"Life etches itself onto our faces as we grow older, showing our violence, excesses or kindnesses."

-- Rembrandt

#Kindness Quotes #Faces Quotes #Violence Quotes

“She felt, as she felt so often with Murphy, spattered with words that went dead as soon as they sounded; each word obliterated, before it had time to make sense, by the word that came next; so that in the end she did not know what had been said. It was like difficult music heard for the first time.”
“I thin many people's deviant behavior starts with dreams because dreams are so non-linear... as if there's an assumption that everything has to be linear or has to be plotted.”
“You're not too good for the sleep mask-neck pillow combo! You're not too cool for it!”
“The fatal error of much science fiction has been to subscribe to an optimism based on the idea that revolution, or a new gimmick, or a bunch of strong men, or an invasion of aliens, or the conquest of other planets, or the annihilation of half the world--in short, pretty nearly anything but the facing up to the integral and irredeemable nature of mankind--can bring about utopian situations. It is the old error of the externalization of evil.”
“Genius always looks forward, and not only sees what is, but what necessarily will be.”
“Hunting humans for sport? Eating them?" the bitterness in his voice cut through me. "Yeah, I caught that part." "That doesn't have anything to do with you? He lifted his eyes, gaze shuttered. "No?" "Not unless being a werewolf transforms you into a wolf AND a redneck moron.”
“The novel is a highly corrupt medium, after all - in the end the vast majority of them simply aren't that great, and are destined to be forgotten.”
“If I had a daughter, I would tell her certain things. I would tell her that itâ€™s great to be smart, really smart - that being smart makes you strong. I would tell her that emotions are powerful, so donâ€™t be afraid to show them. I would tell her that some people may judge you on how you look or what you wear - thatâ€™s just how it is - but you should keep your focus on what you say and do. I would tell her that she may see the world differently from boys, and that difference is essential and good.”

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