“But see you, we should travel by night. Dark times for dark business, as they says. No sun to bother Valeriana or you, Kaylana's surely no' disadvantaged, and I know I work better in darkness. Anybody looking for us will have a harder time of it. Besides, marching in daylight is for the heroes. If we're going to do this, we may as well go all out.”
― quote from Villains by Necessity
“In a game of chess, someone has to take the black pieces.”
― quote from Villains by Necessity
“Half of an Assassin is just an Ass.”
― quote from Villains by Necessity
“Sometimes there's other reason for helping, other than personal gain or benefit," added Sam softly. "Friendship, companionship, trust and love are not confined to light alone...they are harder won, fewer seen...but no less real.”
― quote from Villains by Necessity
“There's more to people than some defined label," said Arcie. "There are more than straight good and evil, aye, even more than law or disorders or fence-sittin. There's prejudice, whimsey, affection, superstition, habit, upbringing, alliance, pride, society, morals, animosity, preference, values, religion, circumstance, humor, perversity, honor, vengeance, jealousy, frustration...hundreds o' factors, from the past and in every present moment, as decides what some one person'll do in an individious situation.”
― quote from Villains by Necessity
“I'll fix it up with Mum and Dad, then I'll call you. I know how to use a fellytone now—"
"A telephone, Ron," said Hermione. "Honestly, you should take Muggle Studies next year...”
― J.K. Rowling, quote from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
“The less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it”
― Mark Twain, quote from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
“I had only a little time left and I didn't want to waste it on God.”
― Albert Camus, quote from The Stranger
“Diez negritos se fueron a cenar;
uno se asfixió y quedaron nueve.
Nueve negritos estuvieron despiertos hasta muy tarde;
uno se quedó dormido y entonces quedaron ocho.
Ocho negritos viajaron por Devon;
uno dijo que se quedaría allí y quedaron siete.
Siete negritos cortaron leña;
uno se cortó en dos y quedaron seis.
Seis negritos jugaron con una colmena;
una abeja picó a uno de ellos y quedaron cinco.
Cinco negritos estudiaron Derecho;
uno se hizo magistrado y quedaron cuatro.
Cuatro negritos fueron al mar;
un arenque rojo se tragó a uno y quedaron tres.
Tres negritos pasearon por el zoo;
un gran oso atacó a uno y quedaron dos.
Dos negritos se sentaron al sol;
uno de ellos se tostó y sólo quedó uno.
Un negrito quedó sólo;
se ahorcó y no quedó… ¡ninguno!”
― Agatha Christie, quote from And Then There Were None
“You are not Dostoevsky,' said the woman...
'You never can tell...' he answered.
'Dostoevsky is dead,' the woman said, a bit uncertainly.
'I protest!' he said with heat, 'Dostoevsky is immortal!”
― Mikhail Bulgakov, quote from The Master and Margarita
Reason to Breathe
Mere Christianity
Christine
Blood Red Road
Kiss the Girls
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