“
Niall: Help!
Louis: Did anyone hear that?
Niall: Help!!
Louis: SOMEBODY NEEDS HELP! RAAH! (Pulls open shirt and has Superman shirt underneath) Superman is here!!
”
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Louis Tomlinson
“
I'd rather be called a boy and play with paper airplanes than be called a man and play with a girl's heart.
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Niall Horan
“
I'm the kind of boy that can fall in love with any girl because I love with the heart, not the eyes.
”
”
Niall Horan
“
Why did the mushroom go to the party?
Because he's a fungi!
”
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One Direction (One Direction: Forever Young: Our Official X Factor Story)
“
One time, Niall sat on the floor for hours trying to find a way of putting his M&M's in alphabetical order.
”
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Louis Tomlinson
“
I won't date a model, because models are perfect and perfect is boring.
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Niall Horan
“
Liam, shut up. I'm trying to do an interview
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Niall Horan
“
Being single doesn't mean your weak. It means your strong enough to wait for what you deserve.
”
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Niall Horan
“
Let's go crazy, crazy, crazy 'til we see the sun. I know we only met but lets pretend its love. And never, never, never stop for anyone. Tonight lets get some and live when we're young! ♫
”
”
One Direction
“
If i'm louder would you see me?
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Niall Horan
“
I'd rather be a boy and play with paper airplanes, then be a man and play with a woman's heart." -Niall Horan
”
”
One Direction
“
Being single doesn't mean you're weak, it means that you're strong enough to wait for the right person.
”
”
Niall Horan
“
You know I'll be
Your Life
Your Voice
Your Reason To Be
My Love
My Heart
Is Breathing For this
Moment in Time
I'll Find the words to say
Before You leave me Today
”
”
One Direction
“
If a man whistles at you, don't turn around. You are a lady not a dog.
”
”
Niall Horan
“
Well, personally, I wouldn't like to be a food, because I wouldn't want to be eaten.
”
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Niall Horan
“
If it were legal, I'd marry food. -Niall Horan
”
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Niall Horan
“
sleep till your hungry, eat till you sleep
”
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Niall Horan
“
Every now and then you have like a realization moment where you get goosebumps and think: I am literally the luckiest person in the world. - Niall Horan
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”
Niall Horan
“
I think there's nothing wrong with eating all the time. At least i'm not doing anything illegal.
”
”
Niall Horan
“
Do you think anybody knows that I'm Irish?
”
”
Niall Horan
“
And Ronan Lynch looked like Niall Lynch, which was to say, he looked like an asshole.
”
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Maggie Stiefvater (Blue Lily, Lily Blue (The Raven Cycle, #3))
“
age is but a number who cares how old the girl I date is.
”
”
Niall Horan
“
words will be just words, till you bring them to life.
”
”
Niall Horan (Dare to Dream: Life as One Direction (100% Official))
“
Let's go to Nando's!
”
”
Niall Horan
“
Cause I'm Irish, and everyone remembers me.
”
”
Niall Horan (One Direction: Forever Young: Our Official X Factor Story)
“
Give it up for Harry Pottery
”
”
Niall Horan
“
You'll never love yourself half as much as I love you and you'll never treat yourself right darling but I want ya too if I let you knoooowww Im here for you then maybe you'll love yourself like I love you ohhhhh
”
”
Niall Horan
“
Niall had been able to mask the odor of fairy from Eric in the restaurant, but I saw from the flare of Eric's nostrils that the intoxicating scent clung to me. Eric's eyes closed in ecstasy, and he actually licked his lips. I felt like a T-bone just out of reach of a hungry dog.
"Snap out of it," I said. I wasn't in the mood.
With a huge effort, Eric reigned himself in. "When you smell like that," he said, "I just wanna fuck you and bite you and rub myself all over you.
”
”
Charlaine Harris
“
Being single doesn't mean you're weak. It means that you're strong enough to wait for what you deserve.
”
”
Niall Horan
“
The fans always tell me im beautiful but I always tell them that no one will ever be as beautiful as them
”
”
Niall Horan
“
I'd be rather be a kid and play with paper planes than be a man and play with a woman's heart.
”
”
Niall Horan
“
The worst thing a girl could do on a date is fart louder than me.
”
”
Niall Horan
“
If a man whistles at you don't turn around, ignore him. You're a lady not a dog.
”
”
Niall Horan
“
His home was populated by things and creatures from Niall Lynch's dreams, and his mother was just another one of them
”
”
Maggie Stiefvater (The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle, #2))
“
Made a lot of changes
But not forgetting who i was
”
”
One Direction
“
Would you like to depress anyone else?
”
”
Niall Horan
“
Irial!”
“Still here.” Irial didn’t open his eyes, but he smiled a little.
“You’re an ass,” Niall said, but he kept his hands on Irial’s chest so that he could feel both pulse and breath.
“You too, Gancanagh,” Irial murmured.
”
”
Melissa Marr (Darkest Mercy (Wicked Lovely, #5))
“
So much of liberalism in its classical sense is taken for granted in the west today and even disrespected. We take freedom for granted, and because of this we don't understand how incredibly vulnerable it is.
”
”
Niall Ferguson
“
Louis's feet smell the worst. Literally like dog poo on a stick-that bad!
”
”
Niall Horan
“
What a grin he had, what ferocious eyes, what a creature he was. He had dreamt himself an entire life and death.
Ronan said, "I want to go back."
"Then take it," said his father. "You know how now."
And Ronan did. Because Niall Lynch was a forest fire, a rising sea, a car crash, a closing curtain, a blistering symphony, a catalyst with planets inside him.
And he had given all of that to his middle son.
”
”
Maggie Stiefvater (The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle, #2))
“
And you, Ronan,” Niall said. He always said Ronan differently from other words. As if he had meant to say another word entirely — something like knife or poison or revenge — and then swapped it out for Ronan’s name at the last moment. “When you were born, the rivers dried up and the cattle in Rockingham County wept blood.
”
”
Maggie Stiefvater (The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle, #2))
“
I've tried to ask myself
Should I see someone else?
I wish I knew the answer.
”
”
Niall Horan (Take Me Home Yearbook)
“
Best I ever had
Hips don't lie
You make me wanna *sssss*
One more night
Irreplaceable, yeah
Crazy, we're crazy
”
”
Niall Horan
“
...Bananach sits on your throne, has declared herself Dark Queen."
"She WHAT!?" Niall- or perhaps Irial-asked.
”
”
Melissa Marr (Darkest Mercy (Wicked Lovely, #5))
“
I'm not perfect.
Never have been.
Never will be.
~ Louis Tomlinson
”
”
Louis Tomlinson
“
I need to check in with Seth before I--" he burrowed his face into the side of her neck, his breath almost painfully warm on her throat--"give in to my unconscionable desire to put my hands on you properly.
”
”
Melissa Marr (Ink Exchange (Wicked Lovely, #2))
“
You are my king. You could command me to stop seeing her."
Niall turned his gaze to Irial. "What would you do?"
"Blind myself, if you were foolish enough to use those words.
”
”
Melissa Marr (Stopping Time (Wicked Lovely, #2.5))
“
If the financial system has a defect, it is that it reflects and magnifies what we human beings are like. Money amplifies our tendency to overreact, to swing from exuberance when things are going well to deep depression when they go wrong. Booms and busts are products, at root, of our emotional volatility.
”
”
Niall Ferguson
“
And sometimes you meet someone who doesn't see you any differently if you tell them. That is everything.
”
”
Melissa Marr (Ink Exchange (Wicked Lovely, #2))
“
Captain Niall, having apparently resigned himself to losing his quarry, was savaging her horsehair petticoat into teeny, tiny shreds.
"Really, what did my poor petticoat do to offend?
”
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Gail Carriger (Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School, #1))
“
We tell stories. We tell stories to pass the time, to leave the world for a while, or go more deeply into it. We tell stories to heal the pain of living.
”
”
Niall Williams (History of the Rain)
“
You hand fits in mine like its made to be but bear this in mind it was meant to be and im joining up the dots with the freckles on you cheeks and it all makes sense to me. I know you've never loved the crinkles by your eyes when you smile you've never loved your stomach or your thighs and the dimples in your back at the bottom of your spine but I love them endlessly.I won't let these little things slip out of my mouth but if i do its you oh its you they add up to and Im in love with you and all your little thing. You can't go to bed without a cup of tea and maybe thats the reason that you talk in you sleep and all those conversations are the secrets that I keep though it makes no sense to me. I know you've never loved the sound of your voice on tape you never want to know how much you weigh you still have to squeeze into to your jeans but you're perfect to me. I won't let these little things slip out of my mouth but if its true its you its these they add up to and Im in love with you and all you little things. You'll never love yourself half as much as I love you and you'll never treat yourself right darlin' but I want you to if I let you know I'm here for you then maybe you'll love yourself like I love you ohhhhh. And I've just let these little things slip out of my mouth cause its you oh its you its you they add up to and Im in love with you and all your little things I wont let these little things slip out of my mouth but if its true its you its you they add up to and im in love with you and all your little things. <3
”
”
One Direction
“
Niall: We're tossed by the winds of fate. Once we end where they blow us, we make of ourselves that we will.
”
”
Nora Roberts (Born in Fire (Born In Trilogy, #1))
“
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))
“
The ascent of money has been essential to the ascent of man.
”
”
Niall Ferguson (The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World)
“
Hope may or may not be a Thing with Feathers. But it’s definitely a Thing with Claws.
”
”
Niall Williams (History of the Rain)
“
Stop changing the subject," Taylor snapped. "And think before you speak."
Roo pressed her lips together and then sighed. "How long do you want me to think?"
Niall let out a snort of laughter.
”
”
Barbara Elsborg (Worlds Apart)
“
We are our stories. We tell them to stay alive or keep alive those who only live now in the telling.
”
”
Niall Williams (History of the Rain)
“
Neighbours, as Jesus knew, can be a not insignificant challenge to anyone’s Christianity.
”
”
Niall Williams (This Is Happiness)
“
here once was a group with Liam and Niall
Vas happenin’ boys? Vas happenin’ boys?
They lived with Zayn and his room was vile
Vas happenin’ boys? Vas happenin’ boys?
Did you know Harry’s such a slob?
He needs to win X-factor ‘cause he can’t get a job
And oh Louis needs a boat
He dresses like he owns one
‘Cause he’s got no other clothes
They really need your vote
Vas happenin’ boys? Vas happenin’ boys?
Mick Jagger could be Harry’s dad
Vas happenin’ mum? Vas happenin’ Mick?
When Liam sings he makes his face look sad
Vas happenin’ song? Vas happenin’ sad?
And Zayn’s the master of echos
And Niall was raised by leprechauns
So he won’t ever grow
And oh Louis needs that boat
He dresses like he owns one
And it’s becoming a joke
They really need your vote
Vas happenin’ boys? Vas happenin’ boys?
Vas happenin’ boys? Vas happenin’ boys?
Vas happenin’ boys? Vas happenin’ boys?
”
”
One Direction
“
What are you going to do? What do you want to do?” she prompted.
“I’m going to go try to help Niall. He’s not acting like himself, and I have a theory on what’s wrong,” he told her. “Then afterward I'm going to ask you to marry me.
”
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Melissa Marr (Darkest Mercy (Wicked Lovely, #5))
“
I don't know if you realize it or not, but your sudden devotion to her is creepy.
”
”
Melissa Marr (Fragile Eternity (Wicked Lovely, #3))
“
I just had an out-of-body experience. Niall Stella just took off my shirt and admired my chest.” “Do you need to text someone?
”
”
Christina Lauren (Beautiful Secret (Beautiful Bastard, #4))
“
From his father, Gansey had gotten a head for logic, an affection for research, and a trust fund the size of most state lotteries.
From their father, the Lynch brothers had gotten indefatigable egos, a decade of obscure Irish music instrument lessons, and the ability to box like they meant it. Niall Lynch had not been around very much, but when he had been, he had been an excellent teacher.
”
”
Maggie Stiefvater (The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle, #1))
“
there really is no such thing as ‘the future’, singular. There are only multiple, unforeseeable futures, which will never lose their capacity to take us by surprise.
”
”
Niall Ferguson (The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World: 10th Anniversary Edition)
“
A floorboard cracked; knuckles tapped once on the open door. Adam looked up to see Niall Lynch standing in the doorway. No, it was Ronan, face lit bright on one side, in stark shadow on the other, looking powerful and at ease with his thumbs tucked in the pockets of his jeans, leather bracelets looped over his wrist, feet bare.
He wordlessly crossed the floor and sat beside Adam on the mattress. When he held out his hand, Adam put the model into it.
“This old thing,” Ronan said. He turned the front tyre, and again the music played out of it. They sat like that for a few minutes, as Ronan examined the car and turned each wheel to play a different tune. Adam watched how intently Ronan studied the seams, his eyelashes low over his light eyes. Ronan let out a breath, put the model down on the bed beside him, and kissed Adam.
Once, when Adam had still lived in the trailer park, he had been pushing the lawn mower around the scraggly side yard when he realized that it was raining a mile away. He could smell it, the earthy scent of rain on dirt, but also the electric, restless smell of ozone. And he could see it: a hazy gray sheet of water blocking his view of the mountains. He could track the line of rain travelling across the vast dry field towards him. It was heavy and dark, and he knew he would get drenched if he stayed outside. It was coming from so far away that he had plenty of time to put the mower away and get under cover. Instead, though, he just stood there and watched it approach. Even at the last minute, as he heard the rain pounding the grass flat, he just stood there. He closed his eyes and let the storm soak him.
That was this kiss.
They kissed again. Adam felt it in more than his lips.
Ronan sat back, his eyes closed, swallowing. Adam watched his chest rise and fall, his eyebrows furrow. He felt as bright and dreamy and imaginary as the light through the window.
He did not understand anything.
It was a long moment before Ronan opened his eyes, and when he did, his expression was complicated. He stood up. He was still looking at Adam, and Adam was looking back, but neither said anything. Probably Ronan wanted something from him, but Adam didn’t know what to say. He was a magician, Persephone had said, and his magic was making connections between disparate things. Only now he was too full of white, fuzzy light to make any sort of logical connections. He knew that of all the options in the world, Ronan Lynch was the most difficult version of any of them. He knew that Ronan was not a thing to be experimented with. He knew his mouth still felt warm. He knew he had started his entire time at Aglionby certain that all he wanted to do was get as far away from this state and everything in it as possible.
He was pretty sure he had just been Ronan’s first kiss.
“I’m gonna go downstairs,” Ronan said.
”
”
Maggie Stiefvater (The Raven King (The Raven Cycle, #4))
“
Because there were fewer sources of where to find out anything, there was more listening.
”
”
Niall Williams (This Is Happiness)
“
You're not weak at all. Wounded, but that's nothing to be ashamed of.
”
”
Melissa Marr (Ink Exchange (Wicked Lovely, #2))
“
Neither did she realise yet that grief is a kind of glue, too, that the essence of humanity is this empathy, and that we fall together in that moment of tenderest perception when we see and feel each other's wounds and know another's sorrow like a brother of our own.
”
”
Niall Williams (As It Is in Heaven)
“
He had no intention of writing. He loved reading, that was all. And he read books that he thought so far beyond anything that he himself could dream of achieving that any thought of writing instantly evaporated into the certainty of failure.
”
”
Niall Williams (History of the Rain)
“
perennial truths of financial history. Sooner or later every bubble bursts. Sooner or later the bearish sellers outnumber the bullish buyers. Sooner or later greed turns to fear.
”
”
Niall Ferguson (The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World: 10th Anniversary Edition)
“
That was one of the things about him. He walked this line between the comic and the poignant, between the certainly doomed and the hopelessly hopeful. In time I came to think it the common ground of all humanity.
”
”
Niall Williams (This Is Happiness)
“
It was a condensed explanation, but I came to understand him to mean you could stop at, not all, but most of the moments of your life, stop for one heartbeat and, no matter what the state of your head or heart, say This is happiness, because of the simple truth that you were alive to say it.
”
”
Niall Williams (This Is Happiness)
“
You'll never love yourself half as much as I love you, and you'll never treat yourself right, darling, but I want you to. If let you know I'm here for you, maybe you'll love yourself like I love you,
”
”
Niall Horan
“
When my father first took me to Ennis Library I went down among the shelves and felt company, not only the company of writers, but the readers too, because they had lifted and opened and read these books. The books were worn in a way they can only get worn by hands and eyes and minds
”
”
Niall Williams (History of the Rain)
“
You are my queen. I’ve spent nine centuries seeking the mortal who would free this court, who would save my best friend’s son, who would save the lives of the rest of the girls who were not you. I’d die before I’d allow harm to you.” He bowed his head.
”
”
Melissa Marr (Darkest Mercy (Wicked Lovely, #5))
“
In a time of chaos, it is the micro-manager who ascends
”
”
Niall Ferguson (The Square and the Tower: Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook)
“
I'm not saying you're wrong, Declan," Gansey said. His ear throbbed where it had been boxed. He could feel Ronan's pulse crashing in his arm where he restrained him. His vow to consider his words more carefully came back to him, so he framed the rest of the statement in his head before saying it out loud.
"But you are not Niall Lynch, and you won't ever be. And you'd get ahead a lot faster if you stopped trying."
Gansey released Ronan.
Ronan didn't move, though, and neither did Declan, as if by saying their father's name, Gansey had cast a spell. They wore matching raw expressions. Different wounds inflicted by the same weapon.
”
”
Maggie Stiefvater (The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle, #1))
“
There are only three great puzzles in the world, the puzzle of love, the puzzle of death, and, between each of these and part of both of them, the puzzle of God. God is the greatest puzzle of all.
”
”
Niall Williams
“
Books, music, painting are not life, can never be as full, rich, complex, surprising or beautiful, but the best of them can catch an echo of that, can turn you back to look out the window, go out the door aware that you’ve been enriched, that you have been in the company of something alive that has caused you to realise once again how astonishing life is, and you leave the book, gallery or concert hall with that illumination, which feels I’m going to say holy, by which I mean human raptness. So
”
”
Niall Williams (This Is Happiness)
“
Louis hates everybody. So he texts Niall.
‘I hate this school and everybody in it. Death to rich people.’
A second later, his screen lights up.
‘Can’t die. Am immortal. Want to bunk off and get high under a tree?’
And Louis really wants to say no.
'Which tree?'
But he says that instead.
”
”
Velvetoscar (Young & Beautiful)
“
Both of the boys were unsettling — Adam Parrish, in particular, had a curious face. Not as in, he was a curious person. But rather that there was something peculiar about his facial features. He was an alien, handsome specimen of this western Virginia species; feather-boned, hollow-cheeked, eyebrows fair and barely visible. He was feral and raw-boned by way of those Civil War portraits. Brother fought brother while their farms ran to ruins —
And Ronan Lynch looked like Niall Lynch, which was to say, he looked like an asshole.
Oh, youth.
”
”
Maggie Stiefvater (Blue Lily, Lily Blue (The Raven Cycle, #3))
“
No civilization, no matter how mighty it may appear to itself, is indestructible.
”
”
Niall Ferguson (Civilization: The West and the Rest)
“
Everybody carries a world. But certain people change the air about them.
”
”
Niall Williams (This Is Happiness)
“
The truth turns into a story when it grows old. We all become stories in the end. So, though the narrative was flawed, the sense was of a life so lived it was epic.
”
”
Niall Williams (This Is Happiness)
“
The former Dark King’s eyes closed again; his chest did not appear to rise.
Niall reached out and put a hand on the injured faery’s chest. “Irial!”
“Still here.” Irial didn’t open his eyes, but he smiled a little.
“You’re an ass,” Niall said, but he kept his hand on Irial’s chest so that he could feel both pulse and breath.
“You too, Gancanagh,” Irial murmured.
”
”
Melissa Marr (Darkest Mercy (Wicked Lovely, #5))
“
The fact is, I did not appreciate until much later in my own life what subterfuge and sacrifice it took to be independent and undefeated by the pressures of reality.
”
”
Niall Williams (This Is Happiness)
“
The dead outnumber the living fourteen to one, and we ignore the accumulated experience of such a huge majority of mankind at our peril
”
”
Niall Ferguson (Civilization: The West and the Rest)
“
After a liquid lunch in Craven’s, he had found the margins of the roads badly drawn.
”
”
Niall Williams (This Is Happiness)
“
I waved my hand in front of my face, obi-wan style. "I am not here."
Niall's mucas glands kicked into overdrive. "Eoin's dead! And his ghost is standing right there on the grass!"
Donal let out a long suffering sigh. "Eoin is being a writer." Niall calmed down, becuase everyone knows writers are weird and are always doing stupid thingss.
”
”
Eoin Colfer (Artemis Begins)
“
Children," Johanna drawled out. "They're such a joy. When you get married and have a family of your own, you'll understand what I'm saying. You are going to get married someday, aren't you, Keith?"
"Aye, m'lady," he answered. "Next summer as a matter of fact. Bridgid MacCoy has agreed to become my wife."
"Oh."
She couldn't quite hide her disappointment. She turned her gaze down the table and settled on Michael as a possibility.
He caught her staring at him. He smiled. She nodded. "Children," she began again. "They're wonderful, aren't they, Michael?"
"If you say so, m'lady."
"Oh, I do say," she replied. "When you get married, you'll understand. You do plan to marry someday, don't you, Michael?"
"Eventually," he answered with a shrug.
"Have you anyone in mind?"
"Are you matchmaking, m'lady?" Keith asked.
"Why would you think that?"
"I'll marry Helen when I'm ready," Michael interjected. "I've told her I will, and she agreed to wait."
Johanna frowned. The possibilities were becoming a bit limited. She turned to Niall.
"Children…" she began.
"She is matchmaking," Keith announced.
It was as though he'd just shouted the alarm that they were under siege. The soldiers literally jumped from their stools. They bowed to Johanna and left the room in the space of a single minute. She didn't even have enough time to order them back into their seats.
”
”
Julie Garwood (Saving Grace)
“
If Niall could see Marianne, he would say: don’t tell me. You like her. It’s true she is Connell’s type, maybe even the originary model of the type: elegant, bored-looking, with an impression of perfect self-assurance. And he’s attracted to her, he can admit that. After these months away from home, life seems much larger, and his personal dramas less significant. He’s not the same anxious, repressed person he was in school, when his attraction to her felt terrifying, like an oncoming train, and he threw her under it.
”
”
Sally Rooney (Normal People)
“
It was better to meet friends at their houses, their mother, Aurora, explained, because Dad had a lot of breakable things around the farm.
One of the breakable things: Aurora Lynch. Golden-haired Aurora was the obvious queen of a place like the Barns, a gentle and joyous ruler of a peaceful and secret country.
She was a patron of her sons’ fanciful arts (although Declan, the eldest, was rarely fanciful), and she was a tireless playmate in her sons’ games of make-believe (although Declan, the eldest, was rarely playful).
She loved Niall, of course – everyone loved larger-than-life Niall, the braggart poet, the musician king – but unlike everyone else, she preferred him in his silent moods.
She loved the truth, and it was difficult to love both the truth and Niall Lynch when the latter was speaking.
”
”
Maggie Stiefvater (The Raven King (The Raven Cycle, #4))
“
It was an idea that made the crucial difference between British and Iberian America – an idea about the way people should govern themselves. Some people make the mistake of calling that idea ‘democracy’ and imagining that any country can adopt it merely by holding elections. In reality, democracy was the capstone of an edifice that had as its foundation the rule of law – to be precise, the sanctity of individual freedom and the security of private property rights, ensured by representative, constitutional government.
”
”
Niall Ferguson (Civilization: The West and the Rest)
“
Declan was there. He was curled just next to Ronan, an arm draped over his side. They thought he was sleeping, but when Niall’s foot set off a floorboard’s squeal, his eyes came straight open. He looked at his parents so directly that they squirmed, consciences guilty. But of course Declan didn’t know- that was simply his ordinary expression, even as a little kid.
“He was lonely,” Declan explained.
“How do you know?” Niall asked.
Declan carefully moved away from the child to join his parents. “He was crying”
Niall put his hand in Declan’s curls, trying to sound light, unfettered. “I didn’t hear anything.”
Declan’s voice was somewhat haughty. “He was very quiet about it.
”
”
Maggie Stiefvater (Greywaren (Dreamer Trilogy, #3))
“
Some people make you feel better about living. Some people you meet and you feel this little lift in your heart, this 'Ah', because there's something in them that's brighter or lighter, something beautiful or better than you, and here's the magic: instead of feeling worse, instead of feeling 'why am I so ordinary?', you feel just the opposite, you feel glad. In a weird way you feel better, because before this you hadn't realised or you'd forgotten human beings could shine so.
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Niall Williams (History of the Rain)
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If he took her into his arms, he would keep her. He wouldn't let her suffer the way the other mortals had when he'd left them. He would keep her, with his court's permission or without it. Irial wouldn't take her, and Keenan wouldn't stand between them.
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Melissa Marr (Ink Exchange (Wicked Lovely, #2))
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Now, as far as I was concerned, there are two ways of living, and because we're on a ball in space these were more or less exactly poles apart. The first, accept the world as it is. The world is concrete and considerable, with beauties and flaws both, and both immense, profound and perplexing, and if you can take it as it is and for what it is you'll all but guarantee an easier path, because it's a given that acceptance is one of the keys to any kind of contentment. The second, that acceptance is surrender, that there's a place for it, but that place is somewhere just before your last breath where you say "All right then, I have tried" and accept that you have lived and loved as best you could, have pushed against every wall, stood up after every disappointment, and until that last moment, you shouldn't accept anything, you should make things better.
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Niall Williams (This Is Happiness)
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It's because people are so perishable. That's the thing. Because for everyone you meet there is a last moment, there will be a last moment when your hand slips from theirs, and everything ripples outwards from that, the last firmness of a hand in yours that every moment after becomes a little less firm until you look down at your own hand and try to imagine just what it felt like before their hand slipped away. And you cannot. You cannot feel them. And then you cannot quite see them, there's blurry bits, like you're looking through this watery haze, and you're fighting to see, you're fighting to hold on, but they are perishing right before your eyes, and right before your eyes they are becoming that bit more ghost.
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Niall Williams (History of the Rain)