“
If you ever find yourself in the wrong story, leave.
”
”
Mo Willems (Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs)
“
Isn't it odd how much fatter a book gets when you've read it several times?" Mo had said..."As if something were left between the pages every time you read it. Feelings, thoughts, sounds, smells...and then, when you look at the book again many years later, you find yourself there, too, a slightly younger self, slightly different, as if the book had preserved you like a pressed flower...both strange and familiar.
”
”
Cornelia Funke (Inkspell (Inkworld, #2))
“
Because fear kills everything," Mo had once told her. "Your mind, your heart, your imagination.
”
”
Cornelia Funke (Inkheart (Inkworld, #1))
“
If you take a book with you on a journey," Mo had said when he put the first one in her box, "an odd thing happens: The book begins collecting your memories. And forever after you have only to open that book to be back where you first read it. It will all come into your mind with the very first words: the sights you saw in that place, what it smelled like, the ice cream you ate while you were reading it... yes, books are like flypaper—memories cling to the printed page better than anything else.
”
”
Cornelia Funke (Inkheart (Inkworld, #1))
“
Finally, she mused that human existence is as brief as the life of autumn grass, so what was there to fear from taking chances with your life?
”
”
Mo Yan (Red Sorghum)
“
Hikayatin mo lahat ng kakilala mo na magkaroon ng kahit isa man lang paboritong libro sa buhay nila. Dahil wala nang mas kawawa pa sa mga taong literado pero hindi nagbabasa.
”
”
Bob Ong
“
People who are strangers to liquor are incapable of talking about literature.
”
”
Mo Yan
“
The assaying of tea is an art and not a science. It is the man, and not his instruments, which is the most important.
”
”
Timothy Mo
“
Makakapili ka ng lugar na uupuan mo, pero hindi mo mapipili ang taong uupo sa puwang sa tabi mo... Ganyan ang senaryo sa bus. Ganyan din sa pag-ibig... Lalong 'di mo kontrolado kung kelan siya bababa.
”
”
Bob Ong
“
Sadyang mailap ang humanap ng tunay na pag-ibig. Madaling sabihing mahal kita, madaling isiping mahal ka niya, pero paano mo malalamang... ito na, eto na talaga?
”
”
Ramon Bautista (Bakit Hindi Ka Crush ng Crush Mo?)
“
Kung matatakot kang harapin ang totoo at sabihin ang talagang nararamdaman mo dahil baka masaktan ka, isa lang ibig sabihin noon: ipinagkait mo na sa sarili mo ang pagiging masaya at kinarir mo ang magpakatanga.
”
”
Bob Ong
“
There's more to life than love.
”
”
Ramon Bautista (Bakit Hindi Ka Crush ng Crush Mo?)
“
Gamitin ang puso para alagaan ang taong malapit sayo. Gamitin ang utak
para alagaan ang sarili mo.
”
”
Bob Ong
“
Alam mo ba ang pinagkaiba ng mga bulag at ng mga nakakakita? Hindi alam ng mga nakakakita kung kelan sila bulag.
”
”
Bob Ong
“
Fear is contagious. You can catch it. Sometimes all it takes is for someone to say that they're scared for the fear to become real. Mo was terrified, and now Nick was too.
”
”
Neil Gaiman (The Graveyard Book)
“
Ang maganda sa pag-asa, hindi ‘to nakukuha sa’yo nang hindi mo gusto.
”
”
Bob Ong (Stainless Longganisa)
“
Ang great love mo, hindi mo makakatuluyan. Ang makakatuluyan mo ay yung correct love.
”
”
Ricky Lee (Para Kay B (o kung paano dinevastate ng pag-ibig ang 4 out of 5 sa atin))
“
Alam mo ba kung gaano kalayo ang pagitan ng dalawang tao kapag nagtalikuran na sila? Kailangan mong libutin ang buong mundo para makaharap ulit ang taong tinalikuran mo.
”
”
Bob Ong
“
Hindi ako naniniwala sa fate, destiny at soul mates. Ang mundo ay binubuo ng mga pangyayaring random na kaganapan. Bahala ka sa buhay mo.
”
”
Ramon Bautista (Bakit Hindi Ka Crush ng Crush Mo?)
“
Simula ngayon, dalawa tayong lalaban.. kung pagod ka na, ako ang lalaban para sayo.. wag kang matatakot. Hindi kita iiwan.. kahit anong mangyari, nasa tabi mo lang ako.
”
”
Bianca B. Bernardino (She's Dating the Gangster)
“
Simply put, the best revenge is to live an awesome life.
”
”
Ramon Bautista (Bakit Hindi Ka Crush ng Crush Mo?)
“
Mo Nighean donn," he whispered," mo chridhe. My brown lass, my heart."
Come to me. Cover me. Shelter me. a bhean, heal me. Burn with me, as I burn for you.
”
”
Diana Gabaldon (The Fiery Cross (Outlander, #5))
“
Mo could paint pictures in the empty air with his voice alone.
”
”
Cornelia Funke (Inkheart (Inkworld, #1))
“
I do know it, my own. Let me tell ye in your sleep how much I love you. For there's no so much I can be saying to ye while ye wake, but the same poor words, again and again. While ye sleep in my arms, I can say things to ye that would be daft and silly waking, and your dreams will know the truth of them. Go back to sleep, mo duinne.
”
”
Diana Gabaldon (Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander, #2))
“
Imbis na magtanong ka ng ‘Hindi pa ba sapat?’, bakit hindi mo na lang kalimutan ang lahat? Kung alam mong binabalewala ka na, tanggapin mong nagsasawa na s’ya.
”
”
Bob Ong
“
...madaming teacher sa labas ng eskwelahan. desisyon mo kung kanino ka magpapaturo.
”
”
Bob Ong (ABNKKBSNPLAKo?! (Mga Kwentong Chalk ni Bob Ong))
“
Kakabog ang dibdib mo, kikiligin ang kalamnan mo at kikirot ang puso mo. Kabog, kilig, kirot. Kapag naramdaman mo ang tatlong K, umiibig ka.
”
”
Ricky Lee (Para Kay B (o kung paano dinevastate ng pag-ibig ang 4 out of 5 sa atin))
“
Young man, there are two cringe-worthy phrases in one’s life that must be said, no matter what.”
“Which two?”
“‘Thank you’, and 'I’m sorry’.”
“What can anybody do to me if I don’t say them?”
“Someday, you’ll say those words in tears.
”
”
Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù (魔道祖师 [Mó Dào Zǔ Shī])
“
90% ng problema mo ay imbento lang.
”
”
Ramon Bautista (Bakit Hindi Ka Crush ng Crush Mo?)
“
If you don't know how to live on anymore, then live for me.
”
”
Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù
“
Hindi naman kailangan ang maraming tao para bumuo ng mundo. Minsan isang tao lang ang kasama mo, buo na ang mundong kailangan mo habambuhay.
”
”
Bob Ong (Kapitan Sino)
“
Last time, they spent eight hundred years running towards each other. This time, it only took an instant to fall into each other's embrace.
”
”
Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù
“
What on earth have you packed in here? Bricks?" asked Mo as he carried Meggie's book-box out of the house.
You're the one who says books have to be heavy because the whole world's inside them," said Meggie.
”
”
Cornelia Funke (Inkheart (Inkworld, #1))
“
Naniniwala ako na kung wala kang nagagawa sa kinatatayuan mo ngayon wala ka ring magagawa sa kung saan mo man gusto magpunta.
”
”
Bob Ong (Stainless Longganisa)
“
hindi dahil sa hindi mo naiintindihan ang isang bagay ay kasinungalingan na ito. at hindi lahat ng kaya mong intindihin ay katotohanan.
”
”
Bob Ong (Ang Paboritong Libro ni Hudas)
“
If your dream is to save the common people, the, my dream is only you.
”
”
Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù
“
ako, ang hinahangaan kong tao na mahilig sa libro e yung may matututunan ka pag kausap mo, yung makikita mong naging marunong at mabuti siyang tao dahil sa pagbabasa niya ng mga libro.
”
”
Bob Ong (Lumayo Ka Nga Sa Akin)
“
Kung hindi mutual ang felings natin, pwes, gagawin kong mutual. Ayaw ko na rin sa'yo.
”
”
Ramon Bautista (Bakit Hindi Ka Crush ng Crush Mo?)
“
Please welcome Professor Varen Nethers, famous depressed dead poets historian and author of the bestselling books Unlocking your Poe-tential: A Writer's Guide, and Mo Poe Fo Yo: When You Just Can't Get Enough.
”
”
Kelly Creagh (Nevermore (Nevermore, #1))
“
Mga 3days-3weeks tapos unahan na yan mag-offline kunyari naputol connection ng internet pero naputol na yung mental and emotional connection.
”
”
Ramon Bautista (Bakit Hindi Ka Crush ng Crush Mo?)
“
Dalawang dekada ka lang mag-aaral. Kung 'di mo pagtitiyagaan limang dekada ng kahirapan ang kapalit. Sobrang lugi.
”
”
Bob Ong
“
The only stupid question is the question that is never asked.
”
”
Ramon Bautista (Bakit Hindi Ka Crush ng Crush Mo?)
“
Kapag sumablay ka, isipin mo na lang na nagsimula ka din naman sa wala at walang nagbago.
”
”
Ramon Bautista (Bakit Hindi Ka Crush ng Crush Mo?)
“
The books in Mo and Meggie's house were stacked under tables, on chairs, in the corners of the rooms. There where books in the kitchen and books in the lavatory. Books on the TV set and in the closet, small piles of books, tall piles of books, books thick and thin, books old and new. They welcomed Meggie down to breakfast with invitingly opened pages; they kept boredom at bay when the weather was bad. And sometimes you fall over them.
”
”
Cornelia Funke (Inkheart (Inkworld, #1))
“
Dalawang dekada ka lang mag-aaral. Kung di mo pagtitiyagaan, anak, limang dekada ng kahirapan ang kapalit. Sobrang lugi. Kung alam lang iyon ng mga kabataan, sa pananaw ko e walang gugustuhing umiwas sa eskwela.
”
”
Bob Ong (Macarthur)
“
Alam mo ba kung gaano kahirap magpanggap na ok ka lang kahit hindi? Na masaya kahit gusto mo ng umiyak? Na umaasa kang magiging ok ang lahat kahit alam mong wala na talaga?
”
”
Bianca B. Bernardino (She's Dating the Gangster)
“
I bet your mom would let me."
-Pigeon, Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus-
”
”
Mo Willems (Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!)
“
I once bought my producer a case of Mountain Dew, his favorite soda, as a thank you for all he'd done for me. He was really surprised - his favorite drink is actually 7UP. But he complimented me for getting the color of the can right.
”
”
John Bennardo (Just a Typo: The Cancellation of Celebrity Mo Riverlake)
“
Yon ang mali sa tinatawag na 'cool factor.' Para maging 'in' ka, dapat magustuhan mo yung gusto ng iba. Pero pag sobrang dami na ng may gusto, dapat umayaw ka naman dahil magiging jologs ka na. Dapat kakaiba lagi ang gusto mo, para kunyari iba ka.
”
”
Bob Ong (Lumayo Ka Nga Sa Akin)
“
If you didn't already know, game show talent works fewer days a year than almost every profession, except maybe members of Congress.
”
”
John Bennardo (Just a Typo: The Cancellation of Celebrity Mo Riverlake)
“
Hinde ba pwedeng samahan mo ako? Hinde ba pwedeng magkasama parin tayo..? Naiisip ko palang na magkakahiwalay tayo, hinde ko na kinakaya.
”
”
Bianca B. Bernardino (She's Dating the Gangster)
“
IF YOU DON'T GO AFTER WHAT YOU WANT; YOU COULD SPEND YOUR ENTIRE LIFE SETTLING FOR WHAT YOU CAN GET
”
”
Mo Stegall (Against All Odds I Can Be: 10 Steps To Revolutionize Your Destiny)
“
HERE LIES BROM
Who was
A Rider bonded to the dragon Saphira
Son of Holcomb and Nelda
Beloved of Selena
Father of Eragon Shadeslayer
Founder of the Varden
And Bane of the Forsworn.
May his name live on in glory.
Stydja unin mo'ranr
”
”
Christopher Paolini (Inheritance (The Inheritance Cycle, #4))
“
Remember the things others do for you, not the things you do for others. Only when people don't hold so much in their hearts would they finally feel free.
”
”
Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù (魔道祖师 [Mó Dào Zǔ Shī])
“
Ganito pala yung feeling.. haha… eto pala yung na-feel mo nung ginawa ko sayo dati.. hahaha.. nasaktan ka.. nasaktan ako.. pero bakit parang mas masakit yung sakin..
”
”
Bianca B. Bernardino (She's Dating the Gangster)
“
I went to the four levers. None of them were marked. There was only one way to figure out which one was the right one. I had to call upon all my Traveler experience and special powers to figure it out. It's called...Eenie, meenie, miney...mo!"
-Bobby Pendragon
”
”
D.J. MacHale
“
TANDAAN: mahirap mafriendzone, pero madali lang gumanti!
”
”
Ramon Bautista (Bakit Hindi Ka Crush ng Crush Mo?)
“
I got the job as a Bingo host and did better than they imagined. Never before had they had an emcee so affable and funny, so enthusiastic to give away prizes, or so quick to make a tumor joke after calling out 'B-9'".
”
”
John Bennardo (Just a Typo: The Cancellation of Celebrity Mo Riverlake)
“
Lahat ng mga salitang yan may dating sa'yo. Sabi kasi ng isip mo.
”
”
Bob Ong (Stainless Longganisa)
“
Life is fun if you just find out how.
”
”
Ramon Bautista (Bakit Hindi Ka Crush ng Crush Mo?)
“
The hip-hop guy nodded curtly, like he knew that, and despite appearances to the contrary, he had not been trippin', but had, in fact, been chillin' like a mo-fuckin' villain, so step the fuck off, wigga. He crossed against the light, limping slightly under the weight of the subtext.
”
”
Christopher Moore (A Dirty Job (Grim Reaper, #1))
“
Huwag mong ipangako ang habang-buhay Meredith. Ipangako mo sa akin ang walang hanggang.
- Tristan
”
”
Martha Cecilia (Kristine Series 55: Monte Falco: Island In The Sun)
“
People are... Full of contradictions. They're lonely. And then they're not. They're missed. And then they're not.
”
”
Kou Yoneda (漂えど沈まず、されど泣きもせず [Tadayoedo Shizumazu Saredo Naki Mo Sezu])
“
Kung mahal mo talaga yung tao, hindi ka na maghahanap pa ng iba. -Kenji Delos Reyes
”
”
Bianca B. Bernardino (She's Dating the Gangster)
“
Kenji, okay lang ba kung makalin kita? 'I love you', gusto kong sabihin sayo pero natatakot ako. Hindi ko alam kung saan ako natatakot. Pag sinabi ko bang 'I love you', sasabihin mo rin ng 'I love you too'. Sigh.
”
”
Bianca B. Bernardino (She's Dating the Gangster)
“
Kung ibibigay mo sa akin ang puso mo, paano ka?"
"Hahatiin ko ito para sa ating dalawa. Ang kalahati ay para magmahal ka. Ang matitira ay para mahalin kita.
”
”
Bob Ong (Si)
“
If your dream is to save the common people, then, my dream is only you.
”
”
Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù
“
Mag-date tayo. Hinde ko mapropromise na hinde kita masasaktan pero susubukan kong hinde. Kilala mo naman ako eh.. Hinde ako sweet na tao. Kaya nga binansagan mo akong GANGSTER eh, dahil sa ugali ko. Let’s date again.. Wala ng deal.. Date lang naman eh.
”
”
Bianca B. Bernardino (She's Dating the Gangster)
“
Hindi mo pwedeng mahalin ang isang tao nang hindi mo minamahal ang hilaga, silangan, timog at kanluran ng kanyang paniniwala. Kapag nagmahal ka’y dapat mong tanggapin bawat letra ng kanyang birth certificate. Kasama na doon ang kanyang libag, utot at bad breath. Pero me limit. Pantay-pantay ang ibinibigay na karapatan sa lahat ng tao upang lumigaya, o masaktan, o magpakagago, pero kapag sumara na ang mga pinto, nawasak na ang mga puso, nawala na ang mga kaluluwa at ang bilang ay umabot na sa zero, goodbye na. Pero, the memory of that one great but broken love will still sustain you, tama nga na mas matindi ang mga alaala.
”
”
Ricky Lee (Para Kay B (o kung paano dinevastate ng pag-ibig ang 4 out of 5 sa atin))
“
I’d forgotten to keep blasting a song in my mind. I remedied my mistake, but the lyrics to “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me” seemed too close to home at the mo-ment.
“Culture Club?” Now his mouth curled downward. “And you accuse me of practicing cruel and unusual punishment.
”
”
Jeaniene Frost (Once Burned (Night Prince, #1))
“
You're really great. I like you...Or in other words, I fancy you, I love you, I want you, I can't leave you, I whatever you.
”
”
墨香铜臭 (魔道祖師 四 [Mo Dao Zu Shi Vol. 4] (Mo Dao Zu Shi, #4))
“
Athena."
"Kenji yah, mi an hae (sorry)."
"Algettso (I understand). Bogoshipda (I miss you)."
"Na do (me too)."
"Yun lang alam ko, hehe. Hindi na ako makapag construct ng sentence sa Korean. Gawa mo?"
"Wala naka higa lang. Ikaw?"
"Eto.. iniisip ka. Lumilipad yung kukote ko papunta sayo.
”
”
Bianca B. Bernardino (She's Dating the Gangster)
“
The difference between children and adults is that they're shorter - not dumber.
”
”
Mo Willems
“
Seems like "all systems go" na 'di ba? Super compatible. Gusto n'yo ang isa't-isa. Pero 'yan ang mga nakakatakot. 'Yung akala mo okay lahat, sabay 'pag sinabi mong mahal mo s'ya. *blam!* Guguho lahat.
”
”
Manix Abrera (Sorrowful, Sorrowful Mysteries! (Kikomachine Komix, #7))
“
TANDAAN: your mind is your weapon. Pagyamanin natin ito at magiging handa tayo sa gulo na dulot ng paghihimagsik ng puso at bird.
”
”
Ramon Bautista (Bakit Hindi Ka Crush ng Crush Mo?)
“
You never know. I don't care if anyone else is disappointed. But to some, the very existence of a certain person in this world is in itself, hope.
”
”
Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù
“
My father was incredibly indecisive. As an example, take his wedding day. He couldn't decide where to sit in the getaway car, decide the fact he was supposed to be driving.
”
”
John Bennardo (Just a Typo: The Cancellation of Celebrity Mo Riverlake)
“
Naniniwala ako na may tatlong decision making bodies ang mga tao. Utak, puso at bird.
”
”
Ramon Bautista (Bakit Hindi Ka Crush ng Crush Mo?)
“
You’re mine, mo duinne,” he said softly, pressing himself into my depths. “Mine alone, now and forever. Mine, whether ye will it or no.” I pulled against his grip, and sucked in my breath with a faint “ah” as he pressed even deeper. “Aye, I mean to use ye hard, my Sassenach,” he whispered. “I want to own you, to possess you, body and soul.” I struggled slightly and he pressed me down, hammering me, a solid, inexorable pounding that reached my womb with each stroke. “I mean to make ye call me ‘Master,’ Sassenach.” His soft voice was a threat of revenge for the agonies of the last minutes. “I mean to make you mine.
”
”
Diana Gabaldon (Outlander (Outlander, #1))
“
IF YOU CHOKE YOUR POTENTIAL BEFORE IT HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME A POSSIBILITY YOU WILL NEVER REACH YOUR DESTINY
”
”
Mo Stegall
“
Hollywood is bigger down right now by sequels, by the uninspired. Well, my M.O. is a two-hour feast for your senses. That means starting the concept of filmmaking from scratch, making it your own.
”
”
Lee Matthew Goldberg (Slow Down)
“
Where there's life, death is inevitable. Dying's easy; it's living that's hard. The harder it gets, the stronger the will to live. And the greater the fear of death, the greater the struggle to keep on living.
”
”
Mo Yan (Big Breasts & Wide Hips)
“
I love you. Yung pagmamahal ko sayo kasing lalim ng pinakamalalim na dagat sa buong mundo. I love you. Yung pagmamahal ko sayo kasing laki ng pinag sama samang planeta. I love you. Yung pagmamahal ko sayo mas matagal pa sa forever. I love you. Yung pagmamahal ko sayo hinde na mapapalitan ng kahit sino. I love you. Kahit ilang beses pa kitang kelangan pakasalan gagawin ko. Kahit na sa lahat ng simbahan sa buong mundo, gagawin ko. I love you. Kahit na ipagtabuyan mo ko, kahit na mag sawa ka sakin, kahit na iwanan mo ko, ikaw at ikaw parin ang mamahalin ko. Hahanapin kita kahit san ka magpunta. At pag nahanap kita, hinde na kita ulit papakawalan pa. I love you. Kahit gaano kasakit, kahit gaano kahirap hinde kita iiwan. I love you. Yung pagmamahal ko sayo, hinde na mawawala. I love you, Athena. I love you, I love you, I love you.. UhnJaeNa, YongWonHee.
”
”
Bianca B. Bernardino (She's Dating the Gangster)
“
A book, being a physical object, engenders a certain respect that zipping electrons cannot. Because you cannot turn a book off, because you have to hold it in your hands, because a book sits there, waiting for you, whether you think you want it or not, because of all these things, a book is a friend. It’s not just the content, but the physical being of a book that is there for you always and unconditionally.
”
”
Mo Willems
“
Hindi ako hihingi ng dispensa sa mga nabulabog kong konsensya."
"Kung nasira ko man ang araw mo, o kung hindi mo ito inkinatuwa, malinaw na hindi ako ang tipo ng manunulat na gusto mong basahin. Pero hindi ito nangangahulugan ng pagkakakumpiska ng ballpen at lisensya ko para magsulat."
PERO
"Kung may magsasabi mn sa hinaharap na: "sana nagpatawa ka na lang!" yun ay opinyong handa kong tanggapin.
”
”
Bob Ong (Stainless Longganisa)
“
I.. I.. I love you."
"Ano ka ba. Bakit ba masyado kang nagiging seryoso? Okay ka lang ba?"
"Because I am serious. Seryoso ako sa mga sinabi ko.. sa nafifeel ko. I love you Kenji."
"Yung binitawan mong salita, parang katumbas sa pag sabing hindi ka na makahinga. Alam mo ba yun? Sige na umuwi ka na. Goodnight."
"You know what? Fine. Just forget everything that I have said. It meant nothing naman diba, kasi I was too serious. Sorry for feeling this way. Goodnight."
"Athena.. Athena wait... I.. I.. I can't breathe.
”
”
Bianca B. Bernardino (She's Dating the Gangster)
“
...kapag binisita ka ng idea, gana o inspirasyon, kailangan mong itigil LAHAT ng ginagawa mo para lang di masayang ang pagkakataon. Walang “sandali lang” o “teka muna”. Dahil pag lumagpas ang maikling panahong yon, kahit mag-umpog ka ng ulo sa pader mahihirapan ka nang maghabol.
”
”
Bob Ong (Stainless Longganisa)
“
I love you.. Kahit na san ako mag punta, ikaw lang mamahalin ko. I love you.. Kahit na ilang beses mo akong saktan, ikaw parin ang mamahalin ko. I love you.. Kahit na pagod na pagod na ko, ikaw parin ang mamahalin ko. I love you.. Kahit sa kabilang buhay.. ikaw parin ang mamahalin ko. I love you.. kahit na sobra sobra na yung pagmamahal ko sayo, patuloy parin yung pagmamahal ko sayo. I love you.. Kahit na sandali lang yung pagsasama natin, masaya ako dahil nakasama parin kita kahit papaano.. I love you, Kenji.. I love you.. I love you.. I love you.. UhnJaeNa,YoungWonHee..
”
”
Bianca B. Bernardino (She's Dating the Gangster)
“
There's an inverse relationship between my temper and my ability to control my accent. If you hear me say 'Fiddledeedee', run for the hills, because I'm getting ready to take out bystanders.
”
”
Molly Harper (How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf (Naked Werewolf, #1))
“
This world,' she said. 'Do you really like it?'
What a question! Farid never asked himself such things. He was glad to be with Dustfinger again and didn't mind where that was.
It's a cruel world, don't you think?' Meggie went on. 'Mo often told me I forget how cruel it is too easily.'
With his burned fingers, Farid stroke her fair hair. It shone even in the dark. 'They're all cruel,' he said. 'The world I come from, the world you come from, and this one, too. Maybe the people don't see the cruelty in your world right away, it's better hidden, but it's there all the same.
”
”
Cornelia Funke (Inkspell (Inkworld, #2))
“
Dahil sa pagsusulat, masasagi mo ang mga matatayog na egotismo ng ibang tao. Matatapakan mo ang mga lumpong paa ng kasalukuyang sistema. At maiistorbo mo ang siesta ng lipunang masaya na sa mga paniniwalang kinagisnan nito. Sa pagpahid ng utak mo sa papel, lahat yan babanggain mo. Kasabay ng pagbangga mo sa sariling mga takot, kamangmangan at egotismo.
”
”
Bob Ong (Stainless Longganisa)
“
You know me.. you believe me, right?"
"Hindi kita ganun kakilala para paniwalaan kaagad."
"Ganon na ba talaga tingin mo saken? Ang hirap kasi sayo ako na nga tong nasa tabi mo sa iba ka pa rin nakatingin. Hindi mo ba napapansin ha? You still don't know it, do you? Can't you feel it? Can't you fucking feel it?"
"Anong hindi ko napapansin? Ano bang hindi ko alam? Anong hindi ko maramdaman?"
"I like you, you idiot!"
"Ako ba hinde?!
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Bianca B. Bernardino (She's Dating the Gangster)
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Never underestimate the power of stupid.
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Sheila Turnage (Three Times Lucky (Mo & Dale Mysteries, #1))
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In most crime novels the violent act, usually the murder, is the engine. Take that away and there is little left to drive the story along. So I do get a little cross with authors who aren’t precise about the violence they’re using to create tension because I feel they’re being dishonest with their readers. If people don’t like the blood and violence in my books, fine, they can always close the cover and put it aside and maybe read a romance instead. – Mo Hayder
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Mo Hayder
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At the end of a criminal’s life, it’s always the small mistake, the coincidence, the lark. The time we got too comfortable, the time we slipped up, the time someone aimed a little to the left.
I’ve heard Grandad’s war stories a thousand times. How they finally got Mo. How Mandy almost got away. How Charlie fell.
Birth to grave, we know it’ll be us one day. Our tragedy is that we forget it might be someone else first.
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Holly Black (Black Heart (Curse Workers, #3))
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You first."
"No, you."
"Why?"
"I'm afraid."
"Of what, my Sassenach?" The darkness was rolling in over the fields, filling the land and rising up to meet the night. The light of the new crescent moon marked the ridges of brow and nose, crossing his face with light.
"I'm afraid if I start I shall never stop."
He cast a glance at the horizon, where the sickle moon hung low and rising. "It's nearly winter, and the nights are long, mo duinne." He leaned across the fence, reaching, and I stepped into his arms, feeling the heat of his body and the beat of his heart.
"I love you.
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Diana Gabaldon (Outlander (Outlander, #1))
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I’ll wait for you.. I can do that, right? hihintayin kita hanggang sa magsawa ako kakaintay sayo.. hanggang sa mapagod ako.. hanggang sa mawalan na ako ng lakas kakaintay sayo..”
“Wag na Athena.. please. Wag mo na akong intayin..”
“Pero gusto ko.. Hayaan mo na lang akong mag hintay kahit na alam kong wala na akong iniintay pa.
Tama na, please.. Wag mo na akong intayin.. yun na lang hinihiling ko..” he sighed while I cried. “Wag ka namang umiyak oh.. please..
“Bakit hinde ako iiyak? Eh mawawala ka na sakin..” “Hinde naman ako mawawala eh..
“Magkatabi naman tayo sa classroom diba? Magkakasama rin naman tayo.. Magkaibigan pa rin tayo..” naiyak ako lalo sa huling sinabi niya.. “I love you.. I’m sorry Athena.. Bye..
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Bianca B. Bernardino (She's Dating the Gangster)
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The others went upstairs, a slow unwilling procession. If this had been an old house, with creaking wood, and dark shadows, and heavily panelled walls, there might have been an eerie feeling. But this house was the essence of modernity. There were no dark corners - no possible sliding panels - it was flooded with electric light - everything was new and bright and shining. There was nothing hidden in this house, nothing concealed. It had no atmosphere about it. Somehow, that was the most frightening thing of all. They exchanged good-nights on the upper landing. Each of them went into his or her own room, and each of them automatically, almost without conscious thought, locked the door....
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Agatha Christie (And Then There Were None)
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When my husband had an affair with someone else I watched his eyes glaze over when we ate dinner together and I heard him singing to himself without me, and when he tended the garden it was not for me.
He was courteous and polite; he enjoyed being at home, but in the fantasy of his home I was not the one who sat opposite him and laughed at his jokes. He didn't want to change anything; he liked his life. The only thing he wanted to change was me.
It would have been better if he had hated me, or if he had abused me, or if he had packed his new suitcases and left.
As it was he continued to put his arm round me and talk about being a new wall to replace the rotten fence that divided our garden from his vegetable patch. I knew he would never leave our house. He had worked for it.
Day by day I felt myself disappearing. For my husband I was no longer a reality, I was one of the things around him. I was the fence which needed to be replaced. I watched myself in the mirror and saw that I was mo longer vivid and exciting. I was worn and gray like an old sweater you can't throw out but won't put on.
He admitted he was in love with her, but he said he loved me.
Translated, that means, I want everything. Translated, that means, I don't want to hurt you yet. Translated, that means, I don't know what to do, give me time.
Why, why should I give you time? What time are you giving me? I am in a cell waiting to be called for execution.
I loved him and I was in love with him. I didn't use language to make a war-zone of my heart.
'You're so simple and good,' he said, brushing the hair from my face.
He meant, Your emotions are not complex like mine. My dilemma is poetic.
But there was no dilemma. He no longer wanted me, but he wanted our life
Eventually, when he had been away with her for a few days and returned restless and conciliatory, I decided not to wait in my cell any longer. I went to where he was sleeping in another room and I asked him to leave. Very patiently he asked me to remember that the house was his home, that he couldn't be expected to make himself homeless because he was in love.
'Medea did,' I said, 'and Romeo and Juliet and Cressida, and Ruth in the Bible.'
He asked me to shut up. He wasn't a hero.
'Then why should I be a heroine?'
He didn't answer, he plucked at the blanket.
I considered my choices.
I could stay and be unhappy and humiliated.
I could leave and be unhappy and dignified.
I could Beg him to touch me again.
I could live in hope and die of bitterness.
I took some things and left. It wasn't easy, it was my home too.
I hear he's replaced the back fence.
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Jeanette Winterson (Sexing the Cherry)
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I remember clearly the deaths of three men. One was the richest man of the century, who, having clawed his way to wealth through the souls and bodies of men, spent many years trying to buy back the love he had forfeited and by that process performed great service to the world and, perhaps, had much more than balanced the evils of his rise. I was on a ship when he died. The news was posted on the bulletin board, and nearly everyone recieved the news with pleasure. Several said, "Thank God that son of a bitch is dead."
Then there was a man, smart as Satan, who, lacking some perception of human dignity and knowing all too well every aspect of human weakness and wickedness, used his special knowledge to warp men, to buy men, to bribe and threaten and seduce until he found himself in a position of great power. He clothed his motives in the names of virtue, and I have wondered whether he ever knew that no gift will ever buy back a man's love when you have removed his self-love. A bribed man can only hate his briber. When this man died the nation rang with praise...
There was a third man, who perhaps made many errors in performance but whose effective life was devoted to making men brave and dignified and good in a time when they were poor and frightened and when ugly forces were loose in the world to utilize their fears. This man was hated by few. When he died the people burst into tears in the streets and their minds wailed, "What can we do now?" How can we go on without him?"
In uncertainty I am certain that underneath their topmost layers of frailty men want to be good and want to be loved. Indeed, most of their vices are attempted short cuts to love. When a man comes to die, mo matter what his talents and influence and genius, if he dies unloved his life must be a failure to him and his dying a cold horror....we should remember our dying and try so to live that our death brings no pleasure to the world.
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John Steinbeck (East of Eden)