Milly Cent > Milly's Quotes

“Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game because they almost always turn out to be—or to be indistinguishable from—self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time.”
― Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon

“If only we'd stop trying to be happy, we could have a pretty good time.”
― Edith Wharton

“Can a magician kill a man by magic?” Lord Wellington asked Strange.
Strange frowned. He seemed to dislike the question. “I suppose a magician might,” he admitted, “but a gentleman never could.”
― Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

“There is no mistaking a real book when one meets it. It is like falling in love.”
― Christopher Morley, Pipefuls

“And like some part of himself that, two days ago, had thought pray and propriety were antidote enough to what ailed the world.”
― Zoe Ferraris, City of Veils

“Victory to the spider. Patience wins the day. And today my patience ends. (Apollymi)”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, The Dream-Hunter

“Pleasure to me is wonder—the unexplored, the unexpected, the thing that is hidden and the changeless thing that lurks behind superficial mutability.”
― H.P. Lovecraft

“I will tell you what Jeanne was like. She was like a piano in a country where everyone has had their hands cut off.”
― Angela Carter

“Let the wild rumpus start!”
― Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are

“Librarians are the coolest people out there doing the hardest job out there on the frontlines. And every time I get to encounter or work with librarians, I'm always impressed by their sheer awesomeness.”
― Neil Gaiman

“I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot. ”
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye