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“You shall address me as ‘My Dearest’,’ he repeated in a mocking voice, trying to copy her tone. ‘You will forget all about this conversation when you leave this room.’ It was interesting that tone; it had a sort of hypnotising ring to it.”
― Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and the Master

“At what point does faith become insanity?”
― K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

“As a child, we sang those precious songs at church and school. At home, we sang along with the singers on the Lawrence Welk Christmas show, and there used to be so many Christmas specials—Andy Williams and Perry Como. I loved the bouncing ball on the Mitch Miller sing-along show. And of course, we watched “The Ed Sullivan Show” weekly and loved his Christmas special. I never grew tired of them.”
― Larada Horner-Miller, Hair on Fire: A Heartwarming & Humorous Christmas Memoir

“Mary’s hands clenched. She’d been through fire, what with a murder, and white supremacists. And what about Caroline, who had gone undercover to rescue the Scroll’s Key Keeper? Where were the College’s thanks for that?”
― Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder

“When they reached their destination, old Mr. Tisdale was introduced to Uncle Ned. So great was the captain's ability for making friends that within a short time the two men were chatting as if they had known each other for years. Captain Dana won Mr. Tisdale's heart at once by sympathizing with him in his illnesses and by inviting him to describe his various ailments. He then volunteered an account of an operation he had once undergone. Mr.
Tisdale, highly delighted, came back with the story of his operation.
Uncle Ned then of-
fered an account of a siege of rheumatism, and Mr. Tisdale traded an attack of asthma for it, both at considerable length. Within ten minutes it was obvious that Mr. Tisdale regarded the sea captain as the most interesting and sympathetic man he had ever met.”
― Carolyn Keene, The Secret at Lone Tree Cottage

“So, Swami Jesus, will you go on the hajj this year?" Ravi said, bringing the palms of his hands
together in front of his face in a reverent namaskar. "Does Mecca beckon?" He crossed himself. "Or
will it be to Rome for your coronation as the next Pope Pius?" He drew in the air a Greek letter,
making clear the spelling of his Mockery. "Have you found time yet to get the end of your pecker
cut off and become a Jew? At the rate you're going, if you go to temple on Thursday, mosque on
Friday, synagogue on Saturday and church on Sunday, you only need to convert to three more
religions to be on holiday for the rest of your life.”
― Yann Martel, Life of Pi

“Words are tricky things, a friend of his has told him, they’re much more tricky than violins.”
― Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient

“let's get away from
all the clever humans
who put words in our mouth
let's only say what our hearts desire.”
― Rumi

“Tous ceux, tous ceux, tous ceux
Qui me viendront, je vais vous les jeter, en touffe
Sans les mettre en bouquet : je vous aime, j'étouffe
Je t'aime, je suis fou, je n'en peux plus, c'est trop ;
Ton nom est dans mon cœur comme dans un grelot,
Et comme tout le temps, Roxane, je frissonne,
Tout le temps, le grelot s'agite, et le nom sonne !
De toi, je me souviens de tout, j'ai tout aimé :
Je sais que l'an dernier, un jour, le douze mai,
Pour sortir le matin tu changeas de coiffure !
J'ai tellement pris pour clarté ta chevelure
Que, comme lorsqu'on a trop fixé le soleil,
On voit sur toute chose ensuite un rond vermeil,
Surtout, quand j'ai quitté les feux dont tu m'inondes,
Mon regard ébloui pose des taches blondes !”
― Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac

“He stood a few meters from the step and spoke with great conviction, great joy.
"Alles ist Scheisse," he announced.
All is shit.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief