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“Recalling former years’ romances,Recalling love that time enhances,With tenderness, with not a care,Alive, at liberty once more,We drank, in mute intoxication,The breath of the indulgent night!Just...”
“A man’s real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor.”
“One week after New Year's Day in 2006, I was on a flight to Aceh…As we walked down the steps on to the tarmac, the air felt humid and tropical, familiar and almost Balinese. It felt like going home...”
“Tell him that riches will not procure for you a single moment of happiness. Luxury consoles poverty alone, and at that only for a short time, until one becomes accustomed to it.”
“I’m not used to people sticking around when things go bad,” she said, by way of explanation.”
“This sometimes happened: from time to time, Dantès, driven out of solitude into the world, felt an imperative need for solitude. And what solitude is more vast and more poetic than that of a ship s...”
“we all get waves of regret sometimesbut instead of dwelling on what you can’t change,start focusing on what you can.”
“Tonight I’ve been dealing with a known killer, a male whore, a scam artist and now I’ve graduated to talking to a mayor. Who’s next? The President of the National Association of Rodents?”
“Rolando pursed his lips and sighed. “Just be careful.” “Why, because her father carries a gun?” Isaac said. “Aren’t you the one who always said guns don’t shoot people?”“No, it was you who said tha...”
“It was a voice that you felt you had to listen to—or you ignored at your peril.”
“your brown eyes are beautiful.don’t believe the hype.”
“I’m not mean to everybody. I’m only mean to people whose intellectual level is awfully lower than mine.”
“If he just had the decency to die silently yesterday, not squeal like a girl, I’d be free right now. Probably even doing some real job,” she sneered.”
“Everything had changed, and maybe she couldn’t keep up with it, but she still was good at making people regret they had ever crossed her way.”
“And as her voice carried in the darkness, he wasn’t sure where the borders between her story and his dream were. But he saw no more nightmares; he dreamed of a noble Sky Ghost and his little daught...”
“...You agreed we would be fearless together. I’m gonna need you to keep your promise,” Haley said a little loudly. Falon’s office door opened, and Del stepped inside. “I heard a raised voice,” she ...”
“...Do you need a hug?” Payton asked with a smile. Ryann chuckled as Payton walked around the kitchen cabinet and held open her arms. “Come on in.” Ryann wrapped her arms around Payton’s waist and s...”
“All that writers can do is keep trying to say what is deepest in their hearts.”
“Is that how you’re supposed to find your soulmate and fall in love these days? By flirting in 140 character tweets and stalking each other’s social media pages?”
“Live your life as a novel with a daring, awesome main character; otherwise you’re just there for comic relief.”
