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“And Gabriel leans closer and closer and, very slowly and gently, he kisses me, on the lips, with infinite tenderness, so that our skin is barely touching. I pull away a little but he stays close to me.
"Don't hate yourself. Don't hate any bit of yourself.”
― Sally Green

“Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you.”
― Joseph Heller, Catch-22

“Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness.”
― Allen Ginsberg

“I need your help.”
Royce looked up as if his head weighed a hundred pounds, his eyes red, his face ashen. He waited.
“One last job,” Hadrian told him, then added, “I promise.”
“Is it dangerous?”
“Very.”
“Is there a good chance I’ll get killed?”
“Odds are definitely in favor of that.”
Royce nodded, looked down at the scarf in his lap, and replied, “Okay.”
― Michael J. Sullivan, Heir of Novron

“You're not going to charge us for the tower, I hope," Hadrian said. "But if you are, it was Royce's fault and should come out of his share.”
― Michael J. Sullivan, Theft of Swords

“Less talk, more screaming.”
― Michael J. Sullivan, The Rose and the Thorn

“You are not too old
and it is not too late
to dive into your increasing depths
where life calmly gives out
its own secret.”
― Rilke

“I know it's not thematically in tune with my new job and all, but I find it effective. Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day," I say. "But set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life. Tao of Pratchett. I live by it.”
― Jim Butcher, Cold Days

“Never throw the first punch. If you have to throw the second, try to make sure they don't get up for a third.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Steelheart

“Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)”
― Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass

“If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now.”
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

“Picking five favorite books is like picking the five body parts you'd most like not to lose.”
― Neil Gaiman

“As my story came to a
close I realized that I was
the villain all along.”
― Joseph Gordon-Levitt , The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories, Vol. 2

“I love mankind ... it's people I can't stand!!”
― Charles M. Schulz

“Außerdem sahen Zwerge in ihrer Größe – beziehungsweise im Mangel daran – kein sonderliches Problem, Unter Zwergen gab es die Redensart: "Alle Bäume werden dicht über dem Boden gefällt." Es heißt allerdings, dies sei die revidierte (und zensierte) Version des Sprichworts: "Wenn seine Hände höher sind als dein Kopf, sind seine Lenden auf einer Höhe mit deinen Zähnen.”
― Terry Pratchett, Feet of Clay