"They seemed no closer to the tops of the peaks that rose before them. It was only by looking back, to the forest far below, that she knew they'd climbed."

-- Kristin Cashore

#Rose Quotes #Forests Quotes #Graceling Quotes

“Anyone who conceives of writing as an agreeable stroll towards a middle-class life-style will never write anything but crap.”

Source : Derek Raymond (2011). “He Died with His Eyes Open: Factory 1”, p.154, Profile Books
“The TV said you should ignore bullies and they would stop harassing you. In practice this worked about half the time. The other half, you ended up with two tall boys shadowing you through a trailer park, their fingers taking little nips at your clothes, like dogs.”

Source : Jennifer Echols (2013). “Levitating Las Vegas”, p.275, Simon and Schuster
“Wrong views about holiness are generally traceable to wrong views about human corruption.”
“I am a woman phenomenally, phenomenal woman that is your grandmother, that is your mother, that is your sister, that is you and that is me.”
“The truth is that our way of celebrating the Christmas season does spring from myriad cultures and sources, from St. Nicholas to Coca-Cola advertising campaigns.”
“The Cicada sing an endless song in the long grass, smells run along the earth and falling stars run over the sky, like tears over a cheek. You are the privileged person to whom everything is taken. The Kings of Tarshish shall bring gifts.”
“I wrapped my arms around me as tightly as I could, and stared up at the stars. Had I not been so cold and wanting to escape so badly, I could have stared at them forever: They were amazingly beautiful, so dense and bright. My eyes could get lost up there if I left them looking long enough. [...] They swallowed me up. They were like a hundred thousand tiny candles, sending out hope.”

Source : Lucy Christopher (2014). “Stolen”, p.62, Scholastic Inc.
“Goodness in other people and what they contribute inspire me. I love it when someone is gifted and shares it in some way so that it has a trickle-down effect.”

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