“It is one thing to ask questions; what do you do with the answers?”
― Teri Terry, quote from Slated
“Use the fear; feed the anger.”
― Teri Terry, quote from Slated
“Simple is hard enough. Who needs complicated?”
― Teri Terry, quote from Slated
“...to form something greater than the sum of its parts.”
― Teri Terry, quote from Slated
“I was told very sternly at the hospital to avoid boys at all costs. Mess up your levels."
"Oh, they do that!" Amy laughs. "Probably best to leave them alone for a while. The secret, though, is to start with one you're not that bothered about."
What is the point in that?”
― Teri Terry, quote from Slated
“And wait for the bus in grey drizzle, arms folded tight around myself, shivering against cold that falls from the sky and sinks deep in my bones.”
― Teri Terry, quote from Slated
“But soon I forget all they are being and doing and saying, and stare out the window.”
― Teri Terry, quote from Slated
“He finds a tissue in his pocket and holds it out. I press it against my lip. Pull it away and look at it. Bright red, though not much of it.
I've had worse.
Have I?”
― Teri Terry, quote from Slated
“A high tower, like Rapunzel's, but this has no windows, nowhere to lower my hair.”
― Teri Terry, quote from Slated
“And think about things, I do: late that night. All through school the next day, wandering to classes, unaware of my surroundings.”
― Teri Terry, quote from Slated
“No. I remember. So long as I don't think about it too much, my hands and feet take over; some memory locked into muscle that my brain has nothing to do with.
I know how to drive. And I'm better at it than he is.”
― Teri Terry, quote from Slated
“I've seen that mixture of resignation and hopelessness before; its usually in my mirror.”
― Seanan McGuire, quote from A Local Habitation
“وأنت وحدك يا إلهي تبقى راسخاً،عليكَ أتوكل !
فثبت قدمي ، لأنَّ عقلي يتأرجح !”
― Nikos Kazantzakis, quote from Christ Recrucified
“He looked tired. And not the kind of tired you feel after a long day, but the kind of tired that lingers no matter how much sleep you get or how much coffee you ingest. The kind of tired that is less about rest and more about unrest. I”
― T.M. Frazier, quote from King
“Oh, Myr," he chokes out. "I hate having to ask this of you..."
He glances towards the car again, and I crouch down in the shadows, hoping it's too dark for him to see whether the window is open or closed. The woman pats his arm, cradling her hand against his elbow.
"You know I'd do anything for you and Hil," she says. I like her voice. It's throaty and rich.
"You'd do anything?" my father repeats numbly. "Even now? After -?"
"Even now," the woman says firmly.”
― Margaret Peterson Haddix, quote from Double Identity
“In my opinion, the difference between the crusaders and us was a matter of degree. Europe's medieval Catholics claimed their goal was to save Muslims from purgatory; we claimed that we wanted to help the Saudis modernize.”
― John Perkins, quote from Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
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