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“We sat there smiling at each other, shimmied to a standstill, thinking about all the boys that had wanted us that day, and how none of them had got us, not for a minute; how we'd let them pay for d...”
“It was the flashing lights, and the noise of the machines, and the loud, loud music, all seeming to refract and contract around her, her eyes widening, her hair swooshing, her slow smile shining. S...”
“When he was young, he told her, each phase of his life, each self he tried on, had seemed reassuringly temporary. Its imperfections didn't matter, because he could easily replace one moment by the ...”
“After twenty years of unbelief, doubt had become a habit. Doubting was easy, routine; it was my natural, instinctive reaction. Somewhere along the line I had stopped considering any other options. ...”
“LOVE, RESPECT AND CARE are the things if you will give it; you will get it”
“All men needed to hear their stories told. He was a man, but if he died without telling the story he would be something less than that, an albino cockroach, a louse. The dungeon did not udnerstand ...”
“To move into what God has in mind for you, it is necessary to discover your purpose, to know where you are going, and to understand the reason for your existence.”
“The sheer size, extent, and magnitude of the blood vessels tell us two things: the awesomeness of Gods work in man and the fact that as human beings, every one of us is a walking wonder, an amazing...”
“We aim to bemen wholl makeour mothers proud,but we end upmaking them cry,and are onlyslightly betterthan our fathers,at best”
“To effectively combat the devil, you need to pray.”
“With the weapons that God has made available to you, he expects you to capture and hold captive every thought and idea that comes into your mind, and to examine these against the backdrop of the Wo...”
“Just as you cannot stop a bird from flying over your head, in the same way you cannot stop the devil from dropping ideas into your mind. However, in the same way that you can stop a bird from build...”
“Of course. I died today, and now I'm going to fight aliens with a light saber. Maybe after that we can look for mermaids. Or unicorns.""No," he says. "Just aliens."Was that the barest hint of humou...”
“... this stray little thought released in him some echo of the past, a solitary trembling note whose sound rose higher and higher in his chest, awakening inarticulate longings and, inseparable from...”
“There was no semblance of remorse on his stone-like face. He wanted me. That's all there was to it. And he would have me, regardless if I wanted him to or not.”
“Lord. How many antidepressants can one person take? However much it is, I'm going to need the maximum dose if I make it out of this alive. -Dani Springman.”
“Well," I said clearing my throat at the uncomfortable stare-down competition between the two of us. "I've got to be heading out. See ya tomorrow, Judge.""Not so fast," he bit out, grasping a firm h...”
“Secrets are powerful, and this was one of the most powerful of all.”
“Did you really think you could quit?" He moved closer, his steps slow, purposeful. "Just fax me a damned piece of paper and Id be forced to let you walk away from me?""You dont have a choice." Lydi...”
“It's the kind of storm that only happens on the highveld, the thunder loud and rapid. Zanele doesn't speak. I need her to. Maybe she is counting the people who have died since we first met.”
