“I wish I were a boy again-unquestioning, with no need to analyze the moment.”
― Richard Matheson, quote from Somewhere In Time
“I looked at all the people, feeling sorry for them. They were still subordinate to clock and calendar. Absolved of that, I stood becalmed.”
― Richard Matheson, quote from Somewhere In Time
“It’s at times like this I hate the brain. It always builds more barriers than it can topple.”
― Richard Matheson, quote from Somewhere In Time
“Maurice Nicoll says all history is a living today. We are not enjoying one spark of life in a huge, dead waste. We are, instead, existing at one point “in a vast process of the living who still think and feel but are invisible to us.”
― Richard Matheson, quote from Somewhere In Time
“Adoro tu cuerpo -le dije-.Ni se te ocurra considerarlo otra cosa que no sea perfecto.”
― Richard Matheson, quote from Somewhere In Time
“The human touch is that little snippet of physical affection that brings a bit of comfort, support, and kindness. It doesn’t take much from the one who gives it, but can make a huge difference in the one who receives it.”
― Mya Robarts, quote from The V Girl
“They think we’re not clever,” Eisenhower said. “They think all we can do is flex our muscles. Well, they’re about to find out we can do more than that!” Eisenhower flexed his muscles.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from The Maze of Bones
“He watched her, listened to her, and knew she was truly asleep. He kissed her forehead and found the act pleasing for its own sake. And, he admitted as he licked his lips, it was enjoyable for other reasons. Meg wasn't bitable, but he really did like the taste of her.”
― Anne Bishop, quote from Written in Red
“Chicken is Good! It tastes like chicken.”
― Jean Craighead George, quote from My Side of the Mountain
“The leopard in the zoo wanders to the edge of his pen and, through the bars or across an unjumpable moat, he stares at you with contempt for your inferiority, for needing that barrier between you. There is a shared understanding in that moment, nonverbal but no less real: the leopard is predator and you are prey, and it is only the barrier that permits us humans to feel superior and secure. That feeling, standing at the leopard’s cage, is edged with shame, at the animal’s superior strength, at his hauteur, his low estimation of you.”
― William Landay, quote from Defending Jacob
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