Quotes from Many Waters

“Behind the violence of the birthing of galaxies and stars and planets came a quiet and tender melody, a gentle love song. All the raging of creation, the continuing hydrogen explosions on the countless suns, the heaving of planetary bodies, all was enfolded in a patient, waiting love.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, quote from Many Waters

“Their love was a bright flower, youthful and radiantly beautiful.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, quote from Many Waters

“He knew what she wanted, and he wanted it, too; he was ready, but not, despite her gorgeousness, with Tiglah. Tiglah was not worth losing his ability to touch a unicorn.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, quote from Many Waters

“There’s no such thing as an unbreakable scientific rule, because, sooner or later, they all seem to get broken. Or to change.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, quote from Many Waters

“Where there is an unreconciled quarrel, everybody suffers”
― Madeleine L'Engle, quote from Many Waters

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“It's just hard to see people from your past when your present is so cataclysmically fucked.”
― Jonathan Tropper, quote from This is Where I Leave You

“By extending our techniques—and if necessary our definitions—still further
we can infer the time duration of still faster physical events. We can speak of the
period of a nuclear vibration. We can speak of the lifetime of the newly discovered
strange resonances (particles) mentioned in Chapter 2. Their complete life occupies
a time span of only 10-24
second, approximately the time it would take light
(which moves at the fastest known speed) to cross the nucleus of hydrogen (the
smallest known object).”
― Richard Feynman, quote from The Feynman Lectures on Physics

“The same goes for envy, anger and insults - said the master. - When they are not accepted, they continue to belong to the one who carried them.”
― Paulo Coelho, quote from Warrior of the Light

“You keep getting more wonderful,” I whispered. “Baby, it’s not yet seven, got my girl who hates to get up early in my arm, a coffee from The Shack she got for me, and I’m gonna get me some in about two hours. I’m thinkin’ you keep gettin’ more wonderful too.” “Good answer,” I replied.”
― Kristen Ashley, quote from The Will

“You look like shit,” Horse said helpfully as he pulled up a lawn chair next to me. He sounded almost cheerful, which annoyed me. I glared at him and he smirked. “Still got a sweet butt though.”
I went from annoyed to pissed.
“Don’t call me that,” I snapped. “I don’t like it.”
“I know,” he replied. “That’s why I do it. You’re cute when you’re pissed. Kind of like a wet kitten. Gets me hard.”
― Joanna Wylde, quote from Reaper's Property

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