N Quotes
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“Nimeni nu ne vrea pentru noi înșine, pentru ceea ce suntem, toţi ne vor pentru ei înșiși. Fericirea mea și dorinţele mele nu au nici o valoare.”
Source: Cel care mă așteaptă
“Nimeni nu poate vedea ce-i închis într-un suflet.
Păcat!
Nimeni nu poate afla ce-i închis într-un suflet trist.”
Source: Fata din Zlataust
“Nimeni nu te va vătăma aici; e un Cimitir de Vise, atâta. Du-te, plimbă-te acolo, caută-ți visele, dar ele nu vor fi musai plăcute și liniștitoare, depinde ce ai în tine…Și ai trecut prin destule ca să nu fi murit încă, fără să visezi de aproape un an. Era să pieri, acum întoarce-te la viață. Vei fi luat de aici și te vei trezi în coliba ta, și îți vei duce pătimirile mai departe, după cum ți-e scris!”
Source: Sfinţi, vânturi şi alte întâmplări
“Nimeni nu vrea să fie ca mine, de fapt. Nimeni nu vrea să ducă o viață cu droguri, gratis sau cumpărate, sex hardcore cu un tip care e etalonul perfecțiunii, cu o mamă nebună și depresivă, și… fără să aibă prieteni.”
Source: Flori în păr
“Nimewapa watoto wangu kila kitu katika maisha isipokuwa umaskini. Lakini bado wamenishinda.”
“Nimic nu e mai strâmb și mai fals decât o literatură sau un film care înfățișează doar o lume uniform sinistră. Până și în viețile cele mai întunecate există zile luminoase, plimbări pe malul apei și speranțe de fericire.”
Source: Din voia Domnului
“Nimic nu este viu, natural, carne, sânge, substanță. Totul este imagine, lumină, umbră. Lumea asta există atât cât este reflectată, este un produs derivat, secund. Nici Diavolul nu are existență, e numai aparență.”
Source: Skepsis
“Nimic nu-i mai rău pentru caracterul omului decât să fi mândru de faptele tale bune. Fie că te mândrești cu musculatura, cu rapiditatea, cu forța, îndemânarea, îndurarea..., acestea sunt slăbiciuni comune nouă tuturor. Dar atunci când un om rămâne din virtutea lui doar cu îngâmfarea, este trist!”
Source: The Robe
“Nimic nu îngrădeşte mai rău decât conştiinţa că trebuie să lucrezi împotriva naturii tale. Bună sau rea, decizia trebuie să-i aparţină inimii, pentru că aceasta pulsează viaţa în tine şi răzbunarea ei va fi cruntă împotriva celui care nu o ascultă.”
Source: Regatul Măştilor
“Nimic în viață nu îți dă o dispoziție mai bună decât faptul că cineva a tras în tine fără să te nimerească.”
“Nimzovitch became then for me more or less the author of the only book which could help me get away from these Euwe books, which, I admit, are very good for the ordinary club player. But once you've reached a certain strength you get the impression that everything that Euwe writes is a lie.”
“Nin knew how much humans loved money, riches, and material things-though he never really could understand why. The more technologically advanced the human species got, the more isolated they seemed to become, at the same time. It was alarming, how humans could spend entire lifetimes engaged in all kinds of activities, without getting any closer to knowing who they really were, inside.”
Source: The Other Side of Life (Book #1, Cyberpunk Elven Trilogy)
“Nina a appris qu'on ne construit rien avec quelqu'un, ni pour quelqu'un. Qu'une existence se fonde seul et que si par miracle on rencontre une âme un peu sœur, c'est cadeau.”
Source: Trois
“Nina and Sophie were seated at a large round table settled under the branches of a blooming magnolia. The rich scent of the flowers mixed with the incredible food Jasmine and her team had whipped up had built an almost intoxicating aroma. They started off with sesame Halloumi and sweet potato tahini mash, followed by butternut squash and sage risotto, then there were hearty mushroom steaks with a side of roasted eggplant and miso salsa as their main. As they ate, she tasted the flavors from the earth, celebrating the gardens and passionate people around them. Her friend had harnessed the surroundings and created a rich culinary experience for the event.”
Source: For Butter or Worse
“Nina batted her glossy eyelashes at him. "You wouldn't know a good time if it sidled up to you and stuck a lollipop in your mouth.”
Source: Six of Crows
“Nina bobo, ni ni bobo," he was singing in his deep, beautiful voice, an Indonesian lullaby, much older than Magnus himself. He rocked their child in his arms. Max was waving his hands as though to conduct the song, or to catch the firefly-bright and cobalt-blue sparks of magic floating around the room. Magnus was smiling down at Max, a small, tender, and impossibly sweet smile, even as he sang.
Alec meant to let them be and return to bed, but Magnus paused in his song and tossed Alec a glance as though he knew he'd been watching.
Alec leaned in the doorway of the bedroom, resting his hand over his head against the doorframe. "Is that your bapak?" he said to Max.
After some consideration, Max said, "Bapak."
The look Magnus gave Alec was golden as a coin, as Nephilim wedding cloth, as the morning light through the windows of home.”
Source: The Lost Book of the White
“Nina could scarcely believe a house could be as quiet as the one on Washington Street. Although there were moments when she missed her children, her main response to living apart from her husband was relief…[H]er current solitude was not just a respite, it was a time to contemplate her future options. Nina marveled that she had choices to consider.”
Source: Gross Misbehavior and Wickedness: A Notorious Divorce in Early Twentieth-Century America
“Nina czuła, że zaraz łzy napłyną jej do oczu. Pocałowała go w skroń. [...]
Otworzył oczy; były półprzytomne i bardzo bladobłękitne.
─ Nina ─ powiedział cicho.
Musnął kostkami dłoni jej policzek. Szorstką ręką ujął delikatnie jej twarz. Nie wierzył własnym oczom.
─ Nina?
Oczy napełniły się jej łzami.
─ Ciii. Przyszliśmy cię stąd wyciągnąć.
Zanim zdążyła zamrugać, złapał ją za ramiona i przyszpilił do ziemi.
─ Nina ─ warknął.
I zacisnął dłonie na jej gardle.”
Source: Six of Crows
“Nina Dobrev makes my job easy, its hard not to melt when she looks at you with those doe eyes.”
“Nina had grieved for her loss of power, for the connection she'd felt to the living world. But just as surely as life connected everything, so did death. It was that endless, fast-running river. She's dipped her fingers into its current, held the eddy of its power in her hand. She was the the Queen of Mourning, and in its depths, she would never drown.”
Source: Crooked Kingdom
“Nina had looked around and realized she would never run out of things to read, and that certainty filled her with peace and satisfaction. It didn't matter what hit the fan; as long as there were unread books in the world, she would be fine.”
Source: The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
“Nina had wronged him, but she'd done it to protect her people. She'd hurt him, but she'd attempted everything in her power to make things right. She'd shown him in a thousand ways that she was honourable and strong and generous and very human, maybe more vividly human than anyone he'd ever known. And if she was, then Grisha weren't inherently evil. They were like anyone else - full of the potential to do great good, and also great harm. To ignore that would make Matthias the monster.”
Source: Six of Crows
“Nina—” Inej murmured.
“Don’t you start in on me.”
“It will all work out. Let Kaz do what he does best.”
“He’s horrible.”
“But effective. Being angry at Kaz for being ruthless is like being angry at a stove for being hot. You know what he is.”
Nina crossed her arms. “I’m mad at you, too.”
“Me? Why?”
“I don’t know yet. I just am.”
Source: Six of Crows
“Nina is everything you say. It’s too much.”
“Mmm,” Inej murmured, taking a sip from her mug. “Maybe you’re just not enough.”
Source: Six of Crows
“Nina just liked to flirt with everything. He’d once seen her make eyes at a pair of shoes she fancied in a shop window.”
Source: Six of Crows
“Nina knew the power of black and white images. Sometimes a thing was its truest self when the colors were stripped away.”
Source: Winter garden
“Nina matatizo ya kiafya: Udadisi wa hali ya juu wa kiakili.”
“Nina remembered the first time she'd seen Matthias in a moonlit Kaelish wood. His beauty had seemed unfair to her. In another life, she might have believed he was coming to rescue her, a shining saviour with golden hair and eyes the pale blue of northern glaciers. But she'd known the truth of him by the language he spoke, and by the disgust on his face every time his eyes lighted on her. Matthias Helvar was a drüskelle, one of the Fjerdan witchhunters tasked with hunting down Grisha to face trial and execution, though to her he'd always resembled a warrior Saint, illuminated in gold.”
Source: Six of Crows
“Nina's lids glittered with a creamy, blush-colored powder, her cheekbones were sharpened with highlighter and her lips were coated in a strawberry-pink glaze. She was as tempting as an éclair--- soft and delicious.”
Source: For Butter or Worse
“Nina screamed, a howl that tore from the black space where her heart had beat only moments before. She searched for his pulse, for the light and force that had been Matthias.”
Source: Crooked Kingdom
“Nina Simone was a gifted and prolific singer, songwriter and pianist who became a powerful presence in the civil rights movement and paid a professional price for it. Behind the scenes, she struggled in a fractious, sometimes violent relationship with her husband and manager and with mental health issues that strained other relationships, including with her only daughter.”
“Nina Simone was an entertainer. Bob Dylan was an entertainer. Anyone that can occupy a piece of music and make the air catch on fire at that moment is a true entertainer. That's how I view it. That's what I was meant to do. I love doing it. That's why I'm on earth.”
“Nina Simone's music is incredibly honest. That's like saying, "Why does Jesus' word still stay around?" It's incredibly honest and it's good.”
“Nina stood there, in all her former beauty queen pageant glory, tall and slim and panther-like. Nina's dark hair always seemed to capture whatever available light there was, and her skin, much to Ellie's annoyance, was flawless. Today she was wearing a black wraparound dress that accentuated every curve and parted in just the right place to show off the best part of her legs.”
Source: When Autumn Leaves
“Nina swallowed hard. She remembered those words and what they truly meant. 'I have been made to protect you. Only in death will I be kept from this oath.' It was the vow of the druskelle to Fjerda. And now it was Matthias' promise to her.”
Source: Six of Crows
“Nina threw herself into a chair at the table and wriggled her feet out of her jewelled slippers, digging her toes into the plush white carpet. “Ahhh,” she said contentedly. “So much better.” She shoved one of the cakes from the coffee service into her mouth and mumbled, “What do you want, Kaz?”
“You have crumbs on your cleavage.”
“Don’t care,” she said, taking another bite of cake. “So hungry.”
Kaz shook his head, amused and impressed at how quickly Nina dropped the wise Grisha priestess act. She’d missed her true calling on the stage.”
Source: Six of Crows
“Nina tried to imagine what their wild crew must look like to these Fjerdans. What did they see as they poked their heads out of windows and doorways? A group of hooting kids clinging to a tank painted with the Fjerdan flag and charging along like some deranged float gone astray from its parade; a girl in purple silk and a boy with red-gold curls poking out from behind the guns; four soaked people holding tight to the sides for dear life – a Shu boy in prison clothes, two bedraggled drüskelle, and Nina, a half-naked girl in shreds of teal chiffon shouting, “We have a moat!”
Source: Six of Crows
“Nina wanted to scream. She'd been a spy for Zoya Nazyalensky on the Wandering Isle. She's spent a year on her own in Ketterdam doing jobs for Kaz Brekker. She'd infiltrated the Ice Court as a girl from the Menagerie. She might be new to this particular game, but she'd played for high stakes plenty of times.”
Source: King of Scars
“Nina would never let Kaz abandon her. She'd fight with everything she had to free Inej even if she was still in the grips of Parem. Matthias would stand by her with that great heart full of honor.”
Source: Crooked Kingdom
“Nina, you taught me to be something better. They could be taught, too.”
Source: Six of Crows
“Nina Zenik, as soon as I figure out where you’ve put my knives, we’re going to have words.”
“The first ones had better be Thank you, oh great Nina, for dedicating every waking moment of this miserable journey to saving my sorry life.”
Jesper expected Inej to laugh and was startled when she took Nina’s face between her hands and said, “Thank you for keeping me in this world when fate seemed determined to drag me to the next. I owe you a life debt.”
Nina blushed deeply. “I was teasing, Inej.” She paused. “I think we’ve both had enough of debts.”
“This is one I’m glad to bear.”
“Okay, okay. When we’re back in Ketterdam, take me out for waffles.”
Now Inej did laugh. She dropped her hands and appeared to speculate. “Dessert for a life? I’m not sure that seems equitable.”
“I expect really good waffles.”
“I know just the place,” said Jesper. “They have this apple syrup—”
“You’re not invited”
Source: Six of Crows
“Nine and nine makes fourteen, four and four makes nine. The clock is striking thirteen, I think I've lost my mind.”
“Nine balls of julienned vegetables sit above a dense chicken vinaigrette. The plate looks like a game of noughts and crosses (tic-tac-toe). The table is bathed in a cloud of chicken vapour with a few sprays of eau-de-cologne of roasted chicken. In this way the chicken is everywhere and nowhere all at once.”
Source: Never Trust A Skinny Italian Chef
“Nine couldn’t be certain, but nothing would surprise him given the game he understood secret organizations such as Omega orchestrated on the world stage.
The ninth orphan also understood that game often involved an official story – usually presented to the media via politicians – that created a believable enough smokescreen to conceal the truth. And he was learning the truth nearly always had to do with money and power.”
Source: The Orphan Factory
“Nine days after Perreault first saw the woman in black, an Indonesian mother of four came out of her tent long enough to claim that the mermaid had risen, fully-formed, from the very center of the quake.
One of her boys, hearing this, said that he'd heard it was the other way around.”
Source: Maelstrom
“Nine days went by
I wonder if you cried
When you were all alone
Yearning for comfort
In a system that failed you
More than just your asystole
The world would never be the same
That day you passed away”
“Nine Deads - powerful movie everyone should check it out.”
“Nine different people gathered and became like a family. To me, it is a very meaningful tie.”
“Nine English traditions out of ten date from the latter half of the nineteenth century.”
“Nine g's is good, if the pilot can stand it. We couldn't stand it. Not in the airplanes of World War II.”