Money to me had always been merely something the sheep used to show each other how wonderful they were.
The saga started out a normal day—don't they all? I mean, surely one morning back there in prehistoric times a dinosaur woke up, yawned, chewed some coffee beans, and thought his day was going to be dead boring, just before a comet slammed into his...
This one is named Eve," I said. "And don't check my teeth like I'm your livestock. I bite back.
You looked like the sexiest woman in the world." "Well, in fairness, I am the sexiest woman in the world." "And you're always right." "You are so brilliant to recognize that.
Starting the morning without prayer is like starting a car without gas.
Siguro ganun talaga ang buhay. May mga bagay na kahit anong buhos mo ng effort o kahit gaano pa ang tindi ng kagustuhan mong makuha ay hindi mapapasaiyo kung hindi nakatakda sa isang invisible na script na kung tawagin ay tadhana.
Matagal na din akong naghintay dito sa bus stop sa pag-aakalang babalik sya, na muli siyang dadaan at sabay kaming aalis. Lumipas na ang ulan. Mataas na ang sikat ng araw. Pero mag-isa pa rin ako dito. Siguro naman, ito na ang tamang panahon para sum...
There’s no way you can kill someone and get to the other side of the experience unchanged.
The right things often happen for the wrong reason.
I’m not ‘stubborn.’” “Oh, really?” Lifting my chin, I said, “I’m determined.” (Violet to Doc)
For some stupid reason, I had this irrational need to prove to Cooper that I could inspect dead bodies over black coffee and maple bars just like him and the other guys on the police force. (Violet Parker)
I can't explain my feelings for him...they're strange. But he says it is why we are so much alike, why I dream of him. He calls it The Craving.
what you need and what you want aren't the same things,
We were just us, broken and bruised, fucked-up and messy, and together we were everything we never thought we could be.
We are all a little damaged, Bee. Some of us more than others.
Why do you want to touch me? I'm nothing. I'm no one.
NONE OF THIS NONSENSE, PLEASE
But what could I do? Be stupid for a while? I wasn't sure I knew how, even after so many years of careful observation.
I suppose it's human tendency to treat the people who you've wronged badly though, isn't it? Easier to dismiss them if you can pretend they're subhuman.
But just as natural disaster brought out the best in some people, it brought out the worst in others.
Some people say Earth is the bottom level of Purgatory.' She pointed toward the floor and frowned. 'I call it the top floor of Hell.
