“The moment you think you're on top is the moment you've lost your passion.”
― Sona Charaipotra, quote from Tiny Pretty Things
“The Sugar Plum Fairy has the farthest to fall.”
― Sona Charaipotra, quote from Tiny Pretty Things
“Don't carry worries around," she always says. "They're heavy.”
― Sona Charaipotra, quote from Tiny Pretty Things
“My heart is flailing, thumping in my chest like a bird caught in a cage, wanting to be wild again.”
― Sona Charaipotra, quote from Tiny Pretty Things
“Because I’m black?” I straight out ask, hating that being different can be a code word for being black, for something that isn’t white. “No”—he”
― Sona Charaipotra, quote from Tiny Pretty Things
“I don't care about being happy. Only about being the best.”
― Sona Charaipotra, quote from Tiny Pretty Things
“When you go against fate, the result can be dangerous.”
― Sona Charaipotra, quote from Tiny Pretty Things
“You can't trust anyone - I learned that the hard way.”
― Sona Charaipotra, quote from Tiny Pretty Things
“This is crazy. Only psychopaths do this. This is some serial killer–type stuff.”
― Sona Charaipotra, quote from Tiny Pretty Things
“If only Paris and the Harpies had gotten along. But Promiscuity had taken one look at the beautiful women and deemed them “too much effort.”
― Gena Showalter, quote from The Darkest Whisper
“He’s not so short,” said Ekaterin defensively. “He’s just . . . concentrated.” Her”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, quote from Komarr
“Кой запали този пожар? Кой изравни със земята тези овошки? Кой разстреля тези братя, които през целия си живо са се смели? Кой уби сарпанча? Кой счупи пръстите му? Кой счупи пръстите му? Кой счупи ръцете му? Кой счупи древния му врат? Кой окова тези мъже? Кой направи така, че мъжете да изчезнат? Кой разстреля тези момчета? Кой разстреля тези момичета? Кой събори тази къща? Кой събори онази къща? Кой събори тази къща? Кой събори онази къща? Кой уби този младеж? Кой удари по главата тази старица? Кой наръга тази леля? Кой разби носа на онзи човек? Кой разби сърцето на онова младо момиче? Кой уби този влюбен? Кой застреля годеницата му? Кой изгори костюмите? Кой натроши мечовете? Кой изгори библиотеката? Кой опожари шафрановото поле? Кой изколи животните? Кой изгори кошерите? Кой отрови оризищата? Кой уби децата? Кой бичува родителите? Кой изнасили онази жена с мързеливо око, докато тя крещеше за змийска отмъстителност? Кой изнасили онази жена отново? Кой изнасили онази жена отново? Кой изнасили онази жена отново? Кой изнасили онази мъртва жена? Кой изнасили онази мъртва жена отново?”
― Salman Rushdie, quote from Shalimar the Clown
“If we as Christians do not speak out as authoritarian governments grow from within or come from outside, eventually we or our children will be the enemy of society and the state. No truly authoritarian government can tolerate those who have real absolute by which to judge its arbitrary absolutes and who speak out and act upon that absolute.”
― Francis A. Schaeffer, quote from How Should We Then Live? The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture
“Can I ask one more question?”
Cateline repressed a sigh. “One more. Then you need to eat your supper.”
“If Davillon has so many gods, how come not one of them got off his butt and saved my mommy and daddy?!”
― quote from Thief's Covenant
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