“Don't be ashamed to weep; 'tis right to grieve. Tears are only water, and flowers, trees, and fruit cannot grow without water. But there must be sunlight also. A wounded heart will heal in time, and when it does, the memory and love of our lost ones is sealed inside to comfort us.”
― Brian Jacques, quote from Taggerung
“Step aside? I step aside for nobeast, whether it be a hallowed hedgehog, an officious otter, a seasoned squirrel, a mutterin' mole or a befuddled badger!”
― Brian Jacques, quote from Taggerung
“Where's the point in fighting and slaying if you can make a friend out of anybeast instead of a foe?”
― Brian Jacques, quote from Taggerung
“Absoballylutely top hole, wot. A and B the C of D I'd say. . . Above and Beyond the Call of Duty.”
― Brian Jacques, quote from Taggerung
“I am a people watcher and I have a very good memory.”
― Brian Jacques, quote from Taggerung
“ Boorab's spear was a window pole. He stood on the second step, barring their way. "Who goes there? State y'business, wot?"
Brother Hoben tapped an impatient paw on the bottom step. "Come out of the way, please. We'ew going to the walltop."
The hare twitched his whiskers officiously. "No Dibbuns allowed up here. You're not Dibbuns, are you?"
Cregga took hold of the window pole he was clasping and lifted both Boorab and the pole, with one paw, down onto the grass. "Do we look like Dibbuns? Don't try my patience, sah!"
"Just doin' one's duty," he muttered up the steps after them, somewhat creastfallen. "I was only asking a civil question, wot. Humph, some creautres!”
― Brian Jacques, quote from Taggerung
“Quick as a flash, Sawney Rath's eyes hardened. "Then I'm ordering you to skin Felch alive!" He took the otter's paw, closing it over the knife handle. "Obey me!"
The crowded clearing became as silent as a tomb. All eyes were upon the Taggerung, awaiting his reaction to the order.
Tagg turned his back on Sawney and strode to the side of the fox strung up to the beech bough. He raised the blade. Felch shut his eyes tight, his head shaking back and forth as his nerves quivered uncontrollably. With a sudden slash Tagg severed the thongs that bound him. Felch slumped to the ground in a shaking heap. Tagg's voice was flat and hard as he turned to face Sawney.
"I'm sorry to disobey your order. The fox is a sorry thief, but I will not take the life of a helpless beast.”
― Brian Jacques, quote from Taggerung
Brian Jacques
Born place: in Liverpool, The United Kingdom
Born date June 15, 1939
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“Listen to me," Jordan begged urgently, somehow convinced that she would stay alive if she understood how much she meant to him. "Listen to what my life was like before you hurtled into it wearing that suit of armor— Life was empty. Colorless. And then you happened to me, and suddenly I felt feelings I never believed existed, and I saw things I'd never seen before. You don't believe that, do you, darling? But it's true, and I can prove it." His deep voice ragged with unshed tears, Jordan recited his proof: "The flowers in the meadow are blue," he told her brokenly. "The ones by the stream are white. And on the arch, by the arbor, the roses are red."
Lifting her hand to his face, he rubbed his cheek against it. "And that's not all I noticed. I noticed that the clearing by the pavilion—the one where my plaque is—looks like the very same one where we had our duel a year ago. Oh, and darling, there's something else I have to tell you: I love you, Alexandra."
Tears choked his voice and made it a tormented whisper. "I love you, and if you die I'll never be able to tell you that.”
― Judith McNaught, quote from Something Wonderful
“You see if you tell yourself the same tale over and over again enough times then the tellings become separate stories and you will generally fool yourself into forgetting you started with one solitary season out of your life.”
― Kaye Gibbons, quote from Ellen Foster
“Правото не ме интересуваше повече от търговията, пък и бях започнал да харесвам дантелата – това възхитително и съразмерно творение на човека. Когато купихме достатъчно станове, собственикът реши да отвори втора фабрика и ми повери ръководството й. Оттогава, в очакване на пенсията, заемам този пост. Междувременно се ожених, наистина с известно отвращение, но тук, на Север, бе по-скоро необходимо, начин да заздравя придобитото. Избрах я от добро семейство, относително хубава, добре възпитана, и веднага й направих дете, за да има с какво да се занимава. За нещастие роди близнаци, изглежда, е в семейството, моето, искам да кажа, на мен лично едно-единствено хлапе щеше да ми е предостатъчно. Шефът ми отпусна пари в аванс, купих удобна къща, немного далеч от морето. Ето как станах буржоа. При всички положения бе по-добре. След всичко, което се бе случило, имах нужда от спокойствие и редовност. Животът пречупи гръбнака на младежките ми мечти, а страховете ми бавно се разпиляваха от единия до другия край на германска Европа. От войната излязох като празен човек, единствено с горчивина и продължителен, като скърцащ между зъбите пясък, срам. Затова ме устройваше живот, съобразен с всички обществени условности: удобна обвивка, макар често да я приемам с ирония, а понякога и с омраза. С тази отмереност, надявам се, някога да достигна до благодатното състояние на Жером Надал и да „не склонявам на нищо, освен ако не склонявам на нещо“. Ето, че ставам книжен; това е един от недостатъците ми. Толкова по-зле за святостта, все още не съм се освободил от нуждите си. Понякога се случва да уважавам жена си, добросъвестно, почти без удоволствие, но и без прекалено отвращение, за да бъде мир в семейството. И много рядко, по време на командировки, си давам труда отново да се върна към старите си привички; но то е вече почти единствено за поддържане на хигиената. Загубих голяма част от интереса си към всичко това. Тяло на красиво момче, скулптура на Микеланджело, все едно: дъхът ми вече не спира. Както след продължително боледуване, когато храната остава безвкусна; дали ще е телешко или пилешко, какво значение? Трябва да се яде и толкова. Честно казано, твърде малко неща вече ме интересуват. Може би литературата, и то не съм сигурен дали не е въпрос на навик. Възможно е точно заради това да пиша спомени: да раздвижа кръвта си, да видя дали още мога да почувствам нещо, дали още мога поне малко да страдам. Интересно упражнение.”
― Jonathan Littell, quote from The Kindly Ones
“He did not want her to know.
He did not want her to see.
But:
Look at me, he found himself thinking furiously at her. Look at me.
She lifted her eyes, and did.”
― Marie Rutkoski, quote from The Winner's Crime
“The problem with happy endings is that they're either not really happy, or not really endings, you know? In real life, some things get better and some things get worse. And then eventually you die.”
― John Green, quote from Turtles All the Way Down
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