“ We have created a manic world nauseous with the pursuit of material wealth. Many also bear their cross of imagined deprivation, while their fellow human beings remain paralyzed by real poverty. We dro… Anthon St. Maarten
“ I was overpowered by the mere sensation of that dream and it alone survived in my sorely wounded heart. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
“ I just pray I don't have to work on you some day. Stitching together flesh that has no soul is bitter work. Raymond E. Feist
“ The quiet but inexorable breaking down of self-esteem is much more sinister - it’s violation of the soul. Rachel Abbott
“ The vampire's eyes were open, and he was staring at her intently. It was as though he were trying to speak to her with simply the power of a glare.Alexia did not speak glare-ish. Gail Carriger
“ Great, Alexia thought, I have gone from soul sucker to electrical ground. The epithets just get sweeter and sweeter. Gail Carriger
“ He has been mad for you these many months, ever since you prodded him in the nether regions with a hedgehog. Gail Carriger
“ The Earl of Woolsey was indeed completely nude. He did not seem particularly perturbed by this fact, but Miss Tarabotti felt the sudden need to close her eyes tight and think about asparagus or someth… Gail Carriger
“ Alexia figured, delightedly, that this meant he did, in fact, tend to traipse around his private apartments in the altogether. Marriage was becoming more and more of an attractive prospect. Gail Carriger
“ The ill-informed masses included her own family among their ranks, a family that specialized in being both inconvenient and asinine. Gail Carriger
