“ Si domandò quando esattamente i libri e le parole avessero incominciato a significare non solamente qualcosa, ma tutto. Markus Zusak
“ Saint John, in a moment of confusion, tells us not to love the world because all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life,is not of the Father, but… Alberto Manguel
“ Our maester chuckled at me and told us that Prince Rhaegar was certain to defeat this rebel. That was when Stark said, 'In this world only winter is certain. We may lose our heads, it's true . . . but… George R.R. Martin
“ On election days, the burdens of poverty and corruption and of a creaky economic system are put aside, and India celebrates. Many voters dress especially for the occasion... None quite voice the thoug… Shashi Tharoor
“ North Korea is a famine state. In the fields, you can see people picking up loose grains of rice and kernels of corn, gleaning every scrap. They look pinched and exhausted. In the few, dingy restauran… Christopher Hitchens
“ Nobody can stay in the garden of Eden, Jacques said. And then: I wonder why....Everyone, after all, goes the same dark road--and the road has a trick of being most dark, most treacherous, when it seem… James Baldwin
“ No, thats not how it happened... Mr crepsley dropped. He was impaled on the stakes. He died. And it was awful... His cries as he writhed there, bleeding and dying, burning and screaming, will stay wi… Darren Shan
“ Kaldar picked up a rock and tossed it into the clearing. It landed between two wards. A green stem shot out of the ground, and a hail of needle-thin thorns peppered the soil, striking sparks off the r… Ilona Andrews
“ Jane, I said quietly.She opened her eyes, she had been far away in prayer.Yes, Mary? Forgive me, I was praying.If you go on flirting with the king with those sickly little smiles, one of us Boleyns is… Philippa Gregory
“ I’ve seen a lot of stuff… maybe I’ve seen too much. I see most humans in a bad light because I’ve seen what they can do, how evil they can be… I’ve seen the Holocaust and I’ve seen Jonestown, I’ve see… Rebecca McNutt
“ Is it not a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt for so small a thing? So small a thing! And I have seen it only for an instant in the house of Elrond! Could I not have a sight of… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ I've been wondering about Dostoyevsky. How can a man write so badly, so unbelievably badly, and make you feel so deeply? Ernest Hemingway
“ I wonder which is worse-the death, not knowing what comes after, or the wedding, when you think you know, but you're wrong. Sharyn McCrumb
“ I pay more tax registered in Holland than I would in the USA, but better gieing to the Dutch to build dams than the Yanks to build bombs. Irvine Welsh
“ I have learned that the libido, like Elvis and jealousy, never dies. I know copulators of eighty-five. Who said you need an erection, a body or an orgasm for sex? Hanif Kureishi
“ Her enormous eyes were staring straight into his silver ones. He couldn’t look away, couldn’t let go of her hand. He couldn’t have moved if his life depended on it. He was lost in those blue-violet ey… Christine Feehan
“ He leaned forward to inspect her closer. Is that all hair?... Sudden, overwhelming panic clawed up Cress's throat. With a squeak, she ducked out of view of the camera and scrambled beneath the desk. H… Marissa Meyer
“ Good find, Ethan said. Yeah, Jeff agreed. It’s pretty awesome. Like finding the Higgs boson. Silence. Aw, no physics fans here? Learn things you must, Jeff said in his best Yoda voice. I rolled my eye… Chloe Neill