“Friends don't have to have a lot of things in common. But there's one thing friends usually do have in common - a sense of humor. That doesn't mean they find all the same things funny. Sometimes, they might even laugh at each other. But at the end of the day, friends can always laugh with each other.”
― Pseudonymous Bosch, quote from You Have to Stop This
“Sometimes when we are at our lowest points, we make the greatest discoveries.”
― Pseudonymous Bosch, quote from You Have to Stop This
“Why did the ibis cross the Nile?” She nodded, shivering. He laughed, a deep, rumbling laugh. “To get to the other side, of course.” As”
― Pseudonymous Bosch, quote from You Have to Stop This
“He stared at it as if he had caught a live grenade. It was the mummy’s finger.”
― Pseudonymous Bosch, quote from You Have to Stop This
“To hell with tomorrow. To hell with all problems and barriers. Nothing matters but the Spectacular Now.”
― Tim Tharp, quote from The Spectacular Now
“We're so different. You're an intellectual. I'm an idiot."
"Don't say that," I yelled. "You're not an idiot, you stupid idiot.”
― Melina Marchetta, quote from Looking for Alibrandi
“Of course, compared to Serg, Tien wasn’t much worse than foolish and venal. But it was hard to watch. No nine-year-old should have to deal with something this vile, this close to his heart. What will it make him?” “Eventually . . . ten,” the Count said. “You do what you have to do. You grow or go under. You have to believe he will grow.” Miles”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, quote from A Civil Campaign
“She wore tight corsets to give her a teeny waist - I helped her lace them up - but they had the effect of causing her to faint. Mom called it the vapors and said it was a sign of her high breeding and delicate nature. I thought it was a sign that the corset made it hard to breathe.”
― Jeannette Walls, quote from Half Broke Horses
“The mockery of friends is affectionate, and inoculates against foolishness.”
― Dean Koontz, quote from Forever Odd
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