“Being a good person is more than just not being a bad person.”
― quote from Monster
“The universe was filled with secrets, and he understood now that one of the biggest was that no one needed to know them all.”
― quote from Monster
“Your mistake, indeed the mistake of your inherently finite senses, is to view the universe as an extension of yourself. You expect that, like you, it should have a beginning, a middle, and an end. but what you fail to understand is that everything you consider to be you, except for that rather silly imaginary part you call consciousness, is merely bits and pieces borrowed from the universe, and to the universe it will all return. You had no beginning, and you will have no ending. Everything that is you has always been and will always be.”
― quote from Monster
“The middle was where it was too easy to be lazy and cynical at the same time.”
― quote from Monster
“Judy went back to Paulie’s place, but either he wasn’t home or he wasn’t answering his door. After banging on the door for four minutes, then waiting another ten, she decided she’d probably have to find someplace else to crash today She wished she’d taken the time to actually have a few friends.”
― quote from Monster
“What is it that demands an answer but never asks a question?”
― quote from Monster
“there’s nothing like having to claw and scrape your way through a sea of molten lava to remind one to keep an eye on the details.”
― quote from Monster
“Jennifer," he said, his voice sharp with dawning alarm, "where are you going?"
A moment later, Aunt Elinor looked down from the gallery above and cheerfully replied, "She is going to have your baby, your grace."
The serfs in the hall turned to exchange smiling glances, and one of them dashed off to spread the news to the scullions in the kitchen.
"Do not," Aunt Elinor warned in direst tones when Royce started up the stairs, "come up here. I am not inexperienced in these matters, and you will only be in the way. And do not worry," she added breezily, noting Royce's draining color. "The fact that Jenny's mother died in childbirth is nothing to be concerned about." Royce's tankard crashed to the stone floor.”
― Judith McNaught, quote from A Kingdom of Dreams
“The old curator of ceramics lay near the door, looking indignant, as if death was a silly modern fad that he rather disapproved of.”
― Philip Reeve, quote from Mortal Engines
“И что же, вы думаете, они настолько безумны, чтобы, захватив мировое господство, пощадить человека? Вы считаете, что они повторят историческую ошибку человека, которую он допускал с незапамятных времен, — покорять поверженные им нации и классы, вместо того чтобы их истреблять? Человек из чувства гордыни постоянно создавал новые различия между людьми, чтобы затем, обуянный великодушием и идеализмом, снова и снова пытаться их преодолеть. Нет, утверждал Вольф Мейнерт, такой исторической нелепицы саламандры не допустят, хотя бы потому, что ознакомятся с предостережением в моей книге! Они станут наследниками всей человеческой цивилизации; владельцами всего, что делали мы, чего мы стремились достичь, пытаясь покорить мир; но они стали бы врагами себе, если бы вместе со всем этим наследием они захотели бы оставить в живых и нас. Если саламандры хотят сохранить свою однородность, им необходимо избавиться от людей. Если они не сделают этого, рано или поздно мы распространим среди них свойственную нам разрушительную двойственность: способность создавать различия, а затем страдать от них. Но не стоит этого опасаться: сегодня очевидно, что ни одно существо, которое продолжит за человека его историю, не будет повторять его самоубийственных сумасбродств.”
― Karel Čapek, quote from War with the Newts
“Sometimes I feel kind of wrong here. I used to be normal, but now... I don't know. I feel like I should be one way, but I'm not." Toby stared at her. "I hear that." He sighed. "There are all these perfect people here. And... it's like, if you're not one of the,. then you're messed up. But I think, inside, the flawless-looking people are just as messed up as we are.”
― Sara Shepard, quote from Flawless
“All you need is already within you, only you must approach your self with reverence and love. Self-condemnation and self-disgust are grievous errors. Your constant flight from pain and search for pleasure is a sign of love you bear for your self, all I plead with you is this: make love of your self perfect. Deny your self nothing--give yourself infinity and eternity and discover that you do not need them; you are beyond.”
― Nisargadatta Maharaj, quote from I Am That: Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
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