P.C. Cast · 219 pages
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“Fun fact: The planet Venus- aka, the 'morning star' when it appears before sunrise, outshining all the stars in the heavens-was once known as Luciferin.
Funner fact: The chemical that makes fireflies' butts light up is called "luciferin”
― P.C. Cast, quote from Nyx in the House of Night: Mythology, Folklore and Religion in the PC and Kristin Cast Vampyre Series
“The earth is our mother, it gives us nourishment, shelters us, and takes us back to her after we pass”
― P.C. Cast, quote from Nyx in the House of Night: Mythology, Folklore and Religion in the PC and Kristin Cast Vampyre Series
“It's not easy being the Chosen One. Just ask Buffy Summers. Ask Harry Potter. And ask Zoey Redbird, the latest in this list of "lucky" candidates picked by fate to save the world from darkness- and oh yeah, find romance, keep their friends and maybe not flunk every class. In their spare time of course.”
― P.C. Cast, quote from Nyx in the House of Night: Mythology, Folklore and Religion in the PC and Kristin Cast Vampyre Series
“spirit gives us the power to think and act, to be caring and compassionate or petty and cruel”
― P.C. Cast, quote from Nyx in the House of Night: Mythology, Folklore and Religion in the PC and Kristin Cast Vampyre Series
“Thats all we should be, a squishy golem, an extremely articulate automaton, Without one thing- Spirit”
― P.C. Cast, quote from Nyx in the House of Night: Mythology, Folklore and Religion in the PC and Kristin Cast Vampyre Series
“كان يخيل إليها أنهم جميعا ينظرون إلى جسد ابنها وأجساد رفاقه . ويتحدثون عن هذه الفتوة وعضلاتها التي تفور بالدم الحار والقوة الحية النابضة . فتضرم فيهم الحسد الكريه .. حسد المتسولين ، وتثير فيهم الشره الشديد ، شره المنهك والمريض ، فتتلمظ شفاهم ويتحسرون على هذه العضلات القادرة على ان تعمل وتثرى وتتمتع وتخلق . اما أجسادهم هم .. اجساد هؤلاء العجائز فإنها تجفو دورة الحياة الفاعلة وتنكرها ، وتفقد امكانية التمتع بقوتها ، وامكانية السيطرة على الحياة والتهامها ، ومن اجل ذلك كانت هذه الفتوة تثير في نفوس العجائز ميلا حقودا إلى الثأر ، كما يميل الوحش الجائع إلى اللحم الطري دون أن تكون لديه القدرة على امتلاكه ..فيزمجر بألم ويعوي بيأس ، ويعز عليه إلا ان يسلب من أمامه من صفاته التي تنقص في ذاته هو .. وبالمثل فقد أيقنت الأم أن هؤلاء العجائز سوف يقضون على ابنها بالنفي ..”
― Maxim Gorky, quote from Mother
“Had I known you were going to pull a pretty ribbon out of your sleeve like some two-bit magician, tie me up with it, and indulge your mental torture fetish in your basement, I would've shot you. Many times."
"Two-bit magician?"
"Men like you enjoy being flattered.”
― Ilona Andrews, quote from Burn for Me
“Mum had worshipped Princess Di and frequently lamented her passing. “Gone,” she would say, shaking her head in disbelief. “Just like that. All that exercise for nothing.”
― Kate Atkinson, quote from When Will There Be Good News?
“Some powerful magnificence not human in other words, seemed under me. And it was the same mild pink colour, like the water of a watermelon, that did it. At once I recognised the importance of this, as throughout my life I had known these moments when the dumb begin to speak, when I hear the voices of objects and colours; then the physical universe starts to wrinkle and change and heave and rise and smooth, so it seems even the dogs have to lean against a tree, shivering.”
― Saul Bellow, quote from Henderson the Rain King
“You don't seem to understand me,' she said. 'The last thing I want is to start over. You can't wake up something that's dead and buried.”
― Erick Setiawan, quote from Of Bees and Mist
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