“I intend to follow the path of virtue. It will not be overcrowded.”
― Lloyd Alexander, quote from Westmark
“-"He loved her...It was noble of him. It was beautiful."
-"It was stupid.”
― Lloyd Alexander, quote from Westmark
“Forgive me....I called you an idiot. I spoke too hastily. You are not. Had I given it more thought, I would have called you a scoundrel.”
― Lloyd Alexander, quote from Westmark
“Find what you want. I will find you.”
― Lloyd Alexander, quote from Westmark
“...righteousness [is] always more believable when combined with dreariness.”
― Lloyd Alexander, quote from Westmark
“How easy it is to think well of ourselves. Until the moment is upon us, we can never be certain.”
― Lloyd Alexander, quote from Westmark
“As Xenophon said, your obstacles are not rivers or mountains or other people; your obstacle is yourself. If you feel lost and confused, if you lose your sense of direction, if you cannot tell the difference between friend and foe, you have only yourself to blame.”
― Robert Greene, quote from The 33 Strategies of War
“people we put on pedestals ... they’ve just got that much further to fall when you realize they’re human”
― Charles Sheehan-Miles, quote from The Last Hour
“Plakala. Plakala, protože byla smutná, že není ta žena, kteoru si muž ve tmě přitáhne k sobě. Plakala, protože byla zklamaná a unavená. Plakala potichu, ale seděla narovnaná a ramena se jí ani nezachvěla. Byla sama udivená, že pláče tak důstojně. Když si špičkou jazyka přejela rty, cítila slanou chuť slz, které jí stékaly po tvářích. Byly jako voda na plátně, která se valila proudem a hrozila, že odnese dům farmářů a taky tu starou Joséphine, která si neuměla představit, že by mohla plakat v setmělém kině vedle jiného kluka než Antoina. Dávala jí tak sbohem; a plakala proto, že se s ní loučila. Loučila se s tou hodnou, rozumnou a mírnou Joséphine, která se vdala úplně nezkušená, vychovala dvě děti, snažila se dělat všechno nejlíp, která jednala vždycky správně a rozumně. Ta teď mizela a objevovala se jiná Joséphine. Ta psala knihu, seděla v kině s mužem a čekala, že ji obejme! Nevěděla, jestli se tomu má smát nebo má plakat.”
― Katherine Pancol, quote from The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles
“Maybe the key to moving on was distancing herself from Wes. Not all the way. Just a little bit.
Enough to let someone else in.”
― Cindi Madsen, quote from Falling for Her Fiance
“As long as he treats you with respect you can screw his brains out if you want!” “You’re”
― N.M. Silber, quote from The Law of Attraction
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