“... sometimes good people [are] helpless... terrible things happen... to good people... there [are] sad endings as well as happy ones.”
― Mercedes Lackey, quote from The Fairy Godmother
“Once the blinders are off, it's rather hard to go back to seeing things the way you used to.”
― Mercedes Lackey, quote from The Fairy Godmother
“...for a country whose people ceased to believe in magic soon lost much of their ability to imagine and dream, and before long, they ceased to believe--or hope-- for anything.”
― Mercedes Lackey, quote from The Fairy Godmother
“Sometimes, it seemed, the business of a Witch or a Godmother was not so much using magic as knowing when not to use it.”
― Mercedes Lackey, quote from The Fairy Godmother
“And when it comes down to cases, everything written is at least in part a fantasy. Except maybe for the national budget. That’s horror.”
― Mercedes Lackey, quote from The Fairy Godmother
“school). He has a very posh English accent and strides around with a walking stick, swearing like a maniac.”
― John van de Ruit, quote from Spud
“People--stupid when they lived; potentially stupid when they died.”
― Rob Thurman, quote from Roadkill
“I would definitely want the one with the bed,' I say and then realize how that sounds. I wonder if I will ever be able to flirt intentionally, as opposed to just accidently.
'Really?' he says, a little too innocently.
I can do this— I can say something flirtatious and mean to. 'Or maybe not. You were always horrible at sharing your things,' I tease, but then realize that was just an insult said with an eyebrow wiggle.
James leans in close enough that our arms touch and he smiles, slow and deliberate. 'I've gotten better.'
I think all of my internal organs just evaporated. 'Why do you have a bed if you don't sleep?' I blurt. 'It looks new.'
'Yeah, that's not where I thought this conversation was going at all,' he says before settling back against the wall.”
― A.M. Robinson, quote from Vampire Crush
“Tendai remembered his last birthday. It seemed one shouldn't make wishes idly. Who knew which spirits were listening. He considered a moment and then thought, I wish for courage. Because with courage, you weren't afraid to look at the truth. You weren't afraid to ask questions or do the right thing.”
― Nancy Farmer, quote from The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm
“პანტოში მჯდარი ბანი პენისს იღებს და ისე ანძრევს, რომ გათავებისას თავი უკან უვარდება და ავდრიან ღამეში დაბმული მხეცივით ღმუის. უცებ გრძნობს, რომ ყველაფერი, რაც ამ ღამით ეზმანა – ქარი, სატელეფონო ზარები, უცნობი ადამიანის პანღური – მისი შინაგანი გლოვის გამოხატულებაა და მეტი არაფერი. ხვდება, ძალიან კარგად ხვდება, რომ სულ მალე ეს მოჩვენებები ბოლოს მოუღებენ. მიუხედავად ამისა, მხოლოდ იმაზე ფიქრობს, ნეტავ ეს ძუკნა ჯორჯია ასე რატომ მომექცაო. ჯანდაბა.”
― Nick Cave, quote from The Death of Bunny Munro
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