and hot enough to melt solid steel. "Is this the part where I kiss you?"
"If you like."
"Oh," he said, "I like.”
― Rachel Caine, quote from Black Dawn
“He regarded her indignantly. “Did she say I broke our engagement?”
“She didn’t say hardly anything when I talked to her this morning, just that the two of you reached a mutual decision to end your relationship.”
“And you assumed that meant I ended it.”
“Didn’t you?”
“Hell, no.”
“Are you saying Gracie dumped you?”
He saw too late the trap he’d laid for himself.
“‘Course not. Nobody dumps me.”
“She did, didn’t she? She dumped you! Holy Moses! A person of the female species finally gave Bobby Tom Denton back a little bit of what he’s been giving out.” Grinning widely, she lifted her face to the heavens. “Thank you, Jesus!”
“Will you stop that! She didn’t dump me. Haven’t you figured out by now that we were never really engaged! It was just a ploy to keep everybody off my back while I was in town.” The fact that Terry Jo was making a joke out of this hurt in a way he couldn’t express.
“Of course you were engaged. A blind fool could see the two of you love each other.”
“We do not! Well, maybe she loves me, but…I care about her. Who wouldn’t? She’s about the best kind of woman there is. But, love? She’s not my type, Terry Jo.”
Terry Jo gave him a long, steady gaze. “It’s amazing. You don’t know any more about women now than you did in high school when you threw me over for Sherri Hopper.” She regarded him sadly. “When are you going to grow up, Bobby Tom?”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, quote from Heaven, Texas
“shifty-eyed and with a long, pointed nose. A notorious cheat at dice.’ ‘Do you mind?’ ‘What’s this all about?’ Garion asked. ‘I had a slight misunderstanding with the authorities some years ago,’ Silk explained deprecatingly. ‘Nothing all that serious, actually – but they’re still circulating that thing.’ He gestured angrily at the parchment Belgarath was still reading with an amused expression. ‘They’ve even gone so far as to offer a reward.’ He considered for a moment. ‘I’ll have to admit that the sum is flattering, though,’ he added. ‘Did you get the”
― David Eddings, quote from Enchanters' End Game
“Let them be gone now, them and all the others, those I have used and those I have not used, give me back the pains I lent them and vanish, from my life, my memory, my terrors and shames. There, now there is no one here but me, no one wheels about me, no one comes toward me, no one has ever met anyone before my eyes, these creatures have never been, only I and this black void have ever been.”
― Samuel Beckett, quote from Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable
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