“ I can't tell you how scary it can be walking onto a movie and suddenly joining this family, it's like going to somebody else's Christmas dinner, everyone knows everyone, and you're there and you're no… John Cleese
“ We teach girls shame. Close your legs. Cover yourself. We make them feel as though by being born female, they are already guilty of something. And so girls grow up to be women who cannot say they have… Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
“ The professor counsels against retrospective history, assuming that particular pieces contributed to an outcome. Robert J. Allison
“ The odd thing about ambition is this: You can acquire it like a fever, but it is not so easy to shed. Holly Black
“ She needed a distraction. Was that your mother? The splashing stopped. Are you going to converse while I bathe? Why not? Feels rather unseemly. She laughed, picturing him sitting there, shocked and in… Angela Quarles
“ She knew she was overextended, but she couldn't help herself. Student, tree lover, citizen of the Earth, she was busier than ever as she raced through Berkeley on her bicycle, and stood on street corn… Allegra Goodman
“ Roland gave her a courtier’s smile. And what sort of work do you do for my uncle?Dorian shifted on his feet and Chaol went very still, but Celaena returned Roland’s smile and said, I bury the king’s o… Sarah J. Maas
“ Lords of spirit, Lords of breath,Lords of fireflies, stars, and light,Who will keep the world from death? Madeleine L'Engle
“ It hardly mattered. She was tired of waiting for him to acknowledge who he was. Tired of donning a false mask of gaiety when she was so much more—felt so much more—beneath. No one had ever noticed her… Elizabeth Hoyt
“ If you sound like a contestant from The Apprentice or if the customer believes that they are being sold AT, you have already failed. Chris Murray
“ If I look closely, I can almost see myself floating in my mother's palm. Yet, when I shut my eyes, I find a different image of my mother releasing me as we dance in the storm and twirl in separate cir… Ursula Hegi
“ I didn't even think about suggesting he take the boots off. There'd probably be a apocalypse or something. Meg Cabot
“ Here I am of the air, a beautiful thing for the light to shine on. Perhaps you will remember that. I am... Paul Auster
“ Grant was forty-two and Lee fifty-seven, Grant at the peak of health and energy, while Lee feared his weakening body and lagging faculties. Each was defending his notion of home. Grant by now was the… William C. Davis
