“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
“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change. —PHILIPPE DE CLERMONT, OFTEN ATTRIBUTED TO CHARLES DARWIN”
― Deborah Harkness, quote from The Book of Life
“Ma petite is not a subtle woman. Unless you say it, she will not understand it.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, quote from Danse Macabre
“Next Clay gave the house rules for living with theSorrentinos , which sounded a lot like the Ten
Commandments. Thou shall not lie, steal anything, kill anyone, disrespect your hosts or covet
any of Nick's girlfriends. And if you break the rules, you'll get your ass kicked and handed to you
in pieces—a part I suspect God left out.”
― Kelley Armstrong, quote from Frostbitten
“But now...it's like when part of you stops hurting and suddenly you're yourself again, healthy and whole, and only then do you understand that you've been in pain for a while.”
― Cynthia Hand, quote from Boundless
“We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard defining edges.”
― Gene Wolfe, quote from The Shadow of the Torturer
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Something Wicked Thi...
Tender Is the Night
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A Christmas Carol
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