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  • #1
    Max Nowaz
    “You shall address me as ‘My Dearest’,’ he repeated in a mocking voice, trying to copy her tone. ‘You will forget all about this conversation when you leave this room.’ It was interesting that tone; it had a sort of hypnotising ring to it.”
    Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and the Master

  • #2
    Yvonne Korshak
    “Temples are for the gods,” Thucydides said. “No city has the hubris to put her own citizens on a temple.” Phidias promised, “The Athenians will look like gods.”
    Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

  • #3
    Nelson Mandela
    “الاستسلام لليأس هو السبيل إلى الإخفاق والموت المحقق”
    Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom

  • #4
    Wilkie Collins
    “We had our breakfasts—whatever happens in a house, robbery or murder, it doesn't matter, you must have your breakfast. When”
    Wilkie Collins, The Moonstone - Special 'Magic' Edition

  • #5
    James Dashner
    “I'd love to see that rat nose smashed!”
    James Dashner, The Death Cure
    tags: newt

  • #6
    A.S. Byatt
    “No man has a right to dictate another man's inner life - the furniture inside his skull.”
    A.S. Byatt, The Children's Book

  • #7
    Stephanie Perkins
    “How much detention did you get?
    "Two weeks. One per arsehole.”
    Stephanie Perkins, Anna and the French Kiss

  • #8
    Gabriel F.W. Koch
    “A look of absolute terror locked onto her features.”
    Gabriel F.W. Koch, Death Leaves a Shadow

  • #9
    Margarita Barresi
    “The bang of the modernist metal doorknocker exploded in the room. Jolting upright on the edge of the couch, Isa froze, her heart beating a discordance of dread. Her mind went blank as she stared
    at the door. No.”
    Margarita Barresi, A Delicate Marriage

  • #10
    Kenneth Schmitt
    “This is a quantum universe. Everything in it is part of quantum theory, and universal consciousness is the first cause of it all. Everything is electromagnetic energy, and all of the energy patterns are held in consciousness.”
    Kenneth Schmitt, Quantum Energetics and Spirituality Volume 1: Aligning with Universal Consciousness

  • #11
    “What do you mean, a goddess?” Alec questioned irritably.
    “She’s staggeringly beautiful, wonderful, a vision of …” He petered out when he saw Alec looking at him strangely. Father Joe stroked his beard in thought, nervously eyeing Alec and then casting his eyes to the fireplace. Alec was beginning to sense Father Joe was regretting coming to his flat. He was also thinking that he regretted having anything to do with the vicar. He was quite mad … possibly.”
    Hugo Woolley, The Wasp Trap

  • #12
    Thomas Hardy
    “She had been too early habituated to anxious reasoning to drop the habit suddenly.”
    Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge

  • #13
    Max Brooks
    “Lies are neither bad nor good. Like a fire they can either keep you warm or burn you to death, depending on how they’re used.”
    Max Brooks, World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

  • #14
    Gabriel García Márquez
    “He was shaken by the overwhelming revelation that the headlong race between his misfortunes ad his dreams was at that moment reaching the finish line. The rest was darkness, 'Damn it,' he sighed. 'How will I ever get out of this labyrinth!”
    Gabriel García Márquez, The General in His Labyrinth

  • #15
    Vincent Panettiere
    “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

  • #16
    Aesop
    “A hungry Fox saw some fine bunches of Grapes hanging from a vine that was trained along a high trellis, and did his best to reach them by jumping as high as he could into the air. But it was all in vain, for they were just out of reach: so he gave up trying, and walked away with an air of dignity and unconcern, remarking, "I thought those Grapes were ripe, but I see now they are quite sour.”
    Aesop

  • #17
    Jerry Spinelli
    “And the trouble with bad times is, you can't sleep through them.”
    Jerry Spinelli, Stargirl



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