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“Dolarhyde bore screams as a sculptor bears dust from the beaten stone.”
― Thomas Harris, Red Dragon

“A love story is not about those who lost their heart but about those who find that sullen inhabitant who, when it is stumbled upon, means the body can fool no one, can fool nothing—not the wisdom of sleep or the habit of social graces. It is a consuming of oneself and the past.”
― Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient

“Silence and no lambs screaming.”
― Thomas Harris, Silence Of The Lambs

“The worm that destroys you is the temptation to agree with your critics, to get their approval.”
― Thomas Harris, Hannibal

“Because how am I to know, dammit? When I cut my finger, I bleed. I bleed every month, too. I get belly-ache when I overeat, and a hangover when I get drunk. When I’m happy I sing and I swear when I’m sad. When I hate someone I kill them and when—But enough of this! Your answer, witcher.”
― Andrzej Sapkowski, The Last Wish

“Most mammals emerge from the womb like glazed earthenware emerging from a kiln – any attempt at remoulding will only scratch or break them. Humans emerge from the womb like molten glass from a furnace. They can be spun, stretched and shaped with a surprising degree of freedom. This is why today we can educate our children to become Christian or Buddhist, capitalist or socialist, warlike or peace-loving.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

“Do you think that history professors chat about the reasons for the First World War when they meet for lunch, or that nuclear physicists spend their coffee breaks at scientific conferences talking about quarks? Sometimes. But more often, they gossip about the professor who caught her husband cheating, or the quarrel between the head of the department and the dean, or the rumours that a colleague used his research funds to buy a Lexus.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

“Dreams are the kind of things you can—when you need to—borrow and lend out,” I said. I really do overplay these sayings sometimes.”
― Haruki Murakami, Men Without Women

“A gentleman is someone who does not what he wants to do but what he should do.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

“In my kingdom,” as the Red Queen tells Alice in Wonderland, “you have to run as fast as you can just to stay in the same place.” No one standing still can triumph, no matter how well constituted.”
― Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

“Naoko took her left hand from her pocket and squeezed my hand. “Don’t you worry,” she said. “You’ll be OK. You could go running all around here in the middle of the night and you’d never fall into the well. And as long as I stick with you, I won’t fall in, either.” “Never?” “Never!”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

“If you’re in pitch blackness, all you can do is sit tight until your eyes get used to the dark.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

“Death exists, not as the opposite but as a part of life.”
― Haruki Murakami

“no truth can cure the sadness we feel from losing a loved one. No truth, no sincerity, no strength, no kindness, can cure that sorrow. All we can do is see that sadness through to the end and learn something from it, but what we learn will be no help in facing the next sadness that comes to us without warning.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

“If you look at romance novels — basically the female version of porn”
― Mark Manson, Models: Attract Women Through Honesty

“The comedian Emo Philips once said, “I used to think the human brain was the most wonderful organ in my body. Then I realized who was telling me this.”
― Mark Manson, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

“The truth is, there are healthy forms of love and unhealthy forms of love. Unhealthy love is based on two people trying to escape their problems through their emotions for each other—in other words, they’re using each other as an escape. Healthy love is based on two people acknowledging and addressing their own problems with each other’s support.”
― Mark Manson, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

“If brains was black powder he couldn’t blow his own nose.”
― Stephen King, The Shining

“We’ve encouraged a culture of soft, weak and delicate people who can’t keep promises, who bail on commitments and who quit on their aspirations the moment the smallest obstacle shows up.”
― Robin S. Sharma, The 5 AM Club: Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life

“Instead of going into the bar, where dark shadows sat sampling the tasty waters of oblivion,”
― Stephen King, The Shining

“She was not a believer in love at first sight, although she did believe that instant lust (going under the more innocent name of infatuation) occurred frequently.”
― Stephen King, ’Salem’s Lot

“I still remember the faint smile she gave me when we said goodbye at the station near her house. That smile became a small wound that opened somewhere in the back of my brain. It acted up on rainy days like an old football injury.”
― Genki Kawamura , 世界から猫が消えたなら [Sekai kara Neko ga Kietanara]

“NYU professor Scott Galloway has a related idea that is so important to remember when judging success—both your own and others’: “Nothing is as good or as bad as it seems.”
― Morgan Housel, The Psychology of Money

“The accidental impact of actions outside of your control can be more consequential than the ones you consciously take.”
― Morgan Housel, The Psychology of Money

“people who have control over their time tend to be happier in life is a broad and common enough observation that you can do something with it.”
― Morgan Housel, The Psychology of Money

“You must teach me someday how you do that,” he said, “the way you thrust your worries aside and turn to practical matters. It must be a Bene Gesserit thing.” “It’s a female thing,” she said.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

“Most people are fitted with Lead Boots when they are just little kids and have to wear them all their lives. These Lead Boots are called A CONSCIENCE. I have none,”
― Stephen King, Mr Mercedes

“It comes out sounding falsely modest, but luck really is a big part of it. Luck, and being ready. Woody Allen was right: eighty percent of success is just showing up.”
― Stephen King, Mr Mercedes

“For readers, one of life’s most electrifying discoveries is that they are readers—not just capable of doing it (which Morris already knew), but in love with it. Hopelessly. Head over heels. The first book that does that is never forgotten, and each page seems to bring a fresh revelation, one that burns and exalts: Yes! That’s how it is! Yes! I saw that, too! And, of course, That’s what I think! That’s what I FEEL!”
― Stephen King, Finders Keepers

“Who pays the fine if I get arrested on a charge of driving while black? You?’ Holly rolls her eyes. Jerome turns to Hodges, who sighs and nods. ‘She’s right. There’s room. I’ll pay your fucking fine.”
― Stephen King, Finders Keepers