“The wind sounds like people crying.”
― Lindsey Barraclough, quote from Long Lankin
“Pete and me are pretty sure she's a witch, like old Gussie Jetherell, just down from us-- through she definitely is. She's got lots of cats, and that's a sign.”
― Lindsey Barraclough, quote from Long Lankin
“Water is dripping onto the floor somewhere near the cupboard, like the tick of a clock. It’s annoying because sometimes it comes when I’m expecting it and at other times it waits on purpose to irritate me.”
― Lindsey Barraclough, quote from Long Lankin
“And if you ask Sister Camillus at school why, she says it's a mystery and you'll find out when you die.”
― Lindsey Barraclough, quote from Long Lankin
“Your mother's always going on about how her and Uncle Ben being told the church was spooky when they were kids. That sort of thing doesn't scare me, you know. I fought Hitler.”
― Lindsey Barraclough, quote from Long Lankin
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“You are created to be your husband’s helper, not his conscience, not his vocation director, and certainly not his critic.”
― Debi Pearl, quote from Created to be His Help Meet
“إنّ معظم المفكرين الأصليين يتطورون عن طريق نبذ الدعائم الواحدة تلو الأخرى. وربما يستمرون في إغداق مشاعر الحب على والديهم وبلدهم، إلا أنّ حبهم ينبع من مركز قوة، وهي قوة تبدأ بالرفض.
والواقع أنّ البشر لا يتعلمون أبداً الوقوف وحدهم. فهم كسولون، يفضلون الاستناد إلى ما يدعمهم. وقد يكون الإنسان رياضياً أصيلاً لا ينتابه الخوف، إلا أنّه بالرغم من ذلك، يعتمد على زوجته اعتمداً كلياً. أو ربما كان مفكّراً حرّاً قويّاً بيد أنّه يستعِدّ طمأنينته، من إعجاب بعض الأصدقاء والتلاميذ. خلاصة القول، إنّ البشر لايختبرون أبداً دعائمهم، بل يختبرون قسماً منها ثم يسلّمون جدلاً بالبقية.”
― Colin Wilson, quote from The Mind Parasites
“Tactical catastrophes are rarely the outcome of a single poor decision. Small compromises incrementally close off options until a commander is forced into actions he would never choose freely.”
― quote from One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
“Certaines relations harmonieuses se créent et durent grâce à un système complexe de menues contre-vérités, de renoncements, une espèce de ballet complice d'attitudes et de postures qui peut se résumer dans un proverbe jamais assez cité, ou plutôt une sentence, cette désignation lui convenant beaucoup mieux, Toi et moi nous savons, mais tais-toi et je me tairai. (ch. 5)”
― José Saramago, quote from The History of the Siege of Lisbon
“No.
You know this is wrong and you want to feel better about it.
You don't want to admit your as ruthless and monstrous as the demons you claim to hate.”
― Darren Shan, quote from Demon Thief
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