“The heart makes its choices without weighing the consequences. It doesn't look ahead to the lonely nights that follow.”
― Tess Gerritsen, quote from The Keepsake
“Deves prestar sempre atenção aos teus sonhos, ensinara-lhe a mãe. São vozes que te dizem o que já sabes, sussurrando-te conselhos que ainda não seguiste.”
― Tess Gerritsen, quote from The Keepsake
“I believe one has to get one's hand dirty or you're nothing but a hobbyist.”
― Tess Gerritsen, quote from The Keepsake
“Always pay attention to your dreams, her mother had taught her. They’re voices telling you what you already know, whispering advice you haven’t yet heeded.”
― Tess Gerritsen, quote from The Keepsake
“Kalpler,sonuçlarını pek değerlendirmeden seçimlerini yapar.Seçimini yaptıktan sonra da kendisini bekleyen yalnız geceleri düşünmez.”
― Tess Gerritsen, quote from The Keepsake
“Gin and cheese, she thought as she refilled her drink. All the necessary food groups for a melancholy woman.”
― Tess Gerritsen, quote from The Keepsake
“Sometimes, thought Jane, the person who could make you happiest is the one you overlook, the one who waits patiently in the wings.”
― Tess Gerritsen, quote from The Keepsake
“That was the day she learned she was the daughter of a lioness.”
― Tess Gerritsen, quote from The Keepsake
“We could show them the most exquisite Ming vase, or a carved ivory screen from Persia, and they’d turn their backs and go straight for the human remains.”
― Tess Gerritsen, quote from The Keepsake
“Somewhere along the way these countries [EU] redefined the relationship between government and citizen into something closer to pusher and addict. And, once you've done that, it's very hard to persuade the addict to cut back his habit. Thus, the general acceptance everywhere but America is that the state should run your health care. A citizen of an advanced democracy expects to be able to choose from dozens of breakfast cereals, hundreds of movies at the video store, and millions of porno sites on the Internet, but when it comes to life-or-death decisions about his own body he's happy to have the choice taken out of his hands and given to the government.”
― Mark Steyn, quote from America Alone: The End of the World As We Know It
“These two visions—Darwinian organicism and Christian messianism—seem contradictory today because they reside on different sides of the culture war. But in the Progressive Era, these visions complemented each other perfectly. And Wilson embodied this synthesis. The totalitarian flavor of such a worldview should be obvious. Unlike classical liberalism, which saw the government as a necessary evil, or simply a benign but voluntary social contract for free men to enter into willingly, the belief that the entire society was one organic whole left no room for those who didn’t want to behave, let alone “evolve.” Your home, your private thoughts, everything was part of the organic body politic, which the state was charged with redeeming.”
― Jonah Goldberg, quote from Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left from Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning
“Loneliness had taught Harriet that there was always someone who understood - it was just so often that they were dead, and in a book.”
― Eva Ibbotson, quote from A Company of Swans
“In the midst of winter, I find within me the invisible summer...”
― Leo Tolstoy, quote from The Kingdom of God Is Within You
“So, what is my prescription for good health? In short, it is about the multiple health benefits of consuming plant-based foods, and the largely unappreciated health dangers of consuming animal-based foods, including all types of meat, dairy and eggs.”
― T. Colin Campbell, quote from The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss, and Long-term Health
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