I guess what I mean is that sometimes it seems like everyone knows who I am except me. (Becky Albertalli, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda)
Grace abounds for a greater work
Grace abounds for a greater work. (Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind)
Quoth the Raven,” said a glitching voice from the phone. “Nevermore,” said the man. “Then the game has started – Rao Umar Javed, A Painter, A Performer, A Poet and A Madman
Quoth the Raven,” said a glitching voice from the phone. “Nevermore,” said the man. “Then the game has started – Rao Umar Javed, A Painter, A Performer, A Poet and A Madman
But then, life is a constant withering of possibilities. Some are stolen with the lives of people you love. Others are let go, with regret and reluctance and deep, deep sorrow. But there is compensation for lives unlived in the intoxicating joy of knowing that the life you have – right here, right now – if the one you have chosen. There is power in that, and hope
But then, life is a constant withering of possibilities. Some are stolen with the lives of people you love. Others are let go, with regret and reluctance and deep, deep sorrow. But there is compensation for lives unlived in the intoxicating joy of knowing that the life you have – right here, right now – if the one you have chosen. There is power in that, and hope (Emily Maguire, Taming the Beast)
You deplore what I did, but you still want to know the results of my research
You deplore what I did, but you still want to know the results of my research (Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Shadow)
I challenge you to find a more innocuous sentence containing the words sperm, suction, swallow, and any homophone of seaman. And then call me up on the homophone and read it to me
I challenge you to find a more innocuous sentence containing the words sperm, suction, swallow, and any homophone of seaman. And then call me up on the homophone and read it to me (Mary Roach, Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal)
Son, the greatest trick the Devil pulled was convincing the world there was only one of him
Son, the greatest trick the Devil pulled was convincing the world there was only one of him (David Wong, John Dies at the End)
Wolves, and stars, and snow: Those things made sense
Wolves, and stars, and snow: Those things made sense (Katherine Rundell)
The city knows you better than any living person because it has seen you when you are alone
The city knows you better than any living person because it has seen you when you are alone (Colson Whitehead, The Colossus of New York)
It must be a really great book because one can read it as a boy in one way, and then re-read it in middle life and get something very different out of it – and that to my mind is one of the best tests
It must be a really great book because one can read it as a boy in one way, and then re-read it in middle life and get something very different out of it – and that to my mind is one of the best tests (C.S. Lewis)