“People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can't be fixed.”
― The Battle of the Labyrinth
― The Battle of the Labyrinth
“Nothing like watching your relatives fight, I always say.”
― The Lightning Thief
― The Lightning Thief
“Whatever comes," she said, "cannot alter one thing. If I am a princess in rags and tatters, I can be a princess inside. It would be easy to be a princess if I were dressed in cloth of gold, but it is a great deal more of a triumph to be one all the time when no one knows it.”
― A Little Princess
― A Little Princess
“There are many Beths in the world, shy and quiet, sitting in corners till needed, and living for others so cheerfully that no one sees the sacrifices till the little cricket on the hearth stops chirping, and the sweet, sunshiny presence vanishes, leaving silence and shadow behind.”
― Little Women
― Little Women
“Beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before it.”
― The Secret History
― The Secret History
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