Quotes - Danyel Sedlak (Burbank, CA) Showing 1-14 of 14

#1

“Strange how things turn out. Two birds, one stone and all that.' McBlane chuckled at his own impromptu joke. 'But things have worked out for the best and now we all get to work together,' he said, and a smile spread across his face as easy as a politician's lie.”
― R.D. Ronald, The Elephant Tree

tags: blackmail, deception, trapped

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#2

“I am in flight from my story every day, and it dogs me like a faithful stray.”
― Lionel Shriver, We Need to Talk About Kevin

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#3

“All suffering originates from craving, from attachment, from desire.”
― Edgar Allan Poe

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#4

“And if all womankind banded together and took the male path, the world would turn into one huge brothel.”
― M. Ageyev, Novel with Cocaine

tags: brothels, female-versus-male, feminity, masculinity, men-versus-women, prostitution, womankind

65 likes

#5

“You can find meanness in the least of creatures, but when God made man the devil was at his elbow. A creature that can do anything. Make a machine. And a machine to make the machine. And evil that can run itself a thousand years, no need to tend it.”
― Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

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#6

“Women disappear all the time. Nobody misses them. Immigrants. Whores from Russia. Thousands of people pass through Sweden every year.”
― Stieg Larsson, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

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#7

“Whoever comes in the door is usually disappointing, but there is always a chance otherwise. And when a key hits the lock, all the heads come up like there's strings on them.”
― Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

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#8

“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

tags: action, adventure, danger, dramatic, fast-paced, fear, mystery, profound, trauma

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#9

“Do you know the song Violet Crowned Athens?” he asked. Yellow hair like hers was rare among the Greeks. Though some people say that Helen of Troy . . .”
― Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

tags: exquisite, governance, historical, history, justice, political-intrigue, realistic, romance, vibrant

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#10

“He glared at her. "Aye, and you shall be the best cabin boy I have ever had or I will feed you to the sharks. Savvy?" He turned and stomped back to the
ship”
― Bev Stout, Secrets of the Realm

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#11

“The truth is more magical - in the best and most exciting sense of the word - than any myth or made-up mystery or miracle. Science has its own magic: the magic of reality.”
― Richard Dawkins, The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True

tags: magic, reality, science

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#12