“It was a light that shone over our faces, our wounds and scars. It was a light so brilliant and white it could have been beamed from heaven, and Brian and I could have been angels, basking in it. But it wasn’t, and we weren’t.”
― Scott Heim, quote from Mysterious Skin
“He spoke so slowly, cobwebs could have formed between his words.”
― Scott Heim, quote from Mysterious Skin
“I hate this stinking little butt crack of a town!”
― Scott Heim, quote from Mysterious Skin
“It was Brian's blood, and for some reason I knew it was pure. No other man I'd held in my arms -and now, not even I- had blood this pure.”
― Scott Heim, quote from Mysterious Skin
“Defenestration,” I said. “‘The act of throwing someone through a window.”
― Scott Heim, quote from Mysterious Skin
“How in the world can you think a queer is cute? I mean, you can tell he’s a freak. You can just tell.” I advised Zelda that if she didn’t shut up, I’d gouge out her eyes and force her to swallow them.”
― Scott Heim, quote from Mysterious Skin
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“There is more to being in love than just jumping into bed, you know. Like just being close, in one another's arms.”
― Terry Goodkind, quote from Temple of the Winds
“I had learned to hide my soul, or perhaps I was confused. Northumbrian or Dane? Which was I? What did I want to be?”
― Bernard Cornwell, quote from The Last Kingdom
“If we are to send people, it must be for a very good reason - and with a realistic understanding that almost certainly we will lose lives. Astronauts and Cosmonauts have always understood this. Nevertheless, there has been and will be no shortage of volunteers.”
― Carl Sagan, quote from Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
“I had three pieces of limestone on my desk, but I was terrified to find that they required to be dusted daily, when the furniture of my mind was all undusted still, and threw them out the window in disgust.”
― Henry David Thoreau, quote from Walden & Civil Disobedience
“It was all so clear now. Like everything had been lost in darkness, and then the sun came out. Some moments are like that.”
― Kami Garcia, quote from Beautiful Redemption
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