“Circumstances don't always align themselves with human intention.” Quote by Kristin Cashore Book:Fire
“Some of the smartest men have a hard time comprehending the obvious.” MenHardObviousHard TimesComprehending Author:Kristin Cashore
“Not all people who inspire devotion are monsters.” PeopleInspireMonstersDevotion Author:Kristin Cashore
“I can't say why people lie; they just do. Everyone has their own reasons for not telling the truth.” PeopleI CanReasonLyingTelling The TruthWhole TruthPeople Lie Author:Eric Carr
“Things don't ever stay the same. Natural beginnings come to natural or unnatural ends.” EndsNaturalUnnatural Author:Kristin Cashore
“After all that I'd been through, after all that I'd learned and all that I'd been given, I was going to do what I had been doing every day for the last few years now: just show up and do teh best that I could do with whatever lay in front of me.” YearsShowsLastsGivenFrontsLays Book:Lucky Man: A Memoir Source: Lucky Man: A Memoir
“What do you see when you see me?' She asked him, burying her own face in his bosom. 'Do you want the truth?' She nodded. 'The firing squad.' 'That's not the whole truth. Try again.' 'Insatiability,' he said with some bitterness. 'That's oblique but altogether too simple. Once more,' she insisted. 'One more time.' He was silent for several minutes. 'The map of a country in which I only exist by virtue of the extravagance of my metaphors.' 'Now you're being too sophisticated. And, besides, what metaphors do we have in common?” WantTryingSaidCountryWholeFacesSimpleCommonVirtueMinutesSilentMetaphorMapsMore TimeBitternessSophisticatedBosomsTry AgainFiringExtravaganceSquadWhole TruthBurying Author:Angela Carter
“Whatever soul I had, Katie, I think I placed it in your keeping twenty years ago. And now, it's as if...every time we kiss, you give a little piece of it back.” IfsThinkingGivingYearsLittlesSoulPiecesKissingYears AgoTwentiesKatie Author:Tessa Dare
“You’re like a gift,” he said, his voice rough. “All wrapped up for someone else. A man can’t look at you, but think of loosing those bows, one by one.” ThinkingMenLooksSaidVoiceRoughBows Author:Tessa Dare