Page 208 Quotes

“Death...does this to people. It slaps the living upside the head and it makes us ponder and exchange events and feelings that might stay hidden.”
― Kris Radish, Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral

“His reason for coming strengthened his resolve, and without further delay, his words spilled out. "Mr. Bennet, I request a private audience with Miss Bennet."
The room was thick with silence. Elizabeth blinked several times, trying to convince herself she had heard him correctly. The heaviness that had settled over her heart lifted, and her mouth turned up into a small smile. Before her father could respond to Mr. Darcy's request, they heard her mother blurt, "Good Lord! It is about time!”
― KaraLynne Mackrory, Bluebells in the Mourning

“And she liked it. The power over this man. The ability to choose who survived. To take lives and twist them as she pleased. She was power.”
― Michael Walterich, Gently Down

“The human brain is not infallible. Memories and experiences can fall into discord, creating a cognitive dissonance that damages the mind with its painful sibilance. Most people can't even imagine that kind of emotional anguish. It leads to anger, and the kind of criminal activity that otherwise has been conquered by modern humanity. To those who suffer from it, there aren't enough psychotropic nanites in the world to quell their misery.”
― Neal Shusterman, Thunderhead

“... The Banks, as we now all too well know, must be rescued no matter what. 'The value of commodities is thus sacrificed in order to ensure the fantastic and autonomous existence of this value in money. In any event, a money value is only guaranteed as long as money itself is guaranteed.' Inflation, as we also know, must be kept under control at all costs. 'This is why many millions' worth of commodities have to be sacrificed for a few millions in money. This is unavoidable in capitalist production and forms one of its particular charms.' Use values are sacrificed and destroyed no matter what is the social need. How insane is that?”
― David Harvey, Marx, Capital and the Madness of Economic Reason

“It is virtually impossible to harm a Timex watch. For some reason, the less you pay for a watch, the surer you can be that it will never stop.”
― Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Deadeye Dick