“ I'm not against anyone fastening their life to an event of some significance and that way making themselves significant. God knows, we need what footholds we can find on the glass mountain of our exis… Jeanette Winterson
“ I thought about the screws and their happiness. Maybe they were glad to be free of the eggbeater, to be independent screws, to luxuriate on white trays. It did feel good to see them happy. Haruki Murakami
“ Hermes's eyes twinkled. Martha, may I have the first package, please?Martha opened her mouth ... and kept opening it until it was as wide as my arm. She belched out a stainless steel canister-an old-f… Rick Riordan
“ He smiled and kissed me. It wasn't precisely a peck on the lips, and my wild vampiric reactions took me off guard yet again. Edward's lips were like a shot of some addictive chemical straight into my… Stephenie Meyer
“ He left the room, and closeted himself in the dark, buzzing space where he raised his wasps and plotted the courses of heavenly bodies. Kim Newman
“ Had Volcker never pushed through his radical change in policy, the world would be many bond traders and one memoir the poorer. Michael Lewis
“ For the fragment of a life, however typical, is not the sample of an even web: promises may not be kept, and an ardent outset may be followed by declension; latent powers may find their long-awaited o… George Eliot
“ For my own part I would as soon be descended from that heroic little monkey, who braved his dreaded enemy in order to save the life of his keeper; or from that old baboon, who, descending from the mou… Charles Darwin
“ Every student, Shadowhunter and mundane alike, knew the name Herondale. It was Jace’s last name. It was the name of heroes. Cassandra Clare
“ As the head of an expedition, you can't pussyfoot around being polite to everyone. You have to show your teeth once in a while; a little growling goes a long way. Tahir Shah
“ An enlightened man had but one duty--to seek the way to himself, to reach inner certainty, to grope his wayforward, no matter where it led. The realization shook me profoundly, it was the fruit of thi… Hermann Hesse
“ We ignore slow environmental changes unless they are crisis-driven, such as hurricanes in Florida. Natalie Jeremijenko
“ You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury, than by giving it; for by spending it in luxury, you make them exert industry,… Samuel Johnson
