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True resistance begins with people confronting pain... and wanting to do something to change it.

Bell Hooks

True resistance begins with people confronting pain... and wanting to do something to change it.

Bell Hooks

Tags: critical, pain, resistance, solidarity

The weight of the dead was heavier than the pounds of the body.

J.R. Ward

The weight of the dead was heavier than the pounds of the body.

J.R. Ward

Tags: black dagger brotherhood, jr ward, lover avenged, vampires

The lawyer was a short, ugly, little man. He stood about three feet taller than his desk’s two foot eight inch frame and he had dark eyes. Lois couldn’t tell if they were black or an extremely dark br...

Rebecca McNutt

The lawyer was a short, ugly, little man. He stood about three feet taller than his desk’s two foot eight inch frame and he had dark eyes. Lois couldn’t tell if they were black or an extremely dark br...

Rebecca McNutt

Tags: crawl, creepy, frumpy, funny, khakis, lawyer, lazy, loafers, pants, sleazy

The early sense of self-similarity as an organizing principle came from the limitations on the human experience of scale.

James Gleick

The early sense of self-similarity as an organizing principle came from the limitations on the human experience of scale.

James Gleick

Tags: geometry

That story I told you as we arrived? About the man who killed the former master of this castle and raped his wife? Did you think it a fairy tale? No, his blood runs in my veins. I was bred to do what...

Elizabeth Hoyt

That story I told you as we arrived? About the man who killed the former master of this castle and raped his wife? Did you think it a fairy tale? No, his blood runs in my veins. I was bred to do what...

Elizabeth Hoyt

Tags: bridget crumb, right and wrong

One of life's best coping mechanisms is to know the difference between an inconvenience and a problem. If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire – then you’ve got a...

Robert Fulghum

One of life's best coping mechanisms is to know the difference between an inconvenience and a problem. If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire – then you’ve got a...

Robert Fulghum

Tags: coping, coping strategies, difficulties, emergency, inconvenience, problems, struggles

On Lee as commander: He had a cheerful dignity and could praise them (his men) without seeming to court their favor.

Shelby Foote

On Lee as commander: He had a cheerful dignity and could praise them (his men) without seeming to court their favor.

Shelby Foote

Tags: american civil war biography, confederate army, confederate states of america, dignity, encouragement, leadership, robert e lee

It was not the money that was my main motive; it was the challenge and the thrill where I got my kicks. Armed robbery to me was like a sport. To take on an armored vehicle with two armed security guar...

Drexel Deal

It was not the money that was my main motive; it was the challenge and the thrill where I got my kicks. Armed robbery to me was like a sport. To take on an armored vehicle with two armed security guar...

Drexel Deal

Tags: athlete, cheap thrills, harden criminals, motive, olympic games, repeat offenders, street crimes, violence addiction

In the village, a sage should go about Like a bee, which, not harmingFlower, colour or scent, Flies off with the nectar.

Anonymous

In the village, a sage should go about Like a bee, which, not harmingFlower, colour or scent, Flies off with the nectar.

Anonymous

Tags: buddhist, flowers, nonviolence, v 49

In the monotheistic age, God was viewed as the one who causes and does everything, and hence humans were not entitled to make something, let alone a great deal, of themselves. In humanistic epochs, by...

Peter Sloterdijk

In the monotheistic age, God was viewed as the one who causes and does everything, and hence humans were not entitled to make something, let alone a great deal, of themselves. In humanistic epochs, by...

Peter Sloterdijk

Tags: ascetics, god, secular

If niggers were supposed to have their freedom, they wouldn't be in chains. If the red man was supposed to keep hold of his land, it'd still be his. If the white man wasn't destined to take this new w...

Colson Whitehead

If niggers were supposed to have their freedom, they wouldn't be in chains. If the red man was supposed to keep hold of his land, it'd still be his. If the white man wasn't destined to take this new w...

Colson Whitehead

Tags: america, native americans, ownership, possessions, race relations, slavery, united states, united states of america, us, usa

I wouldn't live in a colony like that, myself, for a thousand dollars an hour. I wouldn't want it next door. I'm not too happy it's within ten miles. Why? Because their soft-headedness irritates me. B...

Wallace Stegner

I wouldn't live in a colony like that, myself, for a thousand dollars an hour. I wouldn't want it next door. I'm not too happy it's within ten miles. Why? Because their soft-headedness irritates me. B...

Wallace Stegner

Tags: civilization, colonization, commune, crowds, history, human nature, idealism, noise, privacy, society

I think we ought to find something else to do, said Mandy. But Alecto my love, you’re the first person to notice my retro diner kitchen. When my parents saw it, they thought I was creating a weird art...

Rebecca McNutt

I think we ought to find something else to do, said Mandy. But Alecto my love, you’re the first person to notice my retro diner kitchen. When my parents saw it, they thought I was creating a weird art...

Rebecca McNutt

Tags: ambience, art, better days, cape breton, diner, drowning, fifties, friendship, funny, kitchen

He looked down at her sleeping form. Her hands lay like half-opened flowers on her lap, one cupped within the other. Such sturdy little hands, meant for practical work. Her fingers were rather plump....

Elizabeth Hoyt

He looked down at her sleeping form. Her hands lay like half-opened flowers on her lap, one cupped within the other. Such sturdy little hands, meant for practical work. Her fingers were rather plump....

Elizabeth Hoyt

Tags: bridget crumb, val napier

He began on the hidden hooks to her bodice as she stood still, her breasts rising and falling tremblingly beneath his fingers. It was like undressing a wild animal. Or an angel who had consented to st...

Elizabeth Hoyt

He began on the hidden hooks to her bodice as she stood still, her breasts rising and falling tremblingly beneath his fingers. It was like undressing a wild animal. Or an angel who had consented to st...

Elizabeth Hoyt

Tags: bridget crumb, val napier

Butch clapped V on the thigh, then stood up, as if he knew exactly what V was thinking. Listen, I don't want you to feel bad. It's my animal magnetism. I'm irresistible.Smart-ass.

J.R. Ward

Butch clapped V on the thigh, then stood up, as if he knew exactly what V was thinking. Listen, I don't want you to feel bad. It's my animal magnetism. I'm irresistible.Smart-ass.

J.R. Ward

Tags: black dagger brotherhood, butch, butch vishous, j r ward, lover unbound, vishous

Assassins take no pride in fighting fairly. We take pride in winning.

Robin Hobb

Assassins take no pride in fighting fairly. We take pride in winning.

Robin Hobb

Tags: bite, brawl, fair, fight, killer, lawless, lose, murderer, no holds barred, poisoner

And even in the open air the stench of whiskey was appalling. To this fiendish poison, I am certain, the greater part of the squalor I saw is due. Many of these vermin were obviously not foreigners—I...

H.P. Lovecraft

And even in the open air the stench of whiskey was appalling. To this fiendish poison, I am certain, the greater part of the squalor I saw is due. Many of these vermin were obviously not foreigners—I...

H.P. Lovecraft

Tags: ale, beer, booze, drinking, drunk, drunkeness, lovecraft, poison, sobriety, straight edge

An upbeat song played over the loudspeaker, and everyone's attention focused on the Jumbotron above the basketball court. It's time for the Bulls' Kiss Cam. So, pucker up for your sweetie and kiss the...

Patty Carothers and Amy Brewer

An upbeat song played over the loudspeaker, and everyone's attention focused on the Jumbotron above the basketball court. It's time for the Bulls' Kiss Cam. So, pucker up for your sweetie and kiss the...

Patty Carothers and Amy Brewer

Tags: contemporary romance, disability, fairytale, first kiss, first love, prince charming, teen romance, texting

A hand touched my shoulder, shaking me. I was back on the bus. It was dark and warm and I just wanted to sleep, but Chloe kept shaking my shoulder. she whispered.

Kelley Armstrong

A hand touched my shoulder, shaking me. I was back on the bus. It was dark and warm and I just wanted to sleep, but Chloe kept shaking my shoulder. she whispered.

Kelley Armstrong

Tags: changing, chloe, derek, sleep, told, tori
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