“ Vaccination is the medical sacrament corresponding to baptism. Whether it is or is not more efficacious I do not know. Samuel Butler
“ …Do you think there’s somewhere else, some other place to go after this one? Mandy blurted out. You mean when you die, where will you end up? Alecto asked her. …I wouldn’t know… back to whatever void… Rebecca McNutt
“ Youth is the most difficult time of life. For example, suicide rarely occurs amongst old people. Hermann Hesse
“ Your fussy nursemaid of a wyvern is fine, by the way. I don't know how you wound up with a sweet thing like that for a mount, but he's content to sprawl in the sun on the foredeck. Can't say it makes… Sarah J. Maas
“ Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show. To begin my life with the beginning of my life, I record that I was… Charles Dickens
“ When a tree is polled, it will sprout new shoots nearer its roots. A soul that is ruined in the bud will frequently return to the springtime of its beginnings and its promise-filled childhood, as thou… Hermann Hesse
“ The color-patches of vision part, shift, and reform as I move through space in time. The present is the object of vision, and what I see before me at any given second is a full field of color patches… Annie Dillard
“ Sandra turned to the page with the title Toklas' Hashich Fudge.The original hashish brownies. 'Peppercorns, nutmeg, cinnamon, coriander, stone dates, dried figs, shelled almonds, peanuts,... A bunch o… Allegra Goodman
“ Percy pulled Annabeth close and kissed her...long enough for it to get really awkward for Piper, though she said nothing. She thought about the old rule of Aphrodite's cabin: that to be recognized as… Rick Riordan
“ Isaiah and Beth sit on the bed and munch on a shared container of pepper steak. Isaiah moves some of the pile from Beth’s side of the container, and she darts her fork as if to stab him, but he quickl… Katie McGarry
“ I'm not ill like that, she groaned. He sat on her bed, peeling back the blanket. A servant entered, frowning at the mess on the floor, and shouted for help.Then it what way?I,uh... Her face was so hot… Sarah J. Maas
“ Her latest client is Professor Desmond Curnin, a university professor who teaches library sciences to large groups of students. He’s quick to pay on-time, quick to never fall behind. He’s a brown-hair… Rebecca McNutt
“ Her free hand was clenched in a fist. I held still, waiting for her to say something, to tell me she should have never left me here, where her friends might look to me for help.Finally she looked at m… Tamora Pierce
“ Growing up, I'd already decided I wanted to be a beatnik. A Bohemian poet, I thought. Or a musician. Maybe an artist. I'd dress in black turtlenecks and smoke Gitanes. I'd listen to cool jazz in clubs… Charles de Lint
“ You won't even see what is put right on the table before you. Men. If it was raining soup you'd be out there with a fork. Robin Hobb
“ I don't like gratuitous violence. I don't like the 'Saw' movies. I don't like the 'Hostel' movies. I don't like anything that is violence for violence's sake. Michael Biehn
