31 quotes found
“There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.”
“Bercelaks kin kept themselves busy by sharpening weapons, reading, talking, or setting things on fire with small bursts of flame.”
“I always think boredom is to some extent the fault of the bored.”
“What was boring was somehow more elegant, more perfect, for it was incontrovertible. The boring was everything that certainly was. The boring was everything that had stood the test of time. The bor...”
“When you are bored of the plains, the secret passages to the mountains suddenly appear out of nowhere before you!”
“[Patricia Highsmith] was a figure of contradictions: a lesbian who didn't particularly like women; a writer of the most insightful psychological novels who, at times, appeared bored by people; a mi...”
“Lucien studied the wine in his goblet. "You don’t hold on to power by being everyone’s friend. And among the faeries, lesser and High Fae alike, a firm hand is needed. We’re too powerful, and too b...”
“Lorraine once told me, smile big when you’re sad. Smile big when you’re happy. Smile big when you’re bored. Because regardless how you feel, your face could use a stretch.”
“A guilty conscience pushed me to try harder—which I did for what seemed like a tremendous amount of wasted time, staring bug-eyed at uncooperative pencils. What was missing? The answer seemed obvio...”
“Something more terrible than a hell where one suffers may be imagined, and that is a hell where one is bored.”
“Bercelak’s kin kept themselves busy by sharpening weapons, reading, talking, or setting things on fire with small bursts of flame.”
