"This gown, is it cut from shadow?" the general asked. "I can barely feel it between my fingers." Not for want of trying, thought Madrigal. "Perhaps it is a reflection of the night sky," he suggested, "skimmed from a pond?" She supposed that he was being poetic. erotic, even. In return, as unerotically as possible- more like complaining of a stain that wouldn't come out-she said, "Yes, my lord. I went for a dip, and the reflection clung."

-- Laini Taylor

#Cutting Quotes #Reflection Quotes #Night Quotes

“Weapons may be carried by creatures who are evil, dishonest, violent or lazy. The true warrior is good, gentle and honest. His bravery comes from within himself; he learns to conquer his own fears and misdeeds. â€”Matthias”
“I find that rock climbing is the finest, most healthiest sport in the whole world. It is much healthier than most; look at baseball, where 10 000 sit on their ***** to watch a handful of players”
“We are not some casual and meaningless product of evolution. Each of us is the result of a thought of God.”

Source : Mass, Imposition Of The Pallium And Conferral Of The Fisherman's Ring For The Beginning Of The Petrine Ministry Of The Bishop Of Rome, w2.vatican.va. April 24, 2005.
“Life is a mirror. You get what you see. If you project anger into the mirror, that is what you get back. If you project joy into the mirror, it reflects joy right back to you. Failure for failure. Success for success. What you project is what is reflected back to you.”
“Am I tough? Am I strong? Am I hard-core? Absolutely. Did I whimper with pathetic delight when I sank my teeth into my hot fried-chicken sandwich? You betcha.”
“Kashmir has always been more than a mere place. It has the quality of an experience, or a state of mind, or perhaps an ideal.”

Source : Jan Morris (2011). “A Writer's World”, p.279, Faber & Faber
“Men and Melons are hard to know.”
“I liked Germany; I'm not into Berlin, it's too huge and empty and imposing, but Munich was good.”

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