Big Books of 2026

Vernon Riser > Vernon's Quotes

Showing 1-11 of 11
sort by

    like
  • #1
    Mark M. Bello
    “Has racial justice improved? Have we moved on from Reconstruction and Jim Crow? Been lifted by Martin and the Civil Rights Act of 1964? It seems that whenever we take two steps forward, we take a step back . . .”
    ― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal In Black
    tags: blacklivesmatter, civil-rights, fear, inequality, police-brutality, race, racial-prejudice, racial-profiling, racism-in-america, social-justice
    12 likes

    • like
  • #2
    “I marveled at the beauty of all life and savored the power and possibilities of my imagination. In these rare moments, I prayed, I danced, and I analyzed. I saw that life was good and bad, beautiful and ugly. I understood that I had to dwell on the good and beautiful in order to keep my imagination, sensitivity, and gratitude intact. I knew it would not be easy to maintain this perspective. I knew I would often twist and turn, bend and crack a little, but I also knew that…I would never completely break.”
    ― Maria Nhambu, Africa's Child
    tags: autobiography, beauty-of-life, dance, determination, faith, inspirational, philosophy-of-life, powerful, prayer, undefeated
    225 likes

    • like
  • #3
    Max Nowaz
    “Somebody always had to pay, and he was glad it was not going to be him. Meanwhile he had managed to ruin the perfect marriage by turning Dick into a crayfish and making Rachael think that he had run off with another woman.”
    ― Max Nowaz, Get Rich or Get Lucky
    tags: action, adventure-books, fantasy, fantasy-adventure, fantasy-thriller, fiction, humour, magic, magical-realm, thriller
    435 likes

    • like
  • #4
    “estar en la iglesia me resultaba terapéutico. Experimentaba algo que jamás había experimentado en el espiritismo —el amor genuino que me demostraban los miembros de la congregación. El”
    ― John Ramirez, FUERA DEL CALDERO DEL DIABLO
    18 likes

    • like
  • #5
    Behcet Kaya
    “Darling,’ she said. ‘Darling, darling, Jack…,’ she repeated. It had an echo chamber quality. I felt dizzy and the room began turning. I grabbed the edge of the table thinking I needed to hold on to something. It felt like I was being thrown out of a swing. Then, everything went black.”
    ― Behcet Kaya, Treacherous Estate
    tags: crime-fiction, crime-thriller, murder-mystery
    78 likes

    • like
  • #6
    Nelou Keramati
    “His shrill cries flood the forest like light engulfing a silhouette.”
    ― Nelou Keramati
    tags: mystery, paranormal, paranormal-romance, resonance, suspense, the-fray-theory, the-fray-theory-resonance, thriller, trilogy, urban-fantasy, ya, ya-paranormal, ya-romance, young-adult, young-adult-romance
    58 likes

    • like
  • #7
    Dave Pelzer
    “You have to understand that in a person's life there are a few precious moments in which decisions, choices that you make now, will affect you for the rest of your life.”
    ― Dave Pelzer, The Lost Boy
    49 likes

    • like
  • #8
    Herman Wouk
    “When in danger or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout.”
    ― Herman Wouk
    tags: danger, humor
    1196 likes

    • like
  • #9
    William Makepeace Thackeray
    “No, you are not worthy of the love which I have devoted to you. I knew all along that the prize I had set my life on was not worth the winning; that I was a fool, with fond fancies, too, bartering away my all of truth and ardour against your little feeble remnant of love. I will bargain no more: I withdraw.”
    ― William Makepeace Thackeray
    tags: vanity-fair
    13 likes

    • like
  • #10
    John Ajvide Lindqvist
    “Här är där där man inte är”
    ― John Ajvide Lindqvist, Let the Right One In
    6 likes

    • like
  • #11
    Mary Stewart
    “the god does not speak to those who have no time to listen.”
    ― Mary Stewart, The Crystal Cave
    8 likes



Rss
All Quotes



Tags From Vernon’s Quotes

blacklivesmatter
civil-rights
fear
inequality
police-brutality
race
racial-prejudice
racial-profiling
racism-in-america
social-justice
autobiography
beauty-of-life
dance
determination
faith
inspirational
philosophy-of-life
powerful
prayer
undefeated
action
adventure-books
fantasy
fantasy-adventure
fantasy-thriller
fiction
humour
magic
magical-realm
thriller
crime-fiction
crime-thriller
murder-mystery
mystery
paranormal
paranormal-romance
resonance
suspense
the-fray-theory
the-fray-theory-resonance
trilogy
urban-fantasy
ya
ya-paranormal
ya-romance
young-adult
young-adult-romance
danger
humor
vanity-fair