“Never let them take what you're not willing to give.”
― quote from Stray
“There are no truths, only stories.”
― quote from Stray
“There are some things you can never return from. Some things you can never undo.”
― quote from Stray
“You can have all the right ingredients, have measured them carefully and mixed them, but without warmth, you'll end up with a loaf of bread flatter than a plate. And while you might be able to eat it, it won't feed you.”
― quote from Stray
“While all women are wicked, not all are weak.”
― quote from Stray
“Sade jolted with Mercy’s embrace from behind. “Sade!” she cried. “You have it! You have my love, I do love you, look at me.” She got in front of him and held his face. “I’m scared of you because I’ll die if I lose you. I’m scared I’ll never be enough, or what you need. I’m scared you’ll send me away,” she sobbed, hitting him in the chest. “I can’t lose you! I love you! I just want to be good enough for you!” Sade pulled her into his arms at hearing those words. “Mercy,” he gasped. “Say it again.” “I love you,” she cried holding him tight. “I love you so much. I never want to be apart from you." “I’m too fucking broken for you Mercy.” She shook her head and cried, “No! Don’t say that! I can fix it! We can fix it, and if we can’t,” she gasped, “we can be broken together,”
― Lucian Bane, quote from Mercy
“Never a truer word said or thought. Anything was possible.”
― Clive Barker, quote from The Great and Secret Show
“Lord James said, ‘We have no doubts of Lord Culter’s constancy. We wish to know where your faith stands.’
‘Why?’ said Crawford with distinct querulousness. He added, ‘I thought we were discussing pourpoints.’
Lord James Stewart took a turn to the window and back. He said, ‘If you take a ball through your breastplate tomorrow, a pourpoint will not preserve you from hell.’
‘No, but my breastplate would,’ said Crawford irritably. ‘It’s a new kind I had made in Russia. Anyway, who isn’t going to hell?’
‘Richard your brother,’ said Lord James ill-advisedly.
‘Then that settles it,’ said Lymond, satisfied, and began folding his draperies.”
― Dorothy Dunnett, quote from Checkmate
“Take a note: it usually works better if you wait until I do something stupid before getting mad at me.”
― Patricia Briggs, quote from River Marked
“The horror of the Pit lay in the emergence from it, with the return of her will, her caring, and her feeling of the need for meaning before the return of meaning itself.”
― quote from I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
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