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Dogs have their day but cats have 365.
Lilian Jackson Braun (The Cat Who... Omnibus 02 (Books 4-6): The Cat Who Saw Red / The Cat Who Played Brahms / The Cat Who Played Post Office)
Let’s get to know each other. My name’s William, William More, but you can call me Willy. I’m an engineer-chemist who graduated from MIT. So . . . but you’re all alike to me . . . of course, you would be . . . you’re robots. And all your names are that sort of, um . . . codes, technical numbers . . . I need some marker where I can pick you out. Well, well, to you I’ll call . . .,” and Willy pondered for a moment, “Gumball, yes, Gumball! Do you mind?” “No, sir, actually no,” CSE-TR-03 said, agreeing with its new given name. “Ah, that’s wonderful. And then you’re Darwin,” Willy said, accosting the second robot. “Look what a nice name—Darwin! What do you say, eh?” “What can I say, sir? I like it,” CSE-TR-02 agreed too. “Yes, a human name with a past . . . You and Gumball . . . are from the same family, the Methanesons!” “It turns out thus, sir,” Darwin confirmed its family belonging. “And you’re like Larry. You’re Larry. Do you know that?” More addressed the next robot in line. “Yes, sir, just now I learned that,” the third robot said, accepted its name as well.
Todor Bombov (Homo Cosmicus 2: Titan: A Science Fiction Novel)
The girl wore her scars the way some women wore their finest jewelry.
Sarah J. Maas (The Assassin and the Healer (Throne of Glass, #0.2))
They used to call the devil the father of lies. But for someone whose sin is meant to be pride, you'd think that lying would leave something of a sour taste. So my theory is that when the devil wants to get something out of you, he doesn't lie at all. He tells you the exact, literal truth. And he lets you find your own way to hell.
Mike Carey
Other people’s judgments were meaningless unless you allowed them to mean something.
Alice Hoffman (The Rules of Magic (Practical Magic, #0.2))
Know that the only remedy for love is to love more.
Alice Hoffman (The Rules of Magic (Practical Magic, #0.2))
Do as you will, but harm no one. What you give will be returned to you threefold. Fall in love whenever you can.
Alice Hoffman (The Rules of Magic (Practical Magic, #0.2))
Honestly, this is the best “bonus Mars time” we’ve had since the Opportunity lander. [09:02] WATNEY: Opportunity never went back to Earth. [09:17] JPL: Sorry. Bad analogy.
Andy Weir (The Martian)
I’m fated to lose everyone I ever love,” April said. “I already know that.” “Of course you are,” Jet responded in her calm, measured tone. “That’s what it means to be alive.
Alice Hoffman (The Rules of Magic (Practical Magic, #0.2))
Life is a mystery, and it should be so, for the sorrow that accompanies being human and the choices one will have to make are a burden, too heavy for most to know before their time comes.
Alice Hoffman (The Rules of Magic (Practical Magic, #0.2))
In my opinion, giving a kiss is a much better prize than receiving one.
Hiro Fujiwara (Maid-sama! Vol. 02 (Maid-sama! #2))
Got to keep thatin mind. I'm a ninja now... I swore I'd never freeze up or run away again... AND I WON'T...!
Masashi Kishimoto (Naruto, Vol. 02: The Worst Client (Naruto, #2))
Writing itself was a magical act in which imagination altered reality and gave form to power.
Alice Hoffman (The Rules of Magic (Practical Magic, #0.2))
You can’t choose who you are. But you can choose what you’ll become.
Danielle Paige (The Witch Must Burn (Dorothy Must Die, #0.2))
Including a mention of your impressive record....The man who had penetrated and copied over a thousand techniques.. Kakashi the mirror ninja.
Masashi Kishimoto (Naruto, Vol. 02: The Worst Client (Naruto, #2))
when you truly love someone and they love you in return, you ruin your lives together. That is not a curse, it’s what life is, my girl. We all come to ruin, we turn to dust, but whom we love is the thing that lasts.
Alice Hoffman (The Rules of Magic (Practical Magic, #0.2))
I just do the best I can to face what life brings. That’s the secret, you know. That’s the way you change your fate.
Alice Hoffman (The Rules of Magic (Practical Magic, #0.2))
2.3.06.02.087: Unnecessary sharpening of pencils constitutes a waste of public resources, and will be punished as appropriate.
Jasper Fforde (Shades of Grey (Shades of Grey, #1))
Hey...You.. What's life without eyebrows, freak? Got a new listing for your bingo book right here!! A guyis going to be the next lord hokage of Konohagakure village. Uzumaki Naruto! Konoha-school NINJA!
Masashi Kishimoto (Naruto, Vol. 02: The Worst Client (Naruto, #2))
Anything whole can be broken,” Isabelle told her. “And anything broken can be put back together again. That is the meaning of Abracadabra. I create what I speak.
Alice Hoffman (The Rules of Magic (Practical Magic, #0.2))
If you get stuck to the committed path then... this wall has to be.. KNOCKED DOWN!!
Yoshiki Nakamura (Skip Beat!, Vol. 02)
I don’t like this,” his brother told him as they walked down the stairs. “You don’t like anything. I’ve heard you complain about the air.” “It irritates me when it whistles.
G.A. Aiken (A Tale of Two Dragons (Dragon Kin, #0.2))
2.5.03.02.005: Generally speaking, if you fiddle with something, it will break. Don't.
Jasper Fforde (Shades of Grey (Shades of Grey, #1))
The girl was alluring. Like wildfire, or a summer storm swept off the Gulf of Oro.
Sarah J. Maas (The Assassin and the Healer (Throne of Glass, #0.2))
Unable are the loved to die for love is immortality.
Alice Hoffman (The Rules of Magic (Practical Magic, #0.2))
For what you can fix, there are a hundred remedies. For what cannot be cured, not even words will do.
Alice Hoffman (The Rules of Magic (Practical Magic, #0.2))
This is what happens when you repudiate who you are. Once you do that, life works against you, and your fate is no longer your own.
Alice Hoffman (The Rules of Magic (Practical Magic, #0.2))
10:16am Thinking about Tina. 11:04am Thinking about Tina’s perfect ass. 12:37pm Thinking about Tina panting under me in bed. 1:02pm Going to the bathroom to jerk off. I walk back into my office after finally getting some much needed relief. Not hard anymore, are you?! Take that, penis!
Belle Aurora (Friend-Zoned (Friend-Zoned, #1))
For wherever you need to go - and then some. The world needs more healers
Sarah J. Maas (The Assassin and the Healer (Throne of Glass, #0.2))
But perhaps the most alarming ingredient in a Chicken McNugget is tertiary butylhydroquinone, or TBHQ, an antioxidant derived from petroleum that is either sprayed directly on the nugget or the inside of the box it comes in to "help preserve freshness." According to A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives, TBHQ is a form of butane (i.e. lighter fluid) the FDA allows processors to use sparingly in our food: It can comprise no more than 0.02 percent of the oil in a nugget. Which is probably just as well, considering that ingesting a single gram of TBHQ can cause "nausea, vomiting, ringing in the ears, delirium, a sense of suffocation, and collapse." Ingesting five grams of TBHQ can kill.
Michael Pollan (The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals)
You'll stay here with me?" "Yeah" "If I fall asleep like this ... the first thing i'll see when I wake up ... will be you.
Clamp (Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, Vol. 02 (Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, #2))
1.1.19.02.006: Team sports are mandatory in order to build character. Character is there to give purpose to team sports.
Jasper Fforde (Shades of Grey (Shades of Grey, #1))
Let me give you a bit of advice.' the girl said bitterly, 'from one working girl to another; life isn't easy, no matter where you are. You'll make choices you think are right and then suffer for them.' Those remarkable eyes flickered. 'So if you're going to be miserable, you might as well go to Antica and be miserable in the shadow of the Torre Cesme.
Sarah J. Maas (The Assassin and the Healer (Throne of Glass, #0.2))
Scientists at first were skeptical that a kitten-type being could exist in the rare Martian atmosphere. As a test, two Earth kittens were put in a chamber that simulated the Martian air. The diary of this experiment is fascinating: 6:00 A.M.: Kittens appear to sleep. 7:02 A.M.: Kitten wakes, darts from one end of cage to another for no apparent reason. 7:14 A.M.: Kitten runs up wall of cage, leaps onto other kitten for no apparent reason. 7:22 A.M.: Kitten lies on back and punches other kitten for no apparent reason. 7:30 A.M.: Kitten leaps, stops, darts left, abruptly stops, climbs wall, clings for two seconds, falls on head, darts right for no apparent reason. 7:51 A.M.: Kitten parses first sentence of daily newspaper that is at bottom of chamber. With the exception of the parsing, all behavior is typical of Earth kitten behavior. The parsing activity, which was done with a small ball-point pen, was an anomaly.
Steve Martin (Pure Drivel)
Ronan was everything all at once. He was irascible and adoring, eager and reticent, joyful and furious. Niall had said once there was a saying about Irish weather: if you don’t like it, wait a minute. That was Ronan.
Maggie Stiefvater (A Very Declan Christmas (The Raven Cycle, #0.2))
When you are young you are looking forward and when you are old you are looking back.
Alice Hoffman (The Rules of Magic (Practical Magic, #0.2))
We never know the end of the story until we get there.
Alice Hoffman (The Rules of Magic (Practical Magic, #0.2))
When I die, I plan to be laughing hysterically.
Minari Endou (Dazzle, Volume 02)
He swam at my feet, Powerful arms in broad strokes Sweeping the sand. So I asked this man, What seas do you swim? And to this he answered, 'I have seen shells and the like On this desert floor, So I swim this land's memory Thus honouring its past,' Is the journey far, queried I. 'I cannot say,' he replied, 'For I shall drown long before I am done.' Sayings of the Fool Thenys Bule" Steven Erikson - Malazan Book of the Fallen 02 Deadhouse Gates
Steven Erikson (Deadhouse Gates (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #2))
What’s done cannot be undone. What’s set into motion takes on a life of its own.
Alice Hoffman (The Rules of Magic (Practical Magic, #0.2))
Don't waste time when there's someone you love.
Alice Hoffman (The Rules of Magic (Practical Magic, #0.2))
Her one salvation was the novels she read. On nights when she thought it might be better not to be alive without Levi in the world, she opened a book and was therefore saved, discovering that a novel was as great an escape as any spell.
Alice Hoffman (The Rules of Magic (Practical Magic, #0.2))
At that moment, I was sure ... he would cry. It seems that Sakura-chan is the most important person in the world to Syaoran-kun. So when she said, "who are you?" I felt certain he would cry. I wonder if he's crying now.
Clamp (Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, Vol. 02 (Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, #2))
I believe that there are 15,747,724,136,275,02,577,605,653,961,181,555,468,044,717,914,527,116,709,366,231,425,076,185,631,031,296 protons in the universe and the same number of electrons.
Arthur Stanley Eddington
She wasn’t part of it,” Addolgar cut in. “And she saved my life.” “Who cares about your life?” Bercelak demanded. Addolgar was silent for a moment before he replied, “I do.” Braith studied the dragon who sat next to her. “You had to think about that reply?” “Wanted to make sure it wasn’t a trick question, didn’t I?
G.A. Aiken (A Tale of Two Dragons (Dragon Kin, #0.2))
Truth felt light and green, but a lie sunk to the floor, heavy as metal, a substance she always avoided for it made her feel as though she was trapped behind bars.
Alice Hoffman (The Rules of Magic (Practical Magic, #0.2))
It's okay to not be okay, you know.
Veronica Roth (The Initiate (Divergent, #0.2))
Rules of Magic: Do as you will, but harm no one. What you give will be returned to you threefold. Fall in love whenever you can. Meaning of Abracadabra - I create what I speak
Alice Hoffman (The Rules of Magic (Practical Magic, #0.2))
As soon as they grow that genitalia, intelligence goes right out the window and we’re left with this thing that just wants to stick it in any hole.
G.A. Aiken (A Tale of Two Dragons (Dragon Kin, #0.2))
... she opened a book and was therefore saved, discovering that a novel was as great an escape as any spell.
Alice Hoffman (The Rules of Magic (Practical Magic, #0.2))
I've always... cherished you
Hirohiko Araki (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean, Tome 02 (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, Part VI, #65; Stone Ocean, #2))
Georgian folk music has more new musical ideas than all the contemporary music. [Los Angeles Times. 26.02.1990]
Igor Stravinsky
You know who you are. And I suggest you never deny it.
Alice Hoffman (The Rules of Magic (Practical Magic, #0.2))
If there be a cure, seek till you find it. If there be none, never mind it.
Alice Hoffman (The Rules of Magic (Practical Magic, #0.2))
Of course you don’t trust Braith. You don’t trust anybody,” Ghleanna reminded their brother. “You don’t trust the air.” “Because it tends to become unseasonably chilly when I’d prefer it to be warm. It’s as if it does it on purpose.
G.A. Aiken (A Tale of Two Dragons (Dragon Kin, #0.2))
She had lost some of who she was when she lost her beloved.
Alice Hoffman (The Rules of Magic (Practical Magic, #0.2))
Don’t touch me,” I snarl. “What was that? What happened? Where am I?” “Careful, you’re turning into a philosopher.
Victoria Aveyard (Steel Scars (Red Queen, #0.2))
Only in the presence of your fated person, in the presence of the one your heart belongs to, can you allow yourself to be free of restraint.
Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù (The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation Light Novel 02: Heimtücke)
Most of the time death just comes whether you’ve said good-bye or not.
Veronica Roth (The Initiate (Divergent, #0.2))
All the same, there were some things they needed to learn. Do not drink milk after a thunderstorm, for it will certainly be sour. Always leave out seed for the birds when the first snow falls. Wash your hair with rosemary. Drink lavender tea when you cannot sleep. Know that the only remedy for love is to love more.
Alice Hoffman (The Rules of Magic (Practical Magic, #0.2))
They may be nothing like you, he had written, they may surprise you, they may even repel you when their behavior is out of control, when they climb out their windows and drink underage and break every rule, but you will love them in a way you had not thought possible before, no matter who they turn out to be.
Alice Hoffman (The Rules of Magic (Practical Magic, #0.2))
Franny entwined her legs with his. She understood why ancient monsters were often made of two creatures, with two hearts and minds. There was strength in such a combination of opposites.
Alice Hoffman (The Rules of Magic (Practical Magic, #0.2))
We may not know what lies ahead of us in the future years, nor even in the days or hours immediately beyond. But for a few yards, or possibly only a few feet, the track is clear, our duty is plain, our course is illumined. For that short distance, for the next step, lighted by the inspiration of God, go on! ("Three Parables—The Unwise Bee, the Owl Express, and Two Lamps", Ensign, Feb. 2003, 8 - https://new.lds.org/ensign/2003/02/th...)
James E. Talmage
We have two minds. One thinks, the other knows. The mind that knows goes back many lifetimes. This is the mind of the one heart, of all things: the trees, the plants, the clouds, the rivers, the mountains. The more time you spend with this mind, the more you will see Spirit around you." Forrest Hayes (2012-02-23). Na Bolom: House of the Jaguar (Kindle Locations 1865-1866). Musa Publishing. Kindle Edition.
Forrest Hayes (Na Bolom: House of the Jaguar)
Declan was tired of managing secrets. There was nothing brilliant about dreaming for the one left awake.
Maggie Stiefvater (A Very Declan Christmas (The Raven Cycle, #0.2))
Love is the total absence of fear, Love asks no questions. Its natural state is one of extension and expansion, not comparison and measurement.
Gerald G. Jampolsky (Love is Letting Go of Fear (4 CDs & Positive Re-enforcement Cards) by Gerald Jampolsky (1985-08-02))
Love more, her aunt had said. Not less.
Alice Hoffman (The Rules of Magic (Practical Magic, #0.2))
He shrugged. “You’re not going to like it, I’m afraid.” “Well . . . to be honest, I don’t like anything.
G.A. Aiken (A Tale of Two Dragons (Dragon Kin, #0.2))
. “And I stole some oxen jerky out of Bercelak’s bag. He makes the best oxen jerky.” “Bercelak the Vengeful cooks?” “Aye. And he’s surprisingly good at it, too!
G.A. Aiken (A Tale of Two Dragons (Dragon Kin, #0.2))
The fact that he still breathes offends me.
G.A. Aiken (A Tale of Two Dragons (Dragon Kin, #0.2))
Maria Owens did what she did for a reason. She was young and she thought damning anyone who loved us would protect us. But what she had with that terrible man wasn't love. She didn't understand that when you truly love someone and they love you in return, you ruin your lives together. That is not a curse, it's what life is, my girl. We all come to ruin, we turn to dust, but whom we love is the thing that lasts.
Alice Hoffman (The Rules of Magic (Practical Magic, #0.2))
It’s my place to stand beside you, and support you, and yes, just fucking look pretty on your arm sometimes. It’s my right, my duty, and my privilege, Eva, just as it’s yours in reverse.” Excerpt From: Day, Sylvia. “Reflected in You: A Crossfire Novel.” PENGUIN group, 2012-10-02T05:00:00+00:00. iBooks. This material may be protected by copyright.
Sylvia Day (Reflected in You (Crossfire, #2))
Thank you, sir," said the hostess. "Your city thanks you; your country thanks you; your planet thanks you. But the deepest thanks of all is from future generations.
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (2BR02B)
To keep yourself from feeling too much anger or hatred against other people... requires a strong heart...
Hotaru Odagiri (The Betrayal Knows My Name, Volume 02)
She leaned in and whispered, “I see why our little Braith likes you.” “Does she?” “Can’t you tell?” “I’m male. I have no idea what you females are thinking.
G.A. Aiken (A Tale of Two Dragons (Dragon Kin, #0.2))
Butter melting on a dish meant someone nearby was in love, and a bird in the house take your bad luck out the window.
Alice Hoffman (The Rules of Magic (Practical Magic, #0.2))
They believed all books should be read, for as long as the reader liked.
Alice Hoffman (The Rules of Magic (Practical Magic, #0.2))
Good gods, female,” Addolgar muttered. “What did you do with yourself before I came into your life?” “I lived quietly alone in my cave,” she snapped back. “And I was quite happy there, too.
G.A. Aiken (A Tale of Two Dragons (Dragon Kin, #0.2))
The way that some guys kiss their long-term girlfriends or wives is an absolute travesty. A kiss should never be routine, like saying hello or good-bye. Kissing the person you love should be sign language for the soul. It should say I love you, I need you, and I’m happy to see you or sorry to see you go. If you can’t kiss like that, you should really keep your fucking lips to yourself” Excerpt From: Prescott, R.J. “The Aftermath.” Forever, 2016-08-02T04:00:00+00:00. iBooks. This material may be protected by copyright.
R.J. Prescott (The Aftermath (The Hurricane, #2))
Was it fate?” she asked. “Do we care?” he answered.
Alice Hoffman (The Rules of Magic (Practical Magic, #0.2))
People like us? We aren’t righteous. But we can pretend to be, if we want, and that’s almost the same as if it were true.
James S.A. Corey (The Churn (Expanse, #0.2))
Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.
Alice Hoffman (The Rules of Magic (Practical Magic, #0.2))
is simply the way of the world to lose everything you have ever loved.
Alice Hoffman (The Rules of Magic (Practical Magic, #0.2))
She, who prided herself on her tough exterior, could always be undone by the beauty of flight.
Alice Hoffman (The Rules of Magic (Practical Magic, #0.2))
Blue must be worn for protection. Moonstones were useful in connecting with the living, topaz to contact the dead. Copper, sacred to Venus, will call a man to you, and black tourmaline will eliminate jealousy. When it came to love, you must always be careful. If you dropped something belonging to the man you loved into a candle flame, then added pine needles and marigold flowers, he would arrive on your doorstep by morning, so you would do well to be certain you wanted him there. The most basic and reliable love potion was made from anise, rosemary, honey, and cloves boiled for nine hours on the back burner of the old stove. It had always cost $9.99 and was therefore called Love Potion Number Nine, which worked best on the ninth hour of the ninth day of the ninth month.
Alice Hoffman (The Rules of Magic (Practical Magic, #0.2))
It’s been a long time. How have you been doing?” I’m fine. How are you? You’re looking very handsome today, Addolgar the Handsome, lord of my loins. At least that was what she’d like to say to him, but instead she came out with, “Yeah, hi.
G.A. Aiken (A Tale of Two Dragons (Dragon Kin, #0.2))
Mum?” Addolgar said to his mother. “Because I love him,” she reminded them all as she’d been doing for centuries. “That’s what I’m doing with your father. I love him. So, honestly—just let it go already.
G.A. Aiken (A Tale of Two Dragons (Dragon Kin, #0.2))
Bercelak frowned. “Do we know you?” “I’m Bram,” the dragon said, appearing confused. “I stayed with your parents last summer.” “Oh.” Ghleanna glanced at them. “Right. Uh . . . Brogue.” “Bram.” “Right. Bram. Bram the . . . Friendly?” “Merciful.” “Of course!” Ghleanna smiled, patted his shoulder. “Bram the Merciful. My father speaks quite highly of you.” “Really? What did he say?” “Uh . . .
G.A. Aiken (A Tale of Two Dragons (Dragon Kin, #0.2))
Conner looking at the text he sent Jeff the night before: 8:42pm..Reed:Need you to go to Denver w me. 8:46pm..Jeff: in meeting. give me 1 hr. 8:53pm..Reed: no can do. want wife back. going now. think i cn talk her into it wth sperm. Hell.Please don't let him have called her. 8:53pm..Jeff: R U drinking? 8:55pm..Reed: have wht she wants. solllid plan. better than hers. 8:56pm..Jeff: leaving now. wait 4 me. 9:02pm..Reed: don't worry botu it. 9:02pm..Jeff: WAIT 4 ME. 9:04pm..Jeff: PICKUP YOU PHONE 9:57pm..Jeff: you should stop for drink @ that bar in terminal with the big olives b4 flight. 10:22pm..Reed: hey, UR at the bar. you look pissed.
Mira Lyn Kelly (Waking Up Married (Waking Up, #1))
only between 5 percent and 20 percent of forcible rapes in the United States are reported to the police; a paltry 0.4 percent to 5.4 percent of rapes are ever prosecuted; and just 0.2 percent to 2.8 percent of forcible rapes culminate in a conviction that includes any time in jail for the assailant. Here’s another way to think about these numbers: When an individual is raped in this country, more than 90 percent of the time the rapist gets away with the crime. —
Jon Krakauer (Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town)
I was created, then the Society ordered the destruction of all mods. The day after I was born, the date of my death was set! So I sweated in that pill, just waiting to die. Day after day, my brothers and sisters were killed. Then I got lucky and got shipped out with a load of goods by mistake. Still, I always expected to be discovered and destroyed. I had a lot of time to think about things. I decided no one has the right to take a life. I exist! I should have the right to live and die freely!! Like humans, or even bugs. Even a mod should have that right. So I refuse to take a life. I won't kill ...not anything!
Tite Kubo (Bleach, Volume 02)
Hace poco, en EL PAÍS leí la historia de un matrimonio que desde hace años están abriendo su casa a inmigrantes sin papeles. Están metiendo en el templo que es el hogar a gente que no conocen de nada, y su hijo está allí, está disfrutando, viviendo con intensidad ese ejemplo. Para mí son héroes. No hace falta subir al Everest ocho veces en biquini, me parece mucho más alucinante aguantar la incomodidad de tener desconocidos en tu casa. http://elpais.com/elpais/2013/08/02/e...
Jesús Carrasco
He looks kind, but he's really a huge sex fiend. He's perverted and spoiled and always jealous. And he hasn't called me for two weeks. But he's cool, isn't he? My guy. I'm the only one that knows...that the coolest part of him is his naked back.
Yugi Yamada (Close The Last Door, Volume 02)
The minister read, quoting the Benediction of the Apaches.   “Now you will feel no rain, For each of you will be shelter to the other. Now you will feel no cold, For each of you will be warmth to the other. Now there is no more loneliness for you. For each of you will be companion to the other. Now you are two bodies,  But there is only one life before you.” Excerpt From: R. K. Lilley. “Grounded.” R.K. Lilley, 2013-02-10T00:00:00+00:00. iBooks. This material may be protected by copyright.
R.K. Lilley (Grounded (Up in the Air, #3))
She thought she could have what she wanted; she thought she could see the world from above, as if it were a distant blue ball whose sorrows had nothing to do with her. She had wanted to be a bird, but now she knew, as she looked out the window to see Lewis following, that even birds are chained to earth by their needs and desires.
Alice Hoffman (The Rules of Magic (Practical Magic, #0.2))
Braith opened her eyes and screamed at what hovered above her, “Gods! Death comes for me!” The horrifying face of death curled its lip at her and growled, “Well, that’s charmin’.” Death sat back in its chair, hands resting on its knees. “This face is not me fault, ya know?” Death looked off, thought a moment. Its finger traced one of the deep gouges across its jaw. “This one actually is kind of me fault.” She pointed at the other side of her face, where part of her chin was missing. “And this one. A bit of barney at the pub.” ... “That was not death,” he whispered. “That was our Great-Aunt Brigida.” “Brigida? Brigida the Foul?” He nodded. “I thought she was dead.” Addolgar shook his head and whispered, “She just won’t die.
G.A. Aiken (A Tale of Two Dragons (Dragon Kin, #0.2))
We’re not talking about you. You’re Braith of the Darkness. I’m Addolgar the Cheerful. I’ve earned this name, and you’re ruining it by being unreasonable.” “You throw me into a tree—” “That was for your own good.” “—have me attacked by your kin—” “You brought that on yourself.” “—and leave me alone with Brigida the Foul, of all She-dragons—” “She got away from us. Normally none of us would have done that. Not even to our worst enemy.” “—and I’m being unreasonable.” Addolgar nodded. “See? You do understand.
G.A. Aiken (A Tale of Two Dragons (Dragon Kin, #0.2))
Three hundred years ago people believed in the devil. They believed if an incident could not be explained, then the cause was something wicked, and that cause was often a woman who was said to be a witch. Women who did as they pleased, women with propriety, women who had enemies, women who took lovers, women who knew about the mysteries of childbirth, all were suspect (…)
Alice Hoffman (The Rules of Magic (Practical Magic, #0.2))
She’d bought a blue notebook in the pharmacy to write down her aunt’s remedies. Star tulip to understand dreams, bee balm for a restful sleep, black mustard seed to repel nightmares, remedies that used essential oils of almond or apricot or myrrh from thorn trees in the desert. Two eggs, which must never be eaten, set under a bed to clean a tainted atmosphere. Vinegar as a cleansing bath. Garlic, salt, and rosemary, the ancient spell to cast away evil.
Alice Hoffman (The Rules of Magic (Practical Magic, #0.2))
Brandon,” Marc said. “Say something so she can hear you.” “You’re in deep shit, Kayli,” Brandon said. “Can he hear me?” I asked Marc. “I can hear you,” Brandon said in my ear, a little fuzzy, like he was standing in another room with the door closed, but I could make out what he was saying. “Just wait until I get a hold of you.” “Raven,” I pretended to plea. “Brandon said he was going to hurt me.” “I’ll kill him,” he said. He jammed his own ear plug into his noggin. “Corey? Yeah. Hit your brother once for me. No, in the dick. No, he won’t hit you back. I promise.” “Cut it out, you guys,” Marc said. “How come I can’t hear Corey?” I asked. “I get Corey,” Raven said. “You get Brandon.” “I want to switch.” “I said stop,” Marc barked at us. Stone, C. L. (2014-02-24). Thief: The Scarab Beetle Series: #1 (The Academy Scarab Beetle Series) (Kindle Locations 5192-5200). Arcato Publishing. Kindle Edition.
C.L. Stone (Thief (The Scarab Beetle, #1))