"Don’t you know the devilry of lingering starvation, its exasperating torment, its black thoughts, its sombre and brooding ferocity? Well, I do. It takes a man all his inborn strength to fight hunger properly. It’s really easier to face bereavement, dishonour, and the perdition of one’s soul—than this kind of prolonged hunger."~Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness
July 12, 2017
"Inside my heart and ocean of tears swells and crashes, yet I do not cry. I feel as if part of me is now made of sorrow, some new tender organ that will pain me until the day I die."~Carrie Anne Noble, The Mermaid's Sister
November 12, 2016
"Alec remembered the first time he realized Jace was in love with her: He'd been watching his parabatai across the room, watching Jace's eyes track her movements. He remembered thinking: She's all he sees."~Cassandra Clare, City of Heavenly Fire
November 4, 2016
"'Maybe,' he said hesitantly, 'maybe there is a beast...what I mean is, maybe it's only us.'"~William Golding, Lord of the Flies
July 4, 2015
"If it means something, take it to heart. If it means nothing, it's nothing. Let it go."~Phillipa Gregory, The Other Boleyn Girl
June 18, 2015 (I have had no reliable internet)!
"The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again."~Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby
November 11, 2014
"I like to think that nothing's final, and that everyone gets to be together even when it looks like they don't, that it all works out even when all the evidence seems to say something else..."~Jodi Lynn Anderson, Tiger Lily
October 30, 2014
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the decision that something is more important than fear."~Lisa T. Bergren, Waterfall (The River of Time)
October 2, 2014
"We've all got light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That's who we really are."
~J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
September 18, 2014
"It is the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting."
~Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
September 11, 2014
"Don't ever worry what the boys who don't appreciate originality think of you. They're fools."
~Cat Winters, In the Shadow of Blackbirds
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