“My handsome Knight of Night came over to me and kissed me softly on the cheek.”
― Ellen Schreiber, quote from Royal Blood
“Who needs an umbrella in the rain?" she said, and stepped into the car.”
― Ellen Schreiber, quote from Royal Blood
“But as we are looking toward our future, I'm not sure it matters what we want to be but rather who we want to be. Someone honest or deceitful? Someone kind or cruel? Someone loyal or unfaithful? In any profession we can elect to be any of those things. I think this assignment is not only about what we choose to do but about who we choose to be. I choose to always be loyal to myself.”
― Ellen Schreiber, quote from Royal Blood
“When are you going to admit that you are avoiding me because you're hot for me?"
"When hell freezes over."
Trevor-Raven”
― Ellen Schreiber, quote from Royal Blood
“I'm not through with you yet. Are you prepared to accept your punishment?"
I nodded reluctantly. I wasn't sure what a vampire's punishment might be. But I was ready to find out.
"I sentence you to a thousand kisses," he said.
"Can I begin now?”
― Ellen Schreiber, quote from Royal Blood
“Welcome to the Family."
- Mrs.Sterling”
― Ellen Schreiber, quote from Royal Blood
“I think I might have to place you under arrest for trespassing.
But I always go easy on pretty girls who confess.”
― Ellen Schreiber, quote from Royal Blood
“When you were little, what inspired you to feel this way?' Then he paused and asked, 'Looking in the mirror and having it crack in two?'
Instead of clobbering him, I laughed-the kind of laugh that escapes into the air before you can catch it. The kind of chuckle that shows a tiny form of acceptance.
Trevor obviously didn't expect me to find his remark entertaining. He was primed for a fight. We both cracked up and locked eyes. His gaze lingered a little too long, not in a creepy way, but in a way that says I'm not ready to let this moment go.”
― Ellen Schreiber, quote from Royal Blood
“A marriage made in heaven—or in my case, hell.”
― Ellen Schreiber, quote from Royal Blood
“Oh, the universe had outdone herself. The universe would be send flowers.”
― Cassandra Clare, quote from The Runaway Queen
“The leaders were less willing to fight. It is always the young and impressionable who strap on the explosives and blow themselves up.”
― quote from No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden
“كانت حياتي قاسية, لكنني كنت سعيدة جدًا, وتمكنت من البقاء حية بسبب ذلك الحلم”
― Sun-mi Hwang, quote from The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly
“نحن نعرف أننا نقرأ حتى عندما نتخلى عن عدم تصديقنا , وعندما نفقد القربى من النص ; نحن نعرف لماذا نقرأ حتى عندما لا نعرف كيف نقرأ ; في الوقت نفسه نحتفظ في عقولنا بالعالم الظاهري للنص ونتمسك بفعل القراءة . إننا نقرأ لأننا نريد العثور على النهاية . فقط لأننا نريد مواصلة القراءة . نحن نقرأ كالكشافة الذين يتقفون الخطى ناسين كل ما حولهم من أشياء . نقرأ شاردي الذهن متجاوزين بعض الصفحات . نقرأ باحتقار , بإعجاب , بملل , بانزعاج , بحماسة , بحسد وشوق . في بعض الأحيان تعترينا فرحة غامرة مفاجئة دون أن نستطيع القول ما هو السبب . (( بحق السماء ما هي هذة العاطفة ؟ )) سألت ربيكا وست بعد الإنتهاء من قراءة الملك لير . (( ماذا تتميز به أعمال الفن العظيمة التي تمارس عليّ هذا التأثير الباعث على السعادة ؟ )) إننا لا نعرف ذلك ; عند القراءة نحن سُذج . نحن نقرأ بحركات بطيئة وطويلة كما لو كنّا نسبح في الفضاء . نحن ممتلئون أحكاماً مسبقة وأحقاداً . أو أننا كرماء , نغفر للنص عيوبه ونتغافل عن ضعفه و نصحح أخطاءه . في بعض الأحيان , عندما تكون السماء صحوة صافية , نقرأ بأنفاس محبوسة , بارتجاف , كما لو أنّ أحدهم قد (( سار على قبرنا )) , كما لو أنّ ذكرى قديمة منسية عُثر عليها فجأة في داخلنا - التعرف على شيء ما سبق أن عرفنا أنه كان موجوداً , أو على شيء لم نشعر به إلا كوميض أو ظل , الذي ينطلق منا ويعود إلى داخلنا قبل أن نعرف ماذا حدث - بعدئذ نكون قد تقدمنا في السن وأصبحنا أكثر حكمة .”
― Alberto Manguel, quote from A History of Reading
“Sometimes things weren’t all that complicated. We just make them complicated in order to hide from them. “I’m”
― quote from Reawakened
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