James Hogg · 258 pages
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“With regard to the work itself, I dare not venture a judgment, for I do not understand it.”
― James Hogg, quote from The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
“…he knew no other pleasure but what consisted in opposition.”
― James Hogg, quote from The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
“We are all subjected to two distinct natures in the same person. I myself have suffered grievously in that way.”
― James Hogg, quote from The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
“By that time he had pushed the bottle so long and so freely, that its fumes had taken possession of every brain to such a degree, that they held Dame Reason rather at the staff's end, overbearing all her counsels and expostulations.”
― James Hogg, quote from The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
“Blame is a human concept, one of its blackest and most selfish and self-binding.”
― Patrick Ness, quote from Release
“Eras are conveniences, particularly for those who never experienced them. We carve history from totalities beyond our grasp. Bolt labels on the result. Handles. Then speak of the handles as though they were things in themselves.” “I’ve”
― William Gibson, quote from The Peripheral
“You cannot pass," he said. The orcs stood still, and a dead silence fell. "I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor. You cannot pass. The dark fire will not avail you, flame of Udûn. Go back to the Shadow! You cannot pass.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, quote from The Fellowship of the Ring: The Lord of the Rings Part One
“A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.”
― James Patterson, quote from Invisible
“Tessa snorted. “And what color do you suppose the inner depths of your soul are, Will Herondale?” “Mauve,” said Will.”
― Cassandra Clare, quote from The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess
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