L Quotes
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“Liking other people is an illusion we have to cherish if we are to live in society. It is one I have long ago banished from my life. You wish to be liked. I wish simply to be.”
Source: The Magus
“Liking other people is an illusion we have to cherish in ourselves if we are to live in society.”
Source: The Magus
“Liking someone doesn't make you weak.”
“Liking someone is a personal joy—sharing it is a choice, not an obligation.”
“Liking what you do is a bonus but not a necessity in Mindfulness-Based Leadership.”
Source: Mindfulness-Based Leadership: The Art of Being a Leader - Not Becoming One
“LIKING WHAT YOU DO IS PLEASURE, DOING WHAT YOU LIKE IS PASSION.”
“Liking who you are and liking what you do can make you an incredibly successful person.”
“Liktenis parasti stāv tepat, aiz mājas stūra. Izlikdamies par kabatzagli, ieleni vai loterijas biļešu pārdevēju: tās ir viņa trīs visbiežāk lietotās inkarnācijas. Bet vienu gan tas nedara - nedodas mājas vizītēs. Ir pašam jādodas pie viņa.”
Source: The Shadow Of The Wind
“Lil' Darlin - Billy-Ray Sanguine”
“Lil had always believed that a person's duty was to make the best of the hand they were dealt. No use wondering what might have been, she used to say, all that matters is what is.”
Source: The Forgotten Garden
“Lil-' he says, voice sounding soft and scratchy, but speaking.
He's conscious. Awake.
Healed.
He grabs hold of the Bomb's hand. 'I'm dying,' he says. 'The poison- I was foolish. I don't have long.'
'You're not dying,' she says.
'There's something I could never tell you while I lived,' he says, pulling her closer to him. 'I love you, Liliver. I've loved you from the first hour of our meeting. I loved you and despaired. Before I die, I want you to know that.'
The Ghost's eyebrows rise, and he glances at me. I grin. With both of us on the floor, I doubt the Roach has any idea we're there.
Besides, he's too busy looking at the Bomb's shocked face.
'I never wanted-' he begins, then bites off the words, clearly reading her expression as horror. 'You don't have to say anything in return. But before I die-'
'You're not dying,' she says again,, and this time he seems to actually hear her.
'I see.' His face suffuses with shame. 'I shouldn't have spoken.'
I creep toward the kitchen, the Ghost behind me. As we head toward the door, I hear the Bomb's soft voice.
'If you hadn't,' she says, 'then I couldn't tell you that your feelings are returned.'
Outside, the Ghost and I walk toward the palace, looking up at the stars. I think about how much cleverer the Bomb is than I am, because when she had her chance, she took it. She told him how she felt. I failed to tell Cardan. And now I never can.”
Source: The Queen of Nothing
“Lil Wayne is a music god!!!!”
“Lil Wayne is a person who I think is really deserving of the success he's had. I'm someone who can stay in the studio 24-7, and I've watched him stay in there just as long. He has a creativeness about him that I love.”
“Lil Wayne is definitely the greatest youngest rapper alive.”
“Lil Wayne is somebody who I used to ride to school listening to in my car. You know from Tha Carter to Tha Carter II, to Dedication 1 & 2, to Da Drought, his mixtapes. You know you got that for him as him being a rap legend, somebody who you look up to.”
“Lil Wayne is talented. He seems to be the dominant figure in this particular era of hip-hop. So you know, he's doing his thing.”
“Lil Wayne is the best rapper on Earth. Can't nobody touch him. He's the only guy who can put out 300 songs a year and they all fire.”
“Lil Wayne is the man.”
“Lil Wayne would probably be a big musical inspiration for me, because growing up I was just the biggest Wayne fan and being able to be signed to him and watch his whole journey to the peak of his career is great.”
“Lil Wayne, I ain't mad at him man, he did his thing, he stepped up his lyrical game, he the most improved rapper out of anybody. I've seen him from childhood status to what he's doing right now. He stepped up his rap game, so he deserves the success he had. And no one else was even doing near what he was doing, so I applaud him too.”
“Lil' Kim is my stage name and a character I use when I'm out working my livelihood.”
“Lila. A soft name but she used it like a knife, slashing out the first syllable, the second barely a whisper of metal through air.”
Source: A Darker Shade of Magic
“Lila admits she does not do the best job of keeping in touch with her friends when they are no longer right in front of her face.”
Source: The Wedding People
“Lila can't be a model until she's at least 21. She is already a mini-me - it is scary. She already has her own beauty kit.”
“Lila had an idea. It was a very stupid idea. But a stupid idea was better than no idea, at least in theory. So she dragged the words into shape and delivered them with her sharpest smile. “Nas,” she said, slowly. “An to eran gast.”
No. I am your best thief.
She held the captain’s gaze when she said it, her chin high and proud. The others grumbled and growled, but to her they didn’t matter, didn’t exist. The world narrowed to Lila and the captain of the ship.
His smile was almost imperceptible. The barest quirk of his lips.”
Source: A Gathering of Shadows
“Lila harboured an unspoken belief that motherhood was the best possible rehearsal for a prospective police officer.. Mothers were naturals for law enforcement, because toddlers, like criminals, were often belligerent and destructive.
If you could get through those early years without losing your cool or blowing your top, you might be able to deal with grown-up crime. The key was to not react, to stay adult..”
Source: Sleeping Beauties
“Lila!" he said cheerfully. "So you aren't a figment of my brothers imagination after all.”
Source: A Gathering of Shadows
“Lila smiles, reaches into the cloth covering whatever goodies are in the basket, and pulls out a concha. The top of the pastry is a swirl of colors- deep purple, inky blue, pink, green, gold. It reminds me of the galaxy, and I stare for a moment, mesmerized, before I take it from her.
My mouth begins to water. "This smells incredible," I say. "What do I owe you?"
"It's on the house," she says, already turning away. "Enjoy."
I want to argue, but the urge to bite into the pastry is nearly irresistible now. I've never had Mexican pastries before. But first... I pick up my phone from the bench and take a picture of the gorgeous creation. Then, putting it back down, I take a big bite and close my eyes. My mouth explodes with flavors and sensations- sweet, yeasty, warm. In another three bites, I've eaten the entire four-inch ball of dough and am licking my fingers.”
Source: Hungry Hearts: 13 Tales of Food & Love
“Lila stretches the hem of her tank top over her hips as she moves toward me. When she sits, it's with her thigh melting against mine. Her heat radiates past my jeans to my skin. Every single cell within my body sizzles to life. Play this right, Lincoln. She deserves a man, not a boy.”
Source: Crossing the Line
“Lila walked by with her nose in the air. In a straight line behind her, six obedient kindergartners waddled like baby geese, singing in unison, 'Row, row, row your yacht...”
Source: The Boyfriend War
“Lila was afraid of love. But she couldn't voice it. Instead, she continued smoking her cigarette, hand shaky, shoulders trembling, heartbeat soaring. Yet her voice was cool through her gift of acting. "I care about you, Kent.”
Source: Sweethearts And Jazz
“Lila was nineteen. Nineteen, and every one of the years felt carved into her.”
Source: A Darker Shade of Magic
“Lilac and star and bird twined with the chant of my soul,
There in the fragrant pines and the cedars dusk and dim.”
Source: Leaves of Grass
“Lilac fell in love with the village of Positano. It had such incredible healing energy and positive vibes. The ambiance there moved her, and she understood why she had been receiving messages from the universe to come to this magical place. She sensed an imminent divine intervention but didn’t realize its magnitude at the time.”
Source: Heart of a Warrior Angel
“Lilac started yelling at them to exit the room for safety, but as she got closer, she was horrified to see her mother had collapsed on the floor, and mysteriously standing over her was the strange gargoyle-clad guest.”
Source: Heart of a Warrior Angel
“Lilac was compelled to battle and overcome the evil in front of her so that Dahmien could be metamorphosed back to his divine spiritual wholeness. She was determined to combat his demons with pure, unconditional love to save her family from further torment and to end the ancestral bloodline curse once and for all.”
Source: Heart of a Warrior Angel
“Lilac was desperate to maintain hope by holding onto the love and protection she felt for Violet and Rose. They were so young and innocent; they did not understand the circumstances of their surroundings. They were both under five years of age; Lilac tried to shield them from the poison that had spread throughout their new house. She sensed the growing evil residing in their home and was desperately trying to keep its ugly claws from extinguishing her spirit.”
Source: Heart of a Warrior Angel
“Lilaced thing
The soft rustle of beetle wings
In air that is warm and grey
And is not strong”
Source: Rome: Poems
“Lilacs are May in essence.”
Source: The Shape of a Year
“Lilacs, False Blue, White, Purple,
Colour of lilac,
Your great puffs of flowers
Are everywhere in this my New England ...
Lilacs in dooryards
Holding quiet conversation with an early moon;
Lilacs watching a deserted house; ...
Lilacs, wind-beaten, staggering under a lopsided shock of bloom,
You are everywhere.”
“Lilah did little more than sleep and eat and cry, which to me was the most fascinating thing in the entire universe. Why did she cry? When did she sleep? What made her eat a lot one day and little the next? Was she changing with time? I did what any obsessed person would do in such a case: I recorded data, plotted it, calculated statistical correlations. First I just wrote on scraps of paper and made charts on graph paper, but I very quickly became more sophisticated. I wrote computer software to make a beautifully colored plot showing times when Diane fed Lilah, in black; when I fed her, in blue (expressed mother's milk, if you must know); Lilah's fussy times, in angry red; her happy times, in green. I calculated patterns in sleeping times, eating times, length of sleep, amounts eaten.
Then, I did what any obsessed person would do these days; I put it all on the Web.”
Source: How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming
“Lilah elbowed her in the side. “Better wipe your mouth, you’re drooling.”
Roxie lifted her middle finger. “I’m showing my support.”
Lilah waggled her brows. “I bet she wouldn’t mind you supporting her all the way to the bedroom.”
Source: Strength Check
“Lilah’s inevitable.” Scorpio claps a hand on my shoulder. “Take good care of her, son. She’s your future.”
Fuck.”
Source: Pack Darling: Part One
“Lili manages to mix Kate Bush with modern influences to make a beautifully unique sound based around her amazing violin skills and soulful voice.”
“Lilian Ross was a - veteran writer for The New Yorker. She, in fact, brought me to The New Yorker many years ago.”
“Lilies bloom when we laugh together.”
“Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds.”
“Lilith can help women remember that— there was a time when you were not a slave. Remember that. You walked alone, full of laughter. You bathed, bare-bellied. You say you have lost all recollection of it— remember. You say there are no words to describe it, it does not exist. But remember. Make an effort to remember. Or, failing that. Invent.”
Source: The Book of Lilith
“Lilith conjunct Mars is intense, lustful, and dark.
It's force, toss, loss of sense... and physical intrusions.”
“Lilith conjunct Mars is laced with total immorality and wounding.”