Novel Quotes - Page 9

It takes skill to win a battle, but brains to win a war.

In inventing [General Juan Manuel de] Rosas’ self-justification, I have taken the liberty of drawing almost exclusively on the words of Tony Blair, and the various self-justifications he produced to defend his foreign policy adventures with George Bush in the Middle East and the Central Asia.

Do we really mean it when we say ‘in sickness and in health, for richer or for poorer, until death do us part or do we add a silent clause, ‘unless you shame me or disappoint me?’ What is the cost of unconditional love and how capable are we of giving that?

Stop looking for your better half! You need to be whole to attract your better whole, if you expect to have a flourishing relationship.

Funny how much we all suffer trying to spare others a bit of pain.

Sometimes I think it is my fate to live in the wreckage and confusion of crumbling houses.

Parenthood doesn’t improve one’s character, it exposes it.

Taken together the Internet reads like the grandest character-driven novel humanity has ever known. Not much plot though.

Aku Tidak mau menjadi RELAWAN, Tapi seorang PAHLAWAN!
Relawan menolong kapanpun dan dimanapun, Tapi aku hanya akan menolong di SAAT yang TEPAT!

I Don't Waste My Time Doing Crosswords, As My Life Is The Only Puzzle I Care To Resolve!

My Friends I Will Always Remember, And My Enemies I Will Never Forget!

My Name Is Latif Mercado, And I Am... A Workaholic!

ان رياح التغيير قادمة بلا شك

من يشعرون بالراحة معًا يمكنهم الجلوس لفترة طويلة دون أن يتكلموا

الناس يجهدون أنفسهم هكذا لثلاثة أسباب : إما لأنهم مجانين ، أو حمقى ، أو يحاولون النسيان

So...Mason, Eddie, and Mia went to Spokane to hunt Strigoi?"
"Yes."
"Holy shit. Why didn't you go with them? Seems like something you'd do."
I resisted the urge to smack him. "Because I'm not insane! But I'm going to go get them before they do something even stupider.

He lived like a devil and died like a saint

In the end, like so many beautiful promises in our lives, that dinner date never came to be.

Writing a novel is agony.

People go around mourning the death of God; it's the death of sssin that bothers me. Without ssin, people aren't people any more, they're just ssoul-less sheep.