“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
“My eyes refuse to let him leave, but he stands still holding my hand, lingering for as long as possible.”
― Thomas Sweeney, quote from The Harem
“He did say something about my butt once.” “What?” “No way.” “Come on.” “God.” She bowed her head as though mortified. “He said I had a ghetto bootie.” I grabbed the wheel to keep us on the road. “Meaning?” “You know…a butt like a black chick.” I laughed at Mia’s expression of mixed embarrassment and amusement. “Do you have one?” “You tell me.” “Yeah, you kind of do.” She burst out laughing. “It is a good one, though, I’ll admit that.” “It better be,” she said. “I work on it enough.”
― Greg Iles, quote from Turning Angel
“I have wrote my name in hell,” Brian McFee had said as he was dying on the sawdust of the floor in the Bent Ridge Tavern.”
― James Purdy, quote from Narrow Rooms
“Predictable marketing requires an understanding of the circumstances in which customers buy or use things. Specifically, customers—people and companies—have “jobs” that arise regularly and need to get done. When customers become aware of a job that they need to get done in their lives, they look around for a product or service that they can “hire” to get the job done.”
― Clayton M. Christensen, quote from The Innovator's Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth
“It was so strange, she thought, these moments we pray for; they happen so quick and then they’re gone. “Just like that,” Charley said out loud.”
― Karen Kondazian, quote from The Whip
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