I am speaking of something deeper. I am speaking of everything a being can give another. This is what I offer you. I offer myself.
Genevieve hunched her shoulders against the storm of sound and fury and struggled to imagine a worse sort of hell. Widdershins, of course, seemed perfectly happy, but Widdershins was weird.
Sebagai republik yang merdeka, Indonesia berusia lima puluh tahun, tetapi kedengaran lebih mirip sebuah kekaisaran tak terkendali daripada sebuah negara bangsa modern.
It’s not until you’re older that you realise how important the things that happened to you when you were a kid are. Even things you only half remember.
Shit," Drake rubbed a hand over his face. Shit, shit, shit... "Shit," Drake said again.... "That about sums it up," Gabriel muttered.
I ran three miles, staggered into the lobby, and took the elevator back to my apartment. No point to overdoing this exercise junk. --Stephanie Plum
The worst thing about talk ... is that there's no way to lay it to rest. Every fresh breeze brings a new speculation.
Zen cuts straight through the Quidditch match in progress and almost gets taken down by a Beater hurling a Nerf quaffle right at his machopartes.
I attributed the incidence to temporary insanity, and in my own defense, I'd like to say I haven't run over anyone since.
That’s what children eventually were for their aging parents: custodians of technology, free personal IT departments keeping them from disappearing forever from the universal cloud.
They were young and gay and the femininity of their teenage years had only recently hardened into the muscle of a competitive sexual economy. Their muscles met the demands of the city, and the city met the demands of their muscles.
Maybe the problem was that we never struggled. We just coasted along. The thing about coasting is that it usually means you're going downhill.
The smallest things get to her. It's as if she assumes everything will go right, and when it doesn't -- which, of course, is pretty often -- she is surprised and affronted.
The only animal capable of giving man a fair fight is man. Actually, among ourselves, we fight unfairest of all, and the more we practice, the nastier we get.
It's easier to miss her at a cemetery, where she's never been anything but dead, than to miss her at all the places where she was alive.
What is it like when you lose someone you love?" Jane asked. "You die, too. And you wait around for your body to catch up.
Amar es ponerse al cuello el nudo corredizo de la ilusión; adorar a alguien mientras pareces asfixiarte. Pero incluso el amor no correspondido, el amor fugaz, es mejor que nada.
What laid me low was no mystical vision, no message from God, but a blow of compassion. In a wakeful mind, no force is more terrible, or precious.
Even the disciples, who at times could be dense as bricks, realized that the true neighbor was the one who showed mercy to a stranger.
What's remarkable about old age is not that we wear out but that we last so long in the grip of gravity.
Could it really be this easy to land a handsome man? If so, why didn't I try it ages ago?
