Pseudonymous Bosch · 423 pages
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“USE COMMON SENSE. If somebody offers you a thousand dollars for this book, chances are their motives are not pure. Then again, a thousand dollars is a lot of money. Take the money and run.”
― Pseudonymous Bosch, quote from This Isn't What It Looks Like
“Despite my vanity, I fear for my sanity.”
― Pseudonymous Bosch, quote from This Isn't What It Looks Like
“Whether it’s chocolate or socks, the rule is the same; the darker the better.”
― Pseudonymous Bosch, quote from This Isn't What It Looks Like
“Your problem, it is not here' - he pointed the pen at Max-Ernest's throat - 'it is here' - he pointed the pen at Max-Ernest's chest. 'My heart is heavy, too. But you must be strong. This situation, it is very serious. It is not only Cass's life that is at stake. If she dies, the Secret, it will die too.”
― Pseudonymous Bosch, quote from This Isn't What It Looks Like
“This new condition, this unwilled silence, had fallen over him ten days ago. The day Cass had gone into the hospital. The day she had fallen into a coma.”
― Pseudonymous Bosch, quote from This Isn't What It Looks Like
“SOMEBODY OFFERS YOU A THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THIS BOOK, CHANCES ARE THEIR MOTIVES ARE NOT PURE. THEN AGAIN, A THOUSAND DOLLARS IS A LOT OF MONEY. TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN.”
― Pseudonymous Bosch, quote from This Isn't What It Looks Like
“IN THE UNFORTUNATE EVENT THAT YOU FIND YOURSELF CORNERED BY A MEMBER OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN, PICK YOUR NOSE.”
― Pseudonymous Bosch, quote from This Isn't What It Looks Like
“Truth is only stranger than fiction if you’re a stranger to the truth. Which”
― Pseudonymous Bosch, quote from This Isn't What It Looks Like
“I’ve never met a joke so bad I didn’t like it. Then again, I’ve never met a joke.”
― Pseudonymous Bosch, quote from This Isn't What It Looks Like
“rich, ripe, dark, deep, zippy, zesty, wicked, wonderful, delicious, delightful, delectable and even electable (if he could vote), vibrant, vivacious, seductive, addictive, oh-so-very-attractive, nourishing, flourishing, rather ravishing, beautiful, buttery, sometimes bittersweet but never bitter, gorgeous and worth gorging on, berry-ish, cherry-ish, meaty yet fruity, elemental yet complex, mellow yet electric, soothing yet energizing, earthy yet heavenly, melt-in-your-mouth pleasure of chocolate?”
― Pseudonymous Bosch, quote from This Isn't What It Looks Like
“Whether it’s chocolate or socks, the rule is the same: the darker the better.”
― Pseudonymous Bosch, quote from This Isn't What It Looks Like
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“The Rape of Nanking did not penetrate the world consciousness in the same manner as the Holocaust or Hiroshima because the victims themselves had remained silent.”
― Iris Chang, quote from The Rape of Nanking
“Because apart we might be as different as night and day, black and white, right and wrong, but together we create two sides of a whole. Together we balance.”
― Jessica Brody, quote from 52 Reasons to Hate My Father
“A mirror does not exist by itself. A mirror is a half. Half is done by the piece. The other half has to be done by the beholder. You need to be the half to see what you’re looking for, so the mirror can exist. As you should do with other persons.”
― Cristiane Serruya, quote from Trust: Pandora's Box
“ ښه، نو ایا منزل مهم دی؟ یا مهمه خو د ورتلو لار ده؟ زه وایم چې هېڅ بریا دومره مهمه نه وي لکه څومره چې هلته د رسېدو لار وي. موږ د منزلونو مخلوق نه یو. منزل ته د سفر لاره موږ ته نوې بڼه رابښي. زموږ کلکې شوې پښې، د سفر بارونه په وړلو وړلو زموږ غښتلې ملاوې، د ژوند نوې تجربې په لېدو لېدو زموږ تازه شوې خوشالې سترګې. په پای کې باید په جار ووایم چې په دروغجنو لارو هېڅ ښه نشي ترلاسه کېدې. لامل دا چې زموږ د هستۍ اصل ماده په بریاوو کې نه ده، خپلو کړو لارو کې ده.”
― Brandon Sanderson, quote from The Way of Kings, Part 1
“Appomattox was not preordained. There were no established rules or well-worn script. If anything, retribution had been the larger and longer precedent. So, if these moments teemed with hope—and they did—it was largely due to two men, who rose to the occasion, to Grant’s and Lee’s respective actions: one general, magnanimous in victory, the other, gracious and equally dignified in defeat, the two of them, for their own reasons and in their own ways, fervently interested in beginning the process to bind up the wounds of the last four years. And yes, if, paradoxically, these were among Lee’s finest hours, and they were, so, too, were they Grant’s greatest moments.”
― Jay Winik, quote from April 1865: The Month That Saved America
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