“What a place. Glokta stifled a smile. It reminds me of myself, in a way. We both were magnificent once, and we both have our best days far behind us.”
― The Blade Itself
― The Blade Itself
“Like young fern shoots
my child's fingers curled.
I did not expect,
in the fifth month, frost.”
― Heaven's Net Is Wide
my child's fingers curled.
I did not expect,
in the fifth month, frost.”
― Heaven's Net Is Wide
“Cowards can't be faulted for being shy. They can't be held responsible for anything.”
― Battle Royale
― Battle Royale
“Now, motivational patterns are going to be similar among all espionage agents. That is to say: there will be certain types of motivation that are similar despite differing schools or opposed aims. You will study first how to separate this element for your analysis—in the beginning, through interrogation patterns that betray the inner orientation of the interrogators; secondly, by close observation of language-thought orientation of those under analysis. You will find it fairly simple to determine the root languages of your subjects, of course, both through voice inflection and speech pattern.”
― Dune
― Dune
“I am Emma Woodhouse. I feel for her, of her and in her. I have a different sort of snobbism, but I understand her snobbism. Her priggishness. I admire it. I know she does wrong things, she tries to organize other people's lives, she can't see Mr Knightley is a man in a million. She's temporarily silly, yet all the time one knows she's basically intelligent. Creative, determined to set the highest standards. A real human being.”
― The Collector
― The Collector
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