“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
“Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I'm telling lies.
I say,
It's in the reach of my arms
The span of my hips,
The stride of my step,
The curl of my lips.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.”
― Maya Angelou, quote from Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women
“Fans mistake knowledge OF Jesus for intimacy WITH Jesus.”
― Kyle Idleman, quote from Not a Fan: Becoming a Completely Committed Follower of Jesus
“Nanako, la nueva recepcionista, me ha hablado de esos chicos japoneses que nunca salen de la habitación. ¿Cómo los llaman? ¿Haikumo? Los padres les dejan la comida delante de la puerta, recogen la ropa sucia, a veces vacían la cuña. Los chicos no hablan, y nunca salen de la habitación. Ni asoman la cabeza por la puerta. La mayoría de ellos viven conectados al ordenador. Allí es un gran fenómeno. Deberías estudiarlo, Jacks, es un tema ideal para ti.
Toda una subcultura de chicos que mandan el mundo a la mierda, que dicen dejadme en paz, no nos interesa vuestra mierda. Y no hablamos de chicos disfuncionales de ocho años; muchos de los que optan por excluirse ya tienen veinte o más. Nanako piensa que es una reacción a la enrarecida competencia japonesa. Antes de arriesgarse a perder, se niegan a jugar. La versión intramuros de la Otra Vida, sin el billete de avión.”
― Lionel Shriver, quote from So Much for That
“Careful, even now, not to thank the wights, she added, "You have all been most kind.”
― Cecilia Dart-Thornton, quote from The Battle of Evernight
“I'm totally cool. I'm totally calm, and I'm totally cool. My calm is exceeded only by my cool. Which is total. Here we go.”
― Joss Whedon, quote from Astonishing X-Men, Volume 3: Torn
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