“When it comes to misfortune, we are all selfish at heart, offering up the same prayers: not me, not mine. Not yet.”
― Simon Beckett, quote from Written in Bone
“Kiedy los nam nie sprzyja, w głębi serca wszyscy jesteśmy egoistami i wszyscy wznosimy te same modły: tylko nie ja, tylko nie ja, jeszcze nie teraz.”
― Simon Beckett, quote from Written in Bone
“Historia naszego życia, a czasem i śmierci, jest zapisana w kościach.”
― Simon Beckett, quote from Written in Bone
“Jeśli zmarli żyją dalej, to tylko w naszych umysłach i sercach.”
― Simon Beckett, quote from Written in Bone
“Our lives, and sometimes deaths, are stories written in bone.”
― Simon Beckett, quote from Written in Bone
“Z morderstwem jest jak z życiem; i jedno, i drugie jest nieprzewidywalne.”
― Simon Beckett, quote from Written in Bone
“كلما ازداد اقتراب
الإنسان من الأشياء وانضمامه إليها، كلما فقد القدرة على رؤيتها بوضوح، حتى
إذا ما التصق بها عجز عن رؤيتها لأن اتحاده بها يفقده شروط الرؤية الصحيحة
من موضوعية وتجرد وصفاء ذهن
تماماً كما يعجز الإنسان عن رؤية وجهه حينما
يقترب من المرآة حتى يلتصق بها..أو عن رؤية عيوب من يحب لذا فالرحيل
ضروري باستمرار”
― Ahlam Mosteghanemi, quote from The Bridges of Constantine
“Hell is an Eagles game, where the bleachers are always freezing, and the team is always losing, and my family is insane.”
― Jennifer Weiner, quote from In Her Shoes
“Half the evil in this world occurs while decent people stand by and do nothing wrong. It’s not enough to refrain from evil, Trell. People have to attempt to do right, even if they believe they cannot succeed.” “Even when it’s stupid to try?” he asked with savage sarcasm. “Especially then,” she replied sweetly. “That’s how it’s done, Trell. You break your heart against this stony world. You fling yourself at it, on the side of good, and you do not ask the cost. That’s how you do it.”
― Robin Hobb, quote from The Mad Ship
“They might be kittens," she said hopefully.
"They're stalking us."
"They might be shy."
"I don't think it's kittens, Valkyrie."
"Puppies, then?”
― Derek Landy, quote from Playing with Fire
“It’s good for you to think of this, son. Ponder. Worry. Stay up nights, frightened for the casualties of your ideology. It will do you good to realize the price of fighting.”
― Brandon Sanderson, quote from Steelheart
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