“Because you are just a pawn. And a pawn can’t help but get played.”
― Laura Thalassa, quote from The Vanishing Girl
“This is yours,” he said, pressing my hand more tightly to his chest. “And I don’t give it lightly.”
― Laura Thalassa, quote from The Vanishing Girl
“Perv—I’ve gotten upgraded from stalker.' Wasn’t he the eternal optimist?”
― Laura Thalassa, quote from The Vanishing Girl
“I love all of you Ember—the ferocious, beautiful girl I first laid eyes on, the fiery girl who punched me in the face when I threw off her sheets, the penitent girl I found curled up in the shower, the curious girl who questioned a wanted man’s guilt, the brave girl who pushed me down when she saw a gun, and the secretive girl who thinks she needs to carry the world on her shoulders.”
― Laura Thalassa, quote from The Vanishing Girl
“God, he’s sexy. No wonder he was a little shit all the time.”
― Laura Thalassa, quote from The Vanishing Girl
“Ember, the bad comes in with the good. And I want all of it—I want your secrets, your worry, your pain. I love you—you’re not alone in this life.”
― Laura Thalassa, quote from The Vanishing Girl
“The government had been controlling my nightly visits.”
― Laura Thalassa, quote from The Vanishing Girl
“They’d given me a blowtorch. Idiots.”
― Laura Thalassa, quote from The Vanishing Girl
“Someone so annoying didn’t deserve to look that good.”
― Laura Thalassa, quote from The Vanishing Girl
“I met his eyes. “Easily. I could love you easily.”
― Laura Thalassa, quote from The Vanishing Girl
“eyebrows rose. “I’m just going to throw this out there, but I’m okay with being taken advantage of.”
― Laura Thalassa, quote from The Vanishing Girl
“I never listened to those who told me about the dark side of loving your pair.”
― Laura Thalassa, quote from The Vanishing Girl
“I love you too.” Funny how those words got easier to say the more I voiced them.”
― Laura Thalassa, quote from The Vanishing Girl
“Guerilla warfare? I was in way over my head. I told myself that I could do this. It was guerilla warfare every time I went to sleep.”
― Laura Thalassa, quote from The Vanishing Girl
“Caden might be my partner, but he was also the enemy.”
― Laura Thalassa, quote from The Vanishing Girl
“Jesus. It was worth it,” Caden said, looking dazed and pleased.”
― Laura Thalassa, quote from The Vanishing Girl
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“نحن نعرف أننا نقرأ حتى عندما نتخلى عن عدم تصديقنا , وعندما نفقد القربى من النص ; نحن نعرف لماذا نقرأ حتى عندما لا نعرف كيف نقرأ ; في الوقت نفسه نحتفظ في عقولنا بالعالم الظاهري للنص ونتمسك بفعل القراءة . إننا نقرأ لأننا نريد العثور على النهاية . فقط لأننا نريد مواصلة القراءة . نحن نقرأ كالكشافة الذين يتقفون الخطى ناسين كل ما حولهم من أشياء . نقرأ شاردي الذهن متجاوزين بعض الصفحات . نقرأ باحتقار , بإعجاب , بملل , بانزعاج , بحماسة , بحسد وشوق . في بعض الأحيان تعترينا فرحة غامرة مفاجئة دون أن نستطيع القول ما هو السبب . (( بحق السماء ما هي هذة العاطفة ؟ )) سألت ربيكا وست بعد الإنتهاء من قراءة الملك لير . (( ماذا تتميز به أعمال الفن العظيمة التي تمارس عليّ هذا التأثير الباعث على السعادة ؟ )) إننا لا نعرف ذلك ; عند القراءة نحن سُذج . نحن نقرأ بحركات بطيئة وطويلة كما لو كنّا نسبح في الفضاء . نحن ممتلئون أحكاماً مسبقة وأحقاداً . أو أننا كرماء , نغفر للنص عيوبه ونتغافل عن ضعفه و نصحح أخطاءه . في بعض الأحيان , عندما تكون السماء صحوة صافية , نقرأ بأنفاس محبوسة , بارتجاف , كما لو أنّ أحدهم قد (( سار على قبرنا )) , كما لو أنّ ذكرى قديمة منسية عُثر عليها فجأة في داخلنا - التعرف على شيء ما سبق أن عرفنا أنه كان موجوداً , أو على شيء لم نشعر به إلا كوميض أو ظل , الذي ينطلق منا ويعود إلى داخلنا قبل أن نعرف ماذا حدث - بعدئذ نكون قد تقدمنا في السن وأصبحنا أكثر حكمة .”
― Alberto Manguel, quote from A History of Reading
“Evidence doesn't always lead us to the truth," he [August] said.”
― quote from Reawakened
“It’s like we’re on the moon,” Sarah whispered. Michael squeezed her elbow. “Except that we can breathe, there are no stars, and there’s still gravity.” “Yeah, other than that, it’s like we’re on the moon.”
― James Dashner, quote from The Eye of Minds
“I thought you an' I'd already settled the roles in the fucker/fuckee relationship! I guess I thought wrong!”
― Garth Ennis, quote from Preacher, Volume 1: Gone to Texas
“Who the hell do you think you girls are? Charlie's Angels?”
― C.C. Hunter, quote from Reborn
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