“Life is very hard. The only people who really live are those who are harder than life itself.”
― Woman at Point Zero
― Woman at Point Zero
“Wow," Thalia muttered. "Apollo is hot."
"He's the sun god," I said.
"That's not what I meant.”
― The Titan’s Curse
"He's the sun god," I said.
"That's not what I meant.”
― The Titan’s Curse
“And how shall I think of you?' He considered a moment and then laughed. 'Think of me with my nose in a book!”
― Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
― Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
“I am a poet in deeds--not often in words.”
― Goldfinger
― Goldfinger
“Any fool can be happy. It takes a man with real heart to make beauty out of the stuff that makes us weep.”
― Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War
― Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War
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