“The truth may not set you free, but used carefully, it can confuse the hell out of your enemies.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, quote from Micah
“And the moment you care that much, a man has you. He owns a little piece of your soul, and he can beat you to death with it.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, quote from Micah
“No. But then the American Government--whatever branch--has never really grasped the concept of tribal identity.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, quote from Micah
“I didn't want to pick at Micah and me until we unraveled. I wanted to leave it alone and enjoy it. I just didn't know how to do that.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, quote from Micah
“You make everything all right for me, Anita. You make me feel like a human being instead of a monster.’
'And you love all of me, Micah, every last hard-boiled, ruthless bit of me. You make it okay that sometimes I am the monster.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, quote from Micah
“«Perché sei arrabbiata?» Chinai la testa perché aveva ragione. «Non chiederlo, okay? Lascia che il malumore mi passi e proverò anch'io a lasciare che passi.»”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, quote from Micah
“كان ذهني قد صفا حينئذ، وتحددت علاقتي بالنهر، إنني طاف فوق الماء ولكنني لست جزءا منه، فكرت أنني إذا مت في تلك اللحظة فإنني أكون قد مت كما ولدت، دون إرادتي. طول حياتي لم أختر ولم أقرر. إنني أقرر الآن أنني أختار الحياة. سأحيا لأن ثمة أناس قليلون أحب أن أبقى معهم أطول وقت ممكن، ولأن علي واجبات يجب أن أؤديها، لا يهمني إن كان للحياة معنا أو لم يكن لها معنى. وإذا كنت لا أستطيع أن أغفر فسأحاول أن أنسى.”
― Tayeb Salih, quote from Season of Migration to the North
“Your temperature's normal, though I'd say it's the only thing about you that is.”
― Anthony Horowitz, quote from Ark Angel
“So much of my life had been under tight control. So much of Quinn's life had been wild insanity. What we needed now was both: a directed burst of controlled insanity.”
― Neal Shusterman, quote from Full Tilt
“[...] la selezione naturale ci ha foggiati - dalla struttura delle cellule cerebrali alla struttura dell'alluce - per una vita di viaggi stagionali a piedi in una torrida distesa di rovi o di deserto.
Se era così, se la "patria" era il deserto, se i nostri istinti si erano forgiati nel deserto, per sopravvivere ai suoi rigori - allora era facile capire perché i pascoli più verdi ci vengono a noia, perché le ricchezze ci logorano e perchè l'immaginario uomo di Pascal considerava i suoi confortevoli alloggi una prigione.”
― Bruce Chatwin, quote from The Songlines
“Things don’t get better just because you want them to.”
― Susane Colasanti, quote from So Much Closer
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