"I obviously read and adore traditional fiction. I teach traditional fiction; I also teach all kinds of not-so-traditional fiction."

-- Heidi Julavits

#Fiction Quotes #Kind Quotes #Adore Quotes

“Stop the life cycle-I want to get off!”

Source : "A spiral model of software development and enhancement". "Computer" 21.5: 61-72, 1988.
“Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation deserts the oaths . . . ?”
“I penetrate the hearts of good kids and criminals”
“You've got to be in a position for luck to happen. Luck doesn't go around looking for a stumblebum.”

Source : Darrell Royal, Robert Heard (1976). “Dance with who Brung Us: Quips and Quotes from Darrell Royal”
“Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it.”
“I'm going to teach you the art of swordsmanship-or in other words, how to totally kill someone with a sharp, pointy thing.”

Source : Michael Buckley (2012). “The Sisters Grimm: Book Nine: The Council of Mirrors”, p.90, Abrams
“The sky itself is the eighth color of the rainbow, spread over the whole sky for us, all the time.”

Source : Kim Stanley Robinson (2009). “Galileo's Dream”, p.456, Spectra
“Eve took me to teach me how to fence," Claire said. "Not so much how to fence as how to hold a sword and not drop it," Eve said. "And then I fought Oliver to a draw." Shane fluttered his hands. "Oh, and then we were all elected as ice princesses and asked to go to Disneyland!" "Laugh all you want. I'm going to look way better in full skirts than you," Eve said.”

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