302 quotes found
“The difference between writers and readers is similar to the difference between expressionism and impressionism. Writers want to express themselves and readers want to be impressed.”
“I want to make a difference. But get a job? I worry that will make the ordinary, like everybody else.”
“Oh, the best dancers know/what grace/every stumble/contains.”
“and available man candy. But at least there would be mud, and maybe cows. p12”
“True evil is always petty and often incompetent.”
“Time, it transpires, is not so good at telling after all.”
“Listen, do you think we could, you know, have sex ? I could pay you extra of course. I know its not part of your job , but Id love to strip you bare to just those pearls and bury myself in your”
“With a shudder of excitement, and without giving herself a moment to second-guess what she was about to do, she reached up to take his face in her hands and pressed her lips to his. For a frozen mo...”
“They say you shouldn't equivocate; They say you should be direct and firm. They say that's "no" is one-word sentence. They say to use it with force.. They say you should never elaborate on "no".”
“Everybody does stupid things in life. Some of us more than others. You think you're going to get away with it. Or one or both of you just stop thinking. But it happens. And when it does, you can ke...”
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“As soon as she says this, I realize she is just like everyone else, and wish I was back at home so that all the things I do not understand could be the same as they always are.”
“To regret your soul is to regret your past.”
“They say there are three kinds of people in the world: those who listen to stories, those who tell them, and those who make them.”
“She is a figure of legend and fairy tale, one to be taken seriously, or she might knock you off your feet with a quick whirl of the staff she carries everywhere.”
“I have always loved fairy tales, even now at the age when I am supposed to be too grown up and cynical for them.”
“There is no what if. Only in stories.”
“You and I, Mia. We have needs that must be attended. I will look after yours, and you will look after mine. He sighs, and his fingers move to his suit jacket and deftly undoes the buttons, letting ...”
“Pessimistic" is a word for "realistic" that optimists use to make themselves feel better (about their unrealisticness).”
“I was a lot braver when I was eight.”
