Carly > Carly's Quotes

“There was one question that the judge and the prosecutors and the defense never asked the jurors but that was central to the proceedings: Would a jury of twelve white men ever punish another white man for killing an American Indian? One skeptical reporter noted, “The attitude of a pioneer cattleman toward the full-blood Indian…is fairly well recognized.” A prominent member of the Osage tribe put the matter more bluntly: “It is a question in my mind whether this jury is considering a murder case or not. The question for them to decide is whether a white man killing an Osage is murder—or merely cruelty to animals.”
― David Grann, Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

“His weakness was his belief that evil had boundaries.”
― Erik Larson, The Devil in the White City

“I must confess a shameful secret: I love Chicago best in the cold.”
― Erik Larson, The Devil in the White City

“The intermittent depression that had shadowed him throughout his adult life was about to envelop him once again. ”
― Erik Larson, The Devil in the White City

“They say God is good all the time. Seem he also likes irony.”
― P. Djèlí Clark, Ring Shout

“What about heaven, Ina? Don’t you want to go?’ ‘It doesn’t matter,’ she said. ‘I won’t know anyone.”
― Ottessa Moshfegh, Lapvona

“Every religion is a one-way relationship.”
― Cassandra Khaw, Nothing But Blackened Teeth

“The human being is the cause of all evil in this world. We are our own virus.”
― Agustina Bazterrica, Tender Is the Flesh

“which god should she pray to if her god lets things like this happen.”
― Agustina Bazterrica, Tender Is the Flesh

“They’d made a pact to be friends forever, but forever could be so, so brief.”
― Nick Cutter, The Troop

“Prepare the lifeboats, mates! The SS Sanity is capsizing! We're going down!”
― Nick Cutter, The Deep

“At the end of each day, he used to ask me, “what have you done today to deserve your eyes?”
― Eric LaRocca, Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke

“We always think there's enough time to do things with other people. Time to say things to them. And then something happens and then we stand there holding on to words like 'if'.”
― Fredrik Backman, A Man Called Ove

“I only had you for the blink of an eye,” he says.
She laughs. “You had me an entire lifetime. All of mine.”
“That wasn’t enough”
― Fredrik Backman, And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer

“A philosopher once asked, "Are we human because we gaze at the stars, or do we gaze at them because we are human?" Pointless, really..."Do the stars gaze back?" Now, that's a question.”
― Neil Gaiman, Stardust

“So, having found a lady, could you not have come to her aid, or left her alone? Why drag her into your foolishness?'

'Love,' he explained.

She looked at him with eyes the blue of the sky. 'I hope you choke on it,' she said, flatly.”
― Neil Gaiman, Stardust

“Hey," said Shadow. "Huginn or Muninn, or whoever you are."
The bird turned, head tipped, suspiciously, on one side, and it stared at him with bright eyes.
"Say 'Nevermore,'" said Shadow.
"Fuck you," said the raven.”
― Neil Gaiman, American Gods

“If I destroy you, what business is it of yours?”
― Liu Cixin, The Dark Forest

“Death is the only lighthouse that is always lit. No matter where you sail, ultimately, you must turn toward it. Everything fades in the world, but Death endures.”
― Liu Cixin, Death's End

“Good-bye Clarice. Will you let me know if ever the lambs stop screaming?" "Yes." Pembry was taking her arm. It was go or fight him. "Yes," she said. "I'll tell you." "Do you promise?""Yes.”
― Thomas Harris, The Silence of the Lambs

“A kiss is the beginning of cannibalism.”
― Georges Bataille

“I am haunted by humans.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

“I hope she'll be a fool -- that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby