Sergio Bustin > Sergio's Quotes

“They came for me the next morning.”
― Steven Decker, Child of Another Kind

“#metooasachild”
― Aimee Cabo Nikolov, Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love

“The trouble with superheroes is what to do between phone booths.”
― Ken Kessey

“Alguien tenía que asistir a Rosaura desde el más allá, porque los del más acá no tenían manera. No”
― Laura Esquivel, Como agua para chocolate

“She gave him a brief, mysterious smile. “You were watching me. I felt you before I saw you.”
So? This is a crime? he thought, determined not to retreat.
Did you study cultural physiology?
The eyes of Italian males are hardwired from birth to examine, observe, even caress, if you will, the female form. Any form. Some we glance at. Some we don’t really see, like our mothers and sisters. Some we ignore, and some we store as reference for the future. Got it?”
― Vincent Panettiere, Shared Sorrows

“Yes, that's it! Said the Hatter with a sigh, it's always tea time.”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

“He gave her his heart. She took it and placed it quietly in the pocket of her gown. No one observed what she did.”
― Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

“At what point does faith become insanity?”
― K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

“Consider and then act, don't react. A worthy opponent will calculate his move to entice a response from you. Make your own play.”
― R.D. Ronald, The Elephant Tree

“Our world is not safe. It is a toxic swamp populated by predators and parasites. The odds are stacked against us from the moment of conception. We survive only because we fight the elements, hunger, disease, each other. And, although civilization promises us safe harbor, that promise is a fairy tale. Only the storm is real. It comes for each of us. And we cannot win. We can only choose how we will suffer our defeat.

We can meekly take our beatings, and die like lemmings, finding solace in the belief that we shall one day inherit the earth.

Or, we can plunge into the chaos with eyes wide open, taking comfort instead from the bruises, scars, and broken bones which prove that we fought to live and die as gods.”
― J.K. Franko, Life for Life

“I will hold your secret and say prayers to the goddesses for your success. Go forth, and do great things, young guardian.”
― Tricia Copeland, To be a Fae Guardian

“But what about her funeral?”
“Funeral? There won’t be one! At least not anything we can arrange or attend. Jack, please, take care of yourself. Please, don’t get sick. I have to go now. I can’t talk anymore.”
― Behcet Kaya, Deception: A Jack Ludefance Novel

“Fear doesn't shut you down; it wakes you up”
― Veronica Roth, Divergent

“It's a disgrace to us all! he almost screamed. 'We're letting them take us to our death like sheep to the slaughter!.....at least we could break out of the ghetto, or at least die honourably, not as a stain on the face of history!”
― Władysław Szpilman

“I perceived that I was hungry, and prepared to clamber out of the hammock which, very politely anticipating my intention, twisted round and deposited me upon the floor.”
― H. G. Wells

“Ponto nox incubat atra.”
― Virgil, The Aeneid

“Be not simply good; be good for something.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Life Without Principle

“dogs”
― Lois Lowry, Number the Stars