"Mercy was more frightening than murder, because it was harder, and Randa didn't deserve it. And even though she wanted what the voice wanted, she didn't think she had the courage for it."

-- Kristin Cashore

#Thinking Quotes #Voice Quotes #Murder Quotes

“Contrary to received wisdom, the British are not an insular people in the conventional sense - far from it. For most of their early modern and modern history, they have had more contact with more parts of the world than almost any other nation - it is just that this contact has regularly taken the form of aggressive military and commercial enterprise.”

Source : Linda Colley (2005). “Britons: Forging the Nation, 1707-1837”, p.8, Yale University Press
“It is time for us to turn to each other, not on each other.”
“Religion can only dream to do what science and art does every day.”

Source : Twitter post from Aug 6, 2012
“I write when I can. I have no set writing practices, or times, or methods. I write when I'm not doing other things - in the odd times when I'm traveling, or in hotels, or when I get time to be alone with my thoughts.”

Source : Source: lunchticket.org
“personally I don't trust literature that soothes people's consciences.”

Source : Antonio Tabucchi (2002). “Requiem: A Hallucination”, p.99, New Directions Publishing
“Money doesn't grow on trees but it does hang out in lakes”
“It's like hip hop all over again, back in the '70s back in the Bronx, when it was just bubbling. But it's going to be huge.”
“For me 'Thank You'. This word has a very deep meaning.”

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