Bea add a quote by Patrick Ness

Fri, 03 May 2013 14:03:56 -0700

"Here's what I think," I say and my voice is stronger and thoughts are coming, thoughts that trickle into my noise like whispers of truth. "I think maybe everybody falls," I say. "I think maybe we all do. And I don't think that's the asking." I pull on her arms gently to make sure she's listening. "I think the asking is whether we get back up again." -- Patrick Ness

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Fri, 03 May 2013 14:04:29 -0700

"His noise is getting quieter, but I can still see it there still- See how he feels the skin of my hand against his, see how he wants to take it and press it against his mouth, how he wants to breathe in the smell of me and how beautiful I look to him, how strong after all that illness, and how he wants to just lightly touch my neck, just there, and how he wants to take me in his arms and- "Oh, God," he says, looking away suddenly. "Viola, I'm sorry, I didn't mean-" But I just put my hand to the back of his neck- And he says, "Viola-?" And I pull myself towards him- And I kiss him. And it feels like, finally." -- Patrick Ness

Bea add a quote by John Boyne

Tue, 07 May 2013 14:47:59 -0700

"Sitting around miserable all day won't make you any happier." -- John Boyne

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Tue, 07 May 2013 14:48:58 -0700

"Regrets and apologies are all very well, but there's things that happen in a person's life that are so scorched in the memory and burned into the heart that there's no forgetting them. They're like brands." -- John Boyne

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Tue, 07 May 2013 14:52:07 -0700

"It occurs to me that even though Zoya and I are both still alive, my life is already over. She will be taken from me soon and there will be no reason for me to continue without her. We are one person, you see. We are GeorgyandZoya." -- John Boyne

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Tue, 07 May 2013 14:52:41 -0700

"The first thing he noticed was how quiet it was. This was nothing like the kind of quiet he heard when he woke up in the middle of the night after a bad dream. When that happened, there were always strange, unidentifiable sounds seeping into his room from the tiny gaps where the windowpanes weren't sealed together correctly. At those moments he could always tell there was life outside, even if all that life was fast asleep. It was a silence that wasn't silence at all." -- John Boyne

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Tue, 07 May 2013 14:54:15 -0700

"(J)ust because your version of normal isn't the same as someone else's version doesn't mean that there's anything wrong with you." -- John Boyne

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Tue, 07 May 2013 14:56:30 -0700

"We all are [normal]. Their idea of normal just happens to be different to some other people's idea of normal. But this is the world we live in. Some people simply cannot accept something that is outside of their experience." -- John Boyne

Bea add a quote by Patrick Ness

Wed, 29 May 2013 10:05:13 -0700

"We are the choices we make." -- Patrick Ness

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Wed, 29 May 2013 10:05:22 -0700

"You do not write your life with words...You write it with actions. What you think is not important. It is only important what you do." -- Patrick Ness

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Wed, 29 May 2013 10:05:46 -0700

"To say you have no choice is to relieve yourself of responsibility." -- Patrick Ness

Bea add a quote by S.U. Pacat

Sun, 19 Apr 2015 12:34:50 -0700

"Let him come to Charcy, with his hithertos and his wherefores, and there he will find me, and with all the might of my kingdom I will scourge him from the field. "And if you want a personal message," said Laurent, "You can tell my uncle boykiller that he can cut the head off every child from here to the capital. It won't make him into a king, it will simply mean he has no one left to fuck." -- S.U. Pacat

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Sun, 19 Apr 2015 12:35:53 -0700

"That isn't why. She would have chosen him even if you'd had royal blood in your veins, even if you'd had the same blood as Kastor. You don't understand the way a mind like that thinks. I do. If I were Jokaste and a king maker, I'd have chosen Kastor over you too.' 'I suppose you are going to enjoy telling me why,' said Damen. He felt his hands curl into fists, heard the bitterness in his throat. 'Because a king maker would always choose the weaker man. The weaker the man, the easier he is to control." -- S.U. Pacat

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Sun, 19 Apr 2015 12:36:28 -0700

"He said, 'Damianos.' Before Damen could tell him to rise, he heard it again, echoed in another voice, and then another. It was passing over the gathered men in the courtyard, his name in tones of shock and of awe. The steward beside Nikandros was kneeling. And then four of the men in the front ranks. And then more, dozens of men, rank after rank of soldiers. And as Damen looked out, the army was dropping to its knees, until the courtyard was a sea of bowed heads, and silence replaced the murmur of voices, the words spoken over and over again. 'He lives. The King's son lives. Damianos.'" -- S.U. Pacat

Bea add a quote by Joss Whedon

Mon, 22 Jun 2015 03:00:20 -0700

"Very occasionally, if you pay really close attention, life doesn't suck." -- Joss Whedon

Bea add a quote by Nick Pageant

Mon, 22 Jun 2015 03:01:11 -0700

"I like trees, they will someday be books." -- Nick Pageant

Bea add a quote by FayJay

Mon, 22 Jun 2015 03:01:23 -0700

"Merlin, if you don't stop whining, I'm going to take Gwen's sword and beat you to death with it," said Arthur, evenly. "It's plastic." "So it will take me a long time. I'm still game." -- FayJay

Bea add a quote by Nicholas Sparks

Fri, 03 Jul 2015 17:45:09 -0700

"I am nothing special, of this I am sure. I am a common man with common thoughts and I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I've loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has always been enough.." -- Nicholas Sparks

Bea add a quote by Hilary Mantel

Mon, 06 Jul 2015 19:31:33 -0700

"You're only young once, they say, but doesn't it go on for a long time? More years than you can bear." -- Hilary Mantel

Bea add a quote by Ginn Hale

Fri, 24 Jul 2015 15:45:12 -0700

"We can tell you many things, but none are certain and many are lies." -- Ginn Hale

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Fri, 24 Jul 2015 15:55:55 -0700

"I know,” Kahlil said. “You’re probably the only man who would compare me to a fungus and mean it as a compliment." -- Ginn Hale

Bea add a quote by Alex Haley

Wed, 19 Aug 2015 17:22:37 -0700

"Either you deal with what is the reality, or you can be sure that the reality is going to deal with you." -- Alex Haley

Bea add a quote by Temple Grandin

Sat, 29 Aug 2015 19:46:03 -0700

"Nature is cruel, but we don't have to be." -- Temple Grandin

Bea add a quote by Richard Rider

Fri, 11 Sep 2015 14:56:46 -0700

"Valentine clears his throat. "So. Why can't you just say it?" "Say what?" "You know what." "It's hardly the time or place." "It is if you're dying." "I can't." "You're a dick. Just fucking say it!" "I can't! I'm... English." "What am I, a Martian? I say it all the time. I know you love me, why can't you say it?" "If you know, then why do I have to?" "You're missing the point a bit." "I took your bullet, you little twat, don't you dare question whether I love you." "Yeah, but you could say it." The throb of the gunshots is pounding all down his arm and body. The pain's so bad he wants to cry, like he's five and he's skinned his knee coming off his bike. "Je t'aime," he says, through gritted teeth, to shut the kid up. "Je ne sais pas pourquoi. Tu es... complètement bête, tu t'habilles comme une pute travestie, je hais ta musique, tu es fou, tu me rends fou, mais je suis fou de toi et je pense à toi tout le temps et je t'aime, oui. Tu comprends? Je t'aime. Seulement... pas en anglais. Je ne peux pas." Valentine's shifting about like he's uncomfortable. "I ain't got no idea what you just said but I think I need to change my pants." "Maintenant, ta gueule." -- Richard Rider

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Fri, 11 Sep 2015 14:56:53 -0700

"You were always saying you were gonna shoot him," he mutters, but it's kind of half-hearted. "Stupid fucking little tit, he needs a bullet in his head. What do you keep him round for, anyway?" Because he makes me laugh. Because, fuck knows why, he adores me. Because he needs somebody to look after him and nobody else knows how. Because everything about us is wrong and I never ever want to be right. Because I wake up in the morning and see him sleeping next to me with his stupid dyed hair and his stupid painted nails and his stupid toy monkey and I remember I love him so much I don't know what to do, I love him I love him I LOVE HIM." -- Richard Rider

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Sun, 13 Sep 2015 07:26:12 -0700

"Still, Lindsay stops getting dressed, even though he's only half-done, because he gets this urge to ambush the kid with a hug. Just that, nothing else. He wraps his arms around Valentine's skinny body and pulls him close and rests his cheek on the still-damp hair and inhales the cherry-almond scent of his shampoo, and Valentine says, "Oh!" in a really odd way, like he's just read a particularly interesting fact on the back of a Penguin biscuit wrapper. Lindsay's got his eyes shut but he can feel the kid's hands creeping up his bare arms, over his shoulders. One stays there and the other comes to rest on the back of his neck, fingers playing idly with the ends of his hair, and several minutes pass without sound or movement, just the gentle thud of heartbeats. "What's that for?" Valentine asks, when Lindsay finally lets him go. "Don't know. Nothing. Just seemed the kind of thing you'd like. BAM, surprise ninja cuddles." -- Richard Rider

Bea add a quote by William Golding

Mon, 14 Sep 2015 13:49:32 -0700

"Maybe there is a beast… maybe it's only us." -- William Golding

Bea add a quote by Alice Munro

Sat, 19 Sep 2015 18:27:39 -0700

"The constant happiness is curiosity." -- Alice Munro

Bea add a quote by Gillibran Brown

Sat, 19 Sep 2015 18:28:25 -0700

"Once dressed he came back downstairs, snapping: “call me a taxi.” So I did. I said, “Dick, you’re a taxi." -- Gillibran Brown

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Sat, 19 Sep 2015 18:28:26 -0700

"Bloody Bears, don't bother getting one as a pet, they're too demanding and they shed everywhere." -- Gillibran Brown