“Kate had never in her life seen such frightful deformities, and the goblins had never seen such a hideous dress.”
― Clare B. Dunkle, quote from The Hollow Kingdom
“Kate felt very offended. 'I am not an elf,' she insisted. 'I'm an Englishwoman!”
― Clare B. Dunkle, quote from The Hollow Kingdom
“Forks are absurd, he scoffed. They insult your food. They make it think you're killing it twice.”
― Clare B. Dunkle, quote from The Hollow Kingdom
“Lively, intelligent, and quite immature, [Emily] usually burst out with exactly the comment that summed up the situation beautifully and therefore could never in politeness be said.”
― Clare B. Dunkle, quote from The Hollow Kingdom
“Perhaps she had learned already those lessons in life that make smiling difficult.”
― Clare B. Dunkle, quote from The Hollow Kingdom
“You might as well appeal against the thunder-storm as against these terrible hardships of war. They are inevitable, and the only way the people of Atlanta can hope once more to live in peace and quiet at home, is to stop the war, which can only be done by admitting that it began in error and is perpetuated in pride.”
― William T. Sherman, quote from Memoirs of General W.T. Sherman
“He sits at the filthy bar and silently witnesses the change of watch from his will to his independently operating motor skills.”
― John O'Brien, quote from Leaving Las Vegas
“It’s one thing to feel sorrow, and another to actually do something about it.”
― Kevin Alan Milne, quote from The One Good Thing
“She's my little sister. Mine to torture and mine to protect.”
― Julia Quinn, quote from On the Way to the Wedding
“In Dream
Black and enduring separation
I share equally with you.
Why weep? Gove me your hand,
promise me you will come again.
You and I are like high
mountains and we can't move closer.
Just send me word
at midnight sometime through the stars.
1946”
― Anna Akhmatova, quote from Selected Poems
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