“That was all he said, except for "Aaaeerrgghhh." Which is not really a word. But the reason that he screamed "Aaaeerrgghhh" was that Franco had bitten him savegly on the wrist.”
― Eoin Colfer, quote from The Wish List
“Satan was crouched in the corner of his office, playing a gameboy, 'Die alien scum' he was saying feverishly..”
― Eoin Colfer, quote from The Wish List
“Meg and Belch only had eyes for each other. Not in the usual romantic sense.”
― Eoin Colfer, quote from The Wish List
“Luckily, he had the memory span of a particularly dim goldfish, so with any luck he’d have forgotten all about the comment by the time they’d completed their mission.”
― Eoin Colfer, quote from The Wish List
“Saints are not allowed to lie, not even to demons.”
― Eoin Colfer, quote from The Wish List
“And then he left the palace to roam the streets of Ombria, where he painted shadows as he searched for light within them, painted thick, barred doors, as he searched in their hewn, scarred grains for what it was they hid, painted high windowless walls as if, rebuilding them stone by stone on paper, he could dismantle them and finally see the secret life behind the real.”
― Patricia A. McKillip, quote from Ombria in Shadow
“i should take my dog for a walk now. i can only handle one bitch at a time”
― Rosemary Clement-Moore, quote from The Splendor Falls
“Love is the law of life," broke in Leo; "without love there is no life. I seek love that I may live. I believe that all these things are ordained to an end which we do not know. Fate draws me on—I fulfil my fate——”
― H. Rider Haggard, quote from Ayesha: The Return of She
“Min tunga hade alltid varit ett smidigt och pålitligt verktyg, men nu vägrade den att göra tjänst mer. Alldeles som jag nyss hade hade lyssnat för första gången i mitt liv, visste jag, att om jag nu vill tala, måste det vara på ett nytt sätt, som jag ännu inte var mogen för. De lager av mig själv, som nu skulle komma till tals, hade väl aldrig förr format några ord (s. 138).”
― Karin Boye, quote from Kallocain
“Inch by inch, they chipped away until soon there would be nothing left to salvage.”
― Maya Banks, quote from Highlander Most Wanted
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