“ Young scholars, learning their historical method from Gospel scholars, often treat it as self-evident that the more skeptical they are toward their sources, the more rigorous will be their historical… Richard Bauckham
“ You're Bes, I guess? I said.Yes, he said.Your car's a mess, Liz muttered.If one more person rhymes, Emma grumbled, I'll throw up. Rick Riordan
“ Two girls walk past in gargantuan heels and dresses so tight that their skin is spilling out, and one of them says to the other, Wait, who the fuck is Lewis Carroll? and in my imagination I pull a gun… Alice Oseman
“ Things don't always look as they seem. Some stars, for example, look like bright pinholes, but when you get them pegged under a microscope you find you're looking at a globular cluster—a million stars… Jodi Picoult
“ They returned to the gallery and circled its rim, then went down a short hall. Scrap's tail twitched angrily when they reached Tristan's door: it was shut. Daine grabbed the knob. It stung her hand, m… Tamora Pierce
“ The barber ran to the broken window, and saw Gavroche, who was running with all his might towards the Saint Jean market. On passing the barber's shop, Gavroche, who had the two children on his mind, c… Victor Hugo
“ The Americans have no sense of doom, none whatever. They do not recognize doom when they see it. James Baldwin
“ Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible, and I have no cause to complain, since I have similar opinions of their works, or of the ki… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ On top of the Tree of Life - in the Hall of the Palace - someone had found somebody for whom he had been searching for a long, long time. And the tears of joy which were shed became the fruit of the T… Miguel Serrano
“ Il paziente, intanto, fece un bel respiro tutto da solo. Poi un altro. E un altro ancora. Poi quegli inquietanti occhi di diamante si posarono su di lei, e Jane smise di divincolarsi come soggiogata d… J.R. Ward
“ If you’re looking for fast driving there’s a dragway in the southwestern part of the county. It opens next week.Do you race there? he asks.Yes. And I plan on spending a lot of time there over the next… Katie McGarry
“ If ever a place had a karma of damnation, it's Rottnest. And all those slick galleries selling Aboriginal art were eroding away my will to live. It's as if Germans built a Jewish food hall over Buchen… David Mitchell
