“Will this generation be able to turn things around and learn a valuable lesson from all of this? I hope so, but I have my doubts. The damage has been done. And as a lifelong student of history, it's quite evident that human beings don't learn from the mistakes of past generations.”
― quote from Voluntary
“No fucking popcorn? No Junior Mints?”
― quote from Voluntary
“I want that little blonde bitch in the lobby to hear me screaming your name.”
― quote from Voluntary
“Stuff happens. We get lost. We try to control what will happen. We give up. We do things that don’t make sense. We search for things in the wrongest of ways. We lose our way, but sometimes, if we’re really, really strong, we manage to find our way back.”
― Jessica Sorensen, quote from Breaking Nova
“They smiled too much, were quick to compliment and support, but behind the stretched lips and soft words was a judgment. No one was ever good enough—at least not until they were dead. The dead were exemplary.”
― Michael J. Sullivan, quote from The Rose and the Thorn
“Или страхът му за мен се коренеше в страха за самия него, защото петдесетгодишен, след като цял живот се бе радвал на добро здраве, енергичният нисичък мъж бе започнал да развива упорита, дразщеща кашлица, която, макар за майка ми да бе притеснителна, не му пречеше да държи димяща цигара в крайчеца на устата си по цял ден. Каквато и да бе причината – или съвкупността от причини, – подклаждаща тази рязка промяна в иначе благото му родителско поведение, този страх се проявяваше в желанието на баща ми да ме преследва денонощно и да знае точното ми местонахождение във всеки един момент. Къде ходиш? Защо не си беше у дома? Откъде да знам къде отиваш, като излезеш? Ти си младеж с великолепно бъдеще пред себе си – откъде да знам, че не ходиш някъде, където може да те убият?
Въпросите бяха нелепи, понеже, докато учех в горния курс, се бях доказал като благоразумен, отговорен, старателен, трудолюбив отличник, който излизаше с най-красивите момичета, участваше активно в съревнованията по дебати и беше ефикасен инфилдър в училищния бейзболен отбор, като при това съжителстваше в относително разбирателство с правилата за поведение в квартала и гимназията. Въпросите бяха и влудяващи – един вид бащата, с когото бях толкова близък през всичките тези години, бащата, до когото буквално израснах в магазина, вече не знаеше кой е синът му и какво представлява.”
― Philip Roth, quote from Indignation
“I know that when she looks in the mirror she sees an ugly fat cow and that she hates her body because it’s not what it’s supposed to look like. This is why she is starving herself, which again her parents don’t know. I also know that if she cannot get out of eating she goes to the bathroom and vomits it all. It was all in her diary that I found hidden under the bed while I was cleaning her room; I read it because hidden things are meant to be discovered. I wonder how she lives, how she deals with the hunger, those long, terrible claws that dig and dig in your stomach until you can barely see, barely walk upright, barely think, and you would do anything, anything, for even just a crumb.”
― NoViolet Bulawayo, quote from We Need New Names
“There’s a fog of fae magic on the first floor of the house,” he told her. “Where’s Charles?” “Downstairs,” she told him. “He sent me up here to make sure nothing happened to the kids.” “There’s a pool of blood just outside the door,” he whispered, stepping aside so Anna could see it while the kids were preoccupied. “Chelsea’s blood. I can’t scent her through the stink of fae magic that is coating this house.”
― Patricia Briggs, quote from Dead Heat
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