“I was falling in love with her, and she was falling in love with me. It was fated, decided before any of us were born, and I hated it as much as I loved it. I could barely stand it. (Eric)”
― Shannon A. Thompson, quote from Minutes Before Sunset
“One moment of true happiness was worth all the moments of pain. (Jessica)”
― Shannon A. Thompson, quote from Minutes Before Sunset
“But this girl—She reminded me of what it was like to believe in something. Her hope was naïve, but it was real, and I hadn’t felt something real in years. Nothing positive anyways. (Eric)”
― Shannon A. Thompson, quote from Minutes Before Sunset
“Fate was a reality, but it wasn’t a beautiful or angelic thing. It was a heart-wrenching nightmare. And we’d fallen blindly into it. We had no escape. It was happening, and it was up to me to guarantee our survival of it. (Eric)”
― Shannon A. Thompson, quote from Minutes Before Sunset
“I wasn’t sure what was worse: being oblivious or living within reality. (Eric)”
― Shannon A. Thompson, quote from Minutes Before Sunset
“Don’t trust anybody else—no matter how close you are to them.” (Eric)”
― Shannon A. Thompson, quote from Minutes Before Sunset
“I wanted to protect her, and, if I couldn’t do that, I’d at least be there for her. (Eric)”
― Shannon A. Thompson, quote from Minutes Before Sunset
“His resonating stare fluttered through my memory, and I shivered. I hadn’t seen kindness in his pupils. I only saw intensity, and, I hated to admit it, but he was beyond intimidating. He was overwhelming. (Jessica)”
― Shannon A. Thompson, quote from Minutes Before Sunset
“My insanity begged for a distraction. (Eric)”
― Shannon A. Thompson, quote from Minutes Before Sunset
“Luthicer hummed. "You're either brave or very foolish."
"What's the difference?" (Eric)”
― Shannon A. Thompson, quote from Minutes Before Sunset
“I’d prefer you accuse my son, so he can defend his innocence rather than prolong unnecessary guilt." (Spoken by Bracke, told by Eric)”
― Shannon A. Thompson, quote from Minutes Before Sunset
“...it’s my job to lead you to success, and, if you fail, it’s because I failed, not you.’” (Spoken by Bracke, told by Eric)”
― Shannon A. Thompson, quote from Minutes Before Sunset
“I wasn’t in the mood for a fight, but fights weren’t always conveniently scheduled. (Jessica)”
― Shannon A. Thompson, quote from Minutes Before Sunset
“When everything was right, something was bound to go wrong. (Jessica)”
― Shannon A. Thompson, quote from Minutes Before Sunset
“Identity was everything, but it seemed I never had one. (Jessica)”
― Shannon A. Thompson, quote from Minutes Before Sunset
“Everything seemed so unreal—so supernatural—and I had to remind myself that is was. We weren’t human. We never were. (Jessica)”
― Shannon A. Thompson, quote from Minutes Before Sunset
“Those are the bad guys, right?”
“Depends on who wins, I guess.”
― Shannon A. Thompson, quote from Minutes Before Sunset
“I’m assuming you have a reason behind this irrational need to conform to this institution." (Eric)”
― Shannon A. Thompson, quote from Minutes Before Sunset
“Just because I wasn’t human, didn’t mean I could discount human life. (Eric)”
― Shannon A. Thompson, quote from Minutes Before Sunset
“I didn’t even have a name for her, shade or human, but I didn’t need one to know her. (Eric)”
― Shannon A. Thompson, quote from Minutes Before Sunset
“I wanted to survive—not for my kind, but for trust, for friendship, for another being. (Eric)”
― Shannon A. Thompson, quote from Minutes Before Sunset
“Shadows could be anywhere in blackness. (Eric)”
― Shannon A. Thompson, quote from Minutes Before Sunset
“...the truth was more powerful than a lie could ever be (Eric)”
― Shannon A. Thompson, quote from Minutes Before Sunset
“I don’t believe that," I said, and he raised his brow beneath his shaggy hair.
"I never asked you to.”
(Jessica)”
― Shannon A. Thompson, quote from Minutes Before Sunset
“It’s going to be okay, Eric," Urte said, helping me sit up.
I shook my head. "Lying is my forte, Urte, not yours.” (Eric.)”
― Shannon A. Thompson, quote from Minutes Before Sunset
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“She placed her arms and hands strategically over the areas of her body that she felt uncomfortable with, but he moved closer, and his hands gently pulled them away too. “There’s no need to hide from me, you’re beautiful.” His lips then softly kissed the places that she tried to hide. At first, she felt self-conscious, but after taking several deep breaths, she focused purely on him, and not on her fears of not being sexy enough. She felt open, perhaps a little too exposed, more naked inside than out. She knew that her old inhibitions were causing her nervousness, and tried harder to relax. It was difficult having someone looking deeper than her just her body, something she wasn’t used to.”
― Tracey-anne McCartney, quote from A Carpet of Purple Flowers
“The police officer who puts their life on the line with no superpowers, no X-Ray vision, no super-strength, no ability to fly, and above all no invulnerability to bullets, reveals far greater virtue than Superman—who is a mere superhero.”
― Eliezer Yudkowsky, quote from Rationality: From AI to Zombies
“Therefore, in reading profane authors, the admirable light of truth displayed in them should remind us, that the human mind, however much fallen and perverted from its original integrity, is still adorned and invested with admirable gifts from its Creator. If we reflect that the Spirit of God is the only fountain of truth, we will be careful, as we would avoid offering insult to him, not to reject or condemn truth wherever it appears. In
despising the gifts, we insult the Giver.”
― John Calvin, quote from Institutes of the Christian Religion, 2 Vols
“When it was over, she gathered him in her arms. And told him the terrible irony of her life.
That she had wanted to be dead all those years while her brother had been alive. That had been her sin.
And this was her penance.
Wanting to live when everyone else seemed dead.”
― Melina Marchetta, quote from Jellicoe Road
“It’s a mother’s greatest joy and greatest burden, having children to worry about. You can’t have one without the other.”
― M.K. Eidem, quote from Grim
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