“Who controls the past, controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.”
― Nelson DeMille, quote from The Charm School
“never ceased to amaze him how a discredited philosophy and a repressive nation still attracted idealists.”
― Nelson DeMille, quote from The Charm School
“The sun has riz, and the sun has set, and here we is in Roosha yet.”
― Nelson DeMille, quote from The Charm School
“Pravda, as you know, means ‘truth,’ and Izvestia means ‘news,’ and I’ve heard it said that there is no news in the Truth and no truth in the News.”
― Nelson DeMille, quote from The Charm School
“Until you guys own your own souls you don't own mine. Until you guys can be trusted every time and always, in all times and conditions, to seek the truth out and find it and let the chips fall where they may—until that time comes, I have the right to listen to my conscience, and protect my client the best way I can. Until I'm sure you won't do him more harm than you'll do the truth good. Or until I'm hauled before somebody that can make me talk.”
― Raymond Chandler, quote from The High Window
“The boy was standing alone as though the broken glass all around him were a shining sea and he were an island.”
― Cassandra Clare, quote from The Midnight Heir
“أنت كنت بداخل الرجل . حفظك إلوكيم في أحد أضلعه ؛ لا في رأسه ، حتى لا تكتشفي تكبره ، ولا في قلبه ، كيلا تشعري برغبة التملك”
― Gioconda Belli, quote from Infinity in the Palm of Her Hand: A Novel of Adam and Eve
“Okay heres the deal a whole day of NO TALKING IN SCJHOOL.Not in class,not in the halls, not on the plaground nowhere.No talking at all. And its a contest- BOYS AGAINST GIRLS. Whichever side talks less, wins.”
― Andrew Clements, quote from No Talking
“Why do I have you in my bed, when I'm not allowed to touch you?”
― Piper Shelly, quote from Play With Me
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