“Becoming leader of this place had been his calling, but Liv had been his destiny.”
― Mimi Jean Pamfiloff, quote from Mermen
“In that moment, lying there on the floor in agony, he realized that was why his feelings for Liv had so drastically changed. Earlier, she had actually gotten up and attacked one of the men, trying to protect him. Him. A complete bastard who never did anything for anyone.”
― Mimi Jean Pamfiloff, quote from Mermen
“Thank you Liv… Thank you for being the only woman ever brave enough to love me.”
― Mimi Jean Pamfiloff, quote from Mermen
“The heat of his sweet breath mixing with hers, his scent filling her lungs, was like a drug made from concentrated sin.”
― Mimi Jean Pamfiloff, quote from Mermen
“That sports were theatrical events meant to fill a primal void created by the lack of bloodshed men craved.”
― Mimi Jean Pamfiloff, quote from Mermen
“He longed to become Real, to know what it felt like; and yet the idea of growing shabby and losing his eyes and whiskers was rather sad. He wished that he could become it without these”
― quote from The Velveteen Rabbit
“Love is or it ain't. Thin love ain't love at all.”
― Toni Morrison, quote from Beloved
“You've never heard of Chaos theory? Non-linear equations? Strange attractors? Ms. Sattler, I refuse to believe you're not familiar with the concept of attraction.”
― Michael Crichton, quote from Jurassic Park
“In his imagination he had thought that all the huts were full of happy families, some of whom sat outside on rocking chairs in the evening and told stories about how things were so much better when they were children and they'd had respect for their elders, not like the children nowadays. He thought that all the boys and girls who lived here would be in different groups, playing tennis or football, skipping and drawing out squares for hopscotch on the ground. He had thought that there would be a shop in the centre, and maybe a small café like the ones he had known in Berlin; he had wondered whether there would be a fruit and vegetable stalls. As it turned out, all the things that he thought might be there - weren't.”
― John Boyne, quote from The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
“Their 'magic' is Art, delivered from many of its human limitations. ”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, quote from The Silmarillion
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